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Famous Swarthmore Alumni Flashcards

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Daniel Underhill (1894)

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The music/dance library is named after this brother

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William S. Barker (1895)

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Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fraternity from 1927-1928

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Arthur Hour Scott (1895)

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Son of Scott Paper Co. Founder Irvin Scott, and later it’s president. He is credited with inventing the paper towel and facial tissue. After his death in 1927, his father donated $85,000 to the establishment of a horticulture society at Swarthmore College in 1929 in Arthur’s name. He was a nationally renowned horticulturalist.

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Amos J. Peaslee (‘07)

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Former US Ambassador to Australia

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Philip T. Sharples (‘10)

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Chairman of the Chapter Lodge Building Committee and donator of Swarthmore’s Dining Hall

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Thomas McCabe (‘15)

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Former President of Scott Paper Company and Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, donated library to Swarthmore College

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Clark W. Davis (‘17)

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Businessman and President of the International Fraternity from 1955-1957

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Holbrooke M. Macneille (‘28)

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Rhodes Scholar Recipient

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H Thomas Hallowell (‘29)

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Gracious benefactor and former President of Standard Pressed Steel Company

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James A. Perkins (‘34)

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Former President of Cornell University

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Dr. Christian B. Anfinsen (‘37)

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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

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Lee MacPhail (‘39)

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American League Baseball President

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Hey wood Hale Broun (‘40)

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Editorialist and Author

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Dick Hall (‘52)

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Former Major League Baseball Pitcher

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Thomas Kershaw (‘60)

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Businessman and owner of the world famous Bull & Finch Pub, the bar popularized by the TV series “Cheers”

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Neil Austrian, Sr. (‘61)

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Business executive, former Chairman of the Board of Managers at Swarthmore College, and former President of the National Football League

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Edward C. Prescott (‘62)

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American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2004

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Noah Lang (2010)

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American Badass. Grandson of Eugene M. Lang, philanthropist and creator of the I Have A Dream Foundation, and son of Stephen Lang, actor and playwright

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