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==Alumni== |
==Alumni== |
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[[Image:Brian De Palma (Venice 2007).jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Brian De Palma]] - American film director best known for his suspense and thriller films. De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors.]]<br /> [[Image:Tea leoni88.jpg|thumb|center|200px|Tea Leoni - actress and wife of [[David Duchovny]].]]<br />[[Image:Barbara Walters.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Barbara Walters]] - American journalist, writer, and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television and news magazine and evening news shows. She was the first female co-anchor of network evening news.]]<br /> [[Image:J.J. Abrams speak at the Apple Store SoHo.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[J.J. Abrams]] - Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, writer, actor, composer, director and founder of Bad Robot Productions.]]<br />[[Image:Martha Graham and Bertram Ross.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Martha Graham]] - American dancer and choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance |
[[Image:Brian De Palma (Venice 2007).jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Brian De Palma]] - American film director best known for his suspense and thriller films. De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors.]]<br /> [[Image:Tea leoni88.jpg|thumb|center|200px|Tea Leoni - actress and wife of [[David Duchovny]].]]<br />[[Image:Barbara Walters.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Barbara Walters]] - American journalist, writer, and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television and news magazine and evening news shows. She was the first female co-anchor of network evening news.]]<br /> [[Image:J.J. Abrams speak at the Apple Store SoHo.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[J.J. Abrams]] - Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, writer, actor, composer, director and founder of Bad Robot Productions.]]<br />[[Image:Martha Graham and Bertram Ross.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Martha Graham]] - American dancer and choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance.]]<br /> [[Image:Rahm Emanuel, official photo portrait color.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Rahm Emanuel]] - Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and chairman of the Democratic Caucus. He is the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Leader Steny Hoyer and Whip Jim Clyburn.]]<br />[[Image:Alice Walker.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Alice Walker]]- Pulitzer Prize winning author, most famous for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.]]<br /> [[Image:Vera Wang.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[Vera Wang]]- fashion designer known for her wedding gown collection.]]<br /> [[Image:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.gif|thumb|center|[[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]] - physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She is the second female laureate in physics after Marie Curie.]]<br />[[Image:El6bw.jpg|thumb|center|200px|[[E.L. Doctorow]] - award winning author whose fiction ranges throughout American social history, from the Civil War to the present.]] |
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*[[David Lindsay-Abaire]], award-winning playwright and screenwriter <ref>[http://www.scr.org/season/00-01season/snl00-01/snlms5.asp "A Mind Akimbo":South Coast Repertory.org]</ref> |
*[[David Lindsay-Abaire]], award-winning playwright and screenwriter <ref>[http://www.scr.org/season/00-01season/snl00-01/snlms5.asp "A Mind Akimbo":South Coast Repertory.org]</ref> |
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*[[J. J. Abrams|J.J. Abrams]], Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, writer, actor, composer, and director <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
*[[J. J. Abrams|J.J. Abrams]], Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, writer, actor, composer, and director <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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*[[Abiola Abrams]], TV personality, writer & filmmaker <ref>http://www.apbspeakers.com/themes/DefaultView/SpeakerPages/Abiola%20Abrams.aspx</ref> |
*[[Abiola Abrams]], TV personality, writer & filmmaker <ref>http://www.apbspeakers.com/themes/DefaultView/SpeakerPages/Abiola%20Abrams.aspx</ref> |
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*[[Jane Alexander]], actress, author, & former director of the National Endowment for the Arts <ref name=NYT/> |
*[[Jane Alexander]], actress, author, & former director of the National Endowment for the Arts <ref name=NYT/> |
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*[[Dan Appel]], filmmaker |
*[[Dan Appel]], filmmaker |
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*[[Jon Avnet]], film producer, director, and writer <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
*[[Jon Avnet]], film producer, director, and writer <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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*[[Damani Baker]], film director <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
*[[Damani Baker]], film director <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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*[[Golden Brooks]], actress <ref>[http://www.filmbug.com/db/343711 Golden Brooks's biography on filmbug] </ref> |
*[[Golden Brooks]], actress <ref>[http://www.filmbug.com/db/343711 Golden Brooks's biography on filmbug] </ref> |
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*[[Yancy Butler]], actress <ref>[http://www.tv.com/yancy-butler/person/11524/biography.html Yancy Bulter at TV.com]</ref> |
