Kenyon College

Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio. It was founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. People Notable alumni of Kenyon College include: U.S. Supreme Court Justices David Davis (1832), and Stanley Matthews (1840). U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (1834) Abolitionist and women's rights activist John Celivergos Zachos (1840) U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes (1842) Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell (1940) Novelist and short-story writer Peter Taylor (1940) National Book Award-winning novelist William H. Gass (1947) Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme (1948) Actor Paul Newman (1949) Comedian Jonathan Winters (attended, 1950) Award-winning writer E.L. Doctorow (1952) Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Arlington Wright (1952) Molecular biologist Harvey Lodish (1962) Architect Graham Gund (1963) Cartoonist and Zits co-creator Jim Borgman (1976) Cartoonist and Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson (1980) References