CITY

Population:
29287 (2000 census)

County:
Tompkins County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Ithaca College	1892
Cornell Law School	1887
Cornell University	1865

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tim DeKay	Actor	12-Jun-1963		Carnivàle
R. T. French	Business	15-Nov-1828	17-Jun-1893	Yellow mustard
Patrick W. Gross	Business	15-May-1944		Co-Founder, American Management Systems
Alex Haley	Novelist	11-Aug-1921	10-Feb-1992	Roots
Jim Marshall	Politician	31-Mar-1948		Congressman, Georgia 3rd
David Foster Wallace	Novelist	21-Feb-1962		Infinite Jest

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
A. R. Ammons	Poet	18-Feb-1926	25-Feb-2001	Sphere
Carl Becker	Historian	7-Sep-1873	10-Apr-1945	Everyman His Own Historian
Hans Bethe	Physicist	2-Jul-1906	6-Mar-2005	Atomic scientist
Ezra Cornell	Business	11-Jan-1807	9-Dec-1874	Founder of Cornell University
Peter Debye	Chemist	24-Mar-1884	2-Nov-1966	Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Paul Peter Ewald	Physicist	23-Jan-1888	22-Aug-1985	X-Ray crystallographer
Thomas Gold	Scientist	22-May-1920	22-Jun-2004	Certain that oil is not a fossil fuel
William Strunk	Author	1-Jul-1869	26-Sep-1946	Elements of Style
Edward Titchener	Psychologist	11-Jan-1867	3-Aug-1927	Structural psychology

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