*[[Yancy Butler]], actress <ref>[http://www.tv.com/yancy-butler/person/11524/biography.html Yancy Bulter at TV.com]</ref> |
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*[[Austin Chick]], filmmaker, screenwriter and producer |
*[[Austin Chick]], filmmaker, screenwriter and producer |
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*[[Jill Clayburgh]], Academy Award-nominated actress <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/magazine/outcomes/feature_clayburgh-extra.php Sarah Lawrence Magazine Fall 06]</ref> |
*[[Jill Clayburgh]], Academy Award-nominated actress <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/magazine/outcomes/feature_clayburgh-extra.php Sarah Lawrence Magazine Fall 06]</ref> |
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*[[Brian De Palma]], film director <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
*[[Brian De Palma]], film director <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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*[[Cary Elwes]], actor <ref>http://movies.nytimes.com/person/21754/Cary-Elwes</ref> |
*[[Cary Elwes]], actor <ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/person/21754/Cary-Elwes NYTimes.com]</ref> |
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*[[Rachel Feldman]], screenwriter and director <ref>http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-color8jan08,1,657928,full.story</ref> |
*[[Rachel Feldman]], screenwriter and director <ref>http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-color8jan08,1,657928,full.story</ref> |
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*[[Tovah Feldshuh]], actress <ref>[http://www.tovahfeldshuh.com/history.html Tovah Feldshuh website]</ref> |
*[[Tovah Feldshuh]], actress <ref>[http://www.tovahfeldshuh.com/history.html Tovah Feldshuh website]</ref> |
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*[[Carrie Fisher]], actress, attended <ref>http://www.onthisveryspot.com/search.php?ss=Carrie_Fisher</ref> |
*[[Carrie Fisher]], actress, attended <ref>http://www.onthisveryspot.com/search.php?ss=Carrie_Fisher</ref> |
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*[[Robin Givens]], actress <ref>http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Robin_Givens061407.aspx</ref> <ref>http://www.onthisveryspot.com/search.php?ss=Robin_Givens</ref> |
*[[Robin Givens]], actress <ref>[http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Robin_Givens061407.aspx 700 Club]</ref> <ref>http://www.onthisveryspot.com/search.php?ss=Robin_Givens</ref> |
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*[[Adam Goldberg]], actor <ref>http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/24196/personmain.jhtml</ref> |
*[[Adam Goldberg]], actor <ref[>http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/24196/personmain.jhtml MTV.com]</ref> |
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*[[Leslie Grossman]], actress most notable for her role on the WB's [[Popular]] as Mary Cherry and the CW's [[What I Like About You]] <ref>http://www.film.com/celebrities/leslie-grossman/14658020</ref> |
*[[Leslie Grossman]], actress most notable for her role on the WB's [[Popular]] as Mary Cherry and the CW's [[What I Like About You]] <ref>[http://www.film.com/celebrities/leslie-grossman/14658020 Film.com]</ref> |
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*[[Sanaa Hamri]], music video director <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/magazine/coeducation/mag_coed-glimpse_hamri.php Sarah Lawrence Magazine Spring 06]</ref> |
*[[Sanaa Hamri]], music video director <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/magazine/coeducation/mag_coed-glimpse_hamri.php Sarah Lawrence Magazine Spring 06]</ref> |
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*[[Katharine Houghton|Katharine Houghton Grant]], actress <ref>[http://www.tv.com/katharine-houghton/person/177675/biography.html Katharine Houghton at TV.com] </ref> |
*[[Katharine Houghton|Katharine Houghton Grant]], actress <ref>[http://www.tv.com/katharine-houghton/person/177675/biography.html Katharine Houghton at TV.com] </ref> |
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*[[Janine Jackson]], journalist and activist <ref>http://www.aapf.org/focus/episodes/oct24.php</ref> |
*[[Janine Jackson]], journalist and activist <ref>http://www.aapf.org/focus/episodes/oct24.php</ref> |
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*[[Reo Jones]], voice actor <ref>http://www.tv.com/reo-jones/person/156020/biography.html</ref> |
*[[Reo Jones]], voice actor <ref>http://www.tv.com/reo-jones/person/156020/biography.html</ref> |
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*[[Sarah Kernochan]], writer, producer, and director <ref>http://movies.nytimes.com/person/97249/Sarah-Kernochan/biography</ref> |
*[[Sarah Kernochan]], writer, producer, and director <ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/person/97249/Sarah-Kernochan/biography NYTimes.com]</ref> |
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*[[Scott King (screenwriter)|Scott King]], television writer |
*[[Scott King (screenwriter)|Scott King]], television writer |
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*[[Téa Leoni]], actress <ref>http://www.tribute.ca/people/T%E9a+Leoni/1493/8236</ref> |
*[[Téa Leoni]], actress <ref>http://www.tribute.ca/people/T%E9a+Leoni/1493/8236</ref> |
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*[[Larisa Oleynik]], actress <ref>http://www.mahalo.com/Larisa_oleynik</ref> |
*[[Larisa Oleynik]], actress <ref>http://www.mahalo.com/Larisa_oleynik</ref> |
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*[[Wynn Padula]], writer, director, cinematographer <ref>http://scienceandfilm.org/filmmakers/wynn-padula</ref> |
