Colleges Flashcards
Celebrity Alma Matters: This TV personality earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. In clinical psychology from the University of North Texas
Dr. Phil
Jimmy Carter said this ramblin’ wreck of a school was tougher academically than the Naval Academy
Georgia Tech
He entered William and Mary in 1760 at age 16
Thomas Jefferson
President’s Alma Matter: Herbert Hoover was in the class of 1895, this California school’s first
Stanford
He entered Harvard in 1751 at age 15
John Adams
President’s Alma Mater: He graduated from the University of Cincinnati Law School, where he was later dean
William Howard Taft
Ivy League Alma Maters: John F. Kennedy and brother Ted
Harvard
Arlen Specter, for his B.A. And Donald Trump for business school
University of Pennsylvania
Brad Pitt and Sheryl Crow were classmates at this school, Mizzou for short
the University of Missouri
Walter Cronkite was a Longhorn in the 1930’s studying poli sci at this college
University of Texas
Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google in their dorm room while working on Ph. D.s at this California college
Stanford
Presidential Alma Maters United States Military Academy (class of 1843)
Ulyses S. Grant
DEWEY: In 1883 Melvil Dewey took this job at Columbia College
librarian
ACTION FIGURES: In 2006 Leyan Lo, a student at this Pasadena school, solved a Rubik’s Cube puzzle in 11.13 seconds
Caltech
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: A college in Trenton, N.J. named for this inventor offers degrees based solely on knowledge
Thomas Edison