45 Notable alumni of
Goucher College
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Goucher College is 1455th in the world, 509th in North America, and 477th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 45 notable alumni from Goucher College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jane Levy
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Jane Colburn Levy is an American actress. After attending the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, she debuted as the original Mandy Milkovich on the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2011). Levy left Shameless following its first season to portray the lead of the ABC sitcom Suburgatory from 2011 to 2014. Transitioning to film, Levy collaborated with director Fede Álvarez as the lead of the horror films Evil Dead (2013) and Don't Breathe (2016). She returned to television with series regular roles on the Hulu comedy-drama There's... Johnny! (2017) and horror fantasy Castle Rock (2018), in addition to headlining the Netflix thriller miniseries What/If (2019). From 2020 to 2021, Levy portrayed the title character of the NBC musical comedy-drama Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
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Anne Lamott
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Anne Lamott is an American novelist and nonfiction writer.
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Mildred Dunnock
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Mildred Dorothy Dunnock was an American stage and screen actress. She was nominated twice for an Academy Award for her works in Death of a Salesman (1951) and Baby Doll (1956).
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Sarah T. Hughes
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyer
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Sarah Tilghman Hughes was an American lawyer and federal judge who served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She is best known as the judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as President of the United States on Air Force One after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. She is the first woman to have sworn in a US President. The photo depicting Hughes administering the oath of office to Johnson is widely viewed as the most famous photo ever taken aboard Air Force One.
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Peggy Santiglia
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Margaret "Peggy" Santiglia is an American pop singer of the "girl group era". She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "My Boyfriend's Back" with The Angels, which she recorded at the age of 18.
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Sally Brice-O'Hara
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara is an American retired coast guardsman who was the 27th vice-commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Margaret G. Kibben
- Enrolled in Goucher College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in French and history of the Americas
- Occupations
- military chaplainmilitary officer
- Biography
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Margaret Grun Kibben is an American Presbyterian minister who is the acting chaplain of the United States House of Representatives. Speaker Mike Johnson appointed Kibben as acting House chaplain on January 3, 2025. Johnson also stated that he is going to be replacing Kibben in the coming weeks.
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Sara Haardt
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Sara Powell Haardt was an American author and professor of English literature. Though she died at the age of 37 of meningitis, she produced a considerable body of work including newspaper reviews, articles, essays, a novel The Making of a Lady, several screenplays and over 50 short stories. She is central to John Barton Wolgamot's notorious book-length poem, In Sara Mencken, Christ and Beethoven there were men and women (1944), recorded by the composer Robert Ashley.
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Ellen Bass
- Occupations
- university teacherclimate activistpoetnon-fiction writer
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Ellen Bass is an American poet and author. She has won three Pushcart Prizes and a Lambda Literary Award for her 2002 book Mules of Love. She co-authored the 1991 child sexual abuse book The Courage to Heal. She received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2014 and was elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2017. Bass has taught poetry at Pacific University and founded poetry programs for prison inmates.
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Lydia Villa-Komaroff
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Lydia Villa-Komaroff is a molecular and cellular biologist who has been an academic laboratory scientist, a university administrator, and a business woman. She was the third Mexican-American woman in the United States to receive a doctorate degree in the sciences (1975) and is a co-founding member of The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). Her most notable discovery was in 1978 during her post-doctoral research, when she was part of a team that discovered how bacterial cells could be used to generate insulin.
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Florence Barbara Seibert
- Enrolled in Goucher College
- Studied in 1918
- Occupations
- university teacherbiochemist
- Biography
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Florence Barbara Seibert was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, purified protein derivative (PPD), enabling the development and use of a reliable TB test. Seibert has been inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame and the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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John A. Olszewski, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Anthony Olszewski Jr., also known by his nickname Johnny O, is an American politician who has served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 2nd congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 14th county executive of Baltimore County, Maryland, from 2018 to 2025.
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Darcey Steinke
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Darcey Steinke is an American author and educator. She has written five novels: Up Through the Water, Suicide Blonde, Jesus Saves, Milk, and Sister Golden Hair. Steinke has also served as a lecturer at Princeton University, the American University of Paris, New School University, Barnard College, the University of Mississippi, and Columbia University.