*[[Wynn Padula]], writer, director, cinematographer <ref>http://scienceandfilm.org/filmmakers/wynn-padula</ref> |
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*[[Jordan Peele]], actor, comedian <ref>http://www.madtv.com/cast/jordanpeele.html</ref> |
*[[Jordan Peele]], actor, comedian <ref>[http://www.madtv.com/cast/jordanpeele.html Mad TV Cast - Jordan Peele]</ref> |
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*[[Sam Robards]], actor <ref>http://tv.yahoo.com/sam-robards/contributor/28707/bio</ref> |
*[[Sam Robards]], actor <ref>http://tv.yahoo.com/sam-robards/contributor/28707/bio</ref> |
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*[[Amy Robinson]], film producer and actress |
*[[Amy Robinson]], film producer and actress |
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*[[Holly Robinson Peete]], actress <ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89846234</ref> |
*[[Holly Robinson Peete]], actress <ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89846234 NPR]</ref> |
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*[[Elisabeth Röhm]], actress <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
*[[Elisabeth Röhm]], actress <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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*[[Joan Micklin Silver]], award-winning director |
*[[Joan Micklin Silver]], award-winning director |
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*[[Sabiha Sumar]], director |
*[[Sabiha Sumar]], director |
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===Music=== |
===Music=== |
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*[[Max Bemis]], singer and songwriter for the band [[Say Anything]] <ref>http://www.thetabworld.com/Say_Anything_biography.html</ref> |
*[[Max Bemis]], singer and songwriter for the band [[Say Anything]] <ref>[http://www.thetabworld.com/Say_Anything_biography.html</ref> |
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* Andrew Butler, member of [[Hercules and Love Affair]] <ref>http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/4342/Hercules_And_Love_Affair-interview.html</ref> |
* Andrew Butler, member of [[Hercules and Love Affair]] <ref>[http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/4342/Hercules_And_Love_Affair-interview.html Time Out Magazine - Interview with 'Hercules Love Affair']</ref> |
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*[[Win Butler]], lead vocalist and songwriter for the band [[Arcade Fire]] <ref>http://stereogum.com/archives/win-butler-weighs-in-on-barack-hillary_007715.html</ref> |
*[[Win Butler]], lead vocalist and songwriter for the band [[Arcade Fire]] <ref>http://stereogum.com/archives/win-butler-weighs-in-on-barack-hillary_007715.html</ref> |
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*[[Abigail Chapman]], vocalist <ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E0D6103BF934A35752C1A96F958260</ref> |
*[[Abigail Chapman]], vocalist <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E0D6103BF934A35752C1A96F958260 NYTimes.com]</ref> |
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*[[Alice Cohen]], singer and songwriter <ref>http://www.cmany.org/pages.php?pn=about_staff</ref> |
*[[Alice Cohen]], singer and songwriter <ref>http://www.cmany.org/pages.php?pn=about_staff</ref> |
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*[[Margaret Fiedler]], vocalist / multi-instrumentalist with [[Laika]], [[Moonshake]] and [[PJ Harvey]] <ref>http://www.spock.com/Margaret-Fiedler</ref> |
*[[Margaret Fiedler]], vocalist / multi-instrumentalist with [[Laika]], [[Moonshake]] and [[PJ Harvey]] <ref>http://www.spock.com/Margaret-Fiedler</ref> |
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*[[Lesley Gore]], singer and songwriter <ref>http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034119848/</ref> |
*[[Lesley Gore]], singer and songwriter <ref>http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034119848/</ref> |
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*[[Susie Ibarra]], [[Jazz]] composer and [[avant-garde]] musician <ref>http://www.americancomposers.org/ibarra_article.htm</ref> |
*[[Susie Ibarra]], [[Jazz]] composer and [[avant-garde]] musician <ref>http://www.americancomposers.org/ibarra_article.htm</ref> |
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*[[Ira Kaplan]], guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of the band [[Yo La Tengo]] <ref>http://pages.slc.edu/~archives/magdb/alpha.php?letter=K</ref> |
*[[Ira Kaplan]], guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of the band [[Yo La Tengo]] <ref>[http://pages.slc.edu/~archives/magdb/alpha.php?letter=K SLC Archives]</ref> |
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*[[Zoë Keating]], cellist from the band [[Rasputina]]<ref>[http://www.zoekeating.com/bio.html Zoe Keating.com] </ref> |
*[[Zoë Keating]], cellist from the band [[Rasputina]]<ref>[http://www.zoekeating.com/bio.html Zoe Keating.com] </ref> |
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*[[Stacey Kent]], jazz vocalist <ref>http://www.staceykent.com/reviews.html</ref> |
*[[Stacey Kent]], jazz vocalist <ref>http://www.staceykent.com/reviews.html</ref> |
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===Politics and public service=== |
===Politics and public service=== |
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*[[Brooke Anderson]], VP Communications, The Nuclear Threat Initiative <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
*[[Brooke Anderson]], VP Communications, The Nuclear Threat Initiative <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable ALumni]</ref> |
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*[[Lisa Anderson]], scholar <ref>http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/la8-fac.html</ref> |
