EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Groningen, Netherlands

Founding Date:
1614

Motto:
Verbum domini lucerna pedibus nostris

Enrollment:
22,000

Official Website:
http://www.rug.nl/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jan Bennink	Business	19-Sep-1956		CEO of Numico NV, 2002-07
Adriaan Blaauw	Astronomer	12-Apr-1914	1-Dec-2010	Evolving galaxies
Bart Jan Bok	Astronomer	28-Apr-1906	5-Aug-1983	Bok globules
Marc J. Bolland	Business	28-Mar-1959		CEO of William Morrison Supermarkets
Willem de Sitter	Astronomer	6-May-1872	19-Nov-1934	Expanding space
Wim Duisenberg	Business	9-Jul-1935	31-Jul-2005	President, European Central Bank, 1998-2003
Pim Fortuyn	Government	19-Feb-1948	6-May-2002	Assassinated Dutch parliamentary candidate
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes	Physicist	21-Sep-1853	21-Feb-1926	Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity
Lukas Kolff	Business	c. 1974		Apollo Management
Willem Johan Kolff	Scientist	14-Feb-1911	11-Feb-2009	Artificial kidney, artificial heart
Jan Hendrik Oort	Astronomer	28-Apr-1900	5-Nov-1992	Theory of the origin of comets
Maarten Schmidt	Astronomer	28-Dec-1929		Co-Discoverer of quasars
Dirk Stikker	Diplomat	5-Feb-1897	23-Dec-1979	NATO Secretary General, 1961-64
Albert Szent-Györgyi	Scientist	16-Sep-1893	22-Oct-1986	Vitamins C and B2
Wietse Venema	Computer Programmer	1951		SATAN, tcpwrappers, postfix
Frits Zernike	Physicist	16-Jul-1888	10-Mar-1966	Phase-contrast microscope

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Adriaan Blaauw	Astronomer	12-Apr-1914	1-Dec-2010	Evolving galaxies
Willem de Sitter	Astronomer	6-May-1872	19-Nov-1934	Expanding space
Jacobus C. Kapteyn	Astronomer	19-Jan-1851	18-Jun-1922	Star streaming
Angus Maddison	Economist	6-Dec-1926	24-Apr-2010	Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD
Frits Zernike	Physicist	16-Jul-1888	10-Mar-1966	Phase-contrast microscope

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jacobus C. Kapteyn	Astronomer	19-Jan-1851	18-Jun-1922	Star streaming

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