List of Phi Sigma Kappa brothers
Table:
Name

Original chapter

Notability

References

Charles A. Anderson

Chi (Williams), 1912

Former president of Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Former president of Tusculum College, near Greeneville, Tennessee. Presbyterian minister of the University of Pennsylvania.

[95]

James B. Appleberry

Epsilon Iota (Central Missouri), 1962

President Emeritus, Northern Michigan University, serving as president for eight years. Later served as President of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

[59][96]

Alexander Astin

Rho Deuteron (Gettysburg), 1953

Professor of Education, UCLA and Director of the Higher Educational Research Institute.

[12][59]

William Brandenburg

Beta Epsilon (Pittsburg State), 1930

President Wayne State College, of Wayne, Nebraska.

[12]

William Penn Brooks

Alpha (Massachusetts Agricultural (UMass)), 1875

President of the Sapporo Agricultural College (now Hokkaidō University). President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst). Noted author on Agricultural themes. A dormitory, Brooks House, is named in his honor. Founder, Phi Sigma Kappa

[12][97][98]

John W. Dorsey, Jr.

Eta (Maryland), 1958

Chancellor, University of Maryland Baltimore County.

[12][59]

Thomas Fell

Eta (Maryland), Honorary

President of St. Johns College from 1886–1923.

[99]

Anthony Fusaro

Lambda Triton (Rhode Island), 1958

CEO, Penn State Abington, former Assistant Provost at Northern Illinois University. Past Grand President, Phi Sigma Kappa.

[4][100]

Charles E. Glassick

Pi (Franklin & Marshall) 1953

Former president, Gettysburg College.

[59]

Paul E. Gray

Omicron (M.I.T.), 1954

14th President of M.I.T. from 1980 to 1990, Member of White House Science Council, Professor of Electrical Engineering at M.I.T. and respected educator.

[59]

Douglas Greenberg

Nu Tetarton (Rutgers), 1969

Professor, University of Southern California, contributed a short documentary featured on the DVD for Schindler's List. Greenberg is also Dean of the School of Arts and Science for Rutgers University.

[101]

Edwin M. Hartman

Pi (Franklin & Marshall), 1895

Longtime President of the Franklin & Marshall Academy, preparatory school co-located at Franklin & Marshall College. Hartman Hall named in his honor.

[102]

Richard Herman

Iota (Stevens Institute), 1963

Former Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

[103]

Charles Sumner Howe

Alpha (UMass), 1878

President of Case School of Applied Science 1902 to 1929, which became Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Former professor of Buchtel College, which became the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. First Grand President, Phi Sigma Kappa.

[104]

Dr. Paul H. Jeserich

Delta Deuteron (Michigan), 1914

Dean of University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 1950–62. President of the American Dental Association, 1959.

[22]

Perry F. Kendig

Pi (Franklin & Marshall), 1932

President, Roanoke College, from 1963 to 1975.

Warren C. Lovinger

Epsilon Iota (Central Missouri), Honorary

President Emeritus, Central Missouri State University, now the University of Central Missouri, serving in that role for 20 years.

[59][96]

Richard W. Lyman

Phi (Swarthmore) 1944

President, Rockefeller Foundation 1980–1988; Former President, Stanford University.

[4]

Jack Magruder

Gamma Epsilon (Truman State), 1957

President of Northeast Missouri State University during its transition into Truman State University.

