EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Private, prestigious, non-profit research and education institution. Founded 1890, originally as a biology research outpost of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (now the Brooklyn Museum). Largely underwritten by Carnegie Institution for Science from 1904-61.

Location:
Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Founding Date:
1890

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Baltimore	Biologist	7-Mar-1938		Co-Discoverer, reverse transcriptase
Carol W. Greider	Scientist	15-Apr-1961		Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Susan Hockfield	Educator	24-Mar-1951		President of MIT
Oscar Riddle	Biologist	27-Sep-1877	29-Nov-1968	Prolactin
Richard J. Roberts	Scientist	6-Sep-1943		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Phillip A. Sharp	Biologist	6-Jun-1944		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Meg Whitman	Business	4-Aug-1956		CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Sewall Wright	Biologist	21-Dec-1889	3-Mar-1988	Mathematics of evolution

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barbara McClintock	Scientist	16-Jun-1902	2-Sep-1992	Discovered transposable genes

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeff Hawkins	Inventor	1-Jun-1957		Inventor of the Palm Pilot and Treo
Susan Hockfield	Educator	24-Mar-1951		President of MIT
James Watson	Scientist	6-Apr-1928		Co-Discoverer of DNA

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