“If you knew the upward mobility that South Dakota's kids have gotten from the opportunity to intern and to work and to be employed and to have upward mobility in that company and move on, it's been phenomenal for South Dakota.”
“I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility.”
| Howard Aiken, Scientist (1900) |
| Eben Alexander, Educator (1851) |
| Samuel Barber, Composer (1910) |
| Luis Barragan, Architect (1902) |
| John Cale, Musician (1942) |
| Bert Campaneris, Athlete (1942) |
| Linda Fiorentino, Actress (1960) |
| Bobby Fischer, Celebrity (1943) |
| Yuri Gagarin, Astronaut (1934) |
| Carlos Ghosn, Businessman (1954) |
| Anna Letitia Barbauld, Poet (1825) |
| Max Delbruck, Scientist (1981) |
| Brad Delp, Musician (2007) |
| Chris LeDoux, Musician (2005) |