EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Split 1968 into two universities, one French- and one Dutch-speaking.

Location:
Louvain, Belgium

Founding Date:
1425

Enrollment:
56,000

Official Website:
http://www.ucl.ac.be/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Baius	Religion	1513	16-Sep-1589	Belgian theologian
Auguste Beernaert	Diplomat	26-Jul-1829	6-Oct-1912	Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient
Paul Bulcke	Business	1954		CEO of Nestle
Christian de Duve	Scientist	2-Oct-1917	4-May-2013	Microstructure of the cell
Mark Eyskens	Head of State	29-Apr-1933		Prime Minister of Belgium, 1981
Cornelius Jansen	Religion	28-Oct-1585	6-May-1638	Father of Jansenism
Yves Leterme	Head of State	6-Oct-1960		Belgian Foreign Minister
Justus Lipsius	Scholar	18-Oct-1547	23-Mar-1606	Belgian scholar and author
René Préval	Head of State	17-Jan-1943		President of Haiti
Nicholas Ridley	Religion	c. 1500	16-Oct-1555	Anglican Bishop and martyr
Edward Schillebeeckx	Religion	12-Nov-1914	23-Dec-2009	Catholic theologian
Fulton J. Sheen	Religion	8-May-1895	9-Dec-1979	America's first televangelist
John Skelton	Poet	c. 1460	21-Jun-1529	Why come ye nat to courte
Johann Sleidan	Historian	1506	31-Oct-1556	De statu religionis et republicae
Rick Smith	Business	c. 1972		CEO of TASER International
Dominique Trempont	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Gemplus, 1997-99
Herman Van Rompuy	Head of State	31-Oct-1947		President of the European Council
Helen Vendler	Critic	30-Apr-1933		American poetry critic
Andreas Vesalius	Doctor	31-Dec-1514	Jun-1564	De Humani Corporis Fabrica

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Baius	Religion	1513	16-Sep-1589	Belgian theologian
Haskell Curry	Mathematician	12-Sep-1900	1-Sep-1982	Combinatory Logic
Christian de Duve	Scientist	2-Oct-1917	4-May-2013	Microstructure of the cell
Gaston Eyskens	Head of State	1-Apr-1905	3-Jan-1988	Thrice Prime Minister of Belgium
Cornelius Jansen	Religion	28-Oct-1585	6-May-1638	Father of Jansenism
Alfred Kastler	Physicist	3-May-1902	7-Jan-1984	Optical pumping
Merton H. Miller	Economist	16-May-1923	3-Jun-2000	Modigliani-Miller theorem
Richard L. Schmalensee	Economist	1944		Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert Claude	Scientist	23-Aug-1899	22-May-1983	Microstructure of the cell

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