Oberlin College Information
Facts about Oberlin College:
Some famous Oberlin alumni:
John Mercer Langston (civil rights activist, politician)
Adrian Fenty (mayor of Washington D.C.)
Edmonia Lewis (sculptor)
Ishmael Beah (author of Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier)
John Langalibalele Dube (founder of the African National Congress)
Denyce Graves (opera singer)
Jerry Greenfield (Ben & Jerry’s co-founder)
Charles Martin Hall (inventor of cheap process of producing aluminum, philanthropist)
Ed Helms (actor on The Daily Show)
Vernon Johns (preacher, civil rights leader)
H.H. Kung (premier of China 1938-39)
George Herbert Meade (sociologist)
Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambican leader)
Liz Phair (rock singer)
Thornton Wilder (author and playwright)
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