Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Reed College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. Janet Fitch is an American author. Michael E. Levine was a "Distinguished Research Scholar" at the New York University School of Law. Founded in 1908 in southeast Portland, Oregon, Reed College is a coeducational, independent liberal arts and sciences college. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1982, the Frederic W. Goudy Award in 1987, Sloan Science and Film screenwriting awards in 2001 and 2002, and other honors. William Sumio Naito was an American businessman, civic leader and philanthropist in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Sacvan Bercovitch was a Canadian literary and cultural critic who spent most of his life teaching and writing in the United States. He is considered one of the earliest scholars on the sociology of scientific knowledge, and is credited with creating new approaches. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea was an influential writer and filmmaker who spent much of her life in the field producing numerous ethnographies and films that capture the struggles and turmoil of African and Middle Eastern cultures. This page was last edited on 6 April 2023, at 03:41. He has also designed and contributed to role playing, miniatures and card games, and a computer game. Anything that anyone does is, in principle, subject to evaluation. Rose Director Friedman (/drktr fridmn/; born Rose Director (December 1910 18 August 2009), was a free-market economist and co-founder of the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation. [110] Completed in Fall 2019, Trillium houses an additional 180 students, boosting Reed's housing capacity to nearly 80% of the student body, up from 68%. The original Doyle Owl (originally "House F Owl" after the dormitory named House F that later became Doyle dormitory) was a garden sculpture from the neighborhood stolen by House F residents as a prank (there is a photo of House F residents around the original owl that has been made into a T-shirt). Parsons College memorabilia is still available through Fairfield Glove, Inc. via their web site fairfieldinkandstitch.com. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. [131] Around campus, prospective students are called "prospies". "When you say Reed," Diver said, "two words often come to mind. [29] (Transcripts are accompanied by a card contextualizing Reed's grading approach so as not to penalize students' graduate school applications. Prior to coming to Reed, Foster wrote that his ideal college would be one that "combats laziness, superficiality, dissipation, excessive indulgence in college life, by making the moral and intellectual requirements an honest, sustained, and adequate challenge to the best powers of the best American youth. His most recent book is Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, co-authored by Jon Wiener. [103] The group eventually focused on Reed's banking relationship with Wells Fargo, based on allegations that the bank had invested in the Dakota Access Pipeline project and the private prison industry, and staged an occupation of Reed's Eliot Hall. [75] Indirect costs (books, supplies, transportation, personal expenses) could be another $3,950. Bon Apptit has a monopoly on the food services at Reed as they are the only ones who accept board points; written into their contract is the prohibition of food carts on campus. In addition to famous Reed College graduates, it also includes some famous Reedies who did not graduate. About Reed - Reed College The Co-ops house students who purchase and prepare food together, sharing chores and conducting weekly, consensus-based meetings. ReediEnews is a monthly email newsletter for the Reed alumni and parent community. ZAMM is an interdisciplinary conference where art, science and medicine come together with the aim of solving complex issues. Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate, industrial . Reed College - Wikipedia Reed students and alumni referred to themselves as "Reedites" in the early years of the college. Barbara Ehrenreich is an American author and political activist who has been called "a veteran muckraker" by The New Yorker. Portland architect A. E. Doyle developed a plan, never implemented in full, modeled on the University of Oxford's St. John's College. One element of the class deemed racist by the protestors was the use of the 1978 Steve Martin song "King Tut" in a discussion about cultural appropriation. He has translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. Sanger has worked on other online projects, including Nupedia, Encyclopedia of Earth, Citizendium, WatchKnowLearn, Reading Bear, Infobitt and Everipedia. Was it a virtuous thing to do? Howard Rheingold is an American critic, writer, and teacher, known for his specialties on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities (a term he is credited with inventing). Suzan Kay DelBene is an American politician and businesswoman who has been the United States representative from Washington's 1st congressional district since 2012. Founded in 1909, it is named after Simeon Reed, a prosperous Portland businessman. Since 2004, Reed's campus has expanded to include adjacent properties beyond its historic boundaries, such as the Birchwood Apartments complex and former medical administrative offices on either side of SE 28th Avenue, and the Parker House, across SE Woodstock from Prexy. She is the director of the Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative and the co-director of the Human Generosity Project. [110][115] The new building is also designed to meet "LEED Platinum standards", and Reed is currently evaluating proposals to put solar panels on the roof. Clinton was the 42nd US president, serving from 1993 to 2001. . [139] While the full calligraphy course[140] is no longer taught at Reed, Paideia usually features a short course on the subject in addition to the informal, weekly gatherings (currently held every Thursday night) of aspiring calligraphy enthusiasts. The list includes people like Steve Jobs, Barbara Ehrenreich, Gary Snyder, Ry Cooder & Harry Harlow. Trinity College, Cambridge. [81], Reed has produced the second-highest number of Rhodes scholars for