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Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown , Massachusetts . It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams , a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War in 1755 . Williams is on a 450-acre ( 1.8 km2 ) campus in Williamstown , in the Berkshires in rural northwestern Massachusetts . The campus contains more than 100 academic , athletic , and residential buildings . There are 357 voting faculty members , with a student-to-faculty ratio of 7:1 . As of 2019 [ update ] , the school has an enrollment of 2,078 undergraduate students and 56 graduate students . The college competes in the NCAA Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference , and competes in the conference as the Ephs . The athletic program has been highly successful , as Williams College has won 22 of the last 24 College Directors ' Cups for NCAA Division III . Following a liberal arts curriculum , Williams College provides undergraduate instruction in 25 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs including 36 majors in the humanities , arts , social sciences , and natural sciences . Williams offers an almost entirely undergraduate instruction , as there are two graduate programs in development economics and art history . The college maintains affiliations with the nearby Clark Art Institute and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art , and has a close relationship with Exeter College , Oxford University . Undergraduate admission is highly selective , with an acceptance rate of 12% for the Class of 2023 .
Coe College is a private liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids , Iowa . Founded in 1851 , the institution is historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church ( USA ) . It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities .
Cedar Rapids ( /ˈsiːdər ˈræpɪdz/ ) is the second-largest city in Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County . The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River , 20 miles ( 32 km ) north of Iowa City and 100 miles ( 160 km ) northeast of Des Moines , the state 's capital and largest city . It is a part of the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor of Linn , Benton , Cedar , Jones , Johnson , and Washington counties . As of the 2010 United States Census , the city population was 126,326 . The estimated population of the three-county Metropolitan Statistical Area , which includes the nearby cities of Marion and Hiawatha , was 255,452 in 2008 . Cedar Rapids is an economic hub of the state , located at the core of the Interstate 380 corridor . The Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) is also a part of a Combined Statistical Area ( CSA ) with the Iowa City MSA . This CSA plus two additional counties are known as the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids ( ICR ) Corridor and collectively have a population of over 450,000 . A flourishing center for arts and culture in Eastern Iowa , the city is home to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art , the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library , the Paramount Theatre , Orchestra Iowa , Theatre Cedar Rapids , the African American Museum of Iowa , and the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance . In the 1990s and 2000s , several Cedar Rapidians became well-known actors , including Bobby Driscoll , Ashton Kutcher , Elijah Wood , and Ron Livingston . The city is the setting for the musical The Pajama Game and the comedy film Cedar Rapids . Cedar Rapids is nicknamed the City of Five Seasons , for the so-called fifth season , which is time to enjoy the other four .
Tusculum University is a private Presbyterian university with its main campus in Tusculum , Tennessee . It is Tennessee 's oldest university and the 28th-oldest operating college in the United States . In addition to its main campus , the institution maintains a regional center for Graduate and Professional Studies in Knoxville , and additional satellite campuses across East Tennessee .
Greeneville is a town in , and the county seat of Greene County , Tennessee , United States . The population as of the 2010 census was 15,062 . The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene . It is the only town with this spelling in the United States , although there are numerous U.S. towns named Greenville . The town was the capital of the short-lived State of Franklin in the 18th-century history of the Tennessee region . Greeneville is notable as the town where United States President Andrew Johnson began his political career when elected from his trade as a tailor . He and his family lived there most of his adult years . It was an area of strong abolitionist and Unionist views and yeoman farmers , an environment which influenced Johnson 's outlook . The Greeneville Historic District was established in 1974 . The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class submarine USS Greeneville was named in honor of the town . Greeneville is part of the Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA Combined Statistical Area - commonly known as the Tri-Cities region .
The University of Pennsylvania ( Penn or UPenn ) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The University claims a founding date of 1740 [ note 2 ] and is one of the nine colonial colleges founded prior to the U.S . Declaration of Independence . Benjamin Franklin , Penn 's founder and first president , advocated an educational program that trained leaders in commerce , government , and public service , similar to a modern liberal arts curriculum . Penn has four undergraduate schools as well as twelve graduate and professional schools . Among its graduate and professional schools are the first school of medicine in North America ( Perelman School of Medicine , 1765 ) , the first collegiate business school ( Wharton School , 1881 ) , and the first student union building and organization ( Houston Hall , 1896 ) . In 2019 , the university had an endowment of $ 14.65 billion , the seventh largest endowment of all colleges in the United States , as well as a research budget of $ 1.02 billion . The university 's athletics program , the Quakers , fields varsity teams in 33 sports as a member of the NCAA Division I Ivy League conference . As of 2018 , distinguished alumni include 14 heads of state , 64 billionaires , 3 U.S. Supreme Court justices , 33 U.S . Senators , 44 U.S. Governors , 159 members of the U.S. House of Representatives , 8 signers of the U.S . Declaration of Independence , 12 signers of the U.S. Constitution , 24 members of the Continental Congress , and the current U.S. President , Donald Trump . Other notable alumni include 29 Rhodes Scholars , 15 Marshall Scholars , 16 Pulitzer Prize winners , and 48 Fulbright Scholars .
The University of Central Missouri ( UCM ) is a public university in Warrensburg , Missouri . It serves more than 14000 students from 49 states and 59 countries on its 1,561-acre campus . UCM offers 150 programs of study , including 10 pre-professional programs , 27 areas of teacher certification , and 37 graduate programs .
Northern Michigan University ( NMU ) is a public university in Marquette , Michigan . The university was established in 1899 . With enrollment of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students , Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula 's largest university . NMU offers programs in undergraduate , master 's degrees , Doctor of Nursing Practice and specialist certifications . In 2017 , NMU became the first college in the United States to offer a four-year degree in medicinal plant chemistry .
