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Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, [1] is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are sometimes called " Pennsylvanians ".
Jennie Porter, first black person to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and became the first black female public school principal in Cincinnati; James B. Preston, neurophysiologist; Augustus Price, nuclear scientist, first African American radar man in the U.S. Navy
This is a list of people associated with the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), a magnet arts school in Cincinnati, Ohio and part of the Cincinnati Public Schools. It includes all notable alumni who attended and all of the principals and artistic directors since the founding of the school.
Leading up to the organization's centennial in 1998, the society contributed to the university through the Sigma Sigma Commons as part of the 1991 master plan of the campus. The society raised over $1.8 million to complete the project, which encapsulates 3.5 acres and includes a granite amphitheater seats for 1,850 people and the 64 ft tall ...
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The Friars Senior Society of the University of Pennsylvania, commonly nicknamed Friars, is the oldest undergraduate secret society at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] [a] Founded in 1899, it recognizes student leaders who have made a significant contribution to the university in all areas of campus life. The ...
Ross Overbeek, computer scientist; known for work at the Argonne National Laboratory; Charles G. Overberger, Chemist; former president of the American Chemical Society; Stuart Patton, dairy scientist known for his research in the fields of milk chemistry; Charles S. Parker, botanist and head of Department of Botany (1932–1948), Howard University
Penn alumni are the current or past presidents of over one hundred universities and colleges including Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Cornell University, University of California system, University of Texas system, Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, Tulane University, Bowdoin College, and Williams College; and eight medical schools ...