List of Mills College people
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The following is a partial list of notable Mills College people. It includes alumni, professors, and others associated with Mills College.
- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
[edit] Former students
- Laurie Anderson[1] (performance artist and musician)
- Sheila Ballantyne[2] (author)
- John Bischoff[3] (musician)
- Kevin Blechdom[4] (musician)
- Renel Brooks-Moon[2] (Voice of the San Francisco Giants, first African-American baseball announcer)
- Chris Brown[5] (musician)
- Trisha Brown[2] (choreographer)
- Dave Brubeck[2] (musician and composer)
- Sharon Cheslow (musician and artist)
- Sofia Coppola[6] (director)
- March Fong Eu[2] (politician)
- Molissa Fenley[2] (modern dancer)
- Guillermo Galindo[7] (composer)
- Noah Georgeson (musician and producer)
- April Catherine Glaspie[2] (diplomat; Fmr. United States Ambassador to Iraq during the Gulf War)
- Ariel Gore[2] (author)
- Barbara Higbie[8] (musician and composer)
- Liz Holzman (producer/director of Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs)
- Marcie Jones (author)
- Bevin Kelley (musician)
- Gretel Christine Kovach[9] (columnist/reporter for Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, and The Christian Science Monitor)
- Dorianne Laux (award winning poet)
- Barbara Lee[2] (U.S. Congresswoman for California's 9th Congressional District)
- May Lee (CNN Correspondent)
- Miya Masaoka (musician and composer)
- Silvia Matheus (composer and musician)
- Meredith May (award winning journalist)
- Stephanie Mills[2] (ecologist, writer, bioregionalist)
- Elizabeth Murray[2] (painter and MacArthur Fellow)
- Amy X Neuburg (musician and composer)
- Joanna Newsom (musician)
- Thoraya Ahmed Obaid[2] (UN Under-Secretary General)
- Gema P. Ornelas (artist and author)
- Maggi Payne[10] (musician and composer)
- Dixy Lee Ray[2] (former Governor of Washington)
- Steve Reich[2] (composer)
- Manuel Rocha Iturbide (composer and sound artist)
- Greg Saunier (musician)
- Dorothy Schwartz (violinist)
- Dana Vespoli[11] (porn star)
- Jade Snow Wong[2] (author and artist)
The college was mentioned as the choice of Gilmore Girls character Madeline Lynn before she graduated, though she transferred to New Orleans' Tulane University in a subsequent episode because she missed her friend Louise Grant.
[edit] Faculty
- Robert Ashley
- Arthur Berger
- Luciano Berio
- John Bischoff[3]
- Lenore Blum
- Chris Brown[5]
- Dave Brubeck
- John Cage
- Alvin Curran
- Former Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin
- Fred Frith
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee
- Darius Milhaud
- Diana O'Hehir
- Pauline Oliveros
- Jose Palafox
- Kathleen Parlow
- Maggi Payne[10]
- Terry Riley
- David Rosenboom
- Dean Rusk
- Diana E.H. Russell
- Ellen Spertus[12]
[edit] References
- ^ Duckworth, William (4-1-1999). Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers. Da Capo, 368. ISBN 978-0306808937. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Mills College - Notable Graduates. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ a b Mills College - John Bischoff. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ Sabbath, Chris. "MCMAF: Ich bin Kevin Blechdom", 2007-05-02. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ a b Mills College - Chris Brown. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ Meyer, Carla. "Sofia Coppola has a little humor and, now, a big film. Father Francis and husband Spike? Not a factor.", 2003-09-20, pp. D-1. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
- ^ Music at CSM - Faculty. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ Barbara Higbie biography. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism - Speaker Name. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ a b Mills College - Maggi Payne. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ Dana Vespoli. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ Katie Hafner (2003-08-21). 3 Women, 3 Paths, 10 Years On. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
