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=== Notable faculty ===
Ian Barbour, professor of religion; 1989–91 Gifford Lecturer on religion and science; winner of the 1999 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion
Laurence McKinley Gould, second-in-command to Richard E. Byrd on his first landmark expedition to Antarctica; professor of geology; Carleton College President from 1945 to 1962. The college's main library, Gould Library, is named for Gould.
Gao Hong, composer and performer of Chinese music, among the world's top pipa players
Gregory Blake Smith, novelist and short story writer; Lloyd P. Johnson Norwest Professor of English and the Liberal Arts
Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1991 until his death in 2002; professor of political science from 1969 to 1990
Reed Whittemore, professor of English; poet; Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1964 and 1984
== Points of interest ==
Carleton College Cowling Arboretum
Goodsell Observatory
The Cave
Weitz Center for Creativity
Willis Hall
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