This is a partial list of notable faculty and alumni of Vassar College.

Notable alumni

Selected Vassar alumni
(chronologically)
Chemist, first woman to graduate from MIT, Ellen Henrietta Swallow, picture from Class of 1870
United States Navy Rear Admiral Grace M. Hopper, class of 1928, inventor of the first compiler for a computer programming language
Acclaimed poet, Elizabeth Bishop, class of 1934
Academy Award-winning actress, Meryl Streep, class of 1971
Actress, Lisa Kudrow, class of 1985

Academics

Activists and philanthropists

Adventurers and athletes

  • Alice Huyler Ramsey, class of 1907 – first woman to cross the continent driving a car
  • Ethan Zohn, class of 1996 – Survivor: Africa winner and philanthropist

Artists and architects

Business

Drama, film, and television

Espionage

Fashion

Music

Politics and law

Science and medicine

Writers

Attended, but did not graduate

Fictional

As a famous and historically important college, Vassar has attracted much attention in fictional works. A partial list of cultural references to Vassar can be found here: Vassar College in popular culture.

Faculty

Anthropology Department

Art Department

Dance Department

Drama Department

English Department

History Department

Mathematics Department

Music Department

Philosophy Department

Physics and Astronomy Department

Political Science Department

Psychology Department

Other departments

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