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Ephron, Nora Louise

(Encyclopedia) Ephron, Nora Louise, 1941–2012, American writer and film director, grad. Wellesley College (B.A., 1962). Witty, tough, self-deprecating, and ironic in all her guises, she was a…

Moneo, Rafael

(Encyclopedia) Moneo, Rafael (José Rafael Moneo), 1937–, Spanish architect, b. Tudela, Navarre. He received undergraduate (1961) and doctoral (1965) degrees from the Madrid School of Architecture,…

Rudolph, Paul Marvin

(Encyclopedia) Rudolph, Paul Marvin, 1918–97, American modernist architect, b. Elkton, Ky. Rudolph taught at several universities and served as chair of the Yale architecture department from 1958–65…

Katharine Lee Bates

Bates, Katharine Lee[1859-1929](1)Born at Falmouth, Mass., Aug. 12, 1859. Was educated at Wellesley College, from which she received the degree of A.B., in 1880 and that of A.M. in 1891. She…

Choices and Change

by Barbara Bush Barbara Bush's Remarks at Wellesley College Commencement Thank you very much. Thank you President Keohane, Mrs. Gorbachev, trustees, faculty, parents, Julie Porter,…

Erna Hoover Biography

inventorBorn: 28 November 1928Best Known as: inventor of the computerized telephone switching Erna Hoover invented the first computerized telephone switching…

Anderson, Margaret Steele

Anderson, Margaret Steele[1867-1921](2)Born in Louisville, Ky., and educated in the public schools of that city, with special courses at Wellesley College. Since 1901 Miss Anderson has been…

Carolyn Shaw Bell 2006 Deaths

Carolyn Shaw BellAge: 85 influential Wellesley College economist whose inspirational teaching and advocacy of equal opportunities for women are credited with helping to increase the ranks of…

Diane Sawyer

Diane Sawyer anchored ABC's World News Tonight and was previously the longtime host of the network's morning show Good Morning America. A graduate of Wellesley College (1967), Sawyer got her start…

American the Beautiful

The Question: Where was "America the Beautiful" written? My understanding is that it was written in Andover, Mass. A Phillips Academy dormitory is named "…