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unusual facts about Pomona College


Pomona University

Pomona College, a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California (originally founded in Pomona) and part of the Claremont Colleges consortium


Alex Linder

The ADL reports that he graduated with a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California, in 1988, then worked as a researcher for CNN on the Evans & Novak political show, and then at The American Spectator.

Andrew Lear

He has taught at Harvard, Columbia, Pomona College, and NYU and is now the owner of Oscar Wilde Tours, a company organizing gay history tours of Europe.

Douglas Leedy

Born in Portland, Oregon, Leedy studied with Karl Kohn at Pomona College and at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was in a composition seminar with membership including La Monte Young and Terry Riley.

Edward Tessier

During the summer of his sophomore year at Damien he was paralyzed from the waist down after an accident at the beach but still went on to graduate from Damien as well as, later, Pomona College in Claremont where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Elmer Grey

They also designed a dormitory and other structures for Claremont College and a master expansion plan for Pomona College.

Frederick Spratt

Another notable institutional show was Ten California Colorists, a group exhibition in 1985 that traveled to Redding Art Museum, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Montgomery Gallery at Pomona College and University Art Museum at the University of New Mexico.

Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association

The first Midwest Leadership Retreat was held at Northwestern University with the West Coast Leadership Retreat hosted by Pomona College.

Meeghan Holaway

She has a B.A. from Pomona College in Claremont, CA, where she graduated with honors and became a Rhodes Scholarship finalist and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Pine School

Since then, TPS graduates have been accepted to the finest colleges in the nation, including Yale University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, Boston College, Pomona College, Swarthmore College, Davidson College, Tufts University, Vanderbilt University, Wesleyan University, and more.

Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School

Universities and colleges attended by Rowland Hall graduates include Ivy League schools such as Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, and smaller private colleges across the U.S., including Pomona College, Lewis and Clark, Reed, Whitman, Williams, Amherst, Wesleyan and Westminster.


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Alexander Gonzalez

His service in the United States Air Force allowed him to utilize the G.I. Bill to earn his undergraduate degree in history at Pomona College.

Frederick Sontag

In a 2004 interview with Pomona College Magazine, singer, actor, songwriter, and former Pomona College student Kris Kristofferson mentioned Sontag as an important influence in his life.

Oxtoby

David W. Oxtoby, the ninth and current president of Pomona College

Richard C. Miller

In 1929 Miller was introduced to Leica and Graflex, cameras and began to study cinematography while attending Stanford University and Pomona College.