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Also Known As Tufts College
Date 1852 - present
Areas Of Involvement coeducation
Notable Alumni Vannevar Bush • Shashi Tharoor • Jonathan Pollard • Joseph Dunford • Bill Richardson • Gregory Maguire • Meredith Vieira • Eugene F. Fama • Robert Munsch • Michelle Kwan • Jamie Dimon • Roderick MacKinnon • Stephen Moulton Babcock • Ram Dass
Related People Leonard Carmichael

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