Michael Beschloss is an award-winning historian of the Presidency and the author of eight books, including his most recent work, the magnificent bestseller, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 . Called "the nation's leading Presidential historian," by Newsweek , Beschloss has made history himself, serving as the first Presidential Historian for NBC News-the first time any major network has created such a position.

Herchel Smith (1925 - 2001) was the inventor of key intellectual property and patents behind oral and injectable contraceptives. In later life, he was a major benefactor to university science. In England, Cambridge University, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have been the major beneficiaries. In the US, it has been Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and Williams College.

Peter Conrad (b. 1948, Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian academic specializing in English literature, currently teaching at Christ Church at Oxford University. Conrad moved to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968. He became a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, from 1970 to 1973 before taking up his current post at Christ Church. He has taught English at Christ Church, Oxford, since 1973, and has been a visiting Professor at Princeton University and at Williams College, …

Richard "Dick" Sabot (February 16 1944 - July 6 2005) was an economist, scholar, farmer, and Internet pioneer who was co-founder of Tripod.com, one of the first and most successful dot-coms, in 1992. (It was subsequently sold to Lycos in 1998) He was also a co-founder of Eziba (later acquired by Overstock.com), an Internet venture which sold handcrafted goods from artisans around the world. He was a professor emeritus of economics at Williams College, …

Shaye J. D. Cohen (b. October 21, 1948) is the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in Ancient History, with distinction, from Columbia University in 1975. He is also an ordained rabbi, and for many years was the Dean of the Graduate School and Shenkman Professor of Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

Roger Sherman Loomis was an American scholar and one of the foremost authorities on medieval and Arthurian literature. Born to American parents in Yokohama, Japan, he was educated at The Hotchkiss School Lakeville, Connecticut. He earned a B.A. from Williams College in 1909, an M.A. from Harvard University in 1910, and a bachelor of literature from Oxford University in 1913. was a member of the International Arthurian Society (president of American Branch, 1948 – 63), …

Peter Monroe (born August 25, 1943), was a Republican U.S. Senate Candidate in the state of Florida. He is a real-estate developer and an attorney. He was an appointee by the first President Bush to a post steering the federal government's bailout of the savings and loan industry. He went on to serve with United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp as the Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

Lesley M. M. Blume is an author and journalist. Born in New York City, Blume went to Williams College and Oxford University. She was granted a Herchel Smith Fellowship to do graduate work at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. As a journalist, she has worked at ABC News' "Nightline" with Ted Koppel, the "Jordan Times" in Amman, and Cronkite Productions. She writes a social-satire column for <i>The Huffington Post</i>.

Hon. Charles Burke Elbrick, (b. Louisville, Kentucky, March 25th 1908, d. Washington, D.C. 1983), was the son of Charles Elbrick and his Irish wife Lillian Burke. He graduated with a leading Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, and narrowly missed selection for a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. Having joined the United States Foreign Service in 1932, Elbrick was initially appointed Vice Consul in Panama.

Alexander L. Fetter is an American physicist and currently a professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University in California. His research interests include theoretical condensed matter and superconductivity. Fetter graduated with a B.A. from Williams College in 1958, where he was valedictorian. He was also a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College of Oxford University. He went on to receive a Ph.D in Physics at Harvard University in 1963.

Ernest Harold Cluett (July 13, 1874 - February 4, 1954) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Troy, he attended the public schools and was graduated from The Albany Academy in Albany, New York in 1892 and from Williams College (in Williamstown, Massachusetts) in 1896; he also studied at Oxford University in England. He was treasurer of Cluett, Peabody & Co. from 1900 to 1916, vice president from 1916 to 1929, …

Peter Elbow is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst--where he directed the Writing Program. He taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Franconia College, Evergreen State College, and State University of New York, Stony Brook--where he also directed the Writing Program.

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Tim founded ClearCreek Partners in 1999 to provide access to capital for emerging and midcap companies. Since inception, ClearCreek has assisted with 40 transactions that have raised more than $300 million in capital from leading domestic and international venture, private equity and mezzanine funds. Tim has been an investment banker for 17 years and his career includes positions with JP Morgan, Dillon Read, Shoreline Pacific and HW Jesse & Company.

I'm really inconsistent. I always think that I like buffet resturaunts (because you can have ANYTHING YOU WANT, how good does that sound), but when I go, I'm always disapointed. I used to hate that "don'cha" song, but I like it now. Sometimes I'm going to go to grad school, but most of the time it doesn't make sense.

