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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

Great College Advice

NOTABLE ALUMNI of ALBION COLLEGE, Albion, MI Rick Smith, ’68, Former editor-in-chief of Newsweek Stanley Kresge–founder of Kmart Cedric Dempsey–former Executive Director of the NCAA NOTABLE ALUMNI of ALLEGHENY COLLEGE, Meadville, PA Clarence Darrow – noted American lawyer in the Scopes Monkey Trials. Former U.S.

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In addition to Decatur at the Museum of Natural History, Daniel Weiss at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Tony Marx at the New York Public Library; Karen Lawrence at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in California; and Dan Porterfield at the Aspen Institute all served as liberal arts college presidents.

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Webinar: What higher education leaders need to know right now

Higher Ed Connects: News

But then, he continued, in 2003 the SARS virus hit. Q: Are you seeing a trend with alumni groups stepping up? Conroy: The trends that worry me are, I’m seeing a lot more about students supporting themselves, and alumni groups, and outside organizations, than support from within the institutions themselves.