Wednesday, April 11, 2007

What is your cities most prestigious University?

What is your cities most prestigious Univerisity? Also list Business alumni or attendees ex: University of Pennsylvania

Business
Walter Annenberg: billionaire publisher, philanthropist, former U.S Ambassador to the United Kingdom, awarded the Medal of Freedom He was given the rank of Knight Commander (the second-highest rank in the Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II.
Gregory Bentley: CEO of Bentley Systems
Nicholas Biddle: President of the Second Bank of the United States
Henry Bloch: Co-founder, H&R Block
Richard Bloch: Co-founder, H&R Block
Len Bosack: Co-founder, Cisco Systems (Internet routers company)
Warren Buffett: CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, investor, second richest man in the world (attended but did not graduate)
Donny Deutsch: Deustch Inc.
Eugene du Pont: the first head of modern day DuPont.
Richard Fisher: Fisher Brothers Construction, New York
Jay S. Fishman: Chairman and CEO of St. Paul Travelers
Joel Greenblatt: hedge fund manager and author
Hussam Hamadeh: Founder, Vault.com
Charles Heimbold: U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, former CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb Corporation
Jon Huntsman, Sr.:Billionaire, founder of the Huntsman Corporation
Leonard Lauder: Co-founder of Estée Lauder; billionaire investor
Douglas Lenat: Founder of artificial intelligence company Cycorp
Gerald Levin (Penn Law): former CEO AOL Time Warner
Peter Lynch: Investor, vice-chairman of Fidelity Investments
Michael Milken: Trader/financier
William S. Paley: Founder, CBS Corporation
Bruce Pasternack: President and CEO of the Special Olympics International; formerly Senior Vice President of Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc.
Ronald Perelman: Billionaire investor
Michael Tiemann: Co-founder of Cygnus Solutions (a GNU software company), now CTO of Red Hat
Laurence Tisch: Former CEO of CBS
Donald Trump: Billionaire real estate mogul, investor, and financier
Roy Vagelos: Former CEO of Merck Pharmaceuticals
Steve Wynn: Chairman and CEO Wynn Resorts, Limited. Former Chairman and CEO Mirage Resorts, Inc.; responsible for the renaissance of Las Vegas


Also University Criteria (endowment, etc..)

Motto Leges sine moribus vanae (Laws without morals are useless.)
Established 1740[2]
Type Private
Endowment $4.44 billion
Staff 4,603
President Amy Gutmann
Undergraduates 11,687
Postgraduates 10,103
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Campus Urban, 269 acres (1.1 km²)
Athletics 33 varsity teams
Nickname Quakers
Website www.upenn.edu

Then there's Temple University which has campuses in Tokyo, London, Rome and China.


America's Best Colleges
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col...udoc_brief.php>

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