List of Scripps College people
Scripps College is private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1926 as a member of the Claremont Colleges, and is widely regarded as the most prestigious women's college in the Western United States.[1] Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators.

Graduation ceremony at Scripps College
Scripps has graduated 91 classes of students.[lower-alpha 1][2] As of the spring 2019 semester, the college enrolls approximately 1,110 students.[3]
As of the spring 2019 semester, Scripps employs 136 faculty members.[4] The college has had nine official presidents and several interim presidents, including the current interim president, Amy Marcus-Newhall.[5]
Notable alumnae

Name | Class year | Notability | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Anne Hopkins Aitken | 1932 | Zen Buddhist in the Harada-Yasutani lineage | [6] |
Helene Mayer | Exchange student 1932–1934 | Olympic gold medalist fencer who competed for Nazi Germany despite being Jewish | [7] |
Nancy Neighbor Russell | 1953 | Founder, Friends of the Columbia Gorge | [8] |
Molly Ivins | Attended 1962–1963 | Newspaper columnist | [9][10][11] |
Beth Nolan | 1973 | White House Counsel for Bill Clinton | [12] |
Harriet Doerr | Attended 1975–1976 | Novelist | [13][14] |
Alison Saar | 1978 | Sculptor and installation artist known for work on black identity | [15] |
Elizabeth Turk | 1983 | Sculpture artist | [16] |
Merodie A. Hancock | 1987 | Academic and president of Thomas Edison State University | [17] |
Gabby Giffords | 1993 | Democratic U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th district, gun control advocate | [9] |
Notable faculty
Name | Active tenure | Notability | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Millard Sheets | 1932–1955 | Artist and designer | [18][19] |
Vanessa C. Tyson | 2015–present | Political scientist and politician | [20] |
Presidents of Scripps College
# | Name | Tenure | Academic expertise | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ernest Jaqua | 1926–1942 | Theology | [5] |
– | Mary Kimberly Shirk | 1942–1944 | [5] | |
2 | Frederick Hard | 1944–1964 | [5] | |
3 | Mark Curtis | 1964–1976 | [5] | |
4 | John H. Chandler | 1976–1989 | [5] | |
5 | E. Howard Brooks | 1989–1990 | [5] | |
6 | Nancy Y. Bekavac | 1990–2007 | [5] | |
[lower-alpha 2] | 7Frederick Weis | 2007–2009 | [5] | |
8 | Lori Bettison-Varga | 2009–2015 | Geology | [5] |
– | Amy Marcus-Newhall | 2015–2016 | [5] | |
9 | Lara Tiedens | 2016–2020 | [5] | |
– | Amy Marcus-Newhall | 2020–present | [5] |
– | Denotes interim president |
See also
Notes
- Calculated assuming a commencement date of June 1; may be off by one if commencement takes place earlier.
- Weis served as an interim president, but was elected full president before he stepped down, so he is counted in the college's official count.[21]
References
- Fiske, Edward B. (July 6, 2021). Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022 (38th ed.). Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4926-6498-7.
Scripps is easily the premier women's college on the West Coast
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- "Scripps College Common Data Set 2019-2020" (PDF). Scripps College.
- "President | History of the Presidency". Scripps College. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- "Anne Arundel Hopkins Aitken - An Tanshin (1911-1994)". Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- Mogulof, Milly (2002). Foiled: Hitler's Jewish Olympian : the Helene Mayer Story. RDR Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-57143-092-2. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- Oregonian/OregonLive, Katy Muldoon | The (September 20, 2008). "Guardian of the gorge". oregonlive. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- "Alumnae manuScripps". alumnae.scrippscollege.edu. Scripps College. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- "Molly Ivins Honored". Scripps College News. Scripps College. November 11, 2005. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- Molly Ivins : a rebel life (1st ed.). New York: PublicAffairs. 2009. pp. 39–41. ISBN 9781586487171. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- "Nolan, Beth". LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies. The Library of Congress. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- Wallace, Amy (May 22, 1996). "Claremont Colleges: Can Bigger Be Better?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- Larkins, Zoe (April 1, 2008). "Alison Saar". Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Scripps College. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- "Elizabeth Turk". Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Scripps College. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- "Merodie Hancock '87 Inaugurated Fourth President of SUNY Empire State College". Scripps College. March 27, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- Kendall, John (April 2, 1989). "Millard Owen Sheets, 81; Artist, Designer and Teacher". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- "Millard Sheets: The Scripps Years, 1932-1955". Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. Scripps College. September 1, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- "Spotlight on Faculty: Vanessa Tyson, Assistant Professor of Politics". Scripps College News. Scripps College. October 8, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- Hong, Heidi (April 24, 2009). "Scripps Drops Weis's "Interim" Title". The Student Life. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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