Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Pitzer College.
Notable alumni
Arts and Letters
Film and Television
- Anne Archer 1969, actress
- Matthew Berkowitz, filmmaker
- Matthew Cooke 1996, documentary filmmaker
- Eric Douglas American actor and stand-up comedian, son of Kirk Douglas, brother of Michael Douglas
- Dee Mosbacher, documentary filmmaker, gay rights activist, and psychiatrist [1]
Writing
- Max Brooks 1994, author and lecturer, son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft
- Dennis Cooper, novelist, poet, critic, and performance artist
- John Darnielle 1995, novelist and lead singer of The Mountain Goats
- Amy Gerstler 1978, poet and winner of the 1991 National Books Critics Circle Award for Bitter Angel
- Dana Levin 1987, poet
- Rob Magnuson Smith 1991, author
- Sandra Mitchell 1973, award-winning author, professor and philosopher of science
- Susan Patron 1969, children's author and winner of the 2007 Newbery Medal for The Higher Power of Lucky
Journalism
- David Bloom 1985, anchor, NBC News
Music
- Tom Freund 1993, singer-songwriter and musician
- J.Lately 2009, rapper [2]
- Jonah Matranga 1991, singer-songwriter and musician, former frontman for Far and Gratitude
- Matt Nathanson 1995, singer-songwriter and musician
- Michael Simpson 1986, Grammy-Award-winning producer/composer; one half of the Dust Brothers
Government and Law
- Mablean Ephriam '71, former prosecutor for the city of Los Angeles, television personality and actress
- Eli Erlick 2016, transgender activist, director of Trans Student Educational Resources
- Steven González 1985, Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court
- Matthew Karatz 1994, deputy mayor of Los Angeles
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 26th district
- Fabian Núñez, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
- Debra Wong Yang 1981, former United States Attorney for Central District of California; first Asian-American woman U.S. attorney
Business
- Susan Feniger 1976, celebrity chef and restaurateur
- John Landgraf 1984, FX Network president
- Ashwin Navin 1998, CEO of Sambaa.
Other
- Hunter Lovins, co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute
- Setha Low 1969, anthropologist, director of the Public Space Research Group
- Charles Martinez, university administrator
- Sharon Monsky 1975, founder of the Scleroderma Research Foundation
- Nick Simmons 2011, reality television personality, son of Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed
- Skylar Noble 2023, professional American football player for the Helvetic Guards in the European League of Football (ELF)
Notable faculty
- Nigel Boyle, Political Studies – Expert in comparative politics, European social policy, labor market policy, Irish politics, soccer and politics. Recognized by the Fulbright Scholarship Board as the top Fulbright adviser. [3]
- Halford Fairchild, Psychology and Black Studies.
- Stephen L. Glass, John A. McCarthy Professor Emeritus of Classics, longest-serving faculty member of the College from 1964-2011. [4]
- Judith Grabiner, Mathematics, history of mathematics and science. Awarded the 2014 Beckenback Book Prize for her book A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings (MAA Spectrum, 2010); Inaugural member of the 2012 Fellows of the American Mathematical Society. [5]
- David Moore, Psychology, Director of the Claremont Infant Study Center and winner of the American Psychological Association's 2016 Maccoby Book Award for The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics (2015). [6]
- Gregg Popovich, men's basketball coach 1979-1986, 1987-1988.
- Dana Ward, Emeritus Professor of Political Studies - Founder of the Anarchy Archives, Executive Director of the International Society of Political Psychology (1998–2004).
- Kathleen Yep, Asian American Studies and Chair, Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at The Claremont Colleges. [7] Honored in 2015 for promoting literacy in the Los Angeles Community. [8]
- Phil Zuckerman, Sociology and Secular Studies; expert in secularity, atheism, apostasy, and Scandinavian culture. Author of several books including Living the Secular Life (2014). Frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and sought after commentator for discussions on secularism by multiple media outlets. [9]
References
- ^ "Dee Mosbacher, Nanette Gartrell". The New York Times. January 16, 2005. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ "j. lately - 2DOPEBOYZ". 2dopeboyz.com.
- ^ "Nigel Boyle, Associate Dean for Global and Local Programs". Academics. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ^ "Stephen L. Glass - Academics". Academics. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ^ "Judith V. Grabiner, Professor of Mathematics". Academics. Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ^ "David Moore - Academics". Academics. Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ^ "Kathleen Yep - Academics". Academics. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ^ "Professor Kathleen Yep Honored with Mayor's Award for Promoting Literacy in LA Community". Office of Communications. Archived from the original on 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ^ "Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology". Academics. Archived from the original on 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2016-01-13.