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities ( AASCU ) is an organization of state-supported colleges and universities that offer degree programs leading to bachelor 's , master 's or doctoral degrees . AASCU grew out of the Association of Teacher Education Institutions that had been organized in 1951 to serve public comprehensive institutions . Most of the original member institutions began as single purpose institutions , most commonly normal schools . Members of AASCU work to extend higher education to all citizens , including those who have been traditionally underrepresented on college campuses . By delivering Americas promise by being stewards of education , these institutions fulfill the expectations of a public university by working for the public good through education and engagement , thereby improving the lives of people in their community , their region and their state . The American Association of State Colleges and Universities represents nearly 420 public colleges , universities and systems of higher education throughout the United States and its territories .
Alexander W. Astin ( born May 30 , 1932 , Washington , D.C. ) is the Allan M. Cartter Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Higher Education and Organizational Change , at the University of California , Los Angeles . He is founding director of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA . He has served as Director of Research for both the American Council on Education and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation . He is also the founding director of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program , an ongoing national study of some fifteen million students , 300,000 faculty and staff , and 1,800 higher education institutions .
Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg , Pennsylvania . Founded in 1832 , the 225-acre ( 91 ha ) campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield . Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students , with roughly equal numbers of men and women . Gettysburg students come from 41 states , Washington , D.C. , and 39 countries . The school hosts 24 NCAA Division III men 's and women 's teams , known as the Bullets , and many club , intramural , and recreational programs . The college is also the home of The Gettysburg Review , a literary magazine .
Pittsburg State University ( Pitt State or PSU ) is a public university in Pittsburg , Kansas , United States . It enrolls approximately 7,400 students ( 6,000 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students ) and is a member of the Kansas Board of Regents .
Wayne State College is a four-year public college in the Nebraska State College System in Wayne , Nebraska , United States . The current enrollment is 3,571 . The college opened as a State Normal School in 1910 after the State purchased the private Nebraska Normal College ( established 1891 ) . The State Normal College became State Normal School and Teacher 's College in 1921 . This was changed to Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne in 1949 and the present name was adopted in 1963 .
The University of Massachusetts Amherst ( UMass Amherst , UMass , or Massachusetts ) is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst , Massachusetts . It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system . UMass Amherst has an annual enrollment of approximately 1,300 faculty members and more than 30,000 students . The university offers academic degrees in 109 undergraduate , 77 master 's and 48 doctoral programs . Programs are coordinated in nine schools and colleges . It is also a member of the Five College Consortium . The University of Massachusetts Amherst is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . In fiscal year 2014 , UMass Amherst had research expenditures exceeding $ 200 million . UMass Amherst sports teams are the Minutemen and Minutewomen , the colors being maroon , black , and white ; the school mascot is Sam the Minuteman . All teams participate in NCAA Division I . The university is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference , while playing ice hockey in Hockey East and football as an FBS Independent .
Sapporo Agricultural College ( 札幌農学校 , Sapporo nōgakkō ) was a school in Sapporo established for the purpose of educating students who would be settled at Kaitakushi by the then-local government of Hokkaidō . It became part of Tohoku Imperial University in 1907 , and was transferred to Hokkaido Imperial University ( current Hokkaido University ) in 1918 .
Hokkaido University ( 北海道大学 , Hokkaidō daigaku ) , or Hokudai ( 北大 ) , is a Japanese national university in Sapporo , Hokkaido . It is a member of the Imperial Universities , which were established to be the nation 's finest institutes of higher education or research . It is located in downtown Sapporo , just north of Sapporo Station , and stretching approximately 2.4 kilometers northward . It is considered one of the top universities in Japan .
The William P. Brooks House , also known as Brooks Hall , is a dormitory in Amherst , Massachusetts that is built in the georgian revival style with art deco accents . It is named after former professor and president of Massachusetts Agricultural College , William P. Brooks . It is part of the Central Residential Area at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . It was designed by Louis Ross , who designed many of the dormitories on campus as well as the Student Union . In addition to his academic and administrative career , Brooks is credited as one of six Founders of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity in 1873 at Massachusetts Agricultural College .
The University of Maryland , College Park ( University of Maryland , UMD , or simply Maryland ) is a public research university in College Park , Maryland . Founded in 1856 , UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland . It is also the largest university in both the state and the Washington metropolitan area , with more than 41,000 students representing all fifty states and 123 countries , and a global alumni network of over 360,000 . Its twelve schools and colleges together offer over 200 degree-granting programs , including 92 undergraduate majors , 107 master 's programs , and 83 doctoral programs . UMD is a member of the Association of American Universities and competes in intercollegiate athletics as a member of the Big Ten Conference . The University of Maryland 's proximity to the nation 's capital has resulted in many research partnerships with the federal government ; faculty receive research funding and institutional support from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health , the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) , the National Institute of Standards and Technology , the Food and Drug Administration , and the Department of Homeland Security . It is classified as a first tier research university by the Carnegie Foundation , and is labeled a Public Ivy , denoting a quality of education comparable to the private Ivy League . UMD is ranked among the top 100 universities both nationally and globally by several indices . In 2016 , the University of Maryland , College Park and the University of Maryland , Baltimore formalized their strategic partnership after their collaboration successfully created more innovative medical , scientific , and educational programs , as well as greater research grants and joint faculty appointments than either campus has been able to accomplish on its own . As of 2017 , the operating budget of the University of Maryland is approximately $ 2.1 billion . For the 2018 fiscal year , the university received a total of over $ 545 million in external research funding . In October 2017 , the university received a record-breaking donation of $ 219.5 million from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation , ranking among the largest philanthropic gifts to a public university in the country .
