List of Pomona College people
{{short description|Notable alumni and staff of Pomona College}}
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File:Pomona College class of 1894.jpg
Pomona College ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|m|oʊ|n|ə|audio=En-us-Pomona.ogg}} {{respell|pə|MOH|nə}}{{cite web |title=Pomona |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pomona |publisher=Collins English Dictionary |access-date=8 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215052106/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pomona |url-status=live }}) is an elite{{#section:Pomona College|reputation reference}} private liberal arts college in Claremont, California, and the founding member of the Claremont Colleges consortium.{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Pomona College |url=https://www.pomona.edu/about/brief-history-pomona-college |publisher=Pomona College |access-date=29 July 2020 |language=en |date=19 March 2015 |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235606/https://www.pomona.edu/about/brief-history-pomona-college |url-status=live }} Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators.
Since its founding in 1887, Pomona has graduated {{age|1893|6|1}} classes of students.{{#ifeq:{{#expr:{{#time:n}}=5 or {{#time:n}}=6}}|1|{{efn|Calculated assuming a commencement date of June 1; may be off by one if commencement takes place earlier.}}}} The college enrolls approximately {{round|{{formatnum:{{wikidata|property|linked|P2196|page=Pomona College}}|R}}|-1}} students as of the {{semester|{{wikidata|qualifier|P2196|P585|page=Pomona College}}}} {{YEAR|{{wikidata|qualifier|P2196|P585|page=Pomona College}}}} semester{{wikidata|references|P2196|page=Pomona College}} and has roughly 25,000 living alumni.{{cite web |title=Alumni Association Board |date= |url=https://www.pomona.edu/alumni/alumni-association-board |publisher=Pomona College |access-date=24 September 2020 |language=en |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215052112/https://www.pomona.edu/alumni/alumni-association-board |url-status=live }} The top industries for graduates include technology; education; consulting and professional services; finance; government, law, and politics; arts, entertainment, and media; healthcare and social services; nonprofits; and research.{{cite web |date= |title=Where Do Grads Go? |url=https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/where-grads-go |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608052452/https://www.pomona.edu/administration/career-development/where-grads-go |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |publisher=Pomona College |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Current Professional Activities of Pomona Alumni |url=https://tableau.campus.pomona.edu/views/ProfessionalActivitiesPublic/TopIndustries?iframeSizedToWindow=true&:embed=y&:display_spinner=no&:showAppBanner=false&:embed_code_version=3&:loadOrderID=0&:display_count=n&:showVizHome=n&:origin=viz_share_link |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608052452/https://tableau.campus.pomona.edu/views/ProfessionalActivitiesPublic/TopIndustries?iframeSizedToWindow=true&:embed=y&:display_spinner=no&:showAppBanner=false&:embed_code_version=3&:loadOrderID=0&:display_count=n&:showVizHome=n&:origin=viz_share_link |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |website=Office of Institutional Research |publisher=Pomona College |language=en}}
Pomona employs {{wikidata|property|normal+|current|P1128|P518=Q5428874|page=Pomona College}} faculty members as of the {{semester|{{wikidata|qualifier|P1128|P518=Q5428874|P585|page=Pomona College}}}} {{YEAR|{{wikidata|qualifier|P1128|P518=Q5428874|P585|page=Pomona College}}}} semester.{{wikidata|reference|normal+|current|single|P1128|P518=Q5428874|page=Pomona College}} The college has had {{wikidata|qualifier|normal+|current|P488|P1545|page=Pomona College}} presidents, the first four of whom were Congregational ministers. The current president, {{wikidata|property|linked|P488|page=Pomona College}}, took office in {{#time:F Y|{{wikidata|qualifier|normal+|current|P488|P580|page=Pomona College}}}}.{{wikidata|reference|normal+|current|single|P488|page=Pomona College}}
Notable alumni
{{Main category|Pomona College alumni}}
=Arts and letters=
==Visual art==
File:Dividing the Light interior.jpg, a 2007 skyspace on Pomona's campus by James Turrell, class of 1965]]
==Film and television==
File:Joel McCrea - publicity.JPG, class of 1928, appeared in more than 100 films, including many Westerns.{{cite web |title=Joel McCrea Filmography |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/84863 |website=AFI Catalog |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=23 September 2020 |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012005758/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/84863 |url-status=live }}]]
File:Robert Taylor by Eric Carpenter, 1946.jpg, class of 1933, was one of the leading men of the Hollywood Golden Age.{{cite book |last1=Tranberg |first1=Charles |title=Robert Taylor: A Biography |date=November 2010 |publisher=BearManor Media |location=Albany, Georgia |isbn=978-1-59393-615-0}}]]
File:יוני המנחם וריצ'רד צ'מברלין במכרות המלך שלמה בזימבבווה (cropped).jpg, class of 1956, became a teen idol for his starring role in Dr. Kildare.{{cite news |last1=McElroy |first1=Steven |title=At 80, Richard Chamberlain Is Ready to Speak Volumes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/fashion/at-80-richard-chamberlain-is-ready-to-speak-volumes.html |access-date=23 September 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=28 November 2014 |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050412/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/fashion/at-80-richard-chamberlain-is-ready-to-speak-volumes.html |url-status=live }}]]
== Music ==
File:Kristofferson - 78.jpg, class of 1958]]
==Journalism and non-fiction writing==
File:Bill keller at nyc.jpg, class of 1970, won a Pulitzer for his reporting from the Soviet Union in the final years of the Cold War and served as executive editor of The New York Times from 2003 to 2011.]]
