The following is a list of individuals associated with Bryn Mawr College through attending as a student, or serving as a member of the faculty or staff.

Noted alumni

Noted faculty and administrators

Gerald M. Ackerman Gerald "Jerry" Martin Ackerman OAL (August 21, 1928 – January 1, 2016) was an American art historian and educator. Ackerman was Professor of Art History Emeritus at Pomona College. He was a leading authority on the art of Jean-Léon Gérôme ...

, art historian, lecturer in art history (1959–1965) *

Constance Applebee Constance Mary Katherine Applebee (June 4, 1873, Chigwell, Essex, United Kingdom – January 26, 1981) is best known for introducing Field hockey in the United States. She was a co-founder of the American Field Hockey Association and served a ...

, Director of Athletics (1904–1928). Brought field hockey to the United States from Britain and established women's lacrosse as a collegiate sport. * Asoka Bandarage * Florence Bascom, petrologist, founder of Bryn Mawr's Geology Department * Marland Pratt Billings, Structural Geologist *

Rhys Carpenter Rhys Carpenter (August 5, 1889 – January 2, 1980) was an American classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College. Carpenter was unconventional as a scholar. He analyzed Greek art from the standpoint of artistic production and b ...

, Classical Archaeology (1889–1980) *

Kimberly Wright Cassidy Kimberly Wright Cassidy (born c. 1963 in Pennsylvania) was named the ninth president of Bryn Mawr College on February 12, 2014 and was formally inaugurated on September 20, 2014. She had served as interim president since Jane Dammen McAuliffe en ...

(born c. 1963), Psychology, ninth president of Bryn Mawr College * Catherine Conybeare, Professor of Classics * Maria Luisa Crawford, Geology,

MacArthur Genius Grant The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 ind ...

recipient *

Arthur C. Cope Arthur C. Cope (June 27, 1909 – June 4, 1966) was an American organic chemist and member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is credited with the development of several important chemical reactions which bear his name includin ...

, chemist, developer of the Cope rearrangement and the Cope elimination, namesake of the Arthur C. Cope Award of the American Chemical Society (1934–1941) * Donald Drew Egbert, Lecturer of Ancient Architecture (1930) * Louis Fieser, chemist, developer of synthetic napalm, researcher of vitamin K (1925–1930) *

Arthur Lindo Patterson Arthur Lindo Patterson (23 July 1902, Nelson, New Zealand - 6 November 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a pioneering British X-ray crystallographer. Patterson was born to British parents in New Zealand in 1902. Shortly afterwards the famil ...

, founder of the Patterson function used in X-ray crystallography (1936–1949) *

Michelle Francl Michelle M. Francl is an American chemist. Francl is a professor of chemistry, and has taught physical chemistry, general chemistry and mathematical modeling at Bryn Mawr College since 1986. Francl is noted for developing new methodology in compu ...

, computational chemistry *

Louise Holland Louise Adams Holland (3 July 1893–21 June 1990) was a philologist, university teacher, academic and archaeologist. Early life and education Born in Brooklyn in New York State (it would not become part of New York City until five years late ...

, academic, philologist and archaeologist * Alice M. Hoffman, labor and oral historian *

Howard S. Hoffman Howard S. Hoffman (May 23, 1925 – August 31, 2006) was an American experimental psychologist. Hoffman's work on imprinting, the startle reflex, and memory were particularly influential and earned him an international reputation. He published ...

, Psychology (1925–2006), Behavioral Neuroscientist, leading scholar of the startle reflex and social attachment *

Amy Kelly Amy Kelly (May 5, 1877 – January 1, 1962) was an American educator and historian known for her life's work, ''Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings''. Early life and education Amy Ruth Kelly was born on May 5, 1877, in Port Clinton, Ohio, t ...

, headmistress, historian and best-selling author * Susan Myra Kingsbury, historical economist and social researcher; director of the Social Economy and Social Research department * Frederica de Laguna, anthropologist and founder of Bryn Mawr's anthropology department (1906–2004) *

Mabel Lang Mabel Louise Lang (November 12, 1917 – July 21, 2010) was an American archaeologist and scholar of Classical Greek and Mycenaean culture. Biography Lang took her first degree at Cornell University in 1939 and was awarded her PhD at Bryn Ma ...