The University of Maryland , Baltimore County ( often referred to as UMBC ) is a public research university in Baltimore County , Maryland . It has a fall 2018 enrollment of 13,767 students , 48 undergraduate majors , over 60 graduate programs ( 36 master , 24 doctoral , and 17 graduate certificate programs ) and the first university research park in Maryland . Established as a part of the University of Maryland System in 1966 , the university became the first public college or university in Maryland to be inclusive of all races . UMBC has the fourth highest enrollment of the University System of Maryland , specializing in natural sciences and engineering , as well as programs in the liberal arts and social sciences . Athletically , the UMBC Retrievers have 17 NCAA Division I teams that participate in the America East Conference .
St. John 's College is a private liberal arts college with dual campuses in Annapolis , Maryland , and Santa Fe , New Mexico . It is known for its Great Books curriculum . St. John 's has no religious affiliation . St. John 's claims to be one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States as the successor institution of King William 's School , a preparatory school founded in 1696 ; the current institution received a collegiate charter in 1784 . In 1937 , St. John 's adopted a Great Books curriculum based on discussion of works from the Western canon of philosophical , religious , historical , mathematical , scientific , and literary works . The college grants only one bachelor 's degree , a degree in Liberal Arts . Two master 's degrees are available through the college 's graduate institute : one in Liberal Arts , which is a modified version of the undergraduate curriculum ( differing mostly in that the graduate students are not restricted to a set sequence of courses ) , and one in Eastern Classics , which applies most of the features of the undergraduate curriculum ( seminars , preceptorials , language study and a set sequence of courses ) to a list of classic works from India , China and Japan . The Master of Arts in Eastern Classics is only available at the Santa Fe campus .
The University of Rhode Island ( URI ) is a public research university with its main campus in Kingston , Rhode Island . It is the flagship public research as well as the land grant and sea grant university for the state of Rhode Island . Its main campus is located in the village of Kingston in southern Rhode Island . Additionally , smaller campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence , the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center in Providence , the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett , and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich . The university offers bachelor 's degrees , master 's degrees , and doctoral degrees in 80 undergraduate and 49 graduate areas of study through eight academic colleges . These colleges include Arts and Sciences , Business , Education and Professional Studies , Engineering , Health Sciences , Environment and Life Sciences , Nursing , and Pharmacy . Another college , University College for Academic Success , serves primarily as an advising college for all incoming undergraduates and follows them through their first two years of enrollment at URI . As of 2019 , the University of Rhode Island enrolls 14,653 undergraduate students , 1,982 graduate students , and 1,339 non-degree students . The in-state tuition for undergrad URI students in 2018-2019 is $ 14,138 , while Regional students paid $ 22,324 for tuition , and out of state students paid $ 30,862 . 75% of students received some type of financial aid .
Penn State Abington is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University and it is located in Abington , Pennsylvania , a suburb of Philadelphia . The campus is set on 45 acres ( 180,000 m2 ) of wooded land . The roughly 4000 undergraduate students ( full-time and part-time students combined ) are taught by a full-time staff of over 150 professors and teaching assistants . Several degree options are available at Penn State Abington . Students may start any of 160 Penn State baccalaureate programs at the Abington campus and complete them at another Penn State campus , including the main University Park campus . Two associate degree programs , 19 baccalaureate degree programs , and several continuing education programs designed for adult students are also available . The athletics program has been granted full NCAA Division III status .
Northern Illinois University ( NIU ) is a public research university in DeKalb , Illinois . It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22 , 1895 , by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of the state 's system for producing college-educated teachers . In addition to the main campus in DeKalb , it has satellite centers in Chicago , Hoffman Estates , Naperville , Rockford , and Oregon The university is composed of seven degree-granting colleges and has a student body of 25,000 with over 240,000 alumni . Many of NIU 's programs are nationally accredited for meeting high standards of academic quality , including business , engineering , nursing , visual and performing arts , and all teacher certification programs . NIU is one of only three public universities in Illinois that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the highest levels of all sports , Division I . The university 's athletic teams are known as the Huskies and compete in the Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) .
Franklin & Marshall College ( F & M ) is a private residential liberal arts college in Lancaster , Pennsylvania . It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students .
Paul Edward Gray ( February 7 , 1932 - September 18 , 2017 ) was the 14th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He is known for his accomplishments in promoting engineering education , practice , and leadership at MIT and in the world at large .
