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Julia
McWilliams Child
Barbara Bush
Margaret Mitchell
Sylvia Plath
Gloria Steinham
Links to Other Notable Alumnae |
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Adams, Aileen, 1966 |
Active promoter of legislation in the fields of aging,
rape, fire sciences, nursing and child abuse. Fire
commissioner in Los Angeles. Smith Medalist 1993. |
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Babbott, Joan, (Griggs), 1948 |
Public health physician in family planning; Los Angeles
working with Planned Parenthood. Smith Medalist 1994. |
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Persoff, Miriam, (Berke), 1959 |
First
woman anchor on KNX radio, Los Angeles, owned and
operated by CBS. |
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Deane, Ann, (Biester), 1979 |
Executive
film producer of "Pants on Fire," a black comedy about a
troubled marriage which premiered at the Los Angeles
Independent Film festival. Associate director at CBS. |
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Geller, Phylis J. 1968 |
President, Norman Star Media, Washington, D.C.
Formerly Senior vice president of national productions
at KCET/Hollywood, where projects inluded "American
Playhouse," "The Astronomers," "Theatre in
America" series on PBS. Produced "Uncommon Women" by
Wendy Wasserstein for PBS. |
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Li,
Sue, (Yung), 1955 |
Landscape architect, environmental designer and
filmmaker. Co-founder of Roundhouse. First film, "Le
Pink Grapefruit," won the San Francisco International
Film Festival Special Jury Award. Smith Medalist
1983. |
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McLoughlin, Merrill, 1966 |
Free-lance editor and writer. Former co-editor of "U.S.
News and World Report" . Worked on "Official Negligence:
How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles," by
Lou Cannon (1997). |
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Miller, Carlene, (Hatchell), 1965 |
Vice
president and treasurer of Pomona College. Former
director and financial manager for University of
California, Los Angeles. Smith College Trustee 1993 to
1998. |
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Seligman, Dorothy, (Halle), 1941 |
Publisher of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Magazine. Author of children's books including "Run Away
Home" and "The Trouble with Horses" |
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Wolken, Ann, 1969 |
A
children's muralist. Over a three-year period
(1988-1991) helped produce 12 portable murals with the
children of the Boys and Girls Club of Venice. The mural
"Tea Party at the Downtown Women's Center," 6 feet by
100 feet, is located at 325 South Los Angeles St., LA.
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DeWitt, Helen, 1980 |
Author of "The Last Samurai: A Novel" which was
nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first
fiction. |
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Merrilees, Jeannette, (York), 1951 |
Leader of an Los Angeles Chapter Task Force of the
Sierra Club in opposition to construction in the
oceanfront, Historic District of 1930's beach cottages
within Crystal Cove State Park. Save Crystal Cove
continues to fight for protection of the parkland.
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Rothman, Barbara, (Schlanger), 1956 |
A
Ph.D. licensed marriage, family and child therapist with
a therapy and consulatation practice in Beverly Hills.
Adjunct faculty member at Antioch University in Los
Angeles. Has a long term affiliation with the Southern
California Counseling Center in LA. The author of
numerous books including "The Crowded Bed,"co-written
with Toby Bobes. |
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Mendelsohn, Carol, 1973 |
Successful writer for television drama. Executive
producer with of the highly successful franchise C.S.I.;
Wrote for series such as "Fame," "Heartbeat," and
"Midnight Caller," "Melrose Place" Honored for her work
with a humanitarian award from the Los Angeles
Commission on Assaults Against Women (October, 2003).
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Moule,
Elizabeth, 1983 |
Architect and principal of the Los Angeles-based firm
Moules & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists and CEO of
Meridian Properties. Co-founder and board member of the
Congress for the New Urbanism, a national organization
aimed at integrating aesthetic, social, environmental,
economic and policy aspects of urbanism. |
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