John Ellison Vassar

John Ellison Vassar

male, deceased (1878)
from New York, american civil war, south, missionary, vassar college, west
John Ellison Vassar (1813-78) was an American lay preacher and missionary. He was born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., a cousin of Matthew Vassar, the...
Matt Vassar

Matt Vassar

male
Republican, Green Party, debate, Istanbul, Turkey, Tony Knowles, National Forensic League…Matthew Warren Vassar
Matthew Warren Vassar is a U.S. educator, specializing in speech, debate, and rhetoric. A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Vassar now works in the San...
Phil Vassar

Phil Vassar

male, 47 years old
Country star, Universal South, American country singer-songwriter, from Lynchburg, Virginia, Blackhawk, Nashville Star
Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1962 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American country music artist, most notable for his songwriting and use of a piano as...
Hallie Flanagan

Hallie Flanagan

female, deceased (1966)
Harvard University, 47 Workshop, great depression, Works Progress Administration, Vassar Experimental Theatre, Theatre Producer…vassar college, vassar
Hallie Flanagan (27 August, 1889-23 July, 1969) was an American theatrical producer and director, playwright, author and director of the Federal...
Frederick Ferris Thompson

Frederick Ferris Thompson

male, deceased (1899)
banker, secretary of the treasury, metropolitan museum of art, American, ramkesh, vassar
Frederick Ferris Thompson (1836 - 1899) was a prominent American banker.
Sarah Gibson Blanding

Sarah Gibson Blanding

female, deceased (1985)
University of Kentucky alumni, Columbia University alumni, Educator, Vassar’s, Cornell University faculty, vassar college…vassar
Sarah Gibson Blanding was an American educator and academic administrator who served as Vassar’s sixth president (1946-1964) and its first female pr...
Lillian Wald

Lillian Wald

female, deceased (1940)
death by lightning, child, German, ORPHANAGE, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Henry Street Settlement…vassar
Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940) was an American nurse and social worker, most active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wald was born into a...

Christine Ladd-Franklin

female, deceased (1930)
Johns Hopkins University, Psychologist, Color and Color Theories, The Algebra of Logic, Educational Times, john hopkins…vassar
Christine Ladd-Franklin (1 December, 1847 - 5 March, 1930) psychologist and logician was born in Windsor, Connecticut to Eliphalet Ladd and Augusta...

Eleanor Clark

female, deceased (1996)
novelist, American, vassar, National Book Award winner, Vassar College alumni, Mary McCarthy
Eleanor Clark was an American writer. She attended Vassar College in the 1930s and was involved with the literary magazine "Con Spirito" there,...
Andy Towle

Andy Towle

male
Stanford University, editor in chief, The Paris Review, Poetry Magazine, Fine Arts Work Center, Josh and Josh are Rich and Famous…Vassar College alumni, vassar college, vassar
Andy Towle 's experience in media and entertainment spans several industries. He currently writes and runs the widely-read gay news blog Towleroad....