Careers and Grad School:
 

Selected List of History Alumni

Most, but not all, of the alumni listed here are members of the Scot's Career Network and have volunteered to advise students interested in pursuing similar careers. Please see the History Alumni, Scot's Career Network binder.

ACADEMIA

  • Ronald Takaki '61 is Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley. He wrote a critically-acclaimed history of Asian-Americans
  • Margorie Schultz '62 is Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley
  • Robert Tignor is Chair of the Department of History at Princeton University
  • Judith Miller '71 is Associate Professor of History at Emory University.
  • Keith Morgan '71 is Professor of Art History at Boston University
  • Ken Swope is Assistant Professor of History at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York
  • Donald G. Gifford '73 is Dean of the School of Law at the University of Maryland

LAW

  • Michael Johnson '68 is Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office, northern district of Ohio
  • Joseph R. West '82 is Attorney and President of a law firm in Beaver, PA, West & Zuberhuhler.
  • Sarah Patton '84 is Corporate Counsel at the Great American Life Insurance
  • Melissa Johnson '94 is Assistant City Attorney for the City of Minneapolis

BUSINESS

  • Daniel Owens '76 is Senior Manager of Von Lehman & Co. CPA's, in Cincinnatti
  • David Fleming is Group Senior Vice President of Genzyme Corporation.
  • David Wardlaw '79 is Sales Manager of Baxter Healthcare Corp

ADVERTISING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, and MARKETING

  • Vikram Seshadri '98 is Public Relations Account Executive at Murphy O'Brien in Santa Monica
  • Andrea Metzler established a marketing firm, The Pacific Marketing Group

SECONDARY EDUCATION

  • Kevin Logsdon is teacher of Social Studies Hilliard Davidson High School and ÊBoys Varsity Basketball Coach.

JOURNALISM

  • Daniel Cryer '65 is a journalist and book critic at Newsday.
  • Katherine Hoffman works as an English editor at the United Nations
  • Susan Stranahan '68 is an Editorial Writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
  • Elisa Schulz '89 is a Managing Editor at the J.B. Lippincott Company in Washington, D.C.
  • Kim Douglass '92 is a Reporter at the Free Lanu-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia
  • Sid Hastings stints at National Geographic and Corbis in photographic capacities
  • Amy Sancetta travels the world taking news and sports photographs for the Associated Press

GOVERNMENT and POLITICS

  • Michael Tierney '63 is Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer of Local Initiatives Support Co. a non-profit in Washington D.C.
  • Gilbert Kirkham '85 is a Policy Analyst for NASA and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
  • Matthew Frangel '94 is Press Secretary for the Democratic Leadership Council.
  • Terry Heubert '98 is a Legislative Assistant in the Office of Governor Tom Ridge

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS and CHURCHES

  • J. Cleve Ricksecker '75 is a Project Director at Capital South Community Urban Development, a non-profit organization in Columbus, Ohio.
  • James Keller '79 is National Field Director of the non-profit organization, Zero Population Growth, in Washington D.C.
  • John Wilkinson '85 is Pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago
  • Erin Cross '95 is Associate Director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Emily Bertram '97 is a Policy Analyst for the Clean Air Council in Philadelphia
  • Timeka Thomas Rashid is Coordinator of Community Service/ Residence Hall Director at Otterbein College

PUBLIC HEALTH

  • Justin Waltz '95 is Prevention Specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta

MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, and PARKS

  • Jay R. Gates curates the prestigious Phillips Collection of art in Washington, D.C.
  • Laverle Berry '64 is a Research Analyst at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
  • Karen Stevens Depew '65 is Manuscript/Archives Librarian at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia
  • Kevin Klyberg ' 92 is a Park Ranger at the National Park Service in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
  • Deborah King '96 is Assistant Curator/Registrar in the McFaddin-Ward House (Museum) in Deaumont, Texas

 

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