Notable Graduates
Selected List of Gibbs Graduates
Education
Marjorie Bell Chambers, PhD, first woman president of Colorado Women’s College
Allegra Maynard, headmistress of The Madeira School in McLean Virginia
Agnes Missirian, PhD, Fulbright scholar, prolific author, faculty member at Bentley University
Katharine Towle, first director of women marines, dean of students at UC Berkeley. Awarded Legion of Merit and the Navy Commendation Medal
Business
Annie Tryon Adams, founder of nationally franchised Annie’s Book Stop
Colleen Sullivan Bastkowski, regional vice president of an educational software company
Dorothy Breininger, Dorothy the Organizer, best- selling author and media personality
Felton Brown, art director at New York City advertising agency
Terrence Gray, secretary turned entrepreneur whose motto is “Success by Design”
Ellen Merlo, senior vice president for corporate affairs at Phillip Morris USA, philanthropist
Doris Tarrant, first woman president of the multimillion-dollar United Jersey Bank North
Karen Eddy Kent, first female in the country to head a trade association.
Karyn Khoury, Senior Vice President of Corporate Fragrance Development at Estee Lauder
Barbara Bancroft, first Woman of the Year, Advertising club of Greater Boston
Helene Pilibosian, poet, publisher, first woman editor of the newspaper Armenian-American.
Patricia Ryan, first female editor of People
Entertainment
Kay Francis, the queen of Warner Brothers before Bette Davis
Barbara Gaines, “The Late Show with David Letterman” executive producer
Loretta Swit, Emmy-winning actress
Meredith Vieira, journalist and television personality
Government
Joan M. Clark, United States Ambassador to Malta, director of management operations at the Department of State, Director General of the Foreign Service, Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs
Mary Claiborne Jarratt, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Joyce E. Munkacsi, New Jersey Superior Court judge, first woman Assistant County Prosecutor, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Marion West Higgins, first woman elected Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, second woman in the country to hold this office
Jean MacIntire Kennet, first woman appointed as Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, Massachusetts
Mary Sutton Ramsdell, first state policewoman in the nation
Ruth A. Robinson, Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps. Awarded the Legion of Merit
Writers
Mary Louise Beneway Clifford, CIA operative, prolific author
Jeanne Gurnee, geographer and writer, awarded Society of Woman Geographers Outstanding Achievement Award
Marie Lyons Killilea, co-founder of the National United Cerebral Palsy Foundation and author whose five books have sold four million copies in eleven languages
Mary Slattery Stoltz , author of more than 60 books translated into almost 30 languages, early practitioner of the young adult novel, received two Newbury Honors, and award for her life’s work.
Notable Employers
Some Notable Employers of Gibbs Secretaries
Bernard Baruch, financier and presidential advisor
Senator Edward W. Brooke, Massachusetts
Helen Gurley Brown, Editor-in-Chief, Cosmopolitan magazine
Christie Brinkley, model, actress, entrepreneur
President Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States
Julia Child, chef and television star who made French cooking accessible to Americans
John Foster Dulles, secretary of state in the Eisenhower administration
President Dwight W. Eisenhower, five–star general and 34th president of the United States
Arthur Fiedler, conductor of the Boston Pops
President Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States
Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post
President Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States
Thomas P. H. Hoving, director, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Howard Hughes, American business man, aviator, aerospace engineer, film maker, and philanthropist
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph P. Kennedy, first chairman of the Security and Exchange Commission, ambassador to Great Britain, businessman
Senator Robert F. Kennedy, attorney general and presidential candidate
Senator John F. Kerry, Massachusetts
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stanley Kubrick, film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, and editor
Robert Lehman, head of Lehman Brothers, art collector, philanthropist
Charles Lindbergh, aviator, political activist, and environmentalist
John V. Lindsay, mayor of New York
Margaret Mead, anthropologist
President Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, governor of California
Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate
Frank Perdue, president and CEO of Perdue Farms
President Ronald Reagan, actor and 40th president of the United States
Nelson Rockefeller, vice-president of the United States, governor of New York, businessman, philanthropist
Alfred E. Smith, presidential candidate and head of the Empire State Building project
Rise Stevens, Metropolitan Opera
