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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
Troy, NY
Founding Date:
5-Nov-1824 Motto:
Knowledge and Thoroughness Mascot:
Puckman Enrollment:
7,000 Official Website:
http://www.rpi.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Sal H. Alfiero |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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Founder, Mark IV Industries |
| Stephen Babcock |
Chemist |
22-Oct-1843 |
2-Jul-1931 |
Chemistry of milk |
| Robert P. Bozzone |
Business |
c. 1934 |
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CEO of Allegheny Technologies, 2000-01 |
| Myles Brand |
Educator |
17-May-1942 |
16-Sep-2009 |
President of the NCAA, 2003-09 |
| Kevin Burke |
Business |
c. 1951 |
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CEO of Consolidated Edison |
| James Q. Crowe |
Business |
c. 1950 |
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CEO of Level 3 Communications |
| Gary T. DiCamillo |
Business |
c. 1951 |
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CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002 |
| Nicholas M. Donofrio |
Business |
7-Sep-1945 |
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EVP at IBM |
| Allen B. DuMont |
Inventor |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-Nov-1965 |
TV picture tube and TV network |
| Michael R. Farese |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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CEO of WJ Communications, 2002-05 |
| Bobby Farrelly |
Film Director |
17-Jun-1958 |
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A Farrelly Brother |
| George Ferris |
Engineer |
14-Feb-1859 |
22-Nov-1896 |
Ferris Wheel |
| James J. Forese |
Business |
c. 1936 |
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CEO of Ikon, 1998-2002 |
| Claire M. Fraser-Liggett |
Biologist |
c. 1955 |
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Genomic researcher |
| Arthur J. Gajarsa |
Judge |
1-Mar-1941 |
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US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
| Walter J. Galvin |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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CFO of Emerson Electric |
| Ivar Giaever |
Physicist |
5-Apr-1929 |
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Tunneling through superconductors |
| Arthur F. Golden |
Attorney |
1946 |
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Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell |
| Patrick W. Gross |
Business |
15-May-1944 |
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Co-Founder, American Management Systems |
| Diane C. Harris |
Business |
c. 1942 |
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Hypotenuse Enterprises, Inc. |
| Theodore D. Judah |
Engineer |
4-Mar-1826 |
2-Nov-1863 |
American Transcontinental Railroad |
| Kibo |
Religion |
13-Jul-1967 |
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Titular head of Kibology |
| Lewis M. Kling |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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CEO of Flowserve |
| Raymond A. Lancaster |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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Candlewood Partners |
| Richard Linn |
Judge |
13-Apr-1944 |
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US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
| Jeffrey M. Lipton |
Business |
5-Jul-1942 |
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CEO of NOVA Chemicals, 1998-2009 |
| Kenneth P. Manning |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of Sensient Technologies |
| Benjamin F. Montoya |
Military |
24-May-1935 |
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US Navy Civil Engineer, Rear Admiral |
| James C. Mullen |
Business |
c. 1958 |
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CEO of Biogen Idec |
| John Olver |
Politician |
3-Sep-1936 |
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Congressman, Massachusetts 1st |
| Daniel R. Raichel |
Scientist |
1935 |
22-Dec-2006 |
Acoustics expert |
| John Rigas |
Business |
14-Nov-1924 |
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CEO of Adelphia, 1952-2002 |
| Henry Augustus Rowland |
Physicist |
27-Nov-1848 |
16-Apr-1901 |
Studied optics, magnetism, etc. |
| Mark Russinovich |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1966 |
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Microsoft Windows Internals |
| Linda S. Sanford |
Business |
c. 1953 |
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Senior VP Enterprise at IBM |
| Gabriel Schmergel |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of Genetics Institute, Inc., 1981-97 |
| Chauncey Starr |
Physicist |
14-Apr-1912 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Electric Power Research Institute |
| Bert Sutherland |
Engineer |
1936 |
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Scientist at Sun Microsystems |
| Jack Swigert |
Astronaut |
30-Aug-1931 |
27-Dec-1982 |
Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13 |
| G. Robert Tod |
Business |
c. 1939 |
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President and COO of CML Group, 1969-98 |
| Edward J. Zander |
Business |
12-Jan-1947 |
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CEO of Motorola, 2004-07 |
| Zap Zlatoper |
Military |
c. 1941 |
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US Navy Admiral (ret.) |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Ivar Giaever |
Physicist |
5-Apr-1929 |
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Tunneling through superconductors |
| Granville Hicks |
Critic |
9-Sep-1901 |
18-Jun-1982 |
Marxist critic, The Great Tradition |
| Nicholas J. Hoff |
Engineer |
3-Jan-1906 |
4-Aug-1997 |
Aluminum in aircraft design |
| William H. Pease |
Historian |
31-Aug-1924 |
20-Jun-2013 |
The Web of Progress |
| Henry Augustus Rowland |
Physicist |
27-Nov-1848 |
16-Apr-1901 |
Studied optics, magnetism, etc. |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
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