List of Williams College people

Williams College
Motto E liberalitate E. Williams, armigeri
Type Private
Established 1793 (1793)
President Adam Falk
Administrative staff
286
Undergraduates 1,945
Postgraduates 59
Location Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States
Campus Rural
Athletics Ephs
Mascot Purple cow
Website www.williams.edu

Because of a history dating back to 1793 and a consistent reputation as a leading institution of higher learning, there is a long list of Williams College people  students who attended the school and achieved notability in a wide variety of fields.[1][2]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Academia

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Actors, artists, and filmmakers

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Business

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Curators and museum directors

Many were trained and deeply inspired by Whitney S. Stoddard, and S. Lane Faison, who headed the art history department at Williams from 1940 to 1969.

Government officials and political notables

Ambassadors, diplomats, and bureaucrats

Governors and state politicians

Legislature

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Municipal

Presidents, prime ministers, and cabinet positions

Royalty

Judiciary and legal

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Medicine

  • Peter M. Banks, M.D., 1967, Chief Medical Officer, Roche-Ventana Co.
  • Richard Besser, M.D., 1981, former Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Walter Bortz II, M.D., 1951, Professor at Stanford Medical School; author of books on aging
  • Louis R. Caplan, M.D., 1958, physician and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
  • Barton Childs, M.D., 1938, pediatrician and geneticist at Johns Hopkins
  • Albert Coons, M.D., 1933, pathologist-immunologist; recipient of the 1959 Albert Lasker Award in Basic Research
  • Jonathan Fielding, M.D., 1964, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
  • Michael Roizen, M.D., author of best-seller You: The Owner's Manual; Chairman of RealAge, Inc.; former Dean, Syracuse University Medical School; administrator at the Cleveland Clinic
  • Craig R. Smith, M.D., 1970, Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical School, who led the medical team that performed open heart surgery on President Bill Clinton.
  • Norman Spack, M.D., 1965, pediatric endocrinologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
  • Henry Reed Stiles, 1876, Superintendent of the State Homeopathic Asylum for the Insane; author of several historical and genealogical works

Military

Music

Religion

Science, technology, and engineering

Sports

Writing and journalism

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See also

References

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  3. "Richard T. Antoun, Ph.D". Legacy.com. Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin. 7–8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 4 September 2012. Following his graduation from Williams in 1953, he completed a Masters' degree from Johns Hopkins University in International Relations.
  4. Basler, George; Tom Wilber (4 December 2009). "Prof. Richard Antoun Remembered as Gentle Man Dedicated to Dispelling Stereotypes about Different Cultures". PressConnects.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Before beginning his career as a faculty member, Antoun earned a bachelor's degree from Williams College, a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate from Harvard University.
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  66. "James Porter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  67. "Edward Rogers". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  68. "Henry W. Seymour". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  69. "Jonathan Sloane". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  70. "Horace B. Smith". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  71. "George N. Southwick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  72. "John B. Steele". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  73. "Solomon Strong". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  74. "Mark Udall". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  75. "Samuel Finley Vinton". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  76. "William Lowndes Yancey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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  78. "Scott Endecott Perry". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 3, 2012.

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