Does college make the person? The Unibomber went to Harvard. Hmmmm. This is not meant to be a Harvard bashing post but rather a celebration of people and where they went to college. The most striking thing is that lots of different colleges are represented.

Then, in
alphabetical order:

Joseph Aboud, U.
Mass

Tim Allen, Western Michigan
University

Kofi Annan,
Macalester

George Bodenheimer, Denison

Wolf Blitzer, SUNY
Buffalo

Jerry Brown, Santa Clara
U

Tom Brokaw, University of
South Dakota

Drew Carey, Kent
State

Bill Cosby went to U.
Mass

Walter Cronkite, U of
Texas

Carson Cressley (Queer
Eye for the Straight Guy), Gettysburg College

Betty Crocker, Oregon
State

Marc Cuban, Indiana
University

Kirk Douglas, St.
Lawrence

Barbara Ehrenreich (author
of Nickel and Dimed),
Reed

Michael Eisner,
Denison

Jennifer Ferenstein
(President of the Sierra Club), Reed

Will Ferrell,
USC

Janet Fitch (author of
White Oleander),
Reed

James Gandofini,
Rutgers

Jennifer Garner, Denison

Rudolph Giuliani, Manhattan
College

John Glenn - Astronaut,
Muskingum Colleg e

Matthew Goldman (Blue Man
Group), Clark

Billy Graham,
Wheaton

John Grisham, Mississippi
State

Herbie Hancock,
Grinnell

David Horowitz,
Bradley

Chad Hurley (founder of
YouTube), Indiana U of Pennsylvania

Steve Jobs (never received
a college degree), Reed

Magic Johnson, Michigan
State

Ashley Judd, U of
Kentucky

Martin Luther King,
Morehouse

Stephen King, U. of
Maine

Phil Knight (founder of
Nike), U. of Oregon

Don Knotts, West Virginia
U

Ted Koppel,
Syracuse

Ashton Kutcher, U
Iowa

Padma Lakshmi (TV host and
chef), Clark

Frank Langella,
Syracuse

Gary Larsen (Far Side), U
Washington

Matt Lauer, Ohio
U

Ang Lee, University of
Illinois Champaigne/Urbana

Spike Lee, Indiana
U

Jay Leno,
Emerson

Sandy Lerner – (co founder
of Cisco Systems), Chico State

David Letterman, Ball State
U

Rush Limbaugh, Southern
Missouri State

Jeffery Lurie (owner of
Philadelphia Eagles), Clark

Matthew McConaughey, U
Texas

Tom Menino (mayor of
Boston), Chamberlayne Junior College

Jenny Ming (president of
Old Navy), San Jose State

Walter Mondale,
Macalester

Meredith Monk, Sarah
Lawrence

Roger Mudd, Washington and
Lee

Anne Mulcahy (CEO Xerox),
Marymount

Bill Murray,
Regis

Edward R. Murrow,
Washington State U

Greg Neumann (lead analyst
for NASA’s Mars mapping project), Reed

Paul Newman,
Kenyon

Richard Nixon,
Whittier

Peter Norton (of Norton
Disk Doctor), Reed

Barak Obama,
Occidental

Larry Page (Co-Founder of
Google), University of Michigan

Hugh Panero (CEO of XM
Satellite Radio), Clark

Ron Paul (2008 Republican
Candidate), Gettysburg College

Linus Pauling (two Nobels),
Oregon State

Brad Pitt, University of
Missouri

Colin Powell (65th US
Secretary of State), bachelor’s degree in geology, City

   College of New York (”C”
average).

Bobby Rahal,
Denison

Dan Rather, U
Texas/Austin

Ronald Reagan, Eureka
College

Condoleezza Rice, U of
Denver

Larry Rinder (Chief Curator
of the Whitney Museum of American Art NY), Reed

Meg Ryan,
NYU

Harrison Ford,
Ripon

Tim Russert, John Carroll
U

John Schnatter (founder of
Papa John’s Pizza), Ball State U.