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) is a private research university in Cambridge , Massachusetts . The Institute is a land-grant , sea-grant , and space-grant university , with an urban campus that extends more than a mile ( 1.6 km ) alongside the Charles River . The Institute also encompasses a number of major off-campus facilities such as the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , the Bates Center , and the Haystack Observatory , as well as affiliated laboratories such as the Broad and Whitehead Institutes . Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States , MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering . It has since played a key role in the development of many aspects of modern science , engineering , mathematics , and technology , and is widely known for its innovation and academic strength , making it one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world . As of October 2019 [ update ] , 96 Nobel laureates , 26 Turing Award winners , and 8 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with MIT as alumni , faculty members , or researchers . In addition , 58 National Medal of Science recipients , 29 National Medals of Technology and Innovation recipients , 50 MacArthur Fellows , 73 Marshall Scholars , 48 Rhodes Scholars , 41 astronauts , and 16 Chief Scientists of the US Air Force have been affiliated with MIT . The school also has a strong entrepreneurial culture , and the aggregated annual revenues of companies founded by MIT alumni ( $ 1.9 trillion ) would rank roughly as the tenth-largest economy in the world ( 2014 ) . MIT is a member of the Association of American Universities ( AAU ) .
Douglas Greenberg is Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers , the State University of New Jersey . Previously , he was Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences ( 2008-2012 ) at Rutgers . In the past , he served as a Professor of History at the University of Southern California , Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education , and President of the Chicago Historical Society .
Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey ( /ˈrʌtɡərz/ ) , commonly referred to as Rutgers University , or RU , is an American public research university in New Jersey . It is the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey . Rutgers was originally chartered as Queen 's College on November 10 , 1766 . It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution . The college was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers . For most of its existence , Rutgers was a private liberal arts college but it evolved into a coeducational public research university after being designated The State University of New Jersey by the New Jersey Legislature in laws enacted in 1945 and 1956 . Rutgers has three campuses located throughout New Jersey : New Brunswick campus in New Brunswick and adjacent Piscataway , the Newark campus , and the Camden campus . The university has additional facilities elsewhere in the state . Instruction is offered by 9,000 faculty members in 175 academic departments to over 45,000 undergraduate students and more than 20,000 graduate and professional students . The university is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance , the Association of American Universities and the Universities Research Association . The New Brunswick campus was categorized by Howard and Matthew Green in their book titled The Public Ivies : America 's Flagship Public Universities ( 2001 ) as a Public Ivy .
The University of Southern California ( USC , [ a ] SC , or Southern Cal ) is a private research university in Los Angeles , California . Founded in 1880 , it is the oldest private research university in California . For the 2018-19 academic year , there were 20,000 students enrolled in four-year undergraduate programs . USC also has 27,500 graduate and professional students in a number of different programs , including business , law , engineering , social work , occupational therapy , pharmacy , and medicine . It is the largest private employer in the city of Los Angeles and generates $ 8 billion in economic impact on Los Angeles and California . USC was one of the earliest nodes on ARPANET and is the birthplace of the Domain Name System . Other technologies invented at USC include DNA computing , dynamic programming , image compression , VoIP , and antivirus software . USC 's alumni include a total of 11 Rhodes Scholars and 12 Marshall Scholars . As of October 2018 , nine Nobel laureates , six MacArthur Fellows , and one Turing Award winner have been affiliated with the university . As of May 2018 , USC has conferred degrees upon 29 alumni who became billionaires . USC has graduated more alumni who have gone on to win an Academy Award than any other institution in the world by a significant margin . USC alumni have also played crucial roles in 21 of the top 25 highest-grossing films of all time , as of 2019 .
Schindler 's List is a 1993 American historical period drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian . It is based on the novel Schindler 's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally . The film follows Oskar Schindler , a Sudeten German businessman , who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II . It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler , Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth , and Ben Kingsley as Schindler 's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern . Ideas for a film about the Schindlerjuden ( Schindler Jews ) were proposed as early as 1963 . Poldek Pfefferberg , one of the Schindlerjuden , made it his life 's mission to tell Schindler 's story . Spielberg became interested when executive Sidney Sheinberg sent him a book review of Schindler 's Ark . Universal Pictures bought the rights to the novel , but Spielberg , unsure if he was ready to make a film about the Holocaust , tried to pass the project to several directors before deciding to direct it . Principal photography took place in Kraków , Poland , over 72 days in 1993 . Spielberg shot in black and white and approached the film as a documentary . Cinematographer Janusz Kamiński wanted to create a sense of timelessness . John Williams composed the score , and violinist Itzhak Perlman performed the main theme .
Franklin & Marshall College ( F & M ) is a private residential liberal arts college in Lancaster , Pennsylvania . It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students .
Richard H. Herman is a former mathematician who had served as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2005-2009 . He previously served there as Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs since 1998 . As provost he garnered support for , and administered , a faculty excellence program designed to bring established faculty to the institution . Over the course of his administrative tenure , sponsored research at the university increased by more than 50% . Herman promoted private sector partnerships by supporting the creation of a Research Park and , in particular , by helping to secure a $ 500 million grant from BP in partnership with Berkeley . Commitments to the creation of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and the garnering of the Petascale Award with IBM from the National Science Foundation ensured continued scientific and technological leadership for the university Herman helped to secure a number of gifts including $ 100 million from alumnus Thomas Siebel for support of research in science and technology , $ 14 million for a Center for Brazilian Studies from the Lemann Family and an anonymous gift of $ 40 million for undergraduate student support . President Bush appointed Herman to his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology , serving on subcommittees which advised the President on nanotechnology , networking and information technology and university-private sector partnerships . He co-chaired the High Performance Computing Inititiative for the Council on Competitiveness as well as serving on the steering committee for its Energy , Security , Innovation and Sustainability Initiative and the Councils Executive Committee . Herman served as chair of the Council of Presidents for the University Research Association in 2007 . He also served on , and was chair of , the National Science Foundation 's Advisory Committee . Herman 's research specializes on mathematical physics and operator algebras .
