<p>So, it is a proof that UMich is a low ranked college? I cannot believe it!</p>
<p>The title of the thread is State Schools or Lower Level Universities. Last I checked UMich was a state school.</p>
<p>Steve jobs</p>
<p>^ Local, I’m not sure people who know Reed would consider it a lower level college.</p>
<p>It’s a good motivation nonetheless :D</p>
<p>Colin Powell went to GWU</p>
<p>I picked a few from my state.
Indiana Univeristy alumni
Meg Cabot, Princess Diaries
Will Shortz, puzzle maker
Jane Pauley, broadcaster
James Watson, DNA researcher
Birch Bayh, former senator - also listed for Indiana State, so I need to double check this one)
Evan Bayh, former governor and former senator
Ernie Pyle, legendary war correspondent</p>
<p>Indiana State University, a school that is seen by most as one step above community college
Mike Alley, CEO, Fifth Third
Jeff Belskus, CEO, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Willa Brown; African-American aerospace pioneer
Jill Bolte Taylor - “The Singing Scientist”, neuroanatomist, 2008 Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People</p>
<p>Ann Coulter went to a state agricultural college in New York.</p>
<p>^uhhh she went to Cornell lol</p>
<p>Lots of people seem to have trouble with the definition of ‘lower level’…</p>
<p>Er…General Colin Powell is a graduate of the City University of New York.</p>
<p>Sometimes being it’s just location.</p>
<p>San Jose State alumni include:</p>
<p>Ray Dolby, founder of Dolby sound systems
Gordon Moore, founder of Intel (and yes, guy who came up with Moore’s Law.)
Ed Oates, co-founder of Oracle</p>
<p>Also thrown in there Dian Fossey, the gorilla researcher; Peter Ueberroth, baseball commissioner and head of LA Olympics; and Amy Tan, writer of Joy Luck Club.</p>
<p>yep, I knew those things since I have a degree from San Jose State. There are other notable alumni, too.
I think this reflects how certain schools (private, mostly) have big advertising/promotional budgets. A school like San Jose State is less known than it “should” be.</p>
<p>Bernard Madoff-Freshman year at U of Alabama and then attended and graduated from Hofstra University.</p>
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<p>OK. Strike those two schools from any list of places I’d ever consider sending my child.</p>
<p>Fred Rodgers (MisterRodgers), Thomas Starzl (transplants), Jonas Salk (polio vaccine), Benjamin Spock (baby development) - University of Pittsburgh</p>
<p>Go Pitt–And the brothers Mellon? Pitt.</p>
<p>Honestly — most people considered successful, prominent, rich, CEOs, nobels, etc, probably did not attend elite schools</p>
<p>Where the CEOs of the Top 50 Fortune 500 Went
Time Magazine - August 15, 2006
Exxon Mobil- Rex Tillerson University of Texas at Austin
Wal-Mart Stores -H. Lee Scott Pittsburg State University
General Motors -Rick Wagoner Duke University
Chevron -David O’Reilly University College, Dublin
Ford Motor -William Ford, Jr. Princeton University
ConocoPhillips-James Mulva University of Texas
General Electric -Jeff Immelt Dartmouth College
Citigroup- Charles Prince University of Southern California
IBM - Samuel J. Palmisano Johns Hopkins University
Hewlett-Packard- Mark V. Hurd Baylor University
Bank of America Corp.- Ken Lewis Georgia State University
Berkshire Hathaway- Warren Buffett University of Nebraska
Home Depot -Robert Nardelli Western Illinois University
Valero Energy -Bill Klesse University of Dayton
McKesson- John Hammergren University of Minnesota
J.P. Morgan Chase Jamie Dimon Tufts University
Verizon Ivan Seidenberg City University of New York
Cardinal Health- Robert D. Walter Ohio University
Altria Group -Louis Camilleri University of Lausanne
Kroger David Dillon University of Kansas
State Farm -Edward B. Rust, Jr. Illinois Wesleyan University
Marathon Oil -Clarence Cazalot, Jr. Louisiana State University
Procter & Gamble -Alan G. Lafley Hamilton College
Dell -Kevin Rollins Brigham Young University
Boeing -W. James McNerney, Jr. Yale University
AmerisourceBergen- R. David Yost U.S. Air Force Academy
Costco Wholesale- James Sinegal San Diego State University
Target -Robert Ulrich University of Minnesota
Morgan Stanley -John J. Mack Duke University
Pfizer- Henry A. McKinnell University of British Columbia
Johnson & Johnson-William Weldon Quinnipiac College
Sears Holdings- Alan J. Lacy Georgia Institute of Technology
Merrill Lynch -Stan O’Neal Kettering University
MetLife- Rob Henrikson University of Pennsylvania
Dow Chemical -Andrew N. Liveris University of Queensland
UnitedHealth -William W. McGuire University of Texas at Austin
Wellpoint- Larry C. Glasscock Cleveland State University
AT&T -Edward Whitacre, Jr. Texas Tech University
Time Warner- Richard D. Parsons University of Hawaii
Goldman Sachs -Lloyd Blankfein Harvard University
Lowe’s -Robert Niblock University of North Carolina
United Technologies- George David Harvard University
United Parcel -Michael L. Eskew Purdue University
Walgreen -David Bernauer North Dakota State University
Wells Fargo -Richard Kovacevich Stanford University
Albertson’s -Larry Johnston Stetson University
Microsoft- Steve Ballmer Harvard University
Intel -Paul Otellini University of San Francisco
Safeway -Steven Burd Carroll College
*Time Magazine, August 15, 2006</p>
<p>Most likely to get fired from that list–Steve Ballmer.</p>