*[[Lisa Anderson]], scholar <ref>http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/la8-fac.html</ref> |
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*[[Amanda Burden]], director of the [[New York City]] Department of City Planning <ref>http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.047d873163b300bc6c4451f401c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=nyc_photo_slide&catID=1194&doc_name=%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2Fbios%2Fbio_dcp.html</ref> |
*[[Amanda Burden]], director of the [[New York City]] Department of City Planning <ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.047d873163b300bc6c4451f401c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=nyc_photo_slide&catID=1194&doc_name=%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2Fbios%2Fbio_dcp.html NYC.gov - Amanda Burden profile]</ref> |
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*[[Rahm Emanuel]], [[U.S. House of Representatives]], Fifth Congressional District of Illinois <ref name=NYT/> |
*[[Rahm Emanuel]], [[U.S. House of Representatives]], Fifth Congressional District of Illinois <ref name=NYT/> |
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*[[Sharon Hom]], director of [[Human Rights in China]] <ref>http://thepublicvoice.org/events/tunis05/speakers/</ref> |
*[[Sharon Hom]], director of [[Human Rights in China]] <ref>http://thepublicvoice.org/events/tunis05/speakers/</ref> |
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*[[Sue Kelly]], [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 19th Congressional District of New York <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
*[[Sue Kelly]], [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 19th Congressional District of New York <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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===Writing and poetics=== |
===Writing and poetics=== |
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* [[Melvin Jules Bukiet]], novelist |
* [[Melvin Jules Bukiet]], novelist |
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* [[Sharyn November]], editor <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/magazine/producing-creativity/Storytellers.php SLC Magazine]</ref> |
* [[Sharyn November]], editor <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/magazine/producing-creativity/Storytellers.php SLC Magazine]</ref> |
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* [[Ann Patchett]], award-winning author <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
* [[Ann Patchett]], award-winning author <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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* [[Anne Roiphe]], novelist and essayist |
* [[Anne Roiphe]], novelist and essayist |
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* [[Esmeralda Santiago]], [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] writer <ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/puerto/santiago.html]</ref> |
* [[Esmeralda Santiago]], [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] writer <ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/puerto/santiago.html]</ref> |
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* [[Alice Sheldon]], who published science fiction as [[James Tiptree, Jr.]] |
* [[Alice Sheldon]], who published science fiction as [[James Tiptree, Jr.]] |
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* [[Alice Walker]], winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for her novel, ''[[The Color Purple]]''<ref name=NYT/> <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
* [[Alice Walker]], winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for her novel, ''[[The Color Purple]]''<ref name=NYT/> <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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===Visual and performing arts=== |
===Visual and performing arts=== |
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*[[Yoko Ono]], conceptual artist; was married to [[John Lennon]] <ref>http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2002/06/21/30036.html</ref> |
*[[Yoko Ono]], conceptual artist; was married to [[John Lennon]] <ref>http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2002/06/21/30036.html</ref> |
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*[[Alec Soth]], photographer <ref>http://www.yossimilo.com/exhibitions/2004_03-alec_soth/</ref> |
*[[Alec Soth]], photographer <ref>http://www.yossimilo.com/exhibitions/2004_03-alec_soth/</ref> |
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*[[Vera Wang]], fashion designer <ref>http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php</ref> |
*[[Vera Wang]], fashion designer <ref>[http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php SLC Notable Alumni]</ref> |
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===Other notable alumni=== |
===Other notable alumni=== |
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* [[Dana Gioia]], poet |
* [[Dana Gioia]], poet |
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* [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]], [[Nobel Prize]]-winner in physics and one of only a few female winners of the prize <ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1963/mayer-autobio.html</ref> |
* [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]], [[Nobel Prize]]-winner in physics and one of only a few female winners of the prize <ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1963/mayer-autobio.html</ref> |
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* [[Paul Goodman]], writer, anarchist, [[Gestalt Therapy]] contributor |
* [[Paul Goodman]], writer, anarchist, [[Gestalt Therapy]] contributor |
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* [[Martha Graham]], dancer and choreographer |
* [[Martha Graham]], dancer and choreographer |
