Jean-Frédéric Oberlin

male, deceased (1826)
J.F. Oberlin University, Vosges, strasbourg, lorraine, alsace, oberlincollege
Jean-Frédéric Oberlin (August 3, 1740 - June 1, 1826) was an Alsatian pastor and philanthropist. Born as the son of a teacher at Strasbourg, he st...
James Burrows

James Burrows

male, 68 years old
Jewish American, frasier, wings, Directors Guild of America, Cheers, Caroline in the City…Oberlin College alumni, oberlincollege
James Edward Burrows (b. December 30, 1940, Los Angeles) is a prolific American television director who has been working in television since the...
H. H. Kung

H. H. Kung

male, deceased (1967)
banker, K'ung Hsiang-hsi, Central Bank of China, from Shanxi, Premier of the Republic of China, Chinese Civil War…Oberlin College alumni, oberlincollege
K'ung Hsiang-hsi (1881 - 1967), often known as H. H. Kung, was a wealthy Chinese banker and politician in the early 20th Century. Born in Shanxi...
James Fairchild

James Fairchild

male, deceased (1902)
systematic theology, Educator, Fairchild family, American, oberlincollege, Oberlin College alumni
James Harris Fairchild (1817-1902) was an American educator. Harris was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1817. His father was...
Paul Pierson

Paul Pierson

male
Harvard University, oberlincollege, Political economy, journal, European University Institute, Visiting Professor
Paul Pierson (born 1959) is an American political scientist, noted for his research on comparative public policy and political economy, the welfare...
Alan Furst

Alan Furst

male, 68 years old
50 Plus, new york magazine, architectural digest, salon, islands, elle…Oberlin College alumni, oberlincollege
Alan Furst (born February 20, 1941) is an American author of historical spy novels set just prior to and during the Second World War. Born in New...
Antoinette Louisa Brown

Antoinette Louisa Brown

female, deceased (1921)
American women writer, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, Henry B. Blackwell, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee, Antoinette Brown…Oberlin College alumni, oberlincollege
Antoinette Brown, later Antoinette Brown Blackwell (May 20, 1825 - November 5, 1921), was the first woman to be ordained as a minister in the...
Alan Durning

Alan Durning

male, 45 years old
Tax Shift, Oberlin College alumni, worldwatch institute, utne reader, Green Collar Jobs Working in the New Northwest, Stuff The Secret Lives of Everyday Things…oberlincollege
Executive Director and Founder, Northwest Environment WatchAlan Thein Durning is founder and executive director of Northwest Environment Watch...
Roger Wolcott Sperry

Roger Wolcott Sperry

male, deceased (1994)
William Hall High School, Neurobiologists, Harvard University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, National Medal of Science recipient…oberlincollege, Oberlin College alumni, graduated from Oberlin
Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 - April 17, 1994) was a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter...
Carl Dennis

Carl Dennis

male, 70 years old (Buffalo, New York, United States)
Jewish, Warren Wilson College, Oberlin College alumni, University of California, Berkeley, National Endowment for the Arts, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner…oberlincollege
Carl Dennis (born September 17, 1939), an American poet, wrote "Practical Gods", which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Born in St. Louis,...