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
Sal H. Alfiero	Business	c. 1938		Founder, Mark IV Industries
Stephen Babcock	Chemist	22-Oct-1843	2-Jul-1931	Chemistry of milk
Robert P. Bozzone	Business	c. 1934		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		CEO of Consolidated Edison
James Q. Crowe	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Level 3 Communications
Gary T. DiCamillo	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002
Nicholas M. Donofrio	Business	7-Sep-1945		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		CEO of WJ Communications, 2002-05
Bobby Farrelly	Film Director	17-Jun-1958		A Farrelly Brother
George Ferris	Engineer	14-Feb-1859	22-Nov-1896	Ferris Wheel
James J. Forese	Business	c. 1936		CEO of Ikon, 1998-2002
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett	Biologist	c. 1955		Genomic researcher
Arthur J. Gajarsa	Judge	1-Mar-1941		US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Walter J. Galvin	Business	c. 1946		CFO of Emerson Electric
Ivar Giaever	Physicist	5-Apr-1929		Tunneling through superconductors
Arthur F. Golden	Attorney	1946		Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Patrick W. Gross	Business	15-May-1944		Co-Founder, American Management Systems
Diane C. Harris	Business	c. 1942		Hypotenuse Enterprises, Inc.
Theodore D. Judah	Engineer	4-Mar-1826	2-Nov-1863	American Transcontinental Railroad
Kibo	Religion	13-Jul-1967		Titular head of Kibology
Lewis M. Kling	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Flowserve
Raymond A. Lancaster	Business	c. 1946		Candlewood Partners
Richard Linn	Judge	13-Apr-1944		US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Jeffrey M. Lipton	Business	5-Jul-1942		CEO of NOVA Chemicals, 1998-2009
Kenneth P. Manning	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Sensient Technologies
Benjamin F. Montoya	Military	24-May-1935		US Navy Civil Engineer, Rear Admiral
James C. Mullen	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Biogen Idec
John Olver	Politician	3-Sep-1936		Congressman, Massachusetts 1st
Daniel R. Raichel	Scientist	1935	22-Dec-2006	Acoustics expert
John Rigas	Business	14-Nov-1924		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		Microsoft Windows Internals
Linda S. Sanford	Business	c. 1953		Senior VP Enterprise at IBM
Gabriel Schmergel	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Genetics Institute, Inc., 1981-97
Chauncey Starr	Physicist	14-Apr-1912	17-Apr-2007	Electric Power Research Institute
Bert Sutherland	Engineer	1936		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		President and COO of CML Group, 1969-98
Edward J. Zander	Business	12-Jan-1947		CEO of Motorola, 2004-07
Zap Zlatoper	Military	c. 1941		US Navy Admiral (ret.)

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ivar Giaever	Physicist	5-Apr-1929		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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert P. Bozzone	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Allegheny Technologies, 2000-01
Myles Brand	Educator	17-May-1942	16-Sep-2009	President of the NCAA, 2003-09
George Campbell, Jr.	Educator	2-Dec-1945		President of the Cooper Union
Gary T. DiCamillo	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002
Nicholas M. Donofrio	Business	7-Sep-1945		EVP at IBM
Arthur J. Gajarsa	Judge	1-Mar-1941		US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Arthur F. Golden	Attorney	1946		Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Alexander Lyman Holley	Business	20-Jul-1832	29-Jan-1882	Designed steel foundries
Shirley A. Jackson	Physicist	5-Aug-1946		NRC Chairman, 1995-99
Raymond A. Lancaster	Business	c. 1946		Candlewood Partners
James C. Mullen	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Biogen Idec
Linda S. Sanford	Business	c. 1953		Senior VP Enterprise at IBM
G. Robert Tod	Business	c. 1939		President and COO of CML Group, 1969-98
Jack M. Wilson	Educator	c. 1945		President, University of Massachusetts
Zap Zlatoper	Military	c. 1941		US Navy Admiral (ret.)

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