Where did impressive people go to college?

<p>Some professor (unknown) once said, "Universities are nice to their A students, because they will grow up to become their professors in the future. They are nice to their C students, because they will become the CEO's who will give them lots of money."</p>

<p>The governor of California has a degree from one of the University of Wisconsin campuses (not Madison).</p>

<p>Hayden, Keith Kennedy, then Dean of Cornell Ag and Life, told me this story back in the 1970s. I believe he attributed it to a Cornell President speech to the Deans and professors of the colleges at Cornell. It went closer to this, "I ask that you be good to your A students because we may want them to come back as professors, and to be very good to your C students becauce they may come back and donate buildings."</p>

<p>Steve Wozinak of Apple computer graduated from Colorado-Boulder. That is why there are iMac email stations everywhere in the student center.</p>

<p>Mr. B - thanks - that's much better !</p>

<p>Langston Hughes-Columbia
Zora Neale Hurston-Barnard
Spike Lee-Morehouse and NYU
Samuel L Jackson-Morehouse
P. Diddy-Howard</p>

<p>Steve Wozniak returned to Berkeley to finish his bachelor's degree in the early eighties (years after he co-founded Apple).</p>

<p>Steve Jobs attended Reed for a short time ( I believe he then attended a CA school)
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<p>Of course Bill gates is probably one of the most infamous college dropouts ( Harvard)</p>

<p>Oh. What about Matt Damon? Harvard dropout.</p>

<p>And what about all those Brits in Hollywood from Cambridge and Oxford...do they count?</p>

<p>Famous UCLA Alumni: (just to name a few)</p>

<p>Name Significant Accomplishment(s)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar NBA's all-time scoring leader; Six-time MVP
Val Ackerman President, WNBA
Troy Aikman Quarterback of three-time Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys; TV analyst
Linda Alvarez TV journalist and anchorwoman
Army Archerd Veteran entertainment columnist and broadcaster
Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. (d.) First African American to win Wimbledon tennis title; Human rights activist
Sean Astin Actor, "Rudy" and "Lord of the Rings"
Donald Barksdale (d.) First African American Olympic basketball gold medalist
Gary Beban Heisman Trophy winner; President of CB Commercial
Catherine Bell Actress, Movies and Television show "Jag"
Harve Bennett Writer/Producer/Director, notably of "Star Trek" films
Corbin Bernsen Actor, most notably "L.A. Law", "Major League" and "Major League Part II"
Tom Bradley (d.) Former Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Lloyd Bridges (d.) Film and television actor
Ralph J. Bunche (d.) 1950 Nobel Peace Prize laureate; Former Under-Secretary General to the United Nations
Yvonne B. Burke L.A. County Board of Supervisors
Carol Burnett Actress, Emmy Award Winner
Mark Canton Former Chair, Columbia and TriStar Pictures; President of Canton Company
Benjamin Cayetano Former Governor of Hawaii
Sylvia Chase Emmy Award-winning TV journalist
Francis Ford Coppola Six-time Academy Award-winning movie producer (The Godfather I, II, III)
Walter Cunningham NASA Astronaut; Apollo VII crew member
Marilyn McCoo Davis Seven-time Grammy Award winner (Fifth Dimension)
Donna de Varona Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (swimming), Sports Broadcaster
Terry Donahue Winningest football coach in Pac-10 and UCLA history; S.F. 49er General Manager
Thomas Everhart President of Caltech
Anna Lee Fisher NASA astronaut-Discovery shuttle
Mark Harmon Television and movie actor; Former UCLA football quarterback
Rafer L. Johnson 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medalist, President, California Special Olympics; 1984 Olympic torchbearer
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Three-time Olympic track & field gold medalist; Businesswoman
Lester Korn Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Heather Locklear Television actress (Dynasty, Melrose Place, Spin City)
James E. Lu Valle (d.) Inventor, chemist, 1936 Olympic medalist
Waldo K. Lyon Director of the first sub-Arctic North Pole voyage of the Polaris submarine
Frank Marshall Movie producer (Sixth Sense, Back to the Future, Snow Falling on Cedars)
R. Bruce Merrifield 1984 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Ann Meyers Member of Basketball Hall of Fame; Sports broadcaster
Rev. Donn Moomaw Football All-American, Former pastor, Bel Air Presbyterian Church
Steven Muller President emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University; Rhodes Scholar
Hisham Nazer Saudi Arabia's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
Dorothy Wright Nelson Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
David Neuman President, Walt Disney Television
Randy Newman Composer/Singer, "I Love L.A."
Michael Ovitz Former Executive, The Walt Disney Company; Head of UCLA Medical Center fund-raising campaign
Rob Reiner Actor/Director/Producer, actor in "All in the Family," producer of "American President," director of "A Few Good Men"
Gene Reynolds Six-time Emmy-winning Producer/Director "M<em>A</em>S*H"
Tim Robbins Actor/Producer/Director, produced "Dead Man Walking"
Jackie Robinson (d.) UCLA's only four-sport letterman; First African American to play Major League Baseball; Former Dodgers great; Hall of Famer
Nobutada Saji President, Suntory, Ltd.
William Sharpe Co-recipient of 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics
Darren Star Producer of television shows "Sex In The City" and "Melrose Place"
Ted Stevens U.S. Senator from Alaska
Robert R. Takasugi Judge, U.S. District Court; First Japanese-American Federal Court Judge
George Takei Actor, most notably as Mr. Sulu in "Star Trek"
Bill Walton NCAA and NBA champion; College Player of the Year; Television commentator; Member, Basketball Hall of Fame
Michael Warren Actor, notably "Hill Street Blues" and "City of Angels;" Basketball All-American
Kenny Washington (d.) Football All-American; First African American to play in NFL
Casey Wasserman Owner, Los Angeles Avengers of Arena Football League
Diane Watson U.S. Congresswoman
Fred L. Whipple Astronomer; Director, NASA Optical Satellite Tracking Project
Natalie Williams Pac-10 Female Athlete of the Decade in basketball and volleyball; Olympian
John Williams 27-time Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award-winning composer ("Star Wars")
Jane Yamamoto Television newscaster, Fox 11 Los Angeles
Zev Yaroslavsky Los Angeles County Supervisor, District 3</p>

