Colby Inspired

Notable Alumni

Dan Harris ’93
ABC World News Sunday anchor

Doris Kearns Goodwin ’64
Historian, Daily Show guest

Pete Rouse ’68
Advisor to President Obama, former White House Chief of Staff

Hannah Beech ’95
Time magazine, Southeast Asia bureau chief

Robert Diamond Jr. ’73
Former chief executive, Barclays

Rocco Landesman '69
Chair, National Endowment for the Arts; Broadway entrepreneur

David Bodine ’76
Chief of Genetics and Molecular Biology, NIH

Amy Walter ’91
National editor, Cook Political Report, former political director, ABC News

Andrea Nix Fine ’91
Academy Award-winning (2013) documentary filmmaker

Henry Sockbeson '73
Chief justice, Mashpee Wampanoag Supreme Court

Andrew J. Weiland ’64
Acclaimed orthopedic surgeon; professor, Weill Cornell Medical College

Cecily von Ziegesar ’92
Author of Gossip Girls series

Wylie Dufresne ’92
"One of the most influential culinary minds on the planet" (NY Times)

Mike Daisey ’96
Satirist, actor, star of one-man off-Broadway shows

Inspired Lives

Colby graduates succeed. They find their places at the best medical schools and research universities, the finest law and business programs, top financial firms, in the arts, government service, social service, education, and nonprofit organizations, and they are inspired leaders in their communities.


Stories

  • ABC News Debate Coverage Features Two Colby Alums

    ABC News Digital's live coverage of the final presidential debate will be anchored by an all-Colby team: ABC News Political Director Amy Walter '91...More »


  • Class Action

    Class Action

    Homeless in high school, Jessica Boyle '12 fought to make Colby a place where students from all backgrounds can thrive.


  • Apuzzo Wins Pulitzer

    Apuzzo Wins Pulitzer

    Matt Apuzzo ’00 was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting this week as part of an Associated Press investigative team that...More »


  • Alums Make Business List

    Of 27 "game changers" listed by Business Insider—including the CEO of Twitter and the president of J. Crew—two Colby alums made the...More »


  • Alums Walk for Charity

    Sam Rouleau, ready for volunteer duty in Texas. When Nick Tucker ’10 and Sam Rouleau ’10 set out to walk across the country,...More »


  • Mike Daisey Bites the Apple

    Mike Daisey Bites the Apple

    For monologist Mike Daisey '96, the death of Steve Jobs was another defining moment in a remarkable career


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Alumni Profiles

Headshot Tom Betro '81

Occupation: Government
Major: Government

People know NCIS from the popular television show. The show knows about NCIS by consulting with a Colby grad who was appointed director of the real Naval Criminal Investigative Service in 2006.
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