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* [[Allan Gurganus]], writer <ref>http://nndb.com/people/640/000114298/</ref> |
* [[Allan Gurganus]], writer <ref>http://nndb.com/people/640/000114298/</ref> |
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* [[Randall Kenan]], writer |
* [[Randall Kenan]], writer |
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* [[Galway Kinnell]], poet <ref>http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Sarah_Lawrence_College_-_President/id/2137960</ref> |
* [[Galway Kinnell]], poet <ref>http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Sarah_Lawrence_College_-_President/id/2137960</ref> |
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* [[Jane Kramer]], [[Emmy Award]]-winning journalist |
* [[Jane Kramer]], [[Emmy Award]]-winning journalist <ref>[www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13989/Jane-Alexander Britannica.com]</ref> |
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* [[Wilford Leach]], [[Tony Award]]-winning director and screenwriter |
* [[Wilford Leach]], [[Tony Award]]-winning director and screenwriter <ref>[query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DF113AF932A15755C0A96E948260 NY Times]</ref> |
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* [[Max Lerner]], journalist |
* [[Max Lerner]], journalist <ref>[www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/337027/Max-Lerner Britannica.com]</ref> |
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* [[Paul Lisicky]], poet <ref>www.sanmiguelpoetry.com/lisicky.htm</ref> |
* [[Paul Lisicky]], poet <ref>www.sanmiguelpoetry.com/lisicky.htm</ref> |
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* [[Valerie Martin]], writer <ref>[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/sarah_lawrence_college/index.html?query=BOOKS%20AND%20LITERATURE&field=des&match=exact NY Times]</ref> |
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* [[Valerie Martin]], writer |
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* [[David Maslanka]], composer |
* [[David Maslanka]], composer <ref>www.davidmaslanka.com/Bio.html</ref> |
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* [[Donald McKayle]], dancer and choreographer |
* [[Donald McKayle]], dancer and choreographer <ref>collegerelations.vassar.edu/2006/2323/</ref> |
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* [[Nikita Mikros]], computer programmer and game designer |
* [[Nikita Mikros]], computer programmer and game designer <ref>www.comeoutandplay.org/2008_pigeonpinatapummel.php</ref> |
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* [[Grace Paley]], poet, fiction writer, and political activist who in 2004 was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Sarah Lawrence College <ref name=NYT/> |
* [[Grace Paley]], poet, fiction writer, and political activist who in 2004 was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Sarah Lawrence College <ref name=NYT/> |
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* [[Santha Rama Rau]], writer |
* [[Santha Rama Rau]], writer <ref>www.sad34.net/~globalclassroom/Library/Southasiaanyothername</ref> |
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* [[Muriel Rukeyser]], poet and political activist who, while teaching at Sarah Lawrence, helped student [[Alice Walker]] publish her first works <ref>www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064399/Muriel-Rukeyse</ref> |
* [[Muriel Rukeyser]], poet and political activist who, while teaching at Sarah Lawrence, helped student [[Alice Walker]] publish her first works <ref>www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064399/Muriel-Rukeyse</ref> |
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* [[Theodore Roszak]], sculptor <ref>http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1869&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio</ref> |
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* [[Theodore Roszak]], sculptor |
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* [[Susan Sontag]], leftist intellectual, essayist, novelist, and activist |
* [[Susan Sontag]], leftist intellectual, essayist, novelist, and activist <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/books/28cnd-sont.html?pagewanted=3</ref> |
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* [[William Schuman]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning composer and former director of the [[Juilliard School]]. Taught at Sarah Lawrence from 1935-45 |
* [[William Schuman]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning composer and former director of the [[Juilliard School]]. Taught at Sarah Lawrence from 1935-45 <ref>www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/528433/William-Schuman</ref> |
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* [[Jean Valentine]], [[National Book Award]]-winning poet <ref>[www.jeanvalentine.com/bio06.htm]</ref> |
* [[Jean Valentine]], [[National Book Award]]-winning poet <ref>[www.jeanvalentine.com/bio06.htm]</ref> |
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* [[Caroline F. Ware]], [[New Deal]] activist |
* [[Caroline F. Ware]], [[New Deal]] activist |
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* [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], writer <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D91E3FF93AA25751C1A961948260 Marguerite Yourcenar, Writer and Scholar, Dies], New York Times, December 1987</ref> |
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* [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], writer |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 13:07, 3 September 2008
The following is a list of notable individuals associated with Sarah Lawrence College through attendance as a student, or service as a member of the faculty or staff.
