Notable Alumni of Connecticut College

Sean Spicer 1971–

30th White House press secretary under Trump

Bachelor of Arts · Government · Class of 1993

Patricia McGowan Wald 1928–2019

First female chief judge of the D.C. Circuit

Also attended: Yale University

Alice Rogoff 1951–

Newspaper publishing executive and philanthropist

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: David Rubenstein (University of Chicago, Duke University)

Cynthia Enloe 1938–

Feminist political theorist, Clark University professor emeritus

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

Nancy Dorian 1936–2024

Linguist who studied Scottish Gaelic dialect decline

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Martha Chen 1944–

Lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Sibling: Tom Alter (Yale University)

Joan Rivers 1933–2014

Comedian, actress and television host

Attended until 1952

Also attended: Barnard College, Columbia University in the City of New York

Child: Melissa Rivers (University of Pennsylvania)

Estelle Parsons 1927–

American actress and former singer

H. Jon Benjamin 1966–

Voice actor of Archer and Bob's Burgers

Susan Saint James 1946–2026

Actress

Spouse: Dick Ebersol (Yale University)

Child: Charlie Ebersol (University of Notre Dame)

Julia Alvarez 1950–

Poet, novelist and essayist

Also attended: Syracuse University, Middlebury College

Leland Orser 1960–

Actor known for ER and the Taken films

Spouse: Jeanne Tripplehorn (The Juilliard School, University of Tulsa)

Angela Bowie 1949–

Model and actress, former wife of David Bowie

Child: Duncan Jones (College of Wooster, Vanderbilt University)

David Grann 1967–

New Yorker staff writer, author of The Lost City of Z

Charles Chun 1967–

Actor in Criminal Minds and Scrubs

Scott Lowell 1965–

Actor known as Ted in Queer as Folk

Sam Seder 1966–

Actor and progressive political commentator

Also attended: Boston University

Gayl Jones 1949–

Novelist, poet and playwright

Attended until 1971

Also attended: Brown University

Lee Eisenberg 1977–

Film and television writer and producer

Kevin Wade 1954–

Screenwriter and television producer

Spouse: Polly Draper (Yale University)

Marcia Tucker 1940–2006

Art critic and founder of the New Museum

Anita DeFrantz 1952–

Olympic rower and IOC member

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Jim Gabarra 1959–

Former soccer forward and women's soccer coach

Spouse: Carin Jennings-Gabarra (University of California-Santa Barbara)

Nan Kempner 1930–2005

New York socialite known for her fashion sense