Oberlin College: Quick Facts

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Date	1833 - present
Areas Of Involvement	Coeducation • Liberal arts
Notable Alumni	Liz Phair • Julie Taymor • James McBride • John Cazale • Lena Dunham • Joshua Angrist • Alison Bechdel • Richard Theodore Greener • John Kander • William Goldman • John Mercer Langston • Mary Ann Bickerdyke • Anna Julia Cooper • Robert Millikan • Howard Thurman • Robert Maynard Hutchins • Anderson Abbott • Johnnetta Cole • Carl Rowan • J. Hillis Miller • Jerry Rubin • Stanley Cohen • Roger Wolcott Sperry • Bruce Catton • John Langalibalele Dube

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