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    Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California. It is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and, as of spring 2024, had 815...
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    home to Whittier College. The city is surrounded by three unincorporated areas sharing the Whittier name, West Whittier-Los Nietos, South Whittier, and East...
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    Whittier Law School was a law school in Costa Mesa, California founded in 1966. The law school was part of Whittier College, a private institution. After...
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    John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States...
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  • Following is a list of notable alumni from Whittier College in Whittier, California. Willa Baum, historian and pioneer of oral history Arturo C. Porzecanski...
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  • Carol Ann Abrams (category Whittier College faculty)
    journalist and TMZ founder, Harvey Levin. She worked as a professor at Whittier College for five years before entering the entertainment industry. She developed...
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  • Whittier may refer to: Whittier, Alaska Whittier Airport Whittier, California, named for John Greenleaf Whittier Whittier College, a private liberal arts...
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    Andrea Barber (category Whittier College alumni)
    graduated from La Serna High School in Whittier, California. She earned a degree in English from Whittier College in 1999. Barber also has an MA in Women's...
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  • Nancy Ling Perry (category Whittier College alumni)
    as their Honored Queen. She began university at Whittier College. After a few semesters at Whittier, however, she transferred to the University of California...
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  • in Monrovia, California, and since 2015 has been located at Whittier College in Whittier, California. The organization is funded in part by a grant from...
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  • 1949 Whittier Poets football team represented Whittier College as a member of the Southern California Conference (SCC) during the 1949 college football...
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    Ken Davitian (category Whittier College alumni)
    company. He graduated from Garfield High School in East Los Angeles and Whittier College. His teenage idol was Burt Reynolds, who greatly influenced his choice...
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    Richard Nixon (category People from Whittier, California)
    remained in his hometown, and enrolled at Whittier College in September 1930. His expenses at Whittier College were met by his maternal grandfather. Nixon...
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    Whittier High School (WHS) is a high school located in Whittier, California. It belongs to the Whittier Union High School District. It is the alma mater...
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  • with Pomona College and Whittier College; the Tigers have played both the Sagehens and the Poets over 100 times. In 1982, the Occidental College football...
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    Linda Oubré (category Whittier College faculty)
    who served as president of Whittier College from 2018 to 2023. Oubré grew up in Los Angeles and was a first-generation college student whose grandparents...
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    Harvey Levin (category Whittier College faculty)
    then practiced law briefly in Los Angeles before taking a position at Whittier College School of Law. In 1978, Levin came to public attention following a...
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    James Adomian (category Whittier College alumni)
    Adomian is an alumnus of Los Angeles Baptist High School and attended Whittier College studying in a self-designed major in Economics and Theatre Arts. He...
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    Geoff Stults (category Whittier College alumni)
    Angeles, and began to perform in the college theater productions while attending Whittier College, in Whittier, California, where he also played football...
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    Norwalk Paramount Pico Rivera Santa Fe Springs Signal Hill South Gate Vernon Whittier Also members of the Gateway Cities Council of Governments: Avalon (on Catalina...
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  • Chris Jacobs (television host) (category Whittier College alumni)
    he attended Whittier College, earning a bachelor's degree in English. He also attended and graduated from Western State University College of Law and was...
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  • other accomplishments. Whittier was born Julius Edward Whittier in San Antonio, Texas, on July 7, 1950. His father, Oncy Whittier, was a doctor. His mother...
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  • States received a college education, even most of the earliest. Of the first seven presidents, five were college graduates. College degrees have set the...
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    essence[clarification needed] a prison for youth located on Whittier Boulevard, in Whittier, California. Operated by the California Youth Authority, now...
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  • for writing adventure stories and fantasies. Snyder earned a BA from Whittier College in 1948, and also attended the University of California at Berkeley...
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    Laura Kavanagh (category Whittier College alumni)
    school teacher and a telephone company worker. Upon graduation from Whittier College in California with a BA in Political Science and International Relations...
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  • Introducing the song at a performance associated with Writer's Week at Whittier College (California) in April, 2015, Los Lobos co-founder Louie Perez said...
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    The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake occurred in the southern San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities of Southern California, United States, at...
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  • George Stults (category Whittier College alumni)
    Colorado (now Colorado State University Pueblo), but he transferred to Whittier College in his junior year to be closer to his brother. Stults was interested...
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    Contribution to American Letters (DCAL). "Honorary Degrees | Whittier College". Whittier College. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 6...
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