==Writing==
==Other==
File:Marianne Williamson November 2019.jpg, attended 1970 to 1972]]
=Government and law=
==U.S. Senators and Congresspeople==
File:Brian Schatz, official portrait, 113th Congress 2.jpg ({{USpolabbr|D|HI}}), class of 1994]]
==Federal officials==
==State and city officials==
==Judges==
==Diplomats==
==Activists==
File:Myrlie_Evers-Williams.jpg, class of 1968]]
==Military==
File:James Howard April 1944.jpg, class of 1937, was the only fighter pilot in the European Theater to receive the Medal of Honor in World War II.]]
=Business=
File:Roy E. Disney.jpg executive Roy E. Disney, class of 1951]]
=Science=
File:Professor Jennifer Doudna ForMemRS.jpg, class of 1985, won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on CRISPR-based gene engineering, one of the most significant discoveries in the history of biology.{{cite news |last=Pollack |first=Andrew |title=Jennifer Doudna, a Pioneer Who Helped Simplify Genome Editing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/science/jennifer-doudna-crispr-cas9-genetic-engineering.html |date=May 11, 2015 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 12, 2015 |archive-date=July 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714120723/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/science/jennifer-doudna-crispr-cas9-genetic-engineering.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Katherine J. |last2=Zimmer |first2=Carl |last3=Peltier |first3=Elian |title=Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 2 Scientists for Work on Genome Editing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/science/nobel-prize-chemistry-crispr.html |author2-link=Carl Zimmer |access-date=7 October 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008094313/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/science/nobel-prize-chemistry-crispr.html |url-status=live }}]]
=Religion=
File:Seraphim Rose. Mironov.jpg Seraphim Rose, class of 1956 (oil portrait by Andrey Mironov)]]
=Academia=
==College presidents==
File:David P. Barrows LCCN2014714775 (cropped).jpg, class of 1894, conducted extensive ethnographic research on Native Americans.]]
==Professors and academics==
File:陈翰笙塑像,展现他到保定农户家中调查农业生产和家庭经济情况的场面,无锡博物馆.jpg, class of 1920, conducting a field interview with a peasant farmer in Baoding]]
=Athletics=
File:Popovich cross armed - Cropped-2.jpg head coach of the San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich coached the Pomona men's basketball team from 1979 to 1987.]]
Notable faculty
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File:Frank Parkhurst Brackett portrait.jpg, Pomona professor 1888–1933]]
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|image1=David Foster Wallace.jpg
|alt1=David Foster Wallace speaking at a podium
|caption1=Author David Foster Wallace, Pomona professor 2002–2008
|image2=Jonathan Lethem on the banks of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY.jpg
|alt2=Jonathan Lethem sitting on steps in Brooklyn in a turtleneck
|caption2=Novelist Jonathan Lethem, Pomona professor 2011–present
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File:Author Photo of Claudia Rankine.jpg, Pomona professor 2006–2015]]
Presidents of Pomona College
File:James A. Blaisdell portrait.jpg, Pomona's fourth president and founder of the Claremont Colleges{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Seth |title=James Blaisdell-The Visionary |url=http://claremontconversation.org/tcourse/tndy4010/page/James+Blaisdell-The+Visionary |website=Claremont Conversation |access-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024653/http://claremontconversation.org/tcourse/tndy4010/page/James+Blaisdell-The+Visionary |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}]]
From 1888 to 1890, trustee Charles B. Sumner was the college's "financial agent with supervisory authority", and assumed many of the duties of a president.{{cite book |last1=Brackett |first1=Frank P. |authorlink1=Frank Parkhurst Brackett |title=Granite and sagebrush; reminiscences of the first fifty years of Pomona College |date=1944 |publisher=Ward Ritchie Press |location=Los Angeles, California |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006103350 |access-date=30 August 2020 |oclc=4334585 |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215045238/https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006103350 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Lyon |first1=E. Wilson |authorlink1=E. Wilson Lyon |title=The History of Pomona College, 1887–1969 |date=1977 |publisher=The Castle Press |oclc=4114776}} The subsequent presidents are:
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See also
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [https://www.pomona.edu/timeline Pomona College official timeline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118184452/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/ |date=November 18, 2018 }}
- [https://www.pomona.edu/alumni Pomona College alumni website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813091940/https://www.pomona.edu/alumni |date=August 13, 2020 }}
- [https://www.pomona.edu/commencement/honorary-degree-recipients Pomona College honorary degree recipients] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001231220/https://www.pomona.edu/commencement/honorary-degree-recipients |date=October 1, 2020 }}
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