Amherst College: Quick Facts

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Date	1821 - present
Areas Of Involvement	Coeducation • Liberal arts
Notable Alumni	John Bates Clark • Calvin Coolidge • Jeffrey Wright • David Foster Wallace • David O. Russell • Chris Coons • George Papandreou • David Suzuki • Henry Clay Folger • John M. Deutch • Patrick Fitzgerald • Dan Brown • Jeffrey C. Hall • Carl Woese • Jeffrey Hoffman • Harold Varmus • Henry Ward Beecher • Joseph E. Stiglitz • Henry Way Kendall • Albert II, prince of Monaco • Melvil Dewey • Richard Wilbur • Henry Kendall • Dwight W. Morrow • Charles Richard Drew

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