and senator. Richard H. Brodhead, 1968, 9th President of Duke University and former Dean of Yale College. Bruce Donald, 1980, computational biologist and drug designer, James B. Duke Professor of Computer Science and Biochemistry at Duke University. Ann Olivarius, 1977, feminist attorney. James Rothman, 1971, cell biologist 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate. Meghan O'Rourke, 1997, poet and staff writer for The New Yorker Sarah Sze, contemporary artist and United States Representative for the 55th Venice Biennale. Maxim Thorne, 1989, American writer, philanthropist and civil rights advocate; served as a senior leader for the NAACP. Lauren Willig, 1999, author Edward Wyckoff Williams, 1998, graduate of Yale College, journalist and author. Fictional Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls Richard Gilmore from Gilmore Girls Paris Geller from Gilmore Girls References External links Branford College Website Residential colleges of Yale University University and college dormitories in the United States