Famous Classics Majors

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List of Famous Classics Majors

• • Jerry Brown, Mayor of Oakland (former Governor of CA)

  • William Cohen, Secretary of Defense during Clinton administration

  • Lynn Sherr, correspondent, ABC-TV's "20-20"

  • James Baker, former Secretary of State

  • Ted Turner, founder of CNN, Turner Broadcasting, etc.

  • Robert Graves, poet

  • Willa Cather, teacher, journalist, critic, and author

  • Rita Mae Brown, animal enthusiast and author

  • W.E.B. DuBois, sociologist, co-founder of NAACP, and author

  • Toni Morrison, author and winner of Nobel Prize for Literature-1993

  • Gerda Lerner, pioneer in teaching women's history and author

  • Chuck Geschke, former CEO and co-founder of Adobe Systems

  • Sigmund Freud, pioneer in psychoanalysis and author

  • Jane Addams, social worker, founder of Hull House, winner of Nobel Peace Prize-1931

  • Betty Friedan, founder of NOW and author

  • Nancy Vickers, president of Bryn Mawr College

  • Friedrich W. Nietzsche, philosopher and author

  • Teller of Penn and Teller, Magicians

And add at least one more:

• J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels