Science, Technology and Medicine
- Luis Walter Alvarez (Chicago, 1932): Nobel Prize winner, Physics, 1968.
- Eugene Cernan (Purdue, 1956): Former astronaut, Apollo and Gemini space programs, last man to walk on the moon.
- Bartley P. Griffith (Bucknell, 1970): Accomplished thoracic surgeon. Kimberly Fuller (youngest U.S. heart transplant patient at the time) and Thomas Gaidosh (Jarvik-7 artificial heart) were patients of his.
- J. Allen Harris (British Columbia, 1922): Co-discoverer of the 61st chemical element illinium (later renamed promethium) in 1926.
- O. Wayne Isom (Texas Tech, 1962): Cardiothoracic Surgeon in chief, NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Past patients of his include Larry King, Walter Cronkite, and David Letterman.
- Jack Swigert (Colorado, 1953): Former astronaut, Apollo program.
