Editing Colby College (section)

==Notable alumni==
{{Main|List of Colby College alumni|List of Colby College Faculty}}

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File:Ben Bradlee, Jr.jpg|[[Ben Bradlee Jr.]]<br><small>(B.A. '70)<br>Journalist</small><br/>
File:Portrait of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, officer of the Federal Army LOC cwpb.04894.tif|[[Benjamin Butler]]<br><small>(B.A. 1839)<br>[[Major general (United States)|Major General]] in the [[Union Army]]</small><br/>
File:Jack Coombs.jpg|[[Jack Coombs]]<br><small>(B.A. 1906)<br>Baseball player</small><br/>
File:Bob Diamond - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg|[[Bob Diamond (banker)|Bob Diamond]]<br><small>(B.A. '73)<br>Former CEO of [[Barclays]]</small><br/>
File:Wylie Dufresne.jpg|[[Wylie Dufresne]]<br><small>(B.A. '92)<br>Chef</small><br/>
File:Doris Kearns Goodwin (11131).jpg|[[Doris Kearns Goodwin]]<br><small>(B.A. '64)<br>Historian</small><br/>
File:Edward Gurney.jpg|[[Edward Gurney]]<br><small>(B.A. '35)<br>[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Florida]]</small><br/>
File:Appletons' Lovejoy Elijah Parish.jpg|[[Elijah Parish Lovejoy]]<br><small>(B.A. 1826)<br>Journalist and abolitionist</small><br/>
File:Marston Morse.jpg|[[Marston Morse]]<br><small>(B.A. 1914)<br>Mathematician</small><br/>
File:Pete Rouse in the Oval Office.jpg|[[Pete Rouse]]<br><small>(B.A. '68)<br>Former [[White House Chief of Staff]]</small><br/>
File:Cicily von Ziegesar.jpg|[[Cecily von Ziegesar]]<br><small>(B.A. '92)<br>Creator of the [[Gossip Girl (novel series)|Gossip Girl]] series</small><br/>
File:Amy Walter 2016.jpg|[[Amy Walter]]<br><small>(B.A. '91)<br>Political analyst</small><br/>
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Alumni, now numbering more than 25,000, are represented in all 50 states and 75 foreign countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/catalogue/2009_2010/general_information/about.cfm|title=Colby College Catalogue 2016-2017|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> 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 (politician)|Benjamin Butler]] (1883–1884), [[Marcellus Stearns]] (1874–1877), and [[George A. Ramsdell]] (1897–1899).

Other notable alumni include: Harvard Professor, President Emeritus of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, and White House Consultant [[Gregory R. Ciottone|Gregory Ciottone]] (1987), former [[Barclays]] Chief Executive Officer [[Bob Diamond (banker)|Robert Diamond]] (1973), U.S. Senator from Florida (1969–1974) [[Edward Gurney]] (1935), abolitionist [[Elijah Parish Lovejoy|Elijah P. Lovejoy]] (1826), Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and U.S. State Department Spokesman [[Sean McCormack]] (1986), mathematician and founding member of the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] [[Marston Morse]] (1914), President and CEO of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Boston]] [[Eric S. Rosengren]] (1979), former [[White House Chief of Staff]] [[Pete Rouse]] (1968), author [[Doris Kearns Goodwin]] (1964), pathologist and author [[Stephen Sternberg]] (1941), and academic and author of the [[Spenser (character)|Spenser]] detective novels [[Robert B. Parker]] (1954), Pulitzer-Prize winning author [[Gregory White Smith]] (1973), political analyst [[Amy Walter]] (1991), Political Director of [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], former house editor for the [[Cook Political Report]], Editor in Chief of ''[[The Hotline]]'', and [[NFL]] General Manager [[Eric DeCosta]] of the [[Baltimore Ravens]] (1993).

===Presidents of Colby===
{{Main|President and Trustees of Colby College}}

The Administration is made up of the president, officers, a board of trustees with faculty and student representation, and a board of overseers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/administration_cs/president/articles/200607_colby_coll_presidents_report.pdf|title=Office of the President|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> Since the founding of the college in 1813, 20 presidents have served, with Colby alumni having served as four Presidents of the college: [[Albion Woodbury Small]], class of 1876, President from 1889 to 1892; [[Nathaniel Butler Jr.]], class of 1873, President from 1896 to 1901; [[Arthur J. Roberts]], class of 1890, President from 1908 to 1927; and [[Franklin W. Johnson]], class of 1891, President from 1929 to 1942. [[David Greene (university administrator)|David Greene]] currently serves in the role since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colby College president oversees application spike amid focus on diversity |url=https://www.highereddive.com/news/colby-college-president-oversees-application-spike-amid-focus-on-diversity/405343/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Higher Ed Dive |language=en-US}}</ref>