Alice Stone Ilchman

Alice Stone Ilchman (April 18, 1935 — August 11, 2006) served as the eighth president of Sarah Lawrence College from 1981 to 1998. Alice Stone was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She earned her B.A. in religion from Mount Holyoke College in 1957, her M.P.A. from Syracuse University in 1958, and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics in 1965. She directed Peace Corps training projects at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as taught South Asian studies there. She also taught, and was a Dean at, Wellesley College. She next served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs under former President Jimmy Carter from 1979-1981. According to the Washington Post: Ilchman was the Director of the...