People often ask, "What do you do with a Lawrence degree?" We like to reframe the question as "How do you do with a Lawrence degree?" (The answer is, "Very well.") We trust that you will find that your Lawrence experience prepared you for not only your first step, but for every step you take after you graduate.

Career Center

As part of the Student Affairs division, the Career Center provides you a comprehensive program of career development, experiential learning, graduate school resources and on-campus recruiting that reflects a developmental philosophy of self assessment, occupational assessment and career implementation in the context of the liberal arts and sciences.

You can also listen to a collection of podcasts featuring alumni, students and employeers talking about their careers and internships.


Almuni Writings and Recordings

We have gathered a selection of books and recordings done by our alumni to give you a sense of the different directions they have gone after Lawrence.


Notable Alumni

All over the world you will find Fulbright Scholars, cardiologists, high school principals, professional musicians, patent attorneys, artists, geologists, television and stage actors, university professors, financial investors, CEOs, entrepreneurs - you name it - who all got their start at Lawrence. They are interesting people leading interesting lives. We've highlighed a few of them here for you.

Campbell Scott
'83 (English), CT
Actor/director

David Mulford
'59 (Economics)
Former U.S. Ambassador to India

Tom Oreck
'73 (Economics), LA
President and CEO of the Oreck Corporation

Dale Duesing
'67 (Music Performance), Germany/Appleton
Grammy-winning international opera star and Lawrence Artist-in-Residence

Joanne Bauer
'77 (English), GA
President of Kimberly-Clark's healthcare sector, and member of the company's senior leadership team

Bonnie Bryant Hiller
'68 (English), NY
Author of the highly successful Saddle Club book series

Barbara Lawton
'87 (Spanish), WI
Lieutenant Govenor of Wisconsin

David Hawkanson
'69 (Theater), IL
Executive Director of the Steppenworlf Theater Company

Terry Moran
'82 (English), Washington D.C.
Anchor of ABC News "Nightline"

Siri Engberg
'89 (Art History/English), MN
Curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

Harry Jansen Kraemer
'77 (Economics/Math), IL
Executive Partner with Madison Dearborn, former chairman, president and CEO of Baxter International

Eric Simonson
'82 (Theatre), CA
Filmmaker, received an Oscar for Best Documentary Short for his film "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin" in 2006

Louis B. Butler, Jr.
'73 (Government), WI
Wisconsin's first African-American Supreme Court Justice

Harold Jordan
'72 (English), VA
President and CEO of Madras Packaging

Bill Baer
'72 (Government), Washington D.C.
Recognized as the best antitrust and trade regulation lawyer in the U.S.

Catherine Tatge
'72 (Studio Art/Tehatre), NY
Emmy Award-winning film producer and director

Jennifer Baumgardner
'92 (English), NY
Author, activist and youngest editor in history of Ms. magazine

John Luke
'71 (Student Designed Major), VA
Chairman and CEO of MeadWestvaco

Bob De Koch
'74 (Chemistry), WI
President and COO of The Boldt Company

Dawn Swibold-Koop
'87 (German/Government), Germany
Global product director for Solvay Pharmaceuticals

Nana Baffour
'94 (Economics), NYC
Managing principal of Knox Lawrence International, a private equity firm

Cynthia Stiehl
'89 (Music Performance), WI
Singer and philanthropist