Alumni
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Entertainment and media
- David Lindsay-Abaire, award-winning playwright and screenwriter [1]
- J.J. Abrams, Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, writer, actor, composer, and director [2]
- Abiola Abrams, TV personality, writer & filmmaker [3]
- Jane Alexander, actress, author, & former director of the National Endowment for the Arts [4]
- Dan Appel, filmmaker
- Jon Avnet, film producer, director, and writer [5]
- Damani Baker, film director [6]
- Golden Brooks, actress [7]
- Yancy Butler, actress [8]
- Austin Chick, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
- Jill Clayburgh, Academy Award-nominated actress [9]
- Brian De Palma, film director [10]
- Cary Elwes, actor [11]
- Rachel Feldman, screenwriter and director [12]
- Tovah Feldshuh, actress [13]
- Carrie Fisher, actress, attended [14]
- Robin Givens, actress [15] [16]
- Adam Goldberg, actor <ref[>http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/24196/personmain.jhtml MTV.com]</ref>
- Leslie Grossman, actress most notable for her role on the WB's Popular as Mary Cherry and the CW's What I Like About You [17]
- Sanaa Hamri, music video director [18]
- Katharine Houghton Grant, actress [19]
- Lauren Holly, actress [20]
- Janine Jackson, journalist and activist [21]
- Reo Jones, voice actor [22]
- Sarah Kernochan, writer, producer, and director [23]
- Scott King, television writer
- Téa Leoni, actress [24]
- Eric Mabius, actor [25]
- Julianna Margulies, actress [26]
- Ivy Meeropol, film director [27]
- Larisa Oleynik, actress [28]
- Wynn Padula, writer, director, cinematographer [29]
- Jordan Peele, actor, comedian [30]
- Sam Robards, actor [31]
- Amy Robinson, film producer and actress
- Holly Robinson Peete, actress [32]
- Elisabeth Röhm, actress [33]
- Joan Micklin Silver, award-winning director
- Sabiha Sumar, director
- Misti Traya, actress
- Guinevere Turner, actress, producer, and writer
- Barbara Walters, television personality [4]
- Joanne Woodward, actress/political activist[4]
- Sal Borriello, writer,boxer
Music
- Max Bemis, singer and songwriter for the band Say Anything [34]
- Andrew Butler, member of Hercules and Love Affair [35]
- Win Butler, lead vocalist and songwriter for the band Arcade Fire [36]
- Abigail Chapman, vocalist [37]
- Alice Cohen, singer and songwriter [38]
- Margaret Fiedler, vocalist / multi-instrumentalist with Laika, Moonshake and PJ Harvey [39]
- Elliott Goldkind, composer [40]
- Lesley Gore, singer and songwriter [41]
- Susie Ibarra, Jazz composer and avant-garde musician [42]
- Ira Kaplan, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of the band Yo La Tengo [43]
- Zoë Keating, cellist from the band Rasputina[44]
- Stacey Kent, jazz vocalist [45]
- Rhett Miller, singer/songwriter and member of the band Old 97's [46]
- JD Samson, member of the band Le Tigre [47]
- Kamala Sankaram, singer and accordion player for the band Squeezebox [48]
- Girlyman members Nate Borofsky, Ty Greenstein and Doris Muramatsu, folk-rock trio
- Carly Simon, singer and songwriter [49]
- Joanna Simon, vocalist [50]
Politics and public service
- Brooke Anderson, VP Communications, The Nuclear Threat Initiative [51]
- Lisa Anderson, scholar [52]
- Amanda Burden, director of the New York City Department of City Planning [53]
- Rahm Emanuel, U.S. House of Representatives, Fifth Congressional District of Illinois [4]
- Sharon Hom, director of Human Rights in China [54]
- Sue Kelly, U.S. House of Representatives, 19th Congressional District of New York [55]
Writing and poetics
- Carolyn Ferrell, writer [56]
- Amanda Foreman, award-winning biographer [57]
- Karl Taro Greenfeld, journalist and author [58]
- Rebecca Godfrey, novelist [59]
- Louise Gluck, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and former Poet Laureate of the United States [60]
- Lucy Grealy, Irish memoirist and poet
- Justin Haythe, novelist and screenwriter
- Kaui Hart Hemmings, writer
- A.M. Homes, writer [61]
- Nancy Huston, Canadian author who writes primarily in French
- Carolyn Kizer, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- Joan W. Konner, Dean of Columbia School of Journalism [62]
- Christian Kracht, Swiss writer
- David Lindsay-Abaire, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
- Bennett Madison, writer
- Jeffrey McDaniel, poet
- Brian Morton, novelist
- Melvin Jules Bukiet, novelist
- Sharyn November, editor [63]
- Ann Patchett, award-winning author [64]
- Anne Roiphe, novelist and essayist
- Esmeralda Santiago, Puerto Rican writer [65]
- Alice Sheldon, who published science fiction as James Tiptree, Jr.
- Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, The Color Purple[4] [66]
Visual and performing arts
- Jean Erdman - dancer and wife of Joseph Campbell[67]
- John Jasperse - choreographer, dancer, and artist [68]
- Susan Meiselas, photographer [69]
- Linda McCartney, photographer; was married to musician Paul McCartney [70]
- Meredith Monk, composer, singer and choreographer [71]
- David Netto, interior designer [72]
- Yoko Ono, conceptual artist; was married to John Lennon [73]
- Alec Soth, photographer [74]
- Vera Wang, fashion designer [75]
Other notable alumni
- Myra R. Drucker,former Chief Investment Officer,GM Trust Bank [76]
- Ian Lipkin, Director of the Center for Infection & Immunity at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, authority on West Nile Virus [77]
- Hope Cooke, wife of 12th Chogyal (King) of Sikkim[78]
- Cornelia Fort, pioneer aviatrix who became the first female pilot to die on war duty in America history
- Denise Hayman-Loa, head of pension coverage Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs [79]
- Brad Howes, renowned C++ and Python programmer currently at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Gloria Lau, founder/CEO Charles Schwab Tokio Marine [80]
- Blanche Lark Christerson, managing director of Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management [81]
- Courtney McKenna, VP of Iridian Asset management (Bank of Ireland) [82]
- Deborah D. Rieman, CEO Checkpoint Software [83]
- Diana Schubart Heller, financial industry 'pioneer' [84]
- Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, academic and psychotherapist [85]
- Peggy Woodford Forbes, founder of Woodward Capital Management [86]
Fictional alumni
- Loyd, of the HBO dramedy, Entourage
- Gil Chesterton, of the sitcom Frasier
- Karen Walker, of the sitcom Will & Grace
- Kat Stratford, in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You
Faculty
Current
- William Anderson, musician [87]
- Chester Biscardi, composer [88]
- Melvin Jules Bukiet, novelist [89]
- Fawaz Gerges, Middle Eastern Affairs analyst for ABC news [90]
- Thomas Sayers Ellis, poet [91]
- Mark Helias, musician [92]
- Marie Howe, poet [93]
- Eduardo Lago, novelist and winner of the Premio Nadal [94]
- Tom Lux, poet [95]
- Maria Negroni, poet [96]
- Karen Nimereala, opera singer, teaches at Sarah Lawrence's campus in Paris, France[97]
- Gilberto Perez, author, film historian [98]
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, III, economist [99]
- Joel Sternfeld, photographer [100]
- Matilde Zimmermann, political activist and former U.S. Presidential candidate [101]
Former
- Glenda Adams, novelist
- Léonie Adams, poet and former Poet Laureate of the United States and mentor to Louise Gluck[102]
- Rudolf Arnheim
- Peter Cameron, novelist
- Joseph Campbell, world-renowned cultural historian and critic of mythology[4]
- Suzanne Chazin, novelist
- Billy Collins, poet and former Poet Laureate of the United States [103]
- Dorothy Delay, world-renowned violin teacher who also taught at the Juilliard School
- Mark Doty, poet and former Poet Laureate of the United States[104]
- E.L. Doctorow, writer[4]
- Stephen Dobyns, poet [105]
- Cornelius Eady, poet [106]
- Dana Gioia, poet
- Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Nobel Prize-winner in physics and one of only a few female winners of the prize [107]
- Paul Goodman, writer, anarchist, Gestalt Therapy contributor
- Martha Graham, dancer and choreographer
- Allan Gurganus, writer [108]
- Randall Jarrell, poet and writer [109]
- Norman Dello Joio, Pulitzer Prize- and Emmy Award-winning composer. Taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1944-50
- Mary Karr, poet and writer [110]
- Randall Kenan, writer
- Galway Kinnell, poet [111]
- Jane Kramer, Emmy Award-winning journalist [112]
- Wilford Leach, Tony Award-winning director and screenwriter [113]
- Max Lerner, journalist [114]
- Paul Lisicky, poet [115]
- Valerie Martin, writer [116]
- David Maslanka, composer [117]
- Donald McKayle, dancer and choreographer [118]
- Nikita Mikros, computer programmer and game designer [119]
- Grace Paley, poet, fiction writer, and political activist who in 2004 was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Sarah Lawrence College [4]
- Santha Rama Rau, writer [120]
- Muriel Rukeyser, poet and political activist who, while teaching at Sarah Lawrence, helped student Alice Walker publish her first works [121]
- Theodore Roszak, sculptor [122]
- Susan Sontag, leftist intellectual, essayist, novelist, and activist [123]
- William Schuman, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and former director of the Juilliard School. Taught at Sarah Lawrence from 1935-45 [124]
- Jean Valentine, National Book Award-winning poet [125]
- Caroline F. Ware, New Deal activist
- Marguerite Yourcenar, writer [126]
References
- ^ "A Mind Akimbo":South Coast Repertory.org
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
- ^ http://www.apbspeakers.com/themes/DefaultView/SpeakerPages/Abiola%20Abrams.aspx
- ^ a b c d e f g h The New York Times, September 6, 1998
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
- ^ Golden Brooks's biography on filmbug
- ^ Yancy Bulter at TV.com
- ^ Sarah Lawrence Magazine Fall 06
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
- ^ NYTimes.com
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-color8jan08,1,657928,full.story
- ^ Tovah Feldshuh website
- ^ http://www.onthisveryspot.com/search.php?ss=Carrie_Fisher
- ^ 700 Club
- ^ http://www.onthisveryspot.com/search.php?ss=Robin_Givens
- ^ Film.com
- ^ Sarah Lawrence Magazine Spring 06
