Famous DU Alumni Flashcards

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Stephen J. Field

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Williams 1837: Supreme Court Justice and a fraternity founder

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James A. Garfield

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Williams 1856: President of the United States

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David Starr Jordan

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Cornell 1872: First president of Stanford University

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George W. Goethals

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Manhattan 1877: Builder of the Panama Canal

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Charles Evans Hughes

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Colgate and Brown 1881: one of the greatest Chief Justices of the Supreme Court in U.S. History

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Charles Gates Dawes

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Marietta 1884: winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925

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Stephen Crane

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Lafayette and Syracuse 1894: Author of The Red Badge of Courage

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Alfred P. Sloan

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Technology 1895: chairman of the board, General Motors, Founder of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Joseph P. Kennedy

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Harvard 1912: Ambassador to the Court of Saint James and father of two Senators and one president

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James B Conant

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Harvard ‘15: president, Harvard University

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Lester B. Pearson

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Toronto ‘19: Former Prime Minister of Canada, President of the United Nations General Assembly, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1957)

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Linus C. Pauling

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Oregon State ‘22: winner of Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and for Peace

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General David B. Shoup

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Depauw ‘26: Commandant, US Marine Corp

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Edgar Bergen

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Northwestern ‘27: Famous ventriloquist and entertainer

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George Alfred “Banana George” Blair

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Miami Ohio ‘37: Well-known Businessman, entrepreneur and barefoot water-skier who donned famous banana yellow suits

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Kurt Vonnegut

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Cornell ‘44: Author of Slaughterhouse Five

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Louis L. Holtz

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Kent State ‘59: Division 1 football coach

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Peter Ueberroth

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San Jose ‘59: Commissioner of Major League Baseball and Organizer of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games

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Galen Hall

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Penn State ‘62: Outstanding Penn State quarterback who started for coach Rip Engle’s Nittany Lions in 1960 and 1961. Current Nittany Lions offensive coordinator.

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Michael D. Eisner

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Denison ‘64: chairman and CEO of Disney

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Thurman Munson

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Kent State ‘69: Famous Major League Catcher. Only Yankee to win both Rookie of the Year and MVP. He was a 7 time all star.

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Jim Boeheim

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Syracuse ‘66: head coach of Syracuse University basketball team

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Juan Manuel Santos

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Kansas ‘73: President of the Republic of Columbia

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Tommy Franks

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Texas-Austin (dropout): former Commander in Chief of US Central Command, General in the US Army