Notable Alumni
- Frances Folsom Cleveland - First Lady of the United States and wife of President Grover Cleveland
- Pleasant Rowland - founder of Pleasant Company and creator of the American Girl brand of dolls, books, and accessories
- Laura Nader - Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Nader’s areas of interest include comparative ethnography of law and dispute resolution, conflict, comparative family organization, the anthropology of professional mindsets and ethnology of the Middle East, Mexico, Latin America and the contemporary United States.
- Margaret Pericak-Vance - Professor of Human Genomics at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, and Director of the Miami Institute for Human Genomics. She is best known for identifying the Apolipoprotein E risk gene for Alzheimers, helping to develop genomic convergence, and uncovering risk genes for a number of complex disorders, including Age-Related Macular degeneration, Multiple Sclerosis, Cardiovascular disease, Autism, and many others.
- Helen Barolini, Italian-American author of novels and essays
- Edith Kinney Gaylord - journalist, philanthropist, founder of Inasmuch Foundation and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, and former president of the National Women’s Press Club
- Mary Beckerle - Ph.D and executive director of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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