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| Jeff Prucher |
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Wittenberg University | 1990 | 1994 | Bachelor of Arts | English Literature | Religious Studies | |||
| Dan Milbrath |
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University of Michigan | 1987 | 1991 | Bachelor of Arts | Psychology | ||||
| Dan Milbrath |
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University of Texas at Austin | 1994 | 1996 | MBA | Marketing | ||||
| Kurt Vonnegut |
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ( /ˈvɒnɨɡət/; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor and science...
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Cornell University | 1941 | 1943 | Chemistry | ||||
| Kurt Vonnegut |
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ( /ˈvɒnɨɡət/; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor and science...
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Butler University | |||||||
| Kurt Vonnegut |
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ( /ˈvɒnɨɡət/; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor and science...
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University of Chicago | Master's degree | Anthropology | |||||
| Richard Morris Hunt |
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Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827 – July 31, 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture. Hunt was, according to design critic Paul Goldberger writing in The New York...
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École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts | |||||||
| Maren Jensen |
Maren Kawehilani Jensen (born September 23, 1956) is a former American model and actress, best known for portraying Athena in the 1970s television series Battlestar Galactica.
Maren Jensen was born in Glendale, California. Her father was a physician...
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Herbert Hoover High School | 1971 | 1974 | ||||||
| Patrick Macnee |
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Patrick Macnee (born 6 February 1922) is an English actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the series The Avengers.
Macnee, the elder of two sons (he has a younger brother, James), was born Daniel Patrick Macnee in...
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Eton College | |||||||
| Tom Cruise |
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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( /ˈtɒməs ˈkruːz ˈmeɪpɒθər/; born July 3, 1962), widely known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards for the same movies:...
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Johnson State College | |||||||
| Egon Schiele |
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Egon Schiele (help·info) (German pronunciation: [ˈʃiːlə], approximately SHEE-leh; June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is...
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Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | 1906 | 1909 | Fine art | ||||
| Jon Bridgman |
Jon Bridgman is an American historian and a professor emeritus of the University of Washington.
Bridgman, a graduate of Stanford University, who received his doctorate from Stanford University in 1961 spent his entire teaching career at the...
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Stanford University | 1961 | Doctorate | ||||||
| Jon Erpenbach |
Jon B. Erpenbach (born January 28, 1961) is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 27th District district since 1999.
Erpenbach was born in Middleton, Wisconsin and graduated from Middleton High School. He attended the...
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 1979 | 1981 | ||||||
| Franchot Tone |
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Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and many other films through the 1960s. In the early 1960s Tone appeared in character roles on TV dramas...
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Cornell University | |||||||
| Danny Hillis |
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William Daniel "Danny" Hillis (born September 25, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and author. He co-founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a company that developed the Connection Machine, a parallel supercomputer...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1978 | Bachelor of Science | Mathematics | ||||
| Samuel L. Jackson |
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Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American film and television actor and film producer. After becoming involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several...
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Morehouse College | Bachelor of Arts | Drama | |||||
| Denzel Washington |
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Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr. Philip Chandler for six years...
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Fordham University | Bachelor of Arts | Journalism | |||||
| Clare Selgin Wolfowitz |
Clare Selgin Wolfowitz (born November 1945) is an expert on Indonesian anthropology. She currently works at the IRIS center at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Governance Institutions Group, primarily on its projects in Indonesia and...
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Cornell University | ||||||||
| Niall Mellon |
Niall J. Mellon (born 1967) is an Irish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Niall Mellon Township Trust to provide homes to impoverished communities in South Africa's townships.
Mellon grew up in Ballyroan, County Dublin. After finishing...
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Dublin Institute of Technology | Doctorate | |||||||
| Jacob Wolfowitz |
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Jacob Wolfowitz (March 19, 1910 – July 16, 1981) was a Polish-born American statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist. He was the father of former Deputy Secretary of Defense and World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz.
Born in...
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New York University | 1942 | Doctorate | Mathematics | ||||
| Niall O'Higgins |
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University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin | Sep 2001 | May 2006 | Bachelor of Arts International | Computer Science | ||||
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| David Hillis |
David Mark Hillis (born December 21, 1958 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an American evolutionary biologist, and the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor of Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for his studies of molecular...
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University of Kansas | Doctorate | |||||||
| Carl Sagan |
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Carl Edward Sagan ( /ˈseɪɡɪn/; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600...
