EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Wooster, OH

Founding Date:
1866

Motto:
Scientia et religio ex uno fonte

Mascot:
Fighting Scot

Enrollment:
2000

Official Website:
http://www.wooster.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur H. Compton	Physicist	10-Sep-1892	15-Mar-1962	Discovered the Compton Effect
Karl T. Compton	Physicist	15-Sep-1887	22-Jun-1954	Bikini Island atomic tests
John Dean	Government	14-Oct-1938		Nixon's White House Counsel
Stephen R. Donaldson	Author	13-May-1947		Author of the Thomas Covenant series
Elizebeth Friedman	Scientist	26-Aug-1892	31-Oct-1980	America's first female cryptanalyst
Duncan Jones	Film Director	30-May-1971		Moon
Charles F. Kettering	Engineer	29-Aug-1876	25-Nov-1958	Invented the electric starter
Donald L. Kohn	Economist	7-Nov-1942		Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve
James A. McClung	Business	c. 1938		Former VP at FMC
Joseph Banks Rhine	Paranormal	29-Sep-1885	20-Feb-1980	Father of modern parapsychology
John T. Walton	Relative	8-Oct-1946	27-Jun-2005	World's 11th richest man, 2005
Rob Walton	Business	28-Oct-1944		Wal-Mart Chairman, world's 12th richest man

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William H. Gass	Novelist	30-Jul-1924		The Tunnel

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur H. Compton	Physicist	10-Sep-1892	15-Mar-1962	Discovered the Compton Effect
James A. McClung	Business	c. 1938		Former VP at FMC
Rob Walton	Business	28-Oct-1944		Wal-Mart Chairman, world's 12th richest man

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