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This list of Colby College alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students, current students, and honorary degree recipients of Colby College. Colby, which was founded in 1813, has a total of more than 25,000 living alumni.
Pages in category "Colby College alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 264 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The sail loft became the subject of one of Andrew Wyeth's paintings, and was renamed Goodbye by Besty following his death. [2] Allen and Benner islands were acquired by Colby College in 2022. [7] Betsy Wyeth was a founding member of the Chadds Ford Historical Society, and a driving force in the creation of Island Journal.
He attended Colby College and then served in the navy during the Korean War. During that time, he was stationed in Okinawa. After his service in the military, he attended Harvard Business School. After his graduation, he joined Sterilite, the company that his uncle and father founded in 1939.
Alumni remain engaged with the college through alumni programs, affinity groups, and a directory and related services online, all offered by the Office of Alumni Relations. Colby alumni include Governors Lot M. Morrill (ex-1869), Harris M. Plaisted (1881–1883), Nelson Dingley, Jr. (1874–1876), Llewellyn Powers (1901–1908), Benjamin Butler ...
Colby College (BA, AM) Signature Theophilus Capen Abbot (April 29, 1826 – November 7, 1892) was an American educator and the third President of the State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University ), serving from 1863 until 1885.
Louise Helen Coburn (September 1, 1856 – February 7, 1949) was one of the five founders of Sigma Kappa sorority, a pioneer for women's education at Colby College, where she served as the first female trustee, and an accomplished scientist and writer known for writing the two volumes of Skowhegan on the Kennebec.
Ninetta May "Nettie" Runnals (January 14, 1885 – June 1, 1980) was an American academic and college administrator. She served as Dean of Women at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, her alma mater, for 27 years, advocating for gender equality for women students and faculty members.