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University of Chicago | 1955 | Bachelor of Science | Physics | ||||
| Carl Sagan |
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Carl Edward Sagan ( /ˈseɪɡɪn/; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600...
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Rahway High School | 1951 | ||||||
| Carl Sagan |
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Carl Edward Sagan ( /ˈseɪɡɪn/; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600...
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University of Chicago | 1956 | Master of Science | Physics | ||||
| Carl Sagan |
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Carl Edward Sagan ( /ˈseɪɡɪn/; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600...
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University of Chicago | 1960 | Doctorate | Astrophysics | ||||
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| Chris Maden |
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Chris Maden is a data analyst, Libertarian politician, musician, and former martial arts instructor. He lives in Grafton, Massachusetts, and is active in traditional and maritime music communities throughout New England, particularly in Portsmouth,...
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Wintonbury School | Sep 1977 | Jun 1981 | |||||
| Chris Maden |
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Chris Maden is a data analyst, Libertarian politician, musician, and former martial arts instructor. He lives in Grafton, Massachusetts, and is active in traditional and maritime music communities throughout New England, particularly in Portsmouth,...
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Laurel School | Sep 1981 | Jun 1982 | |||||
| Chris Maden |
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Chris Maden is a data analyst, Libertarian politician, musician, and former martial arts instructor. He lives in Grafton, Massachusetts, and is active in traditional and maritime music communities throughout New England, particularly in Portsmouth,...
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Carmen Arace Middle School | Aug 1982 | Jun 1985 | |||||
| Chris Maden |
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Chris Maden is a data analyst, Libertarian politician, musician, and former martial arts instructor. He lives in Grafton, Massachusetts, and is active in traditional and maritime music communities throughout New England, particularly in Portsmouth,...
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Bloomfield Junior High School | Aug 1985 | Jun 1986 | |||||
| Chris Maden |
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Chris Maden is a data analyst, Libertarian politician, musician, and former martial arts instructor. He lives in Grafton, Massachusetts, and is active in traditional and maritime music communities throughout New England, particularly in Portsmouth,...
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Bloomfield High School | Aug 1986 | Jun 1990 | |||||
| Chris Maden |
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Chris Maden is a data analyst, Libertarian politician, musician, and former martial arts instructor. He lives in Grafton, Massachusetts, and is active in traditional and maritime music communities throughout New England, particularly in Portsmouth,...
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Brown University | Sep 1990 | May 1994 | Bachelor of Science | Electrical engineering | |||
| Anika Noni Rose |
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Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American singer and actress known for her Tony Award winning performance in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change and her starring roles in the films Dreamgirls and The Princess and the Frog....
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Bloomfield High School | Aug 1986 | Jun 1990 | |||||
| Nykesha Sales |
Nykesha Simone Sales (born May 10, 1976 in Bloomfield, Connecticut) is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, most recently for the Connecticut Sun. Her primary position is the small forward. Her second position is shooting guard. In...
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Bloomfield High School | Jun 1994 | |||||||
| Dwight Freeney |
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Dwight Jason Freeney (born February 19, 1980) is an American football linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Syracuse University, and earned All-American honors. He was drafted in...
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Bloomfield High School | Jun 1998 | ||||||
| Lise Meitner |
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Lise Meitner, FRS (7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian, later Swedish, physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague...
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University of Vienna | 1901 | 1905 | Physics | ||||
| John Lindsay |
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John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician, lawyer and broadcaster who was a U.S. Congressman, Mayor of New York City, candidate for U.S. President and regular guest host of Good Morning America.
During his...
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Yale College | 1944 | Bachelor's degree | |||||
| John Lindsay |
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John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician, lawyer and broadcaster who was a U.S. Congressman, Mayor of New York City, candidate for U.S. President and regular guest host of Good Morning America.
During his...
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Yale Law School | 1948 | Law degree | |||||
| John Lindsay |
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John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician, lawyer and broadcaster who was a U.S. Congressman, Mayor of New York City, candidate for U.S. President and regular guest host of Good Morning America.
During his...
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St. Paul's School | |||||||
| Robert Cook |
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Robert Cook is co-founder and SVP Platform Partnerships at Metaweb. You can find out more about him at his Freebase user page.
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Yale University | 1989 | 1993 | Bachelor of Science | Computer Science | |||
| Jon Cryer |
Jonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is the son of actress–singer Gretchen Cryer. Cryer made his motion picture debut in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained...