Arnold Schwarzenegger,
University of Wisconsin/Superior

David Schwimmer,
Northwestern

Jerry Seinfeld, Queens
College

Donna Shalala, Western
College for Women (now part of Miami University)

Dwight Smith (outfielder
for Cubs), Spartanburg Methodist College

Carly Simon, Sarah
Lawrence

Howard Stern, Boston
U

Donald Trump,
Fordham

Ted Turner (kicked out of
college twice)

Alice Walker, Sarah
Lawrence

Robert James Waller
(Bridges of Madison County), U Northern Iowa

Barbara Walters, Sarah
Lawrence

Denzel Washington,
Fordham

George Washington, College
of William and Mary

Gene Wilder, U
Iowa

Oprah Winfrey, Tennessee
State

Henry Winkler,
Emerson

Luther Vandross, Western
Michigan University

Jack Welch (former CEO of
GE), U. Mass

 

Graduates
of Canadian Universities:

Margaret Atwood, U of
Toronto

Donald Sutherland, U of
Toronto

Eric McCormack (Will &
Grace), Ryerson U

William Shatner,
McGill

Martin Short,
McMasters

Alex Trebeck, U of
Ottowa

Paul Beeson (President,
Major League Baseball Association), U Western Ontario

 

By
School:

 

Community
Colleges

Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer
winning author – City Colleges of Chicago

Ben Cayetano, Gov. of
Hawaii – LA Harbor College

Eileen Collins, NASA
astronaut/1st woman Space Shuttle Commander – Corning

  Community College,
NY

Billy Crystal – Nassau
Community College

Pam Dawber, actress –
Oakland Community College

Clint Eastwood – LA City
College

Tom Hanks – Chabot
College

George Lucas – started at
Modesto Junior College, went on to USC

Walt Disney - Metropolitan
Jr. College

Calvin Klein -
FIT

H. Ross Perot – Texarkana
Jr. College

 

Arizona State University

Craig Weatherup ‘67
(Retired CEO of Pepsi)

Kate Spade & Andy Spade
(Of Designer Handbag Fame (Journalism Major))

Al Michaels (Broadcaster
ABC Sports (Journalism))

Doug Ducey (Past CEO of
Coldstone Creamery)

 

University of
Michigan:

Gilda Radner, James Earl
Jones, David Paymer, David Allen Grier, Lucy Liu, Cathy Guiswite “Cathy”, Edward
H. White (first space walk), Jack Kervorkian, John Delorean, Ted
Kaczynski (repeat) (Master’s; undergrad was at Harvard)

 

Carnegie Mellon:

Ted Danson, Blair
Underwood, Laura San Giacomo, Holly Hunter, John Nash (A Beautiful Mind), E. L.
Konigsburg

 

Indiana
University:

Jane Pauley, Kevin
Kline

 

University of Miami, Coral
Gables:

Gloria Estefan, Charles
Grodin, Enrique Inglesias, Ray Liotta, Greg Louganis, Grace Slick, Sylvester
Stallone

 

Tulane:

Geoffrey Beene, Amy Carter,
Newt Gingrich, Paul Michael Glazer, Lauren Hutton, Jerry
Springer

 

Oxbridge (Oxford and
Cambridge)

High Grand, Borat (Sasha
Baron Cohen) JRR Tolkien,  78% of UK Judges, 42% politicians, 39% of CEOs of
FTSE 100 Index, Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher

 

Muhlenberg

John Trainer, Bolles
President

Rollins

Mr. Rogers; Donald Cram,
Nobel Prize Winner
University of Miami

Sylvester Stallone; Ray
Liotta, actor; Gloria Estefan; Greg Louganis, diver; Betty Castor, politician;
Enrique Iglesias, musician
DePaul

Richard Daley, Chicago
Mayor

Knox

Bob Jamison, ABC News;
Ismat Kittani, former Pres. UN General Assembly
Georgia Institute of
Tech

Jimmy Carter; Sam Nunn,
congressman; D. Truly, former NASA head; Ron Allen, former CEO Delta Airlines;
Kary          Mulles, Nobel Prize chemistry
Hamilton