Juan Trippe, founder and CEO of Pan Am
Barbara Walters, television journalist and first woman to co–anchor national evening news
Fred Waring, bandleader
Bradford Washburn, explorer, photographer, and director of the Museum of Science, Boston
Kevin H. White, mayor of Boston
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII and his American wife Wallis Spencer
Tom Yawkey, owner, Boston Red Sox
Robert R. Young, CEO of New York Central Railroad
Notable Faculty
Prominent Faculty and the Courses They Taught
Earnest Elmo Calkins
Advertising
Father of modern advertising with the first advertising campaign and the concept of the advertising jingle
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, PhD
Personal Efficiency in Business
Expert in industrial psychology and motion studies, model for the mother in “Cheaper by the Dozen”
Olga Samaroff Stokowski
Music Appreciation
The first American woman to attend the Paris Conservatoire
Harry James Carmen, PhD
Government
Dean and Professor of History at Columbia College, Columbia University
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
Art Appreciation
Sculptor, filmmaker, and member of the German Bauhaus
Joseph Wood Krutch, PhD
Theatre Arts
Columbia University faculty member, National Book Award for Nonfiction winner, theatre critic, and author of literary biography and theatrical history
James P. Shenton, PhD
History
Columbia University faculty member, American history scholar and award–winning teacher
Erwin Schell
Business
Dean of the MIT Department of Business and Engineering (later the Sloan School of Management)
Mark Van Doren, PhD
English
Columbia University faculty member, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, novelist, playwright, critic, and celebrated teacher
Notable Businesses Owned by Gibbs Graduates
Gibbs graduates’ businesses offer many services and products. Below are just a few of them.
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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Kathlyn Putnam
Admin for Hire offers virtual administrative assistant services.
http://www.adminforhire.com/
COMPUTERS
Lorraine Adams
Quick–Tech specializes in desktop and laptop repairs and wireless networking.
www.quick-tech.com
EMERGENCY MEDICAL EDUCATION
Jane MacArthur
StarFire EMS, Inc., provides initial education programs for Emergency Medical Technicians as well as continuing and NCCR education programs for all provider levels.
www.starfireems.net
ELDER CARE
Diane Asdourian Kimball
DK Services, LLC, offers Personal Assistant and Elder Care Services in the Portland, Maine, area.
[email protected]
GENEALOGY
Grace “Gay” Maier Walker
Professional Genealogist, AncesTree by Grace, LLC
[email protected] or 970.640.2186
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Kenson Clarke
Klust Creative is focused on graphic design, internet marketing, web design and development, and branding and identity.
www.klustcreative.com
William Elliott
WeDesign specializes in branding and identity, direct mail, print and digital advertising, and marketing consulting.
www.coroflot.com/WeDesign
MARKETING
Terrence Gray, “T.Gray”
Team ELITE Marketing provides success coaching, entrepreneurship opportunities, as well as sales, marketing, and business development consultation services.
www.TerrenceDGray.com
MEDICAL BILLING
CarolAnn Candal
MBS Medical Billing Solutions offers full-service electronic medical billing services with state-of-the-art technology and extensive knowledge of medical billing.
https://www.loc8nearme.com/washington/tukwila/medical-billing-solutions/7040629/ or (570) 730-4492
ORGANIZATION
Dorothy Breininger
Dorothy the Organizer is a writer, producer, speaker, award–winning businesswoman, and television personality.
www.dorothytheorganizer.com
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bernard Fairclough
Photographic services for special events, portraits, weddings, book signings, corporate events, award shows, and entertainment functions. Chief photographer for the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival.
www.adrianbernardphotography.com
Mary Bixler Beal
She works with an animal–related magazine, does family portraits that include pets, and works with animal rescues.
[email protected]
Saquan Stimpson
He does photojournalism, commercial work, and sports events, ever-changing, unpredictable world of photographing athletes and the games they play.
www.monsterphotoiso.com
REAL ESTATE TITLE
Kris Conant
Atlantic Coast Title Company South Portland Maine
www.atlancoast.com
RECRUITING
Paula Barber
On Point Recruiting is a full-service national recruiting partner including recruiting services, human resource and business support, and HR Support Services.
www.onpointrecruit.com
RETAIL
Susan Matera
Surplus Unlimited focuses on close-out merchandise including power tools, electronics, gifts, toys, kitchen & dining items, housewares, lawn and garden items and more.
http://surplusunlimitedstore.com
WRITERS
Linda Conti
Author of children’s books and coach for memoir writers
Tinky Weisblat
Writer, publisher, and television personality
www.tinkycooks.com