Westridge School (Pasadena) - Notable Alumnae

Notable Alumnae

  • Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes '19, early aviator, proprietor of The Happy Bottom Riding Club in Mojave, California and friend of America's best known test pilots
  • Julia Child, celebrated chef, author, and television personality
  • Harriet Doerr '27, author of the American Book Award winning novel, Stones for Ibarra
  • Jae Giddings Carmichael '42, multimedia artist
  • Joan Hotchkis '45, author, playwright, and actress
  • Joan Irvine Smith '51, founder of the Irvine Museum, author, acitvist, and philanthropist in the fields of the arts, education, health, and the environment
  • Dorothy Hughes Matthiessen '52, internationally ranked tennis player
  • Joan Lamb Ullyot, M.D. '57, long-distance runner, author of the best-selling book, Women's Running
  • Elizabeth Weyland Barber '58, scholar on ancient textiles, author of Women's Work: the first 20,000 Years and The Mummies of Urumchi
  • Erika Oller '60, artist
  • Palmer Robinson '68, Superior Court judge
  • Sigrid Burton '69, painter
  • Kate Moore '69, Assistant Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush
  • Joni Moisant Weyl '72, owner of Gemini G.E.L gallery, New York City
  • Allyn Stewart '74, movie producer, I Dreamed of Africa, Madeline, Bliss
  • Anne Kursinski '76, world champion rider and member of four Olympic Equestrian Teams
  • Kate Colmery Firestone '80, wine maker, Firestone Vineyard, Curtis Winery
  • Susan Gulkis '84, principal violist with the Seattle Symphony
  • Alicia Dwyer '88, documentary film maker, Academy Award-winning Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
  • Charmaine Shryock '89, 71st Rose Queen for the 100th Tournament of Roses Parade in 1989
  • Inger Miller '90, runner, Olympic gold medalist
  • Vicki Vlachakis '90, automobile designer, worked on Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky
  • Harini Reddy & Wendy Schnee `91, Rose Princesses for the 102nd Tournament of Roses Parade in 1991
  • Stacey Tappan '91, Leading Soprano opera singer
  • Megan McGinnis '96, Broadway actress, singer
  • Purdy Tran '98, 80th Rose Queen for the 109th Tournament of Roses Parade in 1998
  • Sophia Bush '00, actress, 82nd Rose Queen for the 111th Tournament of Roses Parade in 2000, Brooke Davis in One Tree Hill.
  • Bridget McDonald '08, Rose Princess for the 120th Tournament of Roses Parade in 2009
  • Jennifer Gowen (Leal) '88, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney

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