Notable Alumni of Goucher College

Margaret Woodrow Wilson 1886–1944

Daughter of Woodrow Wilson, acting First Lady

Father: Woodrow Wilson (Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University)

Sibling: Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre (Goucher College, Princeton University)

Sarah T. Hughes 1896–1985

Federal judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson

Also attended: George Washington University

John A. Olszewski, Jr. 1982–

US Representative from Maryland's 2nd district

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 2004

Also attended: George Washington University, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre 1887–1933

Activist and daughter of President Woodrow Wilson

Also attended: Princeton University

Spouse: Francis Bowes Sayre (Harvard University, Williams College)

Father: Woodrow Wilson (Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University)

Emily Newell Blair 1877–1951

Suffragist and co-founder of the League of Women Voters

Also attended: University of Missouri-Columbia

Lena Madesin Phillips 1881–1955

Lawyer who founded National Business and Professional Women's Clubs

Also attended: University of Kentucky

Elsie Shutt 1928–

ORDVAC programmer and tech entrepreneur

Also attended: Harvard University

Florence Barbara Seibert 1897–1991

Biochemist who isolated purified tuberculin PPD

Attended until 1918

Also attended: Yale University

Helen Dodson Prince 1905–2002

Astronomer, pioneer in solar flare research

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Olive Dennis 1885–1957

Railway engineer who improved train travel design

Also attended: Cornell University

Ruth Bleier 1923–1988

Neurophysiologist and early feminist scholar of biology

Hortense Powdermaker 1900–1970

Anthropologist known for studies of Hollywood

Beatrice Aitchison 1908–1997

Mathematician and senior U.S. Postal Service official

Attended until 1928

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Oregon

Hattie Alexander 1901–1968

Pediatrician and microbiologist

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Lydia Villa-Komaroff 1947–

Molecular and cellular biologist

Jane Levy 1989–

Actress, original Mandy Milkovich on Shameless

Mildred Dunnock 1901–1991

Stage and screen actress, two-time Oscar nominee

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University in the City of New York

Anne Lamott 1954–

Novelist and nonfiction writer

Jonah Goldberg 1969–

Conservative commentator, founding editor of National Review Online

Mother: Lucianne Goldberg (George Washington University)

Clara Beranger 1886–1956

Silent film screenwriter and original USC cinema faculty member

Spouse: William Churchill deMille (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Fâik Âli Ozansoy 1876–1950

Turkish poet, educator and politician

Mary Vivian Pearce 1947–

Actress known for John Waters films

Rosalind Fox Solomon 1930–2025

New York-based photographer

Bachelor of Arts · Political science · Class of 1951

Judy Devlin 1935–2024

Badminton player who won 78 international titles

Sibling: Susan Devlin (Goucher College)