<p>here are some bruin olympians</p>

<p>2004 Olympians (53) (as of 7/29)
Sport Country Athlete Event
Baseball Greece Nick Theodorou<br>
Mike Riskas Asst. Coach
M. Basketball U.S.A. Larry Brown, former UCLA head coach Head Coach
M. Beach Volleyball U.S.A. Stein Metzger, Jeff Nygaard, Kevin Wong (alternate)<br>
Australia Mark Williams<br>
Norway Bjorn Maaseide<br>
W. Beach Volleyball U.S.A. Holly McPeak, Elaine Youngs, Annett Davis (alternate), Jenny Johnson Jordan (alternate)
M. Gymnastics U.S.A. Steve McCain alternate
W. Gymnastics U.S.A. Mohini Bhardwaj<br>
Canada Kate Richardson
W. Soccer U.S.A. Joy Fawcett, former UCLA head coach<br>
Mexico Iris Mora<br>
Softball U.S.A. Lisa Fernandez, Amanda Freed, Tairia Mims, Stacey Nuveman, Natasha Watley<br>
Australia Tanya Harding<br>
W. Swimming Sweden Malin Svahnstrom 800m relay</p>

<p>M. Tennis Bahamas Mark Knowles Doubles
Poland Marcin Matkowski Doubles
Track & Field U.S.A. Amy Acuff high jump
Shelia Burrell heptathlon
Gail Devers 100m hurdles
John Godina shot put
Joanna Hayes 100m hurdles
Monique Henderson 4x400m Relay Pool
Sheena Johnson 400m hurdles
Mebrahtom Keflezighi 10000m Marathon
Bob Larsen, former UCLA head coach Distance Coach
Michelle Perry heptathlon
Seilala Sua discus
Trinidad & Tobago Ato Boldon 100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay
Great Britain Malachi Davis 400m, 4x400m Relay
South Korea Yoo Kim pole vault
M. Volleyball U.S.A. Erik Sullivan<br>
W. Volleyball U.S.A. Wiz Bachman
M. Water Polo U.S.A. Brandon Brooks, Brett Ormsby, Adam Wright<br>
W. Water Polo U.S.A. Guy Baker Coach
Robin Beauregard, Natalie Golda, Thalia Munro, Nicolle Payne, Kelly Rulon, Amber Stachowski<br>
Australia Kelly Heuchan</p>

