Where did impressive people go to college?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Only three at my high school...</p>

<p>Albert Michelson, Class of 1868.
First American Nobel Prize in Physics, 1907. </p>

<p>Joseph Erlanger, M.D., 1892
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1945</p>

<p>Eric Cornell '80
Nobel Prize in Physics, 2001</p>

<p>Here is some other interesting people from my old high school outside of science.....</p>

<p>Stephen Breyer, current Supreme Court Justice
Richard Levin, current President of Yale University
Don Fisher, founder of GAP Inc.
William Hewlett, founder of Hewlett Packard</p>

<p>and finally</p>

<p>Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket</p>

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<p>Someone previously mentioned something about trends. With such a great variety in schools and accomplished people, I believe the conclusion we can come to is, it doesn't matter what school you go to. Although, it is fun looking at your schools accomplished alums, it gives yourself a sense of pride for some reason.</p>

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<p>Donald Trump - Fordham
Steven Spielberg - CSU Long Beach
Gloria Estefan & Cristina (Hispanic Oprah!) - U of Miami</p>

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<p>Trump went to UPenn</p>

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<p>Yea I think he transferred from Fordham to UPenn...</p>

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<p>"I hope after reading this thread people will realize that not getting in to Harvard doesn't mean you can't make a contribution to our world or lead an otherwise successful life. Thanks for all the interesting input."</p>

<p>Why didn't you just write this in the first place...</p>

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<p>University of Pennsylvania:</p>

<p>-Charles Addams: Creator, The Addams Family
-Sadie Tanner Alexander: First African-American woman to receive a Ph.D, appointed to the Civil Rights Commission by President Harry S. Truman.
-Gloria Allred: Lawyer, Feminist
-Christian B. Anfinsen: Nobel prize winner in Chemistry
-Walter Annenberg: Philantropist, former U.S Ambassador to the United Kingdom
-Nnamdi Azikiwe: First President of Nigeria
-Ernesto P. Balladares: President of Panama, 1994-1999
-Chuck Bednarik: Philadelphia Eagles Linebacker
-Bert Bell: Former National Football League Commissioner from 1946-1959
-Candice Bergen: Actress, best known as TV's Murphy Brown
-Nicholas Biddle: President of the Second Bank of the United States
-Henry Bloch: Founder, H&R Block
-Richard Bloch: Founder, H&R Block
-Len Bosack: Co-founder, Cisco Systems (Internet routers company)
-William J. Brennan: U.S. Supreme Court Justice
-Michael S. Brown: Nobel prize winner in Chemistry
-Ron Brown: NBC International Affairs correspondent
-Warren Buffett: CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, investor, second richest man in the world (attended but did not graduate)
-Britton Chance: Scientist and Olympic gold medallist who made great contributions to spectrometry and biochemistry/biophysics research
-Noam Chomsky: Linguist and activist.
-Gordon Clark: philosopher and Christian theologian.
-Richard Clarke: Author and National Counter-Terrorism Director under the presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
-Bruce Dern: Actor
-Ira Einhorn: 1960s Hippie leader and imprisoned murderer of Holly Maddux
-Chaka Fattah: U.S. Congressman representing Philadelphia.
-William Fawcett: Actor
-Richard Fisher: Fisher Brothers Construction, New York
-Harold E. Ford, Jr.: U.S. Representative from Tennessee, candidate for house minority leader, 2002
S-tephen Glass: Former reporter for The New Republic, author of The Fabulist
-Leonard Goldberg: Former Chairman of 20th Century Fox/TV and Movie Producer
-Oscar Goodman: Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada and Attorney.
-Hussam Hamadeh: Founder, Vault.com
-William Henry Harrison (flunked out; class of 1791): 9th President of the United States
-Charles Heimbold: U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, former CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb Corporation
-John Heisman: The Heisman Trophy is named after him
-Duncan Kenworthy: Producer, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Notting Hill
-C. Everett Koop: Surgeon General of the United States, 1981-1989
-Alvin Kraenzlein: four-time Olympic champion
-Andrea Kremer: ESPN sports correspondent
-Leonard Lauder: Co-founder of Est</p>

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<p>Ah, Grad Student, you went to Lowell. Where did you go for undergrad?</p>

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<p>William and Mary</p>

<p>George Washington (received his surveyor's certificate), American Revolutionary War general, first President of the United States , former Chancellor of the College
Thomas Jefferson , author of the Declaration of Independence , third President of the United States , founder of the University of Virginia
Linda Lavin , American actress (starred as the title character on the television show Alice )
James Monroe , fifth President of the United States
John Marshall fourth Chief Justice of the United States
John Tyler tenth President of the United States , former Chancellor of the College
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD , Physician (ex-Director NCI, Pioneer in Oncology)
Glenn Close , actress (Broadway, TV, film)
Jon Stewart , comedian ( Daily Show )
Perry Ellis , fashion designer (Perry Ellis International)
Bill Lawrence , televison producer ( Scrubs )
Scott Glenn , actor (Hunt for Red October, Silence of the Lambs)
William Barton Rogers , academic (Founder of MIT)
Michael Powell , government (Head of the FCC)
James Comey , government (Deputy U.S. Attorney General)
Mary Jo White , government (ex-U.S. Attorney for Southern N.Y. District)
Robert Gates , government (ex-Head of the C.I.A.)
David M. Brown , pilot / astronaut, (died aboard the space shuttle Columbia )
Mark McCormack , business (Int'l Mgmt Group Founder)
George M. Bibb , United States Secretary of the Treasury 1844-1845
Mike "Pinball" Clemons ,Canadian Football League football player/coach
Curtis Pride ,Major League Baseball outfielder
Darren Sharper ,National Football League , saftey for the Green Bay Packers</p>

