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Date 1833 - present
Areas Of Involvement coeducation • liberal arts
Notable Alumni Julie Taymor • Richard Theodore Greener • Lena Dunham • Mary Ann Bickerdyke • Anna Julia Cooper • William Goldman • Alison Bechdel • Howard Thurman • Robert Maynard Hutchins • Anderson Abbott • Johnnetta Cole • Carl Rowan • Robert Millikan • Jerry Rubin • J. Hillis Miller • Bruce Catton • Roger Wolcott Sperry • Stanley Cohen • John Langalibalele Dube • Joshua Angrist • Liz Phair • John Mercer Langston • John Kander

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