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Washington University in St. Louis
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Founded 1853 as Eliot Seminary by Unitarian minister William Greenleaf Eliot and Wayman Crow. Name changed in 1857 to Washington University, and in 1976 to Washington University in St. Louis.
Location:
St. Louis, MO
Founding Date:
1853 Motto:
Per veritatem vis Enrollment:
13,000 Official Website:
http://www.wustl.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Arlene Ackerman |
Government |
1947 |
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School superintendent of San Francisco |
| John M. Berra |
Business |
c. 1948 |
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EVP at Emerson Electric |
| John H. Biggs |
Business |
19-Jul-1936 |
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CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1993-2002 |
| William W. Canfield |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
TALX Corporation |
| Steve Carver |
Film Director |
5-Apr-1945 |
|
Lone Wolf McQuade |
| Clark Clifford |
Government |
25-Dec-1906 |
10-Oct-1998 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69 |
| Stanley Cohen |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1922 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Deborah S. Coleman |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
International Business Solutions |
| Tom Coleman |
Politician |
29-May-1943 |
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Congressman from Missouri, 1976-93 |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1967 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Jeffrey E. Curtiss |
Business |
c. 1948 |
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CFO of Service Corporation Int'l., 2000-06 |
| Hal Daub |
Politician |
23-Apr-1941 |
|
Mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001 |
| Reginald D. Dickson |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Buford, Dickson, Harper & Sparrow |
| Alan J. Dixon |
Politician |
7-Jul-1927 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 1981-93 |
| Arnold W. Donald |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Merisant, 2000-03 |
| Steve Fossett |
Aviator |
22-Apr-1944 |
3-Sep-2007 |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
| Sam Fox |
Business |
1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium |
| Robert F. Furchgott |
Scientist |
4-Jun-1916 |
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Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| John Gardner |
Novelist |
21-Jul-1933 |
14-Sep-1982 |
Grendel |
| Robert Guillaume |
Actor |
30-Nov-1927 |
|
Benson |
| James H. Hance, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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CFO, Bank of America, 1988-2004 |
| Chic Hecht |
Politician |
30-Nov-1928 |
15-May-2006 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89 |
| Robin E. Hernreich |
Business |
1945 |
|
Co-Owner, Sacramento Kings |
| Christopher C. Horner |
Activist |
? |
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Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| Charlayne Hunter-Gault |
TV Personality |
27-Feb-1942 |
|
NPR, NewsHour reporter |
| William G. Hyland |
Government |
18-Jan-1929 |
25-Mar-2008 |
Editor of Foreign Affairs, 1984-93 |
| Michael Isikoff |
Journalist |
c. 1952 |
|
Newsweek reporter |
| Alphonso Jackson |
Government |
9-Sep-1945 |
|
US Secretary of HUD, 2004-08 |
| Gayle P. W. Jackson |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Energy Global |
| Robert B. Karn III |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Former Partner, Arthur Andersen |
| Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
| Edwin G. Krebs |
Scientist |
6-Jun-1918 |
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Protein phosphorylation |
| F. Mark Kuhlmann |
Attorney |
c. 1948 |
|
General Counsel of McDonnell-Douglas, 1991-97 |
| Max Lerner |
Sociologist |
20-Dec-1902 |
5-Jun-1992 |
Ideas Are Weapons |
| Walter E. Massey |
Business |
5-Apr-1938 |
|
Morehouse College president, physicist |
| John Mendelsohn |
Biologist |
31-Aug-1936 |
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Cancer researcher |
| Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. |
Attorney |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Bryan Cave LLP, 1994-2004 |
| Paul Elmer More |
Scholar |
12-Dec-1864 |
9-Mar-1937 |
Shelburne Essays |
| Jonathan D. Moreno |
Scholar |
11-Jun-1952 |
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Undue Risk |
| Edward A. Mueller |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of Qwest |
| Condé Nast |
Business |
26-Mar-1873 |
19-Sep-1942 |
Founder of Condé Nast Publications |
| Daniel Nathans |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1928 |
16-Nov-1999 |
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Mike Peters |
Cartoonist |
9-Oct-1943 |
|
Mother Goose and Grimm |
| Harold Ramis |
Comic |
21-Nov-1944 |
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Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters |
| Ed Rollins |
Government |
19-Mar-1943 |
|
GOP political strategist |
| Steven Rothman |
Politician |
14-Oct-1952 |
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Congressman, New Jersey 9th |
| Peter Sarsgaard |
Actor |
7-Mar-1971 |
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Shattered Glass |
| Roger W. Schipke |
Business |
c. 1937 |
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CEO of Sunbeam, 1993-96 |
| Phyllis Schlafly |
Activist |
15-Aug-1924 |
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Opponent of women's liberation |
