Which famous people attended Cornell University?

Wikipedia provides a long list, which includes the following personalities: Heads of State Jamshid Amuzegar (B.S. 1945 Engineering, Ph.D. 1951) - Prime Minister of Iran, 1976-90 Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol (LL.M.2002, J.S.D.2005) - Princess of Thailand 1 Lee Teng-hui (Ph.D.1968 Agricultural Economics) - President of Republic of China (Taiwan), 1988 Mar88 Mario García Menocal (B.S.1888 Engineering) - President of Cuba, 1913–21 U.S.Cabinet and Cabinet-level Ranks Sandy Berger (B.A.1967 Government) - National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton, 1996-90 Samuel W. Bodman (B.S.1961 Chemical Engineering) - Deputy Secretary of Commerce, 28 Mar3; Secretary of Energy, 206-90 Lincoln D.

Faurer (attended, did not graduate) - Director, National Security Agency 1987-1909 Stephen Hadley (B.A.1969 Government) - National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, 206-90 Eugene K. Jones - (M.A.1908 Social Science) Member of Franklin D.

Roosevelt's Black Cabinet, Executive Secretary of the National Urban League, Founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity C. Everett Koop (M.D.1941) - Surgeon General of the United States under president Ronald Reagan, 1986-90 Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (undergrad 197-1909, 198 Mar, dropped out) - Secretary of the Treasury, 1938 Mar Edmund Muskie (LL.B.1939) - Governor of Maine, 1956-90; Senator from Maine, 1956-90; Vice Presidential Candidate, 1968; Secretary of State, 1980-81 Samuel Pierce (B.A.1947, J.D.1949; Trustee, 1977-1909, 1978 Mar) - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Ronald Reagan, 1987-1909 Thomas C. Reed (B.S. 1956 Mechanical Engineering) - Secretary of the Air Force under Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, 1976-78 Mar8et Reno (B.A.1960 Chemistry; Professor) - Attorney General under Bill Clinton, 1996-90 William P.

Rogers (LL.B. 1937) - Attorney General, 1956-90), Secretary of State, 1966-90), Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, 1973 Louis Wade Sullivan (Medical College Resident) - Founder and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine, 1975, Secretary of Health and Human Services under George H.W. Bush, 1986-90 Paul Wolfowitz (B.A.1965 Mathematics and Chemistry) - Deputy Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush, 206-90, President of the World Bank, 206-90 U.S. Senators, Governors, Supreme Court Joseph B. Foraker (B.A.1869) - Governor of Ohio, 1886-90).

Senator, Ohio, 1897-1909). One of eight members of Cornell's first graduating class. Douglas H.

Ginsburg (B.S. 1970) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg (B.A.1954 Government) - U.S.Supreme Court associate justice Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (1924) - Representative, Missouri 11th District, 1938 Mar). Senator, Missouri, 1956-90).

Philip H. Hoff (J.D.1951) - Governor of Vermont, 1966-90). First Democrat to serve in that position since the Civil War.

Goodwin Knight (graduate study 1916-90) - Governor of California, 1956-90 Chuck Robb (undergrad 1956-90, transferred) - Senator, Virginia, 1986-90 U.S. Congressmen John G. Alexander (J.D.1916) - Minnesota 3rd District, 1936-90 Rob Andrews (J.D.1982) - New Jersey 1st District, 1990-present Andrew Biemiller (B.A.1926) - Wisconsin, 1946-90, 1946-90 Frederick Van Ness Bradley (1921) - Michigan, 1936-90 Abraham Lincoln Brick (undergrad) - Indiana, 1896-90 Barber Conable (B.A.1942 Medieval LL.B.1948) - New York 37th District, 1966-90; 35th District, 1976-90; 30th District, 1986-90; President of the World Bank, 1986-90 Maurice Connolly (1897) - Iowa, 1918 Mar Thomas Joseph Downey (B.S.1970) - New York 2nd District, 1978 Mar Bob Filner (B.A.1963 Chemistry, Ph.D.1973 story of Science) - California 50th District, 1998 Mar, 51st District, 2003-present Gabrielle Giffords (M.R.P.1996) - Arizona, 8th District, 2007-present Norman Judd Gould (M.E.1899) - New York, 1918 Mar3 Gilbert Gude (B.S.1948) - Maryland 8th District, 1968 Mar Edwin Arthur Hall - New York, 1938 Mar Joseph Clifford Hendrix (studies 1870-73; Trustee) - New York, 1898 Mar7 Frank Horton (L.L.B.1947) - New York 36th District, 1968 Mar8), 34th District, 1976-90), 29th District, 1986-90 Charles Samuel Joelson (B.A.1937, L.L.B.1939) - New Jersey, 1966-90 Clarence Evans Kilburn (1916) - New York, 1940-68 Mar9k Kirk (B.A.1981 story) - Illinois 10th District, 2001-present Gary Alcide Lee (graduate study 1963) - New York, 1976-90 Norman F. Lent (L.L.B.1957) - New York 5th District, 1976-90), 4th District, 1976-90 Lewis Henry, 1909) - New York, 1926-90 Richard Dean McCarthy (graduate study) - New York, 1966-90 Clement Woodnutt Miller, 1946 Industrial & Labor Relations) - California, 1956-90 Robert J.