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Bradford Shellhammer
- Occupations
- interior designer
- Biography
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Bradford Shane Shellhammer is an American entrepreneur, designer, and tech executive who co-founded the e-commerce companies Fab and Bezar and the blog Queerty. Shellhammer was an admissions counselor at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum and part-time fashion and nightlife blogger who became a writer for JC Report, A&F Quarterly, and Gay.com before becoming the founding editor of Queerty. In 2016 Shellhammer served as eBay's Chief Curator and later went one to become Vice President of Buyer Experience and the Chief Product Officer of Reverb.com, a subsidiary of Etsy. He is currently Chief Marketing & Product Officer of Rent the Runway.
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Ellen Lipton Hollander
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Ellen Frances Lipton Hollander is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
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Clara Beranger
- Occupations
- writerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Clara Beranger was an American screenwriter of the silent film era and a member of the original faculty of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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Lucé Vela
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Luz Eufemia Vela Gutiérrez, better known as Lucé Vela, is married to former Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño. She was the First Lady, a position she held while her husband was in office from 2009 to 2013.
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Carol Beckwith
- Occupations
- photographerpainterexplorer
- Biography
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Carol Beckwith is an American photographer, author, and artist known for her photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with the Australian photographer Angela Fisher. Between them, Beckwith and Fisher have published 14 books, and have had their photos appear in National Geographic, Natural History, African Arts, The Observer Magazine, Time, Life, Vogue, Marie Claire and Elle.
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Patricia A. Goldman
- Enrolled in Goucher College
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
- Occupations
- civil servanthuman rights activist
- Biography
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Patricia Ann Goldman was an American public official and women's rights advocate. She served on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) from 1979 to 1988, most of that time as vice chair.
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Olive Dennis
- Occupations
- civil engineerrailway engineerengineerinventor
- Biography
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Olive Wetzel Dennis was an engineer whose design innovations changed the nature of railway travel. Born in Thurlow, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Baltimore.
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Hattie Alexander
- Occupations
- microbiologistpediatrician
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Hattie Elizabeth Alexander was an American pediatrician and microbiologist. She earned her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1930 and continued her research and medical career at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Alexander became the lead microbiologist and the head of the bacterial infections program at Columbia-Presbyterian. She occupied many prestigious positions at Columbia University and was well honored even after her death from liver cancer in 1968. Alexander is known for her development of the first effective remedies for Haemophilus influenzae infection, as well as being one of the first scientists to identify and study antibiotic resistance. She has received many awards and honors including the E. Mead Johnson Award in 1942, for her headway in pediatric research and antibiotic resistance. Alexander's research and studies helped lay the ground work for research into antibiotic and vaccine development.
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Judy Lewent
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Judith Carol Lewent is a business executive who served as chief financial officer of Merck & Co. from 1990 until her retirement from the company in 2007. Since her retirement from Merck, she has continued to serve on multiple corporate boards, including the boards of GlaxoSmithKline, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Motorola Solutions. She also served on the board of Purdue Pharma until her departure from the company in 2014.
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Faik Ali Ozansoy
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianpoet
- Biography
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Faik Ali Ozansoy was a Turkish politician, poet, and educator. He was the younger brother of Süleyman Nazif, an eminent man of letters and prominent member of the Committee for Union and Progress. Faik Ali was one of the foremost poets and writers of the Servet-i Fünun and Fecr-i Âti literary period. During World War I, Ozansoy served as the governor of Kütahya. Ozansoy is especially known for having saved the lives of thousands of Armenians during the Armenian genocide. Due to protecting the life of Armenian Christians, Ozansoy was known as the "governor of the infidels" by his contemporaries. On 24 April 2013, the day of remembrance for the Armenian Genocide, various prominent figures of both the Armenian and Turkish community visited his grave to pay tribute.
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Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
- Occupations
- suffragette
- Biography
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Jessie Woodrow Sayre was a daughter of US President Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Louise Axson. She was a political activist, worked for women's suffrage, social issues, to promote her father's call for the creation of the League of Nations, and was significant in the Massachusetts Democratic Party during the 1920s.
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Margaret Reed Lewis
- Occupations
- anatomistbiologist
- Biography
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Margaret Adaline Reed Lewis was an American cell biologist and embryologist who made contributions to cancer research and cell culture techniques, and was likely the first person to successfully grow mammalian tissue in vitro. She authored around 150 papers, many co-authored with her husband Warren Harmon Lewis. The Lewises developed a growth medium called the Locke-Lewis solution and jointly received the Gerhard Gold Medal from the Pathological Society of Philadelphia.
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Katherine August-deWilde
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Katherine August-deWilde is an American business executive, board member, and philanthropist. She was the president of First Republic Bank from 2007 to 2015.
