the college. Victory ships (VC2) were a class of cargo ship produced in large numbers by American shipyards to replace losses caused by German submarines.
In 2016, Saratoga Race Course named an annual race after the college. The Skidmore is run by 2-year-olds every August on turf at 5+1⁄2 furlongs.
== Notable alumni ==
Some notable Skidmore graduates include MacArthur Fellows Elizabeth LeCompte and Heather Hurst; Cornell Law School dean Jens David Ohlin; longtime Vogue editor-in-chief Grace Mirabella; television producer David Miner; oceanographer Sallie Chisholm; philanthropist Wilma "Billie" Tisch; political operative Anne Wexler; business executives Cynthia Carroll, Oskar Ibru, and Carlie Irsay-Gordon; journalist Arwa Damon; actors Zazie Beetz, Justin Henry, and Michael Zegen; dancers Sybil Shearer and Robert Tracy; historian Judith Flanders; computer scientist Fillia Makedon; game designer Zach Gage; cookbook authors Helen Corbitt and Molly Baz; comedian Chris Fleming; early nutritionist Hazel Stiebeling; …