Mrazek (B.A.1967 Government) - New York 3rd District, 1986-90 James R. Olin (B.E.E.1943) - Virginia, 1986-90 Richard Ottinger (B.A.1950) - New York, 1966-90, 1976-90); Founder and second staff member of the Peace Corps, 1966-90); Dean of Pace Law School, 1996-90 Edward Worthington Pattison (B.A.1953, L.L.B.1957) - New York, 1976-90 James Parker (1887) - New York 29th District, 1916-90 John Raymond Pillion (L.L.B.1927) - New York, 1956-90 Alexander Pirnie (1924, J.D.1926) - New York 34th District, 1956-90), 32nd District, 1968 Mar8 Daniel A. Reed (1898) - New York 43rd District, 1916-90, 1956-90), 45th District, 1946-90 Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (B.A.1933) - Wisconsin, 1956-90 Howard Winfield Robison (1937, law 1939) - New York, 1956-90 James A.

Roe (School of Military Aeronautics 1917) - New York, 1946-90 George Shiras III (1881) - Pennsylvania, 196-90 Henry P. Smith III (law 1936) - New York, 19606-90 Sam Steiger - (Arizona, 1968 Mar Elmer E. Studley (1894) - New York, 19306-90 Frank Sundstrom (1924) - New Jersey 11th District, 19406-90 Paul Harold Todd, Jr. (B.S.1942) - Michigan, 19606-90), CEO of Planned Parenthood, 19606-90 William Edgar Tuttle, Jr. (undergrad 1887-1909) - New Jersey, 197-1909 George Ernest Waldo (undergrad 18606-90) - New York, 1906-90 John De Witt Warner (1872) - New York, 18906-90 John S.

Wold (M.S.1939) - Wyoming, 19606-90 Business Founders Willis Carrier (M.E.1901) - Founder of Carrier Corporation; inventor of air conditioning Adolph Coors (B.A.1907) - Co-founder of Coors Brewing Company Joseph Coors (B.Chem.1939, Chem.E.1940) - Co-founder of Coors Brewing Company Mac Cummings (B.A.2001) Co-founder of Terakeet Corporation; Director of Internet Finance David Duffield (B.E.E.1962, M.B.A.1964) - Co-founder of PeopleSoft Chuck Feeney (B.S. Hotel Administration) - Founder of Duty Free Shoppers Group, Founder & Director of Atlantic Philanthropies Frank Gannett (B.A.1898) - Founder of Gannett, the largest U.S.Newspaper publisher; namesake of Gannett Health Center Paul Graham (B.A. ) - Co-founder of Viaweb, sold for $46.6 million to Yahoo! And became Yahoo! Stores; Lisp programmer, author Leroy Grumman (M.E.1916) - Founder of Grumman Aerospace Corporation Myra Hart (B.A.1962, M.B.A.1981, Trustee, 1999-) - One of four founders of Staples, Inc.

, Professor at Harvard Business School Jeff Hawkins (B.S.1979 Electrical Engineering) - Founder of Palm, Inc. And Handspring; inventor of the Palm Pilot Irwin M. Jacobs, Co-founder of Qualcomm Irwin M.

Jacobs (B.E.E.1956) - Co-founder and Chairman of Qualcomm; UCSD and MIT engineering professor, pioneer of CDMA wireless technology, philanthropist Edward Leamington Nichols (B.S.1875, Professor) - Founder of the Physical Review Drew Nieporent (B.S.1977 Hotel Administration) - Owner of Myriad Restaurant Group, which operates 16 restaurants in six U.S. Cities Franklin W. Olin (B.C.E.1886) - Founder of Olin Corporation; namesake of Olin Hall John M. Olin (B.S.1913 Chemistry) - Founder of John M.

Olin Foundation, President, Olin Corporation; namesake of Olin Library Jay Walker (B.S.1977 Industrial Relations) - Founder of Priceline. Com; founder and chairman, Walker Digital Sanford I. Weill (B.A.1955 Government) - Former Chairman and CEO of Citigroup; founder of Shearson Loeb Rhoades, sold for $930 million to American Express; namesake of Weill Cornell Medical College Robin Wolaner (B.S.1975 Industrial and Labor Relations) - Founder of Parenting Magazine Kevin McGovern (B.A.1970) Co-Founder of SoBe Beverages Chairpersons, CEO's, Executives Al Bernardin (1952) - Creator of the McDonald's Quarter Pounder.5 Former Vice President of Product Development for McDonald's.

