EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

World-renowned scientific and technical university, founded 1854. German-language name Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; often referred to as ETH Zürich.

Location:
Zurich, Switzerland

Founding Date:
1854

Enrollment:
15,000

Official Website:
http://www.ethz.ch/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Werner Arber	Scientist	3-Jun-1929		Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
J. Georg Bednorz	Physicist	16-May-1950		High-temperature superconductivity
Erich Bloch	Business	9-Jan-1925		Director of NSF, 1984-90
Felix Bloch	Physicist	23-Oct-1905	10-Sep-1983	Nuclear magnetic resonance
Santiago Calatrava	Architect	28-Jul-1951		Designer of new WTC transit station
Aart J. de Geus	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Synopsys
Martin Deutsch	Physicist	29-Jun-1917	16-Aug-2002	Discovered positronium
Albert Einstein	Physicist	14-Mar-1879	18-Apr-1955	Theory of relativity
Richard R. Ernst	Chemist	14-Aug-1933		NMR spectroscopy
George Finch	Chemist	4-Aug-1888	22-Nov-1970	Oxygen for mountain climbing
Max Frisch	Novelist	15-May-1911	4-Apr-1991	Homo Faber
Roy J. Glauber	Physicist	1-Sep-1925		Quantum optics
Charles Édouard Guillaume	Physicist	15-Feb-1861	13-Jun-1938	Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar
Fritz Haber	Chemist	9-Dec-1868	29-Jan-1934	Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare
Richard F. Heck	Chemist	15-Aug-1931	9-Oct-2015	Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings
George de Hevesy	Chemist	1-Aug-1885	5-Jul-1966	Radioisotope researcher
Nicholas J. Hoff	Engineer	3-Jan-1906	4-Aug-1997	Aluminum in aircraft design
Erich Hunziker	Business	15-Sep-1953		CFO of Roche Group
H. Gobind Khorana	Scientist	9-Jan-1922	9-Nov-2011	RNA's role in protein synthesis
Karl von Linde	Engineer	11-Jun-1842	16-Nov-1934	Inventor of refrigeration
K. Alex Müller	Physicist	20-Apr-1927		High-temperature superconductivity
Lars Onsager	Chemist	27-Nov-1903	5-Oct-1976	Fourth Law of Thermodynamics
Auguste Piccard	Physicist	28-Jan-1884	24-Mar-1962	First man in the stratosphere
Jean Piccard	Aviator	28-Jan-1884	28-Jan-1963	Extreme balloonist
Karl L. Rankin	Diplomat	4-Sep-1898	15-Jan-1991	US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57
Tadeus Reichstein	Scientist	20-Jul-1897	1-Aug-1996	Adrenocortical hormones
Heinrich Rohrer	Physicist	6-Jun-1933	16-May-2013	Co-Inventor, scanning tunneling microscope
Klaus Schwab	Economist	30-Mar-1938		Founder, World Economic Forum
John von Neumann	Mathematician	28-Dec-1903	8-Feb-1957	Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory
Niklaus Wirth	Computer Programmer	15-Feb-1934		Inventor of Pascal, Modula-2
Fritz Zwicky	Astronomer	14-Feb-1898	8-Feb-1974	Astrophysicist at CalTech

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jacob Burckhardt	Historian	25-May-1818	8-Aug-1897	The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Rudolf Clausius	Physicist	2-Jan-1822	24-Aug-1888	Second Law of Thermodynamics
Peter Debye	Physicist	24-Mar-1884	2-Nov-1966	Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Richard Dedekind	Mathematician	6-Oct-1831	12-Feb-1916	Developed theory of irrational numbers
Albert Einstein	Physicist	14-Mar-1879	18-Apr-1955	Theory of relativity
Richard R. Ernst	Chemist	14-Aug-1933		NMR spectroscopy
Sigfried Giedion	Critic	14-Apr-1888	10-Apr-1968	Space, Time and Architecture
Richard Kuhn	Chemist	3-Dec-1900	1-Aug-1967	Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6
Hermann Minkowski	Mathematician	22-Jun-1864	12-Jan-1909	Minkowski space
Wolfgang Pauli	Physicist	25-Apr-1900	15-Dec-1958	Pauli Exclusion Principle
Auguste Piccard	Physicist	28-Jan-1884	24-Mar-1962	First man in the stratosphere
Vladimir Prelog	Chemist	23-Jul-1906	7-Jan-1998	Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts
Tadeus Reichstein	Scientist	20-Jul-1897	1-Aug-1996	Adrenocortical hormones
Franz Reuleaux	Mathematician	30-Sep-1829	20-Aug-1905	Father of modern kinematics
Leopold Ruzicka	Chemist	13-Sep-1887	26-Sep-1976	Terpenes and hormones
Hermann Staudinger	Chemist	23-Mar-1881	8-Sep-1965	Macromolecular chemistry
Otto Stern	Physicist	17-Feb-1888	17-Aug-1969	Molecular beam experiment
Richard Willstätter	Chemist	13-Aug-1872	3-Aug-1942	Plant pigments
Niklaus Wirth	Computer Programmer	15-Feb-1934		Inventor of Pascal, Modula-2
Kurt Wüthrich	Chemist	4-Oct-1938		Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Fritz Zwicky	Astronomer	14-Feb-1898	8-Feb-1974	Astrophysicist at CalTech

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