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List of Hamilton College people

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Hamilton College is a private, independent liberal arts college located in Clinton, New York. It has been coeducational since 1978, when it merged with Kirkland College.

Below is a non-comprehensive list of Hamiltonians who have made notable achievements or contributions in their chosen fields.

Notable alumni

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Selected Hamilton Alumni
US Vice President James S. Sherman, class of 1878
US Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, class of 1972
Modernist poet Ezra Pound, class of 1905
Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Paul Greengard, class of 1948
Actor and writer Paul Lieberstein, class of 1989
Actress Sarah Rafferty, class of 1993
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph, class of 1980
Psychologist B. F. Skinner, class of 1926

Law, government, and public affairs

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Legislative branch

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Executive branch

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Judicial branch

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Diplomats

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State and city politicians, attorneys, activists, and other

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Literature and journalism

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Scientists, physicians, psychologists, engineers, mathematicians, and other researchers

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Academics and scholars (not otherwise listed)

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Arts and entertainment

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Business leaders

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Clergy

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Sports

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Alumni from works of fiction

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Notable faculty

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Current members

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Former members (both permanent and visiting)

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Presidents of Hamilton College

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Staff

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  • Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Hudson, clerk of the Board of Trustees 1884-1904 and Treasurer of the College 1886-1904[42]: 34 

References

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  14. ^ a b Dann, Norman Kingsford (2021). Passionate Energies. The Gerrit and Ann Smith Family of Peterboro, New York Through a Century of Reform. Hamilton, New York: Log Cabin Books. ISBN 9781733089111.
  15. ^ "Elihu Root, Secretary of War, has been adding many acres to his ancestral estate in Clinton". New-York Tribune Illustrated Supplement. 10 May 1903. p. 36.
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  18. ^ Ellis, William Arba (1911). Norwich University, 1819-1911: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor, Volume 3. Montpelier, VT: Capital City Press. p. 567.
  19. ^ "Political Activist Angela Davis to Speak at Hamilton on Feb. 23". Hamilton College. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  20. ^ a b Abzug, Robert H. (1980). Passionate Liberator. Theodore Dwight Weld and the Dilemma of Reform. Oxford University Press. ISBN 019502771X.
  21. ^ Finney, Charles Grandison (1876). Memoirs of Rev. Charles G. Finney. New York: A. S. Barnes & Company. p. 184.
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  23. ^ Outline History of Utica and Vicinity. Utica, New York: New Century Club of Utica. 1900. p. 85.
  24. ^ Perry, Mark (2001). Lift Up Thy Voice. The Sarah and Angelica Grimké Family's Journey from Slaveholders to Civil Rights leaders. New York: Penguin Books. p. 91. ISBN 0142001031.
  25. ^ "Clinton and Cooperstown Connections". Clinton Historical Society Newsletter. July 2020. p. 6.
  26. ^ "Hamilton College Grad Co-author with Mark Twain". Clinton Historical Society Newsletter. September 2017. p. 2.
  27. ^ Warner, Charles Dudley (2009). The Works of Charles Dudley Warner. Project Gutenberg.
  28. ^ "Biographical Sketch". In the Wilderness. Houghton, Mifflin. 1920. p. iii.
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  41. ^ Tompkins, Hamilton Bullock (1877). Biographical Record of the Class of 1865, of Hamilton College. class. p. 77. Retrieved 11 April 2016. George W. Wood evangelist.
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