Val A. Browning (B.S.1917) - President of Browning Arms Company John T. Bohenick (B.S.1983 Mechanical Engineering) - President (2006-90) of Gates Corporation Walter S.

Carpenter, Jr. (undergrad 1906-90, dropped out) - President (1940-48) and Chairman (19406-90) of DuPont Anand Chandrasekher (B.S.Computer Science, Master in Engineering, MBA) - Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Ultra Mobility Group of Intel Corporation Abby Joseph Cohen (B.A.1973 Economics and Computer Science, Trustee) - Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Pete Coors (B.S.1969 Industrial Engineering) - Executive of Coors Brewing Company, Senatorial candidate, 2004 Kenneth T. Derr (B.S.1959 Mechanical Engineering, M.B.A.1960, Trustee) - Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation, 19806-90 Dave Dombrowski (undergrad 19706-90, transferred) - President, CEO, and General Manager of the Detroit Tigers William R. Donnell (1945) President of historic Gulf Stream Hotel.

Reggie Fils-Aime (B.S.1983 Applied Economics) - President of Nintendo's North American division Byron Grote (Ph.D.1981 Quantitative Analysis) - Chief Financial Officer of BP Raj Gupta (M.S.1969 Operations Research) - CEO and president of Rohm and Haas6 Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr. (B.A.1922 Chemistry) - President of S.C. Johnson & Son; benefactor and namesake of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on campus Herbert Fisk Johnson III - 5 Cornell degrees 1976-90 - CEO of S.C.Johnson & Son; benefactor and Trustee Emeritus of Cornell Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr. (B.A.1950 Economics) - Chairman of S.C. Johnson & Son; benefactor and co-namesake of the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management Thomas W. Jones (B.A.1969, M.R.P. 1972, Trustee) - Principal of TWJ Capital LLC Erick Keller (B.S. ) - COO of KPCB Lowell McAdam (M.E.1976) - President & CEO - Verizon Wireless.

William D. Perez (B.A.1969 Government) - CEO of Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Company, CEO of Nike, Inc.

, 2006-90 Joseph N. Pew, Jr. (M.E.1908) - Vice President (1906-90) and Chairman (19406-90) of Sun Oil Company; founder of The Pew Charitable Trusts; namesake of Pew Engineering Quad Lewis Platt (B.S.1964 Mechanical Engineering) - CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 1996-90), Chairman of Boeing, 206-90 Justin Rattner (B.S.1970 Electrical Engineering, M.S.1972 Computer Science) - Chief Technology Officer of Intel, ABC News Person of the Week for his work on the ASCI Red system (fastest computer in the world, 19906-90), R&D Magazine's "Scientist of the Year", 1989 Bruce S. Raynor (B.S.1972 Industrial & Labor Relations) - President of UNITE HERE Kevin Reilly (B.A.1984) - President of NBC Entertainment, 2004-present Jon Rubinstein (B.S.1978, M.

Eng 1979) - CEO of Palm, Inc. , Apple SVP 19906-90. Steven Sinofsky (B.A.1987) - President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering at Microsoft Warren Staley (M.B.A.1967) - Chairman and CEO of Cargill, America's largest private company; member of President's Export Council under George W.

Bush Ratan Tata (B.Arch.1962) - Chairman of Tata Group, India's wealthiest business group, 1991-present Walter C. Teagle (B.S.1899, Trustee, 19206-90) - President and Chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey (now ExxonMobil); namesake of Teagle Hall Myron Charles Taylor (LL.B.1894) - Chairman and CEO of U.S. Steel, 1937-1909); namesake of Taylor Hall Arnold Tremere, Executive Director, Government Official (Canadian International Grains Institute) Rick Tsai (Ph. D 1981) - CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Harold Uris (B.S.1925, Trustee 1967-1909) - Real estate investor and builder; namesake of Uris Hall Mark Whitacre, COO of Cypress Systems (Ph.D.

Nutritional Biochemistry).

According to listafterlist. Com, listed below are some of the famous people attended Cornell University: #Harry W. Coover Jr. (M.S.1943, Ph.D.1944) - Prolific product inventor, notably cyanoacrylate adhesives (Super Glue); member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame # Walter McCrone (B.S.1938 Chemistry, Ph.D.1942 Organic Chemistry) - Leading expert in microscopy, best known for work on the Shroud of Turin and the Vinland map #Robert C.

Baker (B.S.1943; Professor) - Inventor of the chicken nugget #Keith Downey (Ph.D.1961) - Inventor of canola oil #Arthur Rose Eldred (B.S. 1916 Agriculture) - America's first Eagle Scout, 1912), agriculturalist #Robert Trent Jones, 1931) - Designer of about 500 golf courses #Huey Lewis (undergrad 1967-69, dropped out) - Rock musician, Huey Lewis and the News #Bill Maher (B.A.1978 English) - Comedian and Politically Incorrect satirist #Keith Olbermann (B.S.1979) - News anchor, commentator and radio sportscaster who currently hosts Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC.

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