Alan Lafley, CEO Procter
and Gamble

U of Illinois,
Urbana

Roger Ebert; Lynn Martin,
former Secretary of           Labor; Dennis Swanson, head ABC
Sports
Tulane

Newt Gingrich; Michael
Debakey, cardiac surgeon and MASH unit pioneer

Bates

Bryant Gumbel, Greg Gumbel,
Edmund Muskie
Bowdoin

Chris McCormick, Pres. LL
Bean; Joan Benoit Samuelson, Gold Medal Olympian
Loyola
College MD

Tom Clancy; Jim McKay, ABC
sports
Fresno State

Paul O’Neill, former
Secretary of the Treasury

Bard

Blythe Danner, actress;
Chevy Chase
Miami U., Ohio

Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame
football coach; Rita Dove, U.S. poet laureate
Furman

Betsy King, LPGA champion;
Keith Lockhart, conductor, Boston Pops
Fisk

Hazel O’Leary, former
Secretary of Energy
Virginia Tech

Christopher Kraft,
NASA
Bucknell

Bernard Marcus, Home Depot
founder

U of
Washington

Beverly Cleary, author;
Kenny G; Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace cartoonist; Bruce Lee, Patrick
Duffy

U of Northern
Michigan

Howard Schultz, CEO of
Starbucks

By
category:

 

“Celebrities”

Annette Benning–California
State University, San Francisco

Albert Brooks–Carnegie
Mellon

Sandra Bullock–East
Carolina University

Chevy Chase–Bard
College

George Clooney–Northern
Kentucky

Kevin Costner–California
State University, Fullerton

Harrison Ford–Ripon
College

Brendan Fraser–Cornish
College of the Arts

Woody Harelson–Hanover
College

Hal Holbrook–Denison
College

Michael Keaton–Kent
State

John Malkovich–Illinois
State

Paul Newman–Kenyon
College

Carroll
O’Connor–University of Montana

Brad Pitt–University of
Missouri, Columbia

Arnold
Schwarzenegger–University of Wisconsin, Superior

Sinbad–University of
Denver

Sylvester
Stallone–University of Miami (FL)

Denzel
Washington–Fordham

 

“Artists, Musicians,
Filmmakers”

Tracy Chapman–Colby
College

Francis Ford
Coppola–Hofstra

Gary Larson–Washington
State

Spike
Lee–Morehouse

Steven
Spielberg–California State University, Long Beach

 

“Sports
Personalities”

Larry Bird–Indiana
State

Bob
Gibson–Creighton

Greg Gumbel–Loras
College

Nancy Kerrigan–Emmanuel
College

Nancy Lopez–University of
Tulsa

Arnold Palmer–Wake
Forest

Walter Payton–Jackson
State (MS)

Bill Russell–University of
San Francisco

Don Shula–John Carroll
University

 

“Politicians and
Lawyers”

Jesse Jackson–North
Carolina State

Jack
Kemp–Occidental

Richard
Nixon–Whittier

Condoleezza
Rice–University of Denver

 

“Television
Personalities”

Tom Brokaw–University of
South Dakota

Bryant Gumbel–Bates
College

Arsenio Hall–Kent
State

Jay Leno–Emerson
College

David Letterman–Ball
State

Bill Moyers–North
Texas

Fred Rogers (Mr.
Rogers)–Rollins College

Tim Russert–John Carroll
University

Paula Zahn–Stephens
College

 

“Writers and
Journalists”

Helen Gurley
Brown–Woodbury University

Ann Compton–Hollins
College

John Grisham–Mississippi
State

John Irving–University of
New Hampshire

Stephen King–University of
Maine, Orono

George Will–Trinity
College (CT)

 

“Other Famous
People
Peter Coors–University of
Denver

Michael Eisner–Denison
University

Lee
Iacocca–Lehigh

Steve Jobs–Reed
College

Rush Limbaugh–Southeast
Missouri State

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