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Ruth Bleier
- Occupations
- scientistneurologist
- Biography
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Ruth Harriet Bleier was an American neurophysiologist who is also one of the first feminist scholars to explore how gender biases have shaped biology. Her career consisted of combining her academic interests with her commitment to social justice for women and the lower-class.
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Emily Newell Blair
- Occupations
- writersuffragist
- Biography
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Emily Newell Blair was an American writer, suffragist, feminist, national Democratic Party political leader, and a founder of the League of Women Voters.
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Sandra Magsamen
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writerdesigner
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Sandra Magsamen is an American author, artist, art therapist, and designer. She has published over 60 children's books with publishers Scholastic, Sourcebooks and Little Brown and has worked with national department stores, mid-tier, specialty and mass market through her national lifestyle brands From the Studio of Sandra Magsamen, Messages from the Heart, Wishes & Kisses and Treasured to design custom collections. Magsamen has proudly partnered with retailers such as Walmart, JCPenney, Hallmark, Studio-e-fabrics, Bamboozle Homewares and 1-800-Flowers.
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Frances E. Willis
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Frances Elizabeth Willis was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland, Norway and Sri Lanka. She was the third woman to enter the U.S. Foreign Service in 1927 and the first woman to make a career of it.
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Anne Hummert
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- 1905-1996 (aged 91)
- Occupations
- screenwriter
- Biography
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Anne Hummert was the leading co-creator of daytime radio serials or soap opera dramas during the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for more than three dozen series.
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Lena Madesin Phillips
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Lena Madesin Phillips was a lawyer and clubwoman from Nicholasville, Kentucky, who founded the National Business and Professional Women's Clubs in 1919.
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Elizabeth Barrows Ussher
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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Elizabeth Freeman Barrows Ussher was a Christian missionary and a witness to the Armenian genocide. Barrows described the atrocities against the Armenians as "systematic and wholesale massacre." Much of her life is described in the 1916 publication by her father John Otis Barrows, who described her as a "martyr of the Great War". She was the wife of missionary physician Clarence Ussher.
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Catherine Murphy Urner
- Occupations
- composersinger
- Biography
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Catherine Murphy Urner Shatto was an American composer.
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Marguerite Lehr
- Enrolled in Goucher College
- In 1919 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Marguerite Lehr was an American mathematician who studied algebraic geometry, humanism in mathematics, and mathematics education.
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Dustin Hodge
- Occupations
- television produceruniversity teacherdocumentary filmmakerwriterpodcaster
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Dustin Hodge is an American television writer and producer. He is the founder of Hodge Productions, a Colorado media company. He is known for working on a variety of nonfiction content. His most notable works are as the showrunner for Little Britches Rodeo and a producer for The Tight Rope podcast. His work primarily focuses on under-served and under-represented communities and issues: the convergence of cultural and ethnic borders on indigenous peoples, the sustainability and resilience of impoverished areas, and the struggles of first-generation students.
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Ruth Cranston
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Ruth Cranston was an American author and lecturer on religion and other subjects.
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Madge Macklin
- Occupations
- geneticistbiologist
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Madge Thurlow Macklin was an American physician known for her work in the field of medical genetics, efforts to make genetics a part of medical curriculum, and participation in the eugenics movement.
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Florence Marie Mears
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- 1896-1995 (aged 99)
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Florence Marie Mears was a professor of Mathematics at The George Washington University.
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Kate Breckenridge Karpeles
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- 1887-1941 (aged 54)
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Kate Breckenridge Karpeles was an American medical doctor. She was the first woman to be appointed a contract surgeon by the United States Army, during World War I, and she served as president of the American Medical Women's Association.
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Florence Peebles
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Florence Peebles was an American embryologist known for her research in animal regeneration and tissue formation.
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Margaret Shove Morriss
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- 1884-1975 (aged 91)
- Biography
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Margaret Shove Morriss was an American academic historian, She was the Dean of Women in charge of Pembroke College in Brown University from 1923 to 1950.
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Winifred McGlamery
- Occupations
- geologistpaleontologist
- Biography
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Winifred McGlamery was an American geologist and paleontologist, known for her contributions to Alabama paleontology and oil and gas exploration.
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Selma L. Oppenheimer
- Occupations
- painterartist
- Biography
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Selma Levy Oppenheimer was an artist from Baltimore.
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Evangelyn Barsky
- Years
- 1894-1936 (aged 42)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Evangelyn Barsky was, along with Sybil Ward, one of the first two women lawyers regularly admitted to practice in Delaware.