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I've been told (and i completely agree) that I don't study enough to merit the price of my education, and instead spend that time and energy in the passionate throes of unruly drinking and lecherous dancing. Other than that, all I can say is that I've been a competitive runner, lightweight rower, and general goofball. Love dancing, can't sing, and am a knockoff amateur sesquipedalian. Yay+!

Avinash Kar (Avi) joins CRPE’s San Francisco office as a Ralph S. Abascal Fellow from UC Hastings School of Law, where he graduated cum laude. At CRPE, his project will focus on enforcing the New Source Review component of the Clean Air Act. During law school, Avi focused on environmental issues and edited the West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.

Christina Haith Christina recently joined Marketing Strategies, Inc. as an Administrative Assistant. Haith supports all departments and is responsible for the organization of the entire agency. A native of New Haven, Connecticut who was raised in Philadelphia, PA and Fayetteville, NC, Christina is a graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Mitchell Reiss is the new Vice Provost for International Affairs at the College after serving as Director for Policy Planning in the Bush Administration from July 2003 until February 2005. In addition to his responsibilities as Director for Policy Planning, Dr. Reiss served as the President's Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, with the rank of Ambassador, responsible for leading the U.S. role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process.

Mr. Vogt was appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate on June 22, 1992, as a Member and as Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. In order to accept appointment to the Safety Board, he resigned his positions as senior partner and managing partner of the Washington office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and as an elected member of the firm-wide policy committee.

John Ackerly , Board Member John joined the Board in 2006, and has focused on Hope Street Group's strategic direction, organizational model, and impact model. John is a member of the Corporate Advisory practice of the Blackstone Group, a leading international investment firm.

Thomas A. Getz , MD Dr. Getz graduated Cum Laude with an undergraduate degree from Williams College and he received his medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine where he was selected for the Radcliffe Infirmary Clerkship at Oxford University, England. While at Iowa, he was recipient of the Hancher-Finkbine Medallion for Learning, Leadership, and Loyalty, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Martin West graduated from Williams College in 1998 with a B.A. degree in History. He received an M.Phil in Economic and Social History from Oxford University in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Government and Social Policy from Harvard University in 2006. Since 2001, he has served as the research editor for Education Next , a journal of opinion and research on education policy. Download Martin West 's Curriculum Vitae in PDF Format

David G. Gilford David Gilford is a first-year student at the Yale School of Management, where he holds the Joseph C. McNay Fellowship in Finance. David came to Yale from the Federal Reserve, where he worked on bank mergers and acquisitions, as well as regulatory policy. Prior to the Fed, David founded a telecommunications company in Dubai, which took him throughout the Middle East, including Lebanon, Morocco, and the northwest frontier of Pakistan.

Carl Marzani (1912-1994), Italian-American immigrant radical, was briefly a Communist Party, USA organizer on New York City's Lower East Side, served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II and briefly thereafter in the State Department, was a political documentary filmmaker, the author of six books and numerous articles, and as an editor and publisher, first translated published portions of the work of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci.

J. RUSSELL MUIRHEAD , 1984 . . . One might say that Russ Muirhead brings a certain common sense to the academy, a common sense rooted in his upbringing in Manchester. At Central, Muirhead was keenly interested in political matters, was active in the Student Council, and served as Central's representative on the Board of School Committee.

Scott Grinsell is Managing Editor at Oxford International Review and is currently in his first year at Yale Law School. He received an MPhil in European History, with distinction, at Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar. Interested in the connections between history and politics, he focused his masters' work on the origin of modern ideas about the place of religion in democratic politics.

Nils is a member of the Enterprise School Board, the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry and the Global Concepts Group of The World Conservation Union's Sustainable Use Initiative. From 2003-2005, he served as Chairman of the Governor of Oregon's Eastside Forest Advisory Panel.

David Albert holds degrees from Williams College, Oxford University, and the University of Chicago, but says, "The best education he ever received he gets from his two amazing kids." As founder of New Society Publishers, he was both editor and publisher of John Taylor Gatto's "Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling", and more than 100 other titles. Author of And the Skylark Sings with Me, David is an active member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Jacob Israelow graduated from Williams College in 2001, concentrating in American Politics and International Relations. Drawn to public affairs, he has engaged in projects to strengthen community through education in his hometown, at college, and in Israel. During his junior year, Jacob studied democracy and international institutions at Oxford University, and has worked for the American Jewish Committee.

K EITH B . G RIFFIN (1988) Professor, Economics B.A., Williams College; B.Phil. , D.Phil. , Oxford University