- ^ Katharine Houghton at TV.com
- ^ http://tv.yahoo.com/lauren-holly/contributor/28899/bio
- ^ http://www.aapf.org/focus/episodes/oct24.php
- ^ http://www.tv.com/reo-jones/person/156020/biography.html
- ^ NYTimes.com
- ^ http://www.tribute.ca/people/T%E9a+Leoni/1493/8236
- ^ http://tv.yahoo.com/eric-mabius/contributor/32765/bio
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800229188/bio
- ^ Sarah Lawrence Magazine Spring 05
- ^ http://www.mahalo.com/Larisa_oleynik
- ^ http://scienceandfilm.org/filmmakers/wynn-padula
- ^ Mad TV Cast - Jordan Peele
- ^ http://tv.yahoo.com/sam-robards/contributor/28707/bio
- ^ NPR
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
- ^ [http://www.thetabworld.com/Say_Anything_biography.html
- ^ Time Out Magazine - Interview with 'Hercules Love Affair'
- ^ http://stereogum.com/archives/win-butler-weighs-in-on-barack-hillary_007715.html
- ^ NYTimes.com
- ^ http://www.cmany.org/pages.php?pn=about_staff
- ^ http://www.spock.com/Margaret-Fiedler
- ^ http://www.wiscomposers.org/archives/1997/19970426a.html
- ^ http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034119848/
- ^ http://www.americancomposers.org/ibarra_article.htm
- ^ SLC Archives
- ^ Zoe Keating.com
- ^ http://www.staceykent.com/reviews.html
- ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/2774/feature/music/authorsongwriter_rhett_miller
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/JD+Samson
- ^ http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/199711/classacts.asp
- ^ http://pixite.com/exhibits/C131
- ^ http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Simon-Joanna.htm
- ^ SLC Notable ALumni
- ^ http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/la8-fac.html
- ^ NYC.gov - Amanda Burden profile
- ^ http://thepublicvoice.org/events/tunis05/speakers/
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
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- ^ http://nndb.com/people/464/000159984/
- ^ SLC Magazine
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
- ^ [7]
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
- ^ www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/pdf/DanERDMA.pdf
- ^ www.air.umd.edu/jasperse.html
- ^ www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.Biography_VPage&AID=2K7O3R131CIT
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EFDB113CF933A15757C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
- ^ http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate-students/Notable_Alumni.php
- ^ http://www.nettocollection.com/index.php?page=community
- ^ http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2002/06/21/30036.html
- ^ http://www.yossimilo.com/exhibitions/2004_03-alec_soth/
- ^ SLC Notable Alumni
- ^ http://nndb.com/people/750/000160270/
- ^ alumni.columbia.edu/learn/Lipkin_Bio_2007.pdf
- ^ "About New York" The New York Times, February 24, 1993
- ^ SLC Magazine: 'Money'
- ^ SLC Magazine: 'Money'
- ^ SLC Magazine
- ^ SLC Magazine: 'Money'
- ^ http://nndb.com/people/709/000127328/
- ^ SLC Magazine: 'Money'
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20050206095135/http://www.cherishment.com/authors.html
- ^ SLC Magazine
- ^ http://cygnusensemble.com/cms/content/view/12/35/
- ^ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/sarah_lawrence_college/index.html?query=BISCARDI,%20CHESTER&field=per&match=exact
- ^ http://www.theamericanscholar.org/au07/wonder-bukiet.html
- ^ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-53640277.html
- ^ thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/2008/04/thomas-sayers-e.html
- ^ www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/6czf/
- ^ www.blueflowerarts.com/mhowe.html
- ^ http://pages.slc.edu/~elago/
- ^ www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/115
- ^ www.slc.edu/undergraduate/faculty.php?letter=N
- ^ www.karennimereala.com/biography.html
- ^ www.thenation.com/doc/20060327/perez
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/16/nyregion/16roosevelt.html?pagewanted=print&position=
- ^ www.slc.edu/undergraduate/faculty.php?letter=S
- ^ www.slc.edu/undergraduate/history/faculty.php
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DD1131F933A05755C0A96E948260
- ^ www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=80600
- ^ www.diacenter.org/prg/poetry/94_95/dotybio.html
- ^ famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/stephen_dobyns
- ^ www.poets.org/ceady/
- ^ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1963/mayer-autobio.html
- ^ http://nndb.com/people/640/000114298/
- ^ www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/301447/Randall-Jarre
- ^ www.poetryoutloud.org/poems/poet.html?id=3635
- ^ http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Sarah_Lawrence_College_-_President/id/2137960
- ^ [www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13989/Jane-Alexander Britannica.com]
- ^ [query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DF113AF932A15755C0A96E948260 NY Times]
- ^ [www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/337027/Max-Lerner Britannica.com]
- ^ www.sanmiguelpoetry.com/lisicky.htm
- ^ NY Times
- ^ www.davidmaslanka.com/Bio.html
- ^ collegerelations.vassar.edu/2006/2323/
- ^ www.comeoutandplay.org/2008_pigeonpinatapummel.php
- ^ www.sad34.net/~globalclassroom/Library/Southasiaanyothername
- ^ www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064399/Muriel-Rukeyse
- ^ http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1869&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio
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