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<p>I think the point is that Abraham Lincoln didn't attend college.</p>

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<p>I think someone was asking about sat scores earlier... and don't think I am sayign that money equals succcess, but I flipped through some book focused on success... and it said that:</p>

<p>The average millionare's (of a random sample) SAT score was like 1210 and
ranged (25th to 75th percentile) 1120-1300</p>

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<p>bettina</p>

<p>I went to UCSD for undergrad, do you go to lowell? you are from the city I see.</p>

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<p>The creators of The Simpsons went to Harvard.</p>

<p>Also, regarding SAT scores...
Kobe Bryant- 1080
Bill Cosby- Rumored to be in the 400s, total.</p>

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<p>The creators of The Onion went to Wisconsin. And others.</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%2C_Madison#General_information%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%2C_Madison#General_information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Dude, I got rejected from Lowell High School and Saint Ignatius when I was in the 8th grade. Psshh......they never knew my potential.</p>

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<p>This to me is one of the ultimate testaments to the fact that the student has a lot more to do with future success than the school they attend. My friend's dad was the CFO of AT&T before he retired a few years ago. He graduated from...</p>

<p>Cal State Northridge</p>

<p>For those of you not from California, Cal States are basically the UC's but about 5 tiers lower (if rankings even go down that far).</p>

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<p>"The creators of The Simpsons went to Harvard."</p>

<p>Sorry, but wrong.</p>

<p>Matt Groening went to Evergreen State College.</p>

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<p>tokenadult: You are correct that Abraham Lincoln did not attend college, but it's interesting to note that the first honorary degree Lincoln was awarded was from Knox College (Illinois).</p>

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<p>so Knox took Lincoln's collegiate virginity?</p>

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<ul>
<li> **Aaron Burr 1772 - 3rd Vice President of the United States

<ul>
<li>John F. Kennedy class of 1939 (left after first semester for medical reasons) - 35th President of the United States</li>
<li>James Madison 1771 - 4th President of the United States **</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Government / Law / Public policy
* *Ralph Nader A.B. 1955 - Green Party presidential candidate *
* Donald Rumsfeld A.B. 1954 - Secretary of Defense under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush</p>

<p>Business
* James T. Aubrey, Jr. A.B. 1941 - president of CBS and MGM
* Jeff Bezos B.S.E. 1986 - founder of Amazon.com
* Malcolm Forbes A.B. 1941 - businessman and publisher
* Steve Forbes A.B. 1970 - son of Malcolm, businessman and publisher of Forbes magazine
* Carl Icahn A.B. 1957 - Corporate raider
* *Eric Schmidt B.S.E. 1976 - CEO of Google *
* Charles Schwab A.B. 1944 - founder of brokerage firm
* *Meg Whitman A.B. 1977 - CEO of eBay *</p>

<p>Economics
* Gary Becker A.B. 1951 - Nobel laureate (Economics 1992)
* Alan Blinder A.B. 1967 - professor of economics, Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board under President Bill Clinton
* James Heckman M.A. 1968, Ph.D 1971 - Nobel laureate (Economics 2000)
* Michael Spence A.B. 1966 - Nobel laureate (Economics 2001)</p>

<p>Mathematics/Science
* John Bardeen Ph.D 1936- Nobel laureate (Physics 1956 and 1972)
* George Boolos, A.B. 1961 - philosopher/logician, professor at MIT
* Arthur Compton Ph.D 1916 - Nobel laureate (Physics 1927)
* Clinton Davisson Ph.D 1911 - Nobel laureate (Physics 1937)
* *Richard Feynman Ph.D 1942 - Nobel laureate (Physics 1965) *
* Robert Hofstadter Ph.D 1938 - Nobel laureate (Physics 1961)
* Edwin McMillan Ph.D 1933 - Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1951)
* *John Nash, Ph.D 1950 - Nobel laureate (Economics 1994) *
* Richard Smalley Ph.D 1974 - Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1996)
* Steven Weinberg Ph.D 1957 - Nobel laureate (Physics 1979)
* Frank Wilczek M.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1974 - Nobel laureate (Physics 2004)</p>

<p>Engineering/Technology</p>

<pre><code>* Hal Abelson, A.B. 1969 - directed implementation of the Logo programming language for the Apple II, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
* Alonzo Church, A.B. 1924, Ph.D.1927 - mathematician known for the Church-Turing thesis , developed the lambda calculus that exposed the "undecideability" problem and influenced the Lisp programming language
* *Charles "Pete" Conrad, B.S.E. 1953 - astronaut, third man to walk on the moon *
* Brian Kernighan Ph.D 1969, electrical engineering. Professor, computer science. Co-inventor of the awk programming language, and co-author of the definitive textbook The C Programming Language.
* Michael Stonebraker, S.B. 1965 - pioneer researcher in relational databases, founder of Ingres (acquired by Computer Associates) and Illustra Information Technologies (acquired by Informix) and initiator of PostgreSQL
* Alan Turing Ph.D 1938 - pioneering computer scientist, formulated the Turing machine and the Turing test. The Turing award is named in his honor.
* Robert Venturi A.B. 1947, M.F.A. 1950 - architect, Pritzker Prize laureate 1991
</code></pre>

<p>Literature
* Ian Caldwell A.B. 1998 - co-authored the recent book The Rule of Four, set on the Princeton campus.
* Jonathan Safran Foer A.B. 1999 - author of Everything is Illuminated
* Frederick Buechner A.B. 1947 - Pulitzer Prize-nominated author
* Jos</p>