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List of Mount Holyoke College people

List of Mount Holyoke College people

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Notable alumnae

Academics and scientists

Activists

Actors, musicians, dancers and performers

Artists

Athletes

Businesswomen

College presidents

Computer scientists and graphic designers

Doctors, nurses and psychologists

Filmmakers, broadcast presidents, and producers

Journalists

Judges

Politics

Writers

Fictional alumnae

Notable faculty, past and present

Artists

Athletics

Authors, actors, poets, and playwrights

Education

Historians

Humanities

Journalists

  • Todd Brewster - journalist, author, film producer, and current senior visiting lecturer in journalism

Politics

Sciences and social sciences

Actors

Presidents

Mary Lyon
President Woolley

A number of individuals have acted as head of Mount Holyoke. Until 1888, the term principal was used. From 1888 to the present, the term president has been used.[24]

Commencement speakers

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The following is a list of Mount Holyoke College commencement speakers by year.[25]

Notes

  1. Held in 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic

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