, Greek (1943–1988); received her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr in 1943 *

Agathe Lasch Agathe Lasch (born 4 July 1879, in Berlin; died 18 August 1942, in Riga) was a German philologist. She was the first female professor of German studies in Germany, and the first female professor at the University of Hamburg. She founded the histo ...

, Germanic philologist (Associate Professor, 1910–16) * Richmond Lattimore, Greek (1935–1971) * Bettina Linn (1905–1962), English professor from 1934 to 1962; novelist *

Helen Taft Manning Helen Herron Taft Manning (August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987) was an American professor of history and college dean. She was the middle child and only daughter of U.S. President William Howard Taft and his wife Helen Herron. Personal life ...

, History (1917–1957), also served as dean * Berthe Marti, Latin and French (1930–1963) * Cornelia Meigs, English (1932–1950) *

Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels Agnes Freda Isabel Kirsopp Lake Michels (July 31, 1909 – November 30, 1993, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) known as "Nan" to her friends, was a leading twentieth century scholar of Roman religion and daily life and a daughter of the Biblical scho ...

, Latin (1934–1975) *

José Ferrater Mora José María Ferrater Mora ( ca, Josep Ferrater i Mora; 30 October 1912 – 30 January 1991) was a Spain, Spanish philosopher, essayist and writer. He is considered the most prominent Catalan philosopher of the 20th-century and was the author ...

, Philosophy (1949–1980). * Thomas Hunt Morgan, geneticist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine (1866–1946) * Emmy Noether, Mathematics (1933–1935) *

Jane M. Oppenheimer Jane Marion Oppenheimer (1911–1996) was an American embryologist and historian of science. Early life, interests, and education Oppenheimer was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James H. Oppenheimer and Sylvia Stern. Her father, a phys ...

, Embryology and History of Science (1938–1980) *

John Oxtoby John Oxtoby (nicknamed "Praying Johnny") (1767–1830) was an English evangelist and Primitive Methodist preacher. Life The Primitive Methodist movement strove to return to the Christianity as taught and practiced by John Wesley. Sixteen years a ...

, Mathematics (1939–1979) *

Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway (born 1929 in Chieti) is an Italian archaeologist and specialist in ancient Greek sculpture. Life The daughter of an Italian officer, she spent her childhood in Ethiopia and Eritrea, where her father was stationed. Afte ...

, Archeology (1958–1994) * Charlotte Scott, Mathematics (1885–1917) *

Hilda Worthington Smith Hilda Worthington Smith (June 19, 1888 – March 3, 1984) was an American labor educator, social worker, and poet. She is best known for her roles as first Director of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry and as a co-founder ...

, labor educator, social worker, and poet (1888–1984) * Lily Ross Taylor, Latin (1927–1942), Dean of the Graduate School (1942–52) * M. Carey Thomas, English, Dean of the College (1884–1908), President (1894–1922) * Edward Warburg (1908–1992), taught Modern Art. * Harold Wethey, art historian * Woodrow Wilson (1885–1888)

Noted fictional alumni

* Pamela Abbott (A.B.), '' Inventing the Abbotts'' (1997), played by Liv Tyler * C.C. Babcock, '' The Nanny'' (1993), played by

Lauren Lane Lauren Lane (born 1959) is an American film, television, stage actress, and professor. She is best known for her role as C.C. Babcock on ''The Nanny''. Life and career Lane was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and raised in Arlington, Texas. She ...

* Erica Barry (A.B.), '' Something's Gotta Give'' lead character, played by Diane Keaton * Amanda Bonner (A.B.), '' Adam's Rib'' (1949), played by

Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned over 60 years. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited perso ...

* Betty Draper (A.B. in Anthropology), '' Mad Men'' (2007), played by January Jones * Nancy Drew & Carolyn Keene, ''Confessions of a Teen Sleuth'' (book published in 2005) * Allison R. Hart-Burnett (A.B.) (1980s), Lady Jaye (a fictional character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line) * Edna Krabappel (M.A.), '' The Simpsons'' teacher * Miriam "Midge" Maisel (B.A.), '' The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2017), played by Rachel Brosnahan * Vivian Schuyler (B.A.), ''The Secret Life of Violet Grant'' by Beatriz Williams. * Corinthians (A.B.), ''Song of Solomon'' (book published 1977)

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