Curated category
California Institute of Technology alumni
- John SchulmanJohn Schulman sat in front of a television screen during the 2005 school year. The program BattleBots played on the screen featured remote-controlled robots…
- Frank BormanFrank Frederick Borman II was born on the 14th of March 1928, at 2162 West 11th Avenue in Gary, Indiana. His father Edwin Otto Borman owned an Oldsmobile car…
- L. Sprague de CampLyon Sprague de Camp was born on the 27th of November 1907 in New York City. He grew up as one of three sons to Lyon de Camp, a businessman dealing in real…
- Gordon MooreGordon Earle Moore was born on the 3rd of January 1929 in San Mateo County, California. His father Walter Harold Moore served as a county sheriff until 1938…
- Harrison SchmittHarrison Hagan Schmitt entered the world on the 3rd of July 1935 in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He grew up nearby in Silver City and graduated from Western High…
- Roger NollRoger Noll was born on the 13th of March 1940. This date marks the start of a life that would reshape how economists view professional sports.
- David BrinGlen David Brin was born on the 6th of October 1950 in Glendale, California. His parents were Selma and Herb Brin, who raised him as a Jewish child.
- Edward FredkinEdward Fredkin was born on the 2nd of October 1934 to Russian-Jewish immigrants in Los Angeles. His mother worked as a concert pianist but never performed…
- Boris PodolskyBoris Yakovlevich Podolsky entered the world on the 29th of June 1896 in Taganrog. This port city sat within the Don Host Oblast of the Russian Empire.
- Harrison StormsHarrison Allen Storms, Jr. grew up in Wilmette on Chicago's North Shore during the 1920s and 1930s. His father worked as a traveling salesman while young…
- John McCarthy (computer scientist)John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 4th of September 1927. His father came from Cromane, a small fishing village in County Kerry, Ireland.
- Virgil GriffithVirgil Griffith was born in 1983 and grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He graduated from the Alabama School of Math and Science in 2002.
- Linus PaulingLinus Carl Pauling was born on the 28th of February 1901, in Portland, Oregon. His father Herman Henry William Pauling worked as a traveling salesman for the…