<p>here are some bruins in professional sports</p>

<p>National Basketball Association (NBA)
Trevor Ariza, New York Knicks
Matt Barnes, Philadelphia 76ers
Mitchell Butler, Washington Wizards
Baron Davis, Golden State Warriors
Dan Gadzuric, Milwaukee Bucks
Jason Kapono, Charlotte Bobcats
Darrick Martin, Minnesota Timberwolves
Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers
Jerome Moiso, Toronto Raptors
Earl Watson, Memphis Grizzlies
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Michelle Greco, Seattle Storm
Natalie Williams, Indiana Fever
National Football League (NFL)
Marques Anderson, Oakland Raiders
Brendon Ayenbadejo, Miami Dolphins
Dave Ball, San Diego Chargers
Jason Bell, Houston Texans
Drew Bennett, Tennessee Titans
Ryan Boschetti, Washington Redskins
Brandon Chillar, St. Louis Rams
Kenyon Coleman, Dallas Cowboys
Gabe Crecion, San Francisco 49ers
Donnie Edwards, San Diego Chargers
Mike Flanagan, Green Bay Packers
DeShaun Foster, Carolina Panthers
Travis Kirschke, Pittsburgh Steelers
Rodney Leisle, New Orleans Saints
Tommy Maddox, Pittsburgh Steelers
Ricky Manning Jr., Carolina Panthers
Tod McBride, St. Louis Rams
Freddie Mitchell, Philadelphia Eagles
Ryan Nece, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ryan Neufeld, Buffalo Bills
Jonathan Ogden, Baltimore Ravens
Vaughn Parker, Washington Redskins
Roman Phifer, New England Patriots
Marcus Reese, Chicago Bears
Mike Seidman, Carolina Panthers
Robert Thomas, Saint Louis Rams
Matt Ware, Philadelphia Eagles
Shaun Williams, New York Giants
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Garrett Atkins, Colorado Rockies
Eric Byrnes, Oakland Athletics
Jeff Conine, Florida Marlins
Troy Glaus, Anaheim Angels
Eric Karros, Oakland Athletics
Adam Melhuse, Oakland Athletics
Dave Roberts, Los Angeles Dodgers
Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies
Eric Valent, New York Mets
Todd Zeile, New York Mets
ATP Tour
Tobias Clemens
Zack Fleishman
Justin Gimelstob
Rodrigo Grilli
Kevin Kim
Mark Knowles
Marcin Matkowski
Travis Rettenmaier
Jean-Julien Rojer
Davide Sanguinetti
Eric Taino
WTA Tour
Abigail Spears
Sara Walker
Major League Soccer (MLS)
Nelson Akwari, Real Salt Lake
Chad Barrett, Chicago Fire
Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Wizards
D.J. Countess, Real Salt Lake
Mike Enfield, Los Angeles Galaxy
Leonard Griffin, Chicago Fire
Kevin Hartman, Los Angeles Galaxy
Frankie Hejduk, Columbus Crew
Chris Henderson, Colorado Rapids
Cobi Jones, Los Angeles Galaxy
Aaron Lopez, Chivas USA
Ty Maurin, FC Dallas
Joe-Max Moore, New England Revolution
Ante Razov, Columbus Crew
Matt Reis, New England Revolution
Nick Rimando, DC United
Matt Taylor, Chivas USA
Scot Thompson, Los Angeles Galaxy
Pete Vagenas, Los Angeles Galaxy
Sasha Victorine, Kansas City Wizards
Zach Wells, NY/NJ Metrostars
Alex Yi, FC Dallas
Overseas Players
Carlos Bocanegra, Fulham FC
Brad Friedel, Blackburn Rovers
Eddie Lewis, Preston North End
Greg Vanney, SC Bastia
PGA Tour
Jay Delsing
Brandt Jobe
Scott McCarron
Tom Pernice
Steve Pate
Corey Pavin
Duffy Waldorf
LPGA Tour
Lisa Kiggens
Jenny Park-Choi
Kristal Parker-Manzo
Giulia Sergas
Jean Zedlitz
AVP Tour
Ashley Bowles
Annett Buckner Davis
Mike Diehl
Lauren Fendrick
Albert Hanneman
Carl Henkel
Jenny Johnson Jordan
Karch Kiraly
Bjorn Maaseide
Holly McPeak
Stein Metzger
Jeff Nygaard
Ed Ratledge
Dave Swatik
Mark Williams
Kevin Wong
Elaine Youngs
Track & Field
Amy Acuff
Ato Boldon
Shelia Burrell
Gail Devers
John Godina
Joanna Hayes
Mebrahtom Keflezighi
Tracy O'Hara
Suzy Powell
Jess Strutzel
Seilala Sua
Women's Volleyball
Elisabeth Bachman
Kristee Porter</p>

<p>"How about impressive people who didn't go to prestigious colleges? That's more interesting, imo."</p>

<p>Less not restrict ouselves to that how about people who DIDNT go to any college.</p>