Stevens Institute of Technology is a private research university in Hoboken , New Jersey . Incorporated in 1870 , it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanical engineering . The campus encompasses Castle Point , the highest point in Hoboken , and several other buildings around the city . Founded from an 1868 bequest from Edwin Augustus Stevens , enrollment at Stevens includes more than 5500 undergraduate and graduate students representing 47 states and 60 countries throughout Asia , Europe and Latin America . The university is home to two national Centers of Excellence as designated by the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Homeland Security . Two members of the Stevens community , as alumni or faculty , have been awarded the Nobel Prize : Frederick Reines ( class of 1939 ) , in Physics , and Irving Langmuir ( Chemistry faculty 1906-1909 ) , in chemistry .
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ( U of I , Illinois , UIllinois , or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC ) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana . It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was founded in 1867 . The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified as a R1 Doctoral Research University under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education , which denotes the highest research activity . In fiscal year 2017 , research expenditures at Illinois totaled $ 642 million . The campus library system possesses the second-largest university library in the United States by holdings after Harvard University . The university also hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications ( NCSA ) and is home to the fastest supercomputer on a university campus . The university contains 16 schools and colleges and offers more than 150 undergraduate and over 100 graduate programs of study . The university holds 651 buildings on 6,370 acres ( 2,578 ha ) and its annual operating budget in 2016 was over $ 2 billion . The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign also operates a Research Park home to innovation centers for over 90 start-up companies and multinational corporations , including Abbott , AbbVie , Caterpillar , Capital One , Dow , State Farm , and Yahoo , among others . As of October 2018 [ update ] , 30 Nobel laureates , 2 Turing Award winners , and 1 Fields medalist have been affiliated with the university as alumni , faculty members , or researchers .
Charles Sumner Howe ( September 29 , 1858 - April 18 , 1939 ) was the second president of Case School of Applied Science , now Case Western Reserve University . Howe was born on September 29 , 1858 in Nashua , New Hampshire . He earned his B.S . at both Massachusetts Agricultural College ( now known as the University of Massachusetts Amherst ) and Boston University in 1878 and his PhD from the College of Wooster in 1887 . As an initiate of Phi Sigma Kappa in 1876 , he served as the first president of the Grand Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa in 1878 while at its founding school of Massachusetts Agricultural College . Howe served as principal of Longmeadow High School of Massachusetts in 1879 . He moved west where he became the principal of the Academy of Albuquerque in New Mexico from 1879-1881 , and was involved in mineral prospecting serving as an assayer for prospectors in Albuquerque until 1882 . Howe married Abbie A. Waite on May 22 , 1882 , and together had three children . From 1883-1889 , Howe served as the Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Buchtel College in Akron , Ohio . He went to Case School of Applied Science in 1889 where he was also Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy until 1902 . Notably , Howe brought the first German-made Riefler clock , then considered the world 's best , to America , with his own modifications making it the most accurate timepiece in the world . He maintained being the Kerr Professor of Mathematics at Case School of Applied Science from 1890-1908 .
Case Western Reserve University ( CWRU ) is a private research university in Cleveland , Ohio . It was created in 1967 through the federation of two longstanding contiguous institutions : Western Reserve University , founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reserve , and Case Institute of Technology , founded in 1880 through the endowment of Leonard Case , Jr. Time magazine described the merger as the creation of Cleveland 's Big-Leaguer university . Seventeen Nobel laureates have been previously affiliated with Case Western Reserve or one of its two predecessors . In U.S. News & World Report 's 2020 rankings , Case Western Reserve was ranked as tied for 40th among national universities and 155th among global universities . The 2020 edition of The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ( WSJ/THE ) rankings ranked Case Western Reserve as 52nd among US colleges and universities . The campus is approximately 5 miles ( 8 km ) east of Downtown Cleveland in the neighborhood known as University Circle , an area encompassing 550 acres ( 220 ha ) containing a concentration of educational , medical , and cultural institutions . Case Western Reserve has a number of programs taught in conjunction with University Circle institutions , including the Cleveland Clinic , the University Hospitals of Cleveland , the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veteran 's Affairs Medical Center , Cleveland Institute of Music , the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center , the Cleveland Museum of Art , the Cleveland Institute of Art , the Cleveland Museum of Natural History , and the Cleveland Play House . Severance Hall , home of the Cleveland Orchestra , is on the Case Western Reserve campus . Case Western Reserve includes the medical school , business school , dental school , law school , Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing ( named for former U.S. Representative Frances P. Bolton ) , Department of Biomedical Engineering and its biomedical teaching and research capabilities . Case Western Reserve is a member of the Association of American Universities . Case is noted ( among other fields ) for research in electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering . The Michelson-Morley interferometer experiment was conducted in 1887 in the basement of a campus dormitory by Albert A. Michelson of Case School of Applied Science and Edward W. Morley of Western Reserve University .
Cleveland ( /ˈkliːvlənd/ KLEEV-lənd ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio , and the county seat of Cuyahoga County . The city proper has a population of 385,525 , making it the 52nd-largest city in the United States and the second-largest city in Ohio . Greater Cleveland is ranked as the 33rd-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. , with 2,057,009 people in 2018 . A Gamma + city , Cleveland anchors the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Combined Statistical Area , which had a population of 3,515,646 in 2010 and is ranked 15th in the United States . The city is located on the southern shore of Lake Erie , across the U.S. maritime border with Canada and approximately 60 miles ( 100 kilometers ) west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border . It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River by General Moses Cleaveland . It became a manufacturing center due to its location on both the river and the lake shore , as well as being connected to numerous canals and railroad lines . Cleveland 's economy relies on diversified sectors such as manufacturing , financial services , healthcare , biomedicals , and higher education . The city 's major cultural institutions include the Cleveland Museum of Art , the Cleveland Orchestra , Playhouse Square , and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Known as The Forest City among many other nicknames , Cleveland serves as the center of the Cleveland Metroparks nature reserve system .
The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron , Ohio . It is part of the University System of Ohio . As a STEM-focused institution , it focuses on industries such as polymers , advanced materials , and engineering . The University of Akron offers about 200 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate majors and has an enrollment of approximately 20,000 students . The university 's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering is housed in a 12-story reflective glass building near downtown Akron on the western edge of the main campus . UA 's Archives of the History of American Psychology is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution . The university has three branch campuses : Wayne College in Orrville , Ohio ; the Medina County University Center , in Lafayette Township , Ohio ; and UA Lakewood , in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood , Ohio . In addition , the university hosts nursing programs in affiliation with Lorain County Community College .
Akron ( /ˈækrən/ ) is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County . It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau , about 30 miles ( 48 km ) south of Cleveland . As of the 2018 Census estimate , the city proper had a total population of 198,006 , making it the 119th-largest city in the United States . The Greater Akron area , covering Summit and Portage counties , had an estimated population of 703,505 . The city was founded in 1825 by Simon Perkins and Paul Williams , along the Little Cuyahoga River at the summit of the developing Ohio and Erie Canal . The name is derived from the Greek word signifying a summit or high point . It was briefly renamed South Akron after Eliakim Crosby founded nearby North Akron in 1833 , until both merged into an incorporated village in 1836 . In the 1910s , Akron doubled in population , making it the nation 's fastest-growing city . A long history of rubber and tire manufacturing , carried on today by Goodyear Tire , gave Akron the nickname Rubber Capital of the World . It was once known as a center of airship development . Today , its economy includes manufacturing , education , healthcare , and biomedical research ; leading corporations include Gojo Industries , FirstEnergy , Huntington Bank , and Charter Spectrum . Notable historic events in Akron include the passage of the Akron School Law of 1847 , which created the K-12 system ; the popularization of the church architectural Akron Plan , the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous , the Akron Experiment into preventing goiters with iodized salt , the 1983 Supreme Court case City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health ; and portions of the 2014 Gay Games .
The University of Michigan ( UM , U-M , U of M , or UMich ) , often simply referred to as Michigan , is a public research university in Ann Arbor , Michigan . The university is Michigan 's oldest ; it was founded in 1817 in Detroit , as the Catholepistemiad , or University of Michigania , 20 years before the territory became a state . The school was moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres ( 16 ha ) of what is now known as Central Campus . Since its establishment in Ann Arbor , the flagship university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet ( 780 acres ; 3.2 km2 ) spread out over a Central Campus and North Campus , two regional campuses in Flint and Dearborn , and a Center in Detroit . The university is a founding member of the Association of American Universities . Considered one of the foremost research universities in the United States with annual research expenditures approaching $ 1.5 billion , Michigan is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . As of October 2019 [ update ] , 25 Nobel Prize winners , 6 Turing Award winners and 1 Fields Medalist have been affiliated with the University of Michigan . Its comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees in the humanities , social sciences , and STEM fields ( science , technology , engineering , and mathematics ) as well as professional degrees in architecture , business , medicine , law , pharmacy , nursing , social work , public health , and dentistry . Michigan 's body of living alumni comprises more than 540,000 people , one of the largest alumni bases of any university in the world . Michigan 's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Wolverines . They are members of the Big Ten Conference . More than 250 Michigan athletes or coaches have participated in Olympic events , winning more than 150 medals .
The University of Michigan School of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Michigan , located in Ann Arbor , Michigan . Established in 1875 , the School of Dentistry engages in oral and craniofacial health care education , research , patient care and community service . It is currently the number one ranked dental school in the U.S. and fifth in the world according to two independent rankings . The University of Michigan was the first state university in the world and the second university in the United States to offer education in dentistry . ( Harvard was the first ) . The University of Michigan was also the first to provide graduate-level dentistry education . Four of its faculty members have been elected president of the American Dental Association . The Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry is housed within the School of Dentistry .
The American Dental Association ( ADA ) is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 161,000 members . Based in the American Dental Association Building in the Near North Side of Chicago , the ADA is the world 's largest and oldest national dental association and promotes good oral health to the public while representing the dental profession . The ADA publishes a monthly journal of dental related articles named the Journal of the American Dental Association .
Roanoke College is a private liberal arts college in Salem , Virginia . It has approximately 2,000 students who represent approximately 40 states and 30 countries . The college offers 35 majors , 57 minors and concentrations , and pre-professional programs . Roanoke awards bachelor 's degrees in arts , science , and business administration and is one of 280 colleges with a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society . Roanoke is an NCAA Division III school competing in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference . The college fields varsity teams in nine men 's and ten women 's sports . Roanoke 's athletic nickname is Maroons and the mascot is Rooney , a maroon-tailed hawk .
