Editing Williams College (section)

===Alumni===
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{{main|List of Williams College people}}
The Society of Alumni of Williams College is the oldest existing alumni society of any academic institution in the United States.<ref>{{cite web| title =History of The Williams Club| publisher =The Williams Club of New York| url =http://www.williamsclub.org/about/index.html| access-date =2007-09-20| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071013051619/http://www.williamsclub.org/about/index.html| archive-date =2007-10-13| url-status =dead}}</ref> The Society of Alumni was founded during the "Amherst crisis" in 1821, when Williams College President [[Zephaniah Swift Moore]] left Williams. Graduates of Williams formed the Society to ensure that Williams would not have to close, and raised enough money to ensure the future survival of the school. This fund formed by alumni served as the first college endowment in the United States, and as a result, Williams has maintained a legacy of high alumni involvement.

There are 30,699 living alumni of record, and 69 regional alumni associations nationwide and overseas. Alumni participation in the 2018–19 Alumni Fund was 54.1%. More than 61% of the alumni from the classes of 1980 to 2000 have earned at least one graduate or professional degree. The most popular graduate disciplines for alumni are management, education, law, and health care.<ref name=fastfacts/>

Prominent alumni include 9 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners, 2 [[Robert F. Engle|Nobel Prize]] laureates, a [[Curtis McMullen|Fields medalist]], a [[Lasker award]] recipient, 16 billionaires, 71 members of the [[United States Congress]], 22 [[Governor (United States)|U.S. Governors]], 4 [[Cabinet of the United States|U.S. Cabinet]] secretaries, an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court]], a [[James A. Garfield|President of the United States]], 3 prime ministers, CEOs and founders of [[Fortune 500]] companies, multiple [[Emmy Award|Emmy]], [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], [[Tony Award|Tony]], and [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] award winners, and professional athletes.<!-- how many? <- i second that --> Other notable alumni include 40 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} The Rhodes Scholarships |url=http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/uploads/Rhodes%2520Scholarships_Number%2520of%2520Winners%2520by%2520Institution_10_15_14.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917115722/http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/uploads/Rhodes%2520Scholarships_Number%2520of%2520Winners%2520by%2520Institution_10_15_14.pdf |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=2016-08-13 |website=www.rhodesscholar.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Williams College Senior Linda Worden '19 Named Rhodes Scholar |url=https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/11_28_2018_rhodes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210064802/https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/11_28_2018_rhodes/ |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |access-date=December 9, 2018 |website=Office of Communications}}</ref> and 17 [[Marshall Scholarship]] recipients.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics |url=http://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/statistics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126211334/http://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/statistics |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=January 8, 2018 |website=www.marshallscholarship.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Fellowship Winners {{!}} Williams College |url=http://www.williams.edu/fellowships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812235103/http://www.williams.edu/fellowships/ |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |access-date=2016-08-13 |website=www.williams.edu}}</ref>
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File:James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated.jpg|[[James A. Garfield]], 20th [[president of the United States]]
File:Stephen Johnson Field, photo half length seated, 1875.jpg|[[Stephen Johnson Field]], former [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court]]
File:Richard M Helms.jpg|[[Richard Helms]], 8th [[Director of Central Intelligence]]
File:Chris Murphy, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg|[[Chris Murphy]], [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[Connecticut]]
File:GohChokTong-WashingtonDC-20010614.jpg|[[Goh Chok Tong]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Singapore|prime minister of Singapore]]
File:Reza Pahlavi by Gage Skidmore.jpg|[[Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran]], last heir apparent to the throne of the [[Imperial State of Iran]]
File:Robert Engle SantiagoWEAI2017.png|[[Robert F. Engle]], [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]]-winning economist
File:Curtis T. McMullen.jpg|[[Curtis McMullen]], American mathematician, [[Fields Medalist]]
File:Glenn Lowry 2002.JPG|[[Glenn D. Lowry]], Director of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York City]]
File:Steve Case (6244482532).jpg|[[Steve Case]], former CEO and chairman of [[AOL]]
File:HalSteinbrenner2019.png|[[Hal Steinbrenner]], owner, managing general partner, and chairman of the [[New York Yankees]]
File:Wang Leehom - 2018 Golden Lotus Awards for Best Actor .jpg|[[Wang Leehom]], Chinese-American singer-songwriter, one of the most followed celebrities in China
File:Stephen Sondheim - smoking.JPG|[[Stephen Sondheim]], [[Pulitzer Prize]] and [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]]-winning composer and lyricist
File:Elia Kazan.JPG|[[Elia Kazan]], [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning film director
File:John Frankenheimer on the set of "Andersonville" (cropped).JPG|[[John Frankenheimer]], [[Emmy Award]]-winning film and television director
File:David Strathairn (5974348391).jpg|[[David Strathairn]], [[Emmy Award]]-winning actor
File:Mika Brzezinski.jpg|[[Mika Brzezinski]], broadcast journalist
File:Erin Burnett - small.jpg|[[Erin Burnett]], American [[news anchor]]
File:Lina Khan, FTC Chair (cropped).jpg|[[Lina Khan]], former chair of the Federal Trade Commission
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