| James H. Scott |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Morgan Stanley Investment Management |
| William J. Shaw |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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President & COO of Marriott |
| Mike Simpson |
Politician |
8-Sep-1950 |
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Congressman, Idaho 2nd |
| Hamilton O. Smith |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1931 |
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Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Mohsen M. Sohi |
Business |
c. 1959 |
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CEO of Freudenberg-NOK GP |
| Jeffry E. Sterba |
Business |
c. 1954 |
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CEO of PNM Resources |
| Gary H. Stern |
Economist |
3-Nov-1944 |
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President and CEO, Minneapolis Fed |
| Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1915 |
9-Mar-1974 |
Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP) |
| Jim Talent |
Politician |
18-Oct-1956 |
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US Senator from Missouri |
| James R. Thompson |
Politician |
8-May-1936 |
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Governor of Illinois, 1977-91 |
| Jeff Tremaine |
Film/TV Producer |
8-Dec-1966 |
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Co-creator of MTV's Jackass |
| Carlisle Trost |
Military |
24-Apr-1930 |
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Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90 |
| Sandra A. VanTrease |
Business |
c. 1960 |
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Group President, BJC Healthcare |
| Marilyn vos Savant |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1946 |
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IQ 228, still dumb |
| Raymond Wagner, Jr. |
Business |
1959 |
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| John P. Wareham |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of Beckman Coulter, 1998-2005 |
| William Webster |
Government |
6-Mar-1924 |
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FBI Director 1978-87, CIA Director 1987-91 |
| Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
| Fred S. Zeidman |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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GOP activist |
| George Zimmer |
Business |
21-Nov-1948 |
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Founder and CEO of Men's Wearhouse |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John W. Bachmann |
Business |
16-Nov-1938 |
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Partner, Edward Jones |
| John H. Biggs |
Business |
19-Jul-1936 |
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CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1993-2002 |
| Stephen Brauer |
Business |
1945 |
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US Ambassador to Belgium, 2001-03 |
| Maxine K. Clark |
Business |
6-Mar-1949 |
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CEO of Build-a-Bear Workshop |
| Arthur H. Compton |
Physicist |
10-Sep-1892 |
15-Mar-1962 |
Discovered the Compton Effect |
| Arnold W. Donald |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Merisant, 2000-03 |
| Joseph Erlanger |
Scientist |
5-Jan-1874 |
5-Dec-1965 |
Nerve conduction |
| David C. Farrell |
Business |
c. 1934 |
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CEO of May Department Stores, 1979-98 |
| Steve Fossett |
Aviator |
22-Apr-1944 |
3-Sep-2007 |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
| Sam Fox |
Business |
1929 |
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US Ambassador to Belgium |
| Hugh Grant |
Business |
c. 1958 |
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CEO of Monsanto |
| James H. Hance, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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CFO, Bank of America, 1988-2004 |
| Robin E. Hernreich |
Business |
1945 |
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Co-Owner, Sacramento Kings |
| David F. Houston |
Government |
17-Feb-1866 |
2-Sep-1940 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20 |
| John F. McDonnell |
Business |
18-Mar-1938 |
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CEO of McDonnell-Douglas, 1988-94 |
| Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. |
Attorney |
c. 1938 |
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CEO of Bryan Cave LLP, 1994-2004 |
| Harvey Saligman |
Business |
c. 1939 |
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Former CEO of INTERCO |
| Roger W. Schipke |
Business |
c. 1937 |
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CEO of Sunbeam, 1993-96 |
| Craig D. Schnuck |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Schnuck Markets |
| Michael M. Sears |
Business |
16-Jul-1947 |
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CFO of Boeing, 2000-03 |
| Joel Seligman |
Educator |
11-Jan-1950 |
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President, University of Rochester |
| Andrew C. Taylor |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| Mark S. Wrighton |
Educator |
1949 |
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Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Fred S. Zeidman |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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GOP activist |
COACHES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Weeb Ewbank |
Football |
6-May-1907 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Head Coach, Baltimore Colts and NY Jets |
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