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Bronx High School of Science | 1983 | |||||||
| Jon Busch |
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Jon Busch (born August 18, 1976 in Queens, New York) is an American soccer goalkeeper for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.
Busch played at Guilderland High School in Guilderland, New York, near Albany, where he was named a high...
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Guilderland High School | |||||||
| Jon Heder |
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Jonathan Joseph "Jon" Heder (born October 26, 1977) is an American actor and filmmaker. His feature film debut came in 2004 as the title character of the comedy film Napoleon Dynamite. He has also acted in the films The Benchwarmers, School for...
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South Salem High School | 1996 | ||||||
| Jon Heder |
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Jonathan Joseph "Jon" Heder (born October 26, 1977) is an American actor and filmmaker. His feature film debut came in 2004 as the title character of the comedy film Napoleon Dynamite. He has also acted in the films The Benchwarmers, School for...
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Brigham Young University | 2003 | ||||||
| Jon Gruden |
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Jon David Gruden (born August 17, 1963) is the former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for seven seasons and prior to that the Oakland Raiders for four seasons. In his first year as the head coach of Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers won Super Bowl...
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University of Dayton | Communications | ||||||
| Jon Conway |
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Jon Conway (born May 6, 1977 in Media, Pennsylvania) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper.
Conway played for powerhouse youth soccer club F.C. Delco, and played four years of college soccer at Rutgers University.
Conway was drafted with the 28th...
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Rutgers University | |||||||
| Jon Jerde |
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Jon Jerde (born 1940) is an American architect based in Venice, California, Founder & Chairman of The Jerde Partnership, a design architecture and urban planning firm that pioneered the concept of placemaking and "experience architecture;" and has...
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University of Southern California | Architecture | ||||||
| Jon Runyan |
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Jon Daniel Runyan (born November 27, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League, where he...
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Carman-Ainsworth High School | |||||||
| Jon Runyan |
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Jon Daniel Runyan (born November 27, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League, where he...
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University of Michigan-Flint | |||||||
| Jon Miller |
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Jon Wallace Miller (born October 11, 1951) is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. He is currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. He was also a baseball announcer...
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College of San Mateo | |||||||
| Jon Wefald |
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Jon Michael Wefald (b. November 24, 1937, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American educator and served as the twelfth President of Kansas State University.
Wefald was born in Minneapolis and moved, at age six, with his family to Minot, North Dakota...
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Pacific Lutheran University | 1959 | Bachelor of Arts | History | ||||
| Jon Wefald |
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Jon Michael Wefald (b. November 24, 1937, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American educator and served as the twelfth President of Kansas State University.
Wefald was born in Minneapolis and moved, at age six, with his family to Minot, North Dakota...
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Washington State University | 1961 | Master's degree | Political Science | ||||
| Tina Fey |
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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey ( /ˈfeɪ/; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean...
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University of Virginia | 1992 | Bachelor's degree | Drama | ||||
| Jimmy Greene | Bloomfield High School | |||||||||
| Eero Saarinen |
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Eero Saarinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈeːro ˈsɑːrinen]) (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple,...
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Yale University | 1934 | Architecture | |||||
| Tim O'Reilly |
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Tim O'Reilly (born June 6, 1954) is the founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) and a supporter of the free software and open source movements.
Born in County Cork, Ireland, O'Reilly moved to California with his family six weeks...
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Harvard College | 1975 | Bachelor of Arts | Classics | ||||
| Robert A. M. Stern |
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Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, (born May 23, 1939) is an American architect and Dean of the Yale University School of Architecture.
His work is generally classified as postmodern, though a more useful...
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Columbia University | 1960 | Bachelor's degree | |||||
| Robert A. M. Stern |
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Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, (born May 23, 1939) is an American architect and Dean of the Yale University School of Architecture.
His work is generally classified as postmodern, though a more useful...
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Yale University | 1965 | Master's degree | Architecture | ||||
| Kurt Gödel |
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Kurt Friedrich Gödel (English pronunciation: /ˈkɜrt gɜrdəl/; German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt ˈɡøːdəl] ( listen); April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was an Austrian/American logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Later in his life he emigrated to the...
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University of Vienna | Doctorate | Mathematics | |||||
| James Cromwell |
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James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American film and television actor. Some of his more notable roles are in Babe (1995), for which he earned Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Star Trek: First Contact (1996), L.A....
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Carnegie Mellon University | Bachelor of Arts | Drama | |||||
