Occidental include the 44th U.S. President Barack Obama, former First Lady of Colorado Dottie Lamm, Academy Award–winning actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck, actor Luke Wilson, actor Nicholas Braun, filmmaker and actor Cooper Raiff, producer Todd Garner, and actress Emily Osment. John Impelman, class of 2008 and standout basketball player.
Notable faculty members include the American urban policy analyst Peter Dreier, former U.S. Ambassador to Finland Derek Shearer, former CNN and Fox News contributor Caroline Heldman, chemist Frank L. Lambert, art historian and author Amy Lyford, and the 2005 PEN American Center Literary Award winner in poetry Martha Ronk.
== References ==
== Further reading ==
Cleland, Robert Glass. The History of Occidental College, 1887-1937 (Los Angeles: the Ward Ritchie Press, 1937).
Rolle, Andrew F. Occidental College: A Centennial History, 1887-1987 (1986), a major scholarly history
Silverstein, Stuart (March 16, 2005). "Fired Campus Radio 'Shock Jock' Sues College". Los Angeles Times: …
