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“I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.”
“One of the terrific aspects of MIT in those days was the enormous variety of experimental work that either took place there or was talked about in seminars by outside speakers aggressively recruited by the faculty.”
| George Washington Cable, Novelist (1844) |
| Kirk Cameron, Actor (1970) |
| John Engler, Politician (1948) |
| Robert Fitzgerald, Author (1910) |
| Hugh Jackman, Actor (1968) |
| Marion Jones, Athlete (1975) |
| Dean Acheson, Statesman (1971) |
| Edith Cavell, Public Servant (1915) |
| John Denver, Musician (1997) |
| Lord Hailsham, Politician (2001) |
| Alf Landon, Politician (1987) |
| Robert E. Lee, Soldier (1870) |