Notable Faculty and Alumni
Notable Vassar alumni include their first graduate of African ancestry Anita Florence Hemmings (1897), poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1917), computer pioneer Grace Hopper (1928), poet Elizabeth Bishop (1934), physician Beatrix Hamburg (1944), politician and activist Frances Farenthold, psychiatrist Bernadine P. Healy (1965), actress Meryl Streep (1971), CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Chip Reid (1977), television personality Andrew Zimmern (1984), actress Lisa Kudrow (1985), actress Hope Davis (1986), journalist Evan Wright (1988), writer-director Noah Baumbach (1991), Flickr founder Caterina Fake (1991), What Not to Wear host Stacy London (1991), Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn (1996), actress Lecy Goranson (1996).
Notable attendees who did not graduate from Vassar include First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, president of the Ford Foundation Susan Berresford, actresses Jane Fonda and Anne Hathaway, actor Justin Long, member of the Beastie Boys Mike D, musician Mark Ronson, and professional chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain.
Notable Vassar faculty include pioneering female astronomer Maria Mitchell and composer Richard Edward Wilson.
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