any liberal arts college32as well as over fifty Fulbright Scholars, over sixty Watson Fellows, and two MacArthur ("Genius") Award winners. [64], Reed is ranked as tied for the 72nd best liberal arts college by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 rankings, and tied for 16th in "Best Undergraduate Teaching", tied for 13th in "Most Innovative Schools", and tied for 185th in "Top Performers on Social Mobility". The primary demand concerned Reed's mandatory freshman Humanities course, proposing that the course either be changed to be more inclusive of world literature and classics or to be made not mandatory. Heinsoo was the lead designer on the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons (2008), and is co-designer of the 13th Age roleplaying game along with Jonathan Tweet. )[30] Although Reed does not award Latin honors to graduates, it confers several awards for academic achievement at commencement, including naming students to Phi Beta Kappa.[31]. This bridge, dubbed the "Bouncy Bridge", "Orange Bridge", and in some cases the "Amber Bridge" by students, is 370 feet (110m) long, about a third longer than the Blue Bridge, and "connect[s] the new north campus quad to Gray Campus Center, the student union, the library, and academic buildings on the south side of campus".[111]. University Of Washington. She was also a deputy leader of the first all-woman ascent of Denali ("Denali Damsels" expedition), the first American woman to attempt Mount Everest and Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute. The official school color of Reed is Richmond Rose. [68], An episode of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast Revisionist History examines the flaws in the U.S. News system of university rankings. [109][110] Residence halls on campus range from the traditional (i.e., Gothic Old Dorm Block, referred to as "ODB") to the eclectic (e.g., Anna Mann, a Tudor-style cottage built in the 1920s by Reed's founding architect A. E. Doyle, originally used as a women's hall[111]), language houses (Spanish, Russian, French, German, and Chinese), "temporary" housing, built in the 1960s (Cross Canyon Chittick, Woodbridge, McKinley, Griffin), to more recently built dorms (Bragdon, Naito, Sullivan). Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. According to Reed's website, each semester, a $130 student body fee "is collected from each full-time student by the business office, acting as agent for the student senate. [25] Reed also requires all students to complete a thesis (a two-semester-long research project conducted under the guidance of professors) during the senior year as a prerequisite of graduation. She also serves as Key Scientist at the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville, California. Demento, born Barret Hansen, 1963 radio personalityPozzi Escot, 1956 composerJohanna Fateman (did not graduate) musicianSimone Forti (did not graduate) choreographerRob Heinsoo, 1987 game designerHope Lange (did not graduate) actressJayne Loader, 1973 writer and director; produced and co-directed The Atomic CafePeter Mars, 1982 artist[7]Robert Morris, 1953 (attended two years) sculptorBill Morrison, 1985, filmmaker, Guggenheim fellowCharles Munch, 1968 painterDaria ONeill, 1993 Portland radio and TV personalityEric Overmyer, 1973 screenwriter, producer, playwrightDavid Reed, 1968 artistLawrence Rinder, 1983 Director of the Berkeley Art MuseumBrian Rolland (did not graduate) musicianLeo Rubinfien, 1974 photographerSusan Silas, 1975[8] artistPat Silver-Lasky 1949 screenwriter and actressMorgan Spector, 2002 actorKim Spencer, 1970 television producerDavid Henry Sterry, 1978 author, actor/comicIgor Vamos, 1990 contemporary artist, member of The Yes MenAnne Washburn, 1991 playwright (Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play)BusinessEmilio Pucci, 1937 fashion designer; member of the Italian ParliamentBill Naito, 1949 Portland businessman, developer, and civic leaderDan Greenberg, 1962 CEO of Electro RentDan Drake, 1964 co-founder of AutodeskMiriam Sontz, 1973 CEO of Powells Books, the worlds largest independent bookstore.Robert Friedland, 1974 businessman and CEO of Ivanhoe MinesSuzan DelBene, 1983 CEO of Nimble Technology and Vice President at MicrosoftElly Blue, 2005 co-owner of Microcosm PublishingMichael Richardson, 2007 co-founder of Urban Airship.EconomicsDorothy Brady, 1925 Professor of Economics, University of PennsylvaniaRobert A. Brady, 1923 Professor of Economics, University of California, BerkeleyRose Friedman, 1930 author; wife of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman; economist in her own right; left in 1930 after her sophomore year[9]Mason Gaffney, 1948 economist and critic of neoclassical economicsJohn Krutilla, 1949, economist who developed concept of existence value, Walter Berns (with First Lady Laura Bush and President George W. Bush) receiving the National Humanities MedalKalman J. Cohen, 1951 Professor of Economics, Duke UniversityDale W. Jorgenson, 1955 economist, professor at Harvard University, past president of the AEA and the Econometric SocietyMichael Rothschild, 1963 economist, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton UniversityNicolaus Tideman, 1965 economistYoram Bauman, 1995 economist and stand-up comedianRoss Starr (did not graduate) Professor of Economics, University of California, San DiegoWalter Berns (did not graduate) Resident Scholar, American Enterprise InstituteFood and DrinkJames Beard, expelled 1922/23; honorary degree 1976 chef and cookbook authorMark Bitterman, 1995 food writer and authorSteven Raichlen, 1975 television chef, authorKate Christensen, 1986 food writer and authorSusan Sokol Blosser, 1967 founder of Sokol Blosser Winery[10]Sean Thackrey (did not graduate) winemakerGovernment, Richard L. HannaJosiah H. Beeman V, 1958 United States Ambassador to New ZealandBud Clark (did not graduate) Mayor of PortlandRichard Danzig, 1965 71st Secretary of the NavySuzan DelBene, 1983 United States Representative from Washington state (D)Chris Garrett, 1996 member of the Oregon LegislatureRichard L. Hanna, 1973 United States Representative from New York (R)Cordelia Hood, 1936 Office of Strategic Services and CIA agentSheldon T. Mills, 1927 Former United States Ambassador to AfghanistanJ.