Richard Wall Lyman ( October 18 , 1923 - May 27 , 2012 ) , the seventh president of Stanford University , was an American educator , historian , and professor . He served as the provost of Stanford between 1967 and 1970 . He then served as president of the university from 1970 to 1980 . During his tenure as provost and president , he confronted campus dissidents involved in protests against the Vietnam war and other social issues of the 1960s . In the spring of 1969 , he called in law enforcement authorities to evict and arrest students who were occupying campus buildings and removing administrative files . In referring to his leadership during his tenure , both of his immediate successors as president of the university have said that Dick Lyman saved Stanford . In 1983 he founded the Stanford Institute for International Studies and became its first director . He was the president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1980 to 1988 . Lyman earned his bachelor 's degree from Swarthmore College and his master 's degree and PhD from Harvard University . He was a Fulbright scholar at the London School of Economics from 1951 to 1952 . He came to Stanford in 1958 as a professor in history . The Richard W. Lyman Award was established in 2002 by the National Humanities Center in honor of Lyman .
Swarthmore College ( /ˈswɔːrθmɔːr/ , locally [ swɑθ- ] ) is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore , Pennsylvania . Founded in 1864 , with its first classes being held in 1869 , Swarthmore was one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States . It was established to be a college .under the care of Friends , at which an education may be obtained equal to that of the best institutions of learning in our country . By 1906 , Swarthmore had dropped its religious affiliation and became officially non-sectarian . Swarthmore is a member of the Tri-College Consortium along with Bryn Mawr and Haverford College , a cooperative academic arrangement between the three schools . Swarthmore is also affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania through the Quaker Consortium , which allows for students to cross-register for classes at all four institutions . Swarthmore offers over 600 courses a year in more than 40 areas of study , including an ABET accredited engineering program which culminates with a Bachelor of Science in engineering . Swarthmore has a variety of sporting teams with a total of 22 Division III Varsity Intercollegiate Sports Teams and competes in the Centennial Conference , a group of private colleges in Pennsylvania and Maryland . Despite the school 's small size , Swarthmore alumni have attained prominence in a broad range of fields . Graduates include five Nobel Prize winners ( as of 2016 , the third-highest number of Nobel Prize winners per graduate in the U.S. ) , 11 MacArthur Foundation fellows , 30 Rhodes Scholars , 27 Truman Scholars , 10 Marshall Scholars , 201 Fulbright Grantees , and many noteworthy figures in law , art , science , academia , business , politics , and other fields .
The Rockefeller Foundation is a private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue , New York City . It was established by the six-generation Rockefeller family . The Foundation was started by Standard Oil owner John D. Rockefeller ( Senior ) , along with his son John D. Rockefeller Jr. ( Junior ) , and Senior 's principal oil and gas business and philanthropic advisor , Frederick Taylor Gates , in New York State on May 14 , 1913 , when its charter was formally accepted by the New York State Legislature . As of 2015 , the Foundation was ranked as the 39th largest U.S. foundation by total giving . By year-end 2016 assets were tallied at $ 4.1 billion ( unchanged from 2015 ) , with annual grants of $ 173 million .
Stanford University , officially Leland Stanford Junior University , is a private research university in Stanford , California . Stanford is known for its academic achievements , wealth , close proximity to Silicon Valley , and selectivity ; it ranks as one of the world 's top universities . The university was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child , Leland Stanford Jr. , who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year . Stanford was a U.S . Senator and former Governor of California who made his fortune as a railroad tycoon . The school admitted its first students on October 1 , 1891 , as a coeducational and non-denominational institution . Stanford University struggled financially after the death of Leland Stanford in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . Following World War II , Provost Frederick Terman supported faculty and graduates ' entrepreneurialism to build self-sufficient local industry in what would later be known as Silicon Valley . The university is also one of the top fundraising institutions in the country , becoming the first school to raise more than a billion dollars in a year . The university is organized around three traditional schools consisting of 40 academic departments at the undergraduate and graduate level and four professional schools that focus on graduate programs in law , medicine , education , and business . Students compete in 36 varsity sports , and the university is one of two private institutions in the Division I FBS Pac-12 Conference . It has gained 126 NCAA team championships , and Stanford has won the NACDA Directors ' Cup for 24 consecutive years , beginning in 1994-1995 .
Truman State University ( TSU or Truman ) is a public university in Kirksville , Missouri . It had 6,379 enrolled students in the fall of 2015 , with 6,039 undergraduate and 340 postgraduate students , pursuing degrees in 50 undergraduate , and eight graduate programs . The university is named for U.S. President Harry Truman , who was born in Missouri . From 1972 until 1996 , the school was known as Northeast Missouri State University .
West Virginia University ( WVU ) is a public , land-grant , research university with its main campus in Morgantown , West Virginia . Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley , Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser , and a second clinical campus for the university 's medical and dental schools at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston . WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all of West Virginia 's 55 counties . Enrollment for the Fall 2018 semester was 26,864 for the main campus , while enrollment across all three non-clinical campuses was 29,959 . The Morgantown campus offers 350+ bachelor 's , master 's , doctoral , and professional degree programs throughout 14 colleges and schools . Twenty-five Rhodes Scholars are WVU alumni , including former WVU president David C. Hardesty , Jr . The university has also produced 45 Goldwater Scholars , 24 Truman Scholars , and five members ( & 11 academic team honorees ) of USA Today 's All - USA College Academic First Team . Additionally , WVU has had three George C. Marshall ( British ) Scholars , five Morris K. Udall Scholars , 26 Boren Scholars , 63 Gilman Scholars , 64 Fulbright Scholars , three Department of Homeland Security Scholars , 32 Critical Language Scholars , one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar , five National Institute of Standards and Technology Fellowships , and 25 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Graduate Fellowships .
Waynesburg University is a private university founded in ca . 1850 and located in Waynesburg , Pennsylvania . The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations , and enrolls over 2,500 students , including approximately 1,800 undergraduates .