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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837, the first to admit women (other than Franklin College's brief experiment in the 1780s). It has been known since its founding for progressive student activism. The College of Arts & Sciences offers more than 60 majors, minors, and concentrations. Oberlin is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Five Colleges of Ohio consortium. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Authors educated at Oberlin College 1560
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Sinclair Lewis
James Monroe
Robert A. Millikan
Thornton Wilder
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Al Haig
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Ralph F. Hirschmann
Jacob Dolson Cox
Edwin O. Reischauer
Willard Van Orman Quine
Tracy Chevalier
Stanley Cohen
Roger Sperry
Julie Taymor
Anna Louise Strong
Theodore E. Burton
Liz Phair
Anne Osborn Krueger
Lena Dunham
George Herbert Mead
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John Cazale
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Scott S. Sheppard
Abdul Wadud
Elisha Gray
Henry Chandler Cowles
Ed Helms
John Wesley Powell
Eric Bogosian
Kenneth Waltz
Bruce Catton
Ned Rothenberg
Avery Brooks
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