Famous DU Alumni Flashcards
Stephen J. Field
Williams 1837: Supreme Court Justice and a fraternity founder
James A. Garfield
Williams 1856: President of the United States
David Starr Jordan
Cornell 1872: First president of Stanford University
George W. Goethals
Manhattan 1877: Builder of the Panama Canal
Charles Evans Hughes
Colgate and Brown 1881: one of the greatest Chief Justices of the Supreme Court in U.S. History
Charles Gates Dawes
Marietta 1884: winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925
Stephen Crane
Lafayette and Syracuse 1894: Author of The Red Badge of Courage
Alfred P. Sloan
Technology 1895: chairman of the board, General Motors, Founder of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Joseph P. Kennedy
Harvard 1912: Ambassador to the Court of Saint James and father of two Senators and one president
James B Conant
Harvard ‘15: president, Harvard University
Lester B. Pearson
Toronto ‘19: Former Prime Minister of Canada, President of the United Nations General Assembly, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1957)
Linus C. Pauling
Oregon State ‘22: winner of Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and for Peace
General David B. Shoup
Depauw ‘26: Commandant, US Marine Corp
Edgar Bergen
Northwestern ‘27: Famous ventriloquist and entertainer
George Alfred “Banana George” Blair
Miami Ohio ‘37: Well-known Businessman, entrepreneur and barefoot water-skier who donned famous banana yellow suits