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'''Amherst College''' is a [[Private college|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate [[Williams College]] by its then-president [[Zephaniah Swift Moore]], Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in [[List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120622035423/http://collegeprowler.com/rankings/overall-experience/top-oldest-colleges/massachusetts/</ref>
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Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution; 1,971 students were enrolled in fall 2021. Admissions is highly selective, and it frequently ranks at or near the top in most rankings of liberal arts schools.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022834/https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/B%20Enrollment%20and%20Persistence_8.pdf</ref> Originally established as a [[Men's colleges|men's college]], Amherst became [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] in 1975.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170906182037/https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/history/timeline</ref>
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Among its alumni and affiliates are six [[Nobel Prize]] laureates (with its five alumni giving it one of the highest proportions of Nobel laureates among graduates out of any undergraduate institution worldwide),<ref>Clynes, Tom (2016-10-13). "Where Nobel winners get their start". Nature News. 538 (7624): 152.</ref> 20 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200916200956/https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/office-of-the-american-secretary/us-winners/winning-institution-search/</ref> numerous [[Pulitzer Prize]] recipients, [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellows]], winners of the [[Academy Awards|Academy]], [[Tony Award|Tony]], [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] and [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] Awards, a [[President of the United States]] ([[Calvin Coolidge|Coolidge]]), a [[President of Kenya]] ([[Uhuru Kenyatta|Kenyatta]]), 2 [[Greece/Prime Minister|Prime Ministers of Greece]], a [[Chief Justice of the United States]] ([[Harlan F. Stone|Stone]]), 3 [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives]], and notable writers, academics, politicians, entertainers, businesspeople, and activists.
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Massachusetts liberal arts college with many deep state-connected alumni.

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts.[1]

Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution; 1,971 students were enrolled in fall 2021. Admissions is highly selective, and it frequently ranks at or near the top in most rankings of liberal arts schools.[2] Originally established as a men's college, Amherst became coeducational in 1975.[3]

Among its alumni and affiliates are six Nobel Prize laureates (with its five alumni giving it one of the highest proportions of Nobel laureates among graduates out of any undergraduate institution worldwide),[4] 20 Rhodes Scholars,[5] numerous Pulitzer Prize recipients, MacArthur Fellows, winners of the Academy, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Awards, a President of the United States (Coolidge), a President of Kenya (Kenyatta), 2 Prime Ministers of Greece, a Chief Justice of the United States (Stone), 3 Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives, and notable writers, academics, politicians, entertainers, businesspeople, and activists.


 

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PersonBornDiedNationalitySummaryDescription
Stelios ArgyrosGreeceBusinesspersonGreek businessman who attended the 1993 Bilderberg as Chairman of the Board and President of the Federation of Greek Industries
Calvin Coolidge4 July 18725 January 1933Lawyer
John Deutch27 July 1938USUSDSO, confronted as CIA Director by Mike Ruppert about CIA Drug dealing in 1996
Lewis Douglas2 July 18947 March 1974USDiplomat
Politician
Academic
Businessperson
US diplomat
Zeke Emanuel6 September 1957USDeep state actor
Bioethics
Oncologist
US "bioethicist". Brother of Ari Emanuel and Rahm Emanuel
Bonnie Jenkins1960USDiplomatUnder Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs under Joe Biden
John JudisUSJournalistDemocratic socialist journalist identifying this with the Democratic Party
Franz Krapf22 July 191123 October 2004GermanDiplomat
Spook
German spooky diplomat. SS Reich Security Main Office and Japan expert during WW2. After fixing a "clean bill of health" in denazification process, he became high-ranking West German diplomat, Permanent Representative to NATO and Ambassador to Japan. Attended the 1964 Bilderberg conference.
Robert Lansing17 October 186430 October 1928Politician
Lawyer
US secretary of state 1915-1920
Bill Liedtke27 September 19241 March 1991BusinesspersonOilmen Bill and his brother Hugh co-founded the Zapata Corporation in 1953 together with George H. W. Bush
Hugh Liedtke10 February 192228 March 2003Lawyer
Businessperson
Hugh and his brother Bill co-founded the Zapata Corporation in 1953 together with George H. W. Bush
Kevin McAleenanLawyer
John J. McCloy31 March 189511 March 1989USDiplomat
Politician
Lawyer
Deep politician
Central banker
US deep politician, Warren Commission, CFR Chair for 17 years, President of the World Bank ...
Robert Morgenthau31 July 191921 July 2019JudgeJudge who worked on various cases of relevance to the US deep state
Rudolf Mueller18 January 190420 March 1997GermanLawyer
Deep state actor
Businessperson
Consulted by Józef Retinger when setting up the Bilderberg group
Charles Norton18711923USBanker
Deep state operative
USDSO
Lisa OsofskyUS
UK
Spook
Lawyer
Deep state operative
American-British lawyer who became Director of the UK's Serious Fraud Office in 2018.
George Papandreou16 June 1952GreecePoliticianQuad Bilderberg Greek politician long time President of the Socialist International
Sarah Bloom Raskin15 April 1961USLawyer
Central banker
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and a former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
Andonis Samaras23 May 1951GreecePolitician
Eric Schneiderman31 December 1954
Buck Sexton28 December 1981USSpook
Radio host
Television talk show host
Former(?) CIA officer turned "conservative" radio and TV talk show host, billed as a successor to Rush Limbaugh
Joseph Stiglitz9 February 1943Whistleblower
Economist
"The Globalizer Who Came In From the Cold"
Harlan Stone11 October 187222 April 1946JudgeSullivan & Cromwell partner, then Supreme Court judge
Stansfield Turner1 December 192318 January 2018Spook
William Webster6 March 1924Spook
Lawyer
Deep state operative
A "key member" of Diligence
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