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The class of 1894, Pomona's first graduating class, had 11 members.

This list of Pomona College people includes notable graduates, non-graduating attendees, and past and present faculty, staff, and administrators of Pomona College, an elite liberal arts college in Claremont, California and the founding member of the Claremont Colleges.

Since its founding in 1887, Pomona has graduated 131 classes of students and today has approximately 25,000 living alumni. As of September 2024, the college enrolls approximately 1,730 students, and employs 278 faculty members and 271 administrative staff.

Notable graduates and attendees

Arts and letters

Art

Film and television

Actor Richard Chamberlain, class of 1956

Music

Actor and musician Kris Kristofferson, class of 1958Avante-garde composer John Cage, attended 1930 to 1932

Journalism and non-fiction writing

Executive Editor of The New York Times Bill Keller, class of 1970

Writing

Other

Self-help author Marianne Williamson, attended until 1973

Government and law

U.S. Senators and Congresspeople

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), class of 1994
  • Alan Cranston, class of 1936 – Democratic Senator from California (1969–93) (transferred)
  • Brian Schatz, class of 1994 – United States Senator (D-Hawaii) (2012–present)

Federal officials

State and city officials

Judges

  • Edward Theodore Bishop, class of 1903 – Presiding Judge, Los Angeles County Courts
  • James Marshall Carter, class of 1924 – Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Kimberly J. Mueller, class of 1981 – Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • Stephen Reinhardt, class of 1951 – Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Cruz Reynoso, class of 1953 – former member of the California Supreme Court
  • Christina A. Snyder, class of 1972 – Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Richard G. Taranto, class of 1977 – Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • George H. Wu, class of 1969 – Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California
  • Halim Dhanidina, class of 1994 – Judge, California Court of Appeal for the Second District; first Muslim judge in the state of California

Diplomats

  • Hugh S. Gibson, attended c. 1900 – U.S. interwar diplomat, ambassador, proponent of the professionalization of the Foreign Service
  • Julian Nava, class of 1951 – first Mexican-American to become the US Ambassador to Mexico

Activists

Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams, class of 1968
  • Virginia Prince, class of 1935 – transgender rights activist and founder of Transvestia Magazine
  • Myrlie Evers, class of 1968 – activist, first full-time chairman of the NAACP
  • John Payton, class of 1973 – civil rights attorney and president of NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Military

Business

Senior Disney executive Roy E. Disney, class of 1951

Science

Jennifer Doudna, class of 1985, has been a leading figure in the development of CRISPR-based gene engineering, one of the most significant discoveries in the history of biology.

Religion

Academia

College presidents

Professors and academics

A statue depicting Chinese sociologist Chen Hansheng, class of 1920, conducting a field interview with a peasant farmer in Baoding

Athletics

NBA Championship head coach of the San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich coached the Pomona men's basketball team from 1979 to 1987.

Notable faculty

Acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, professor at Pomona from 2002 to 2008Acclaimed novelist Jonathan Lethem, professor at Pomona from 2011 to present

Presidents of Pomona College

James Blaisdell, fourth president of Pomona College and founder of the Claremont Colleges
  1. Cyrus G. Baldwin, 1890–1897
  2. Franklin La Du Ferguson, 1897–1901
  3. George A. Gates, 1902–1909
  4. James A. Blaisdell, 1910–1928
  5. Charles K. Edmunds, 1928–1941
  6. E. Wilson Lyon, 1941–1969
  7. David Alexander, 1969–1991
  8. Peter W. Stanley, 1991–2003
  9. David W. Oxtoby, 2003–2017
  10. G. Gabrielle Starr, 2017–present
Baldwin (1890–97)Ferguson (1897–1901)Gates (1902–09)Blaisdell (1910–28)Edmunds (1928–41)Lyon (1941–69)Alexander (1969–91)Stanley (1991–2003)Oxtoby (2003–17)Starr (2017–)│1887│1907│1927│1947│1967│1987│2007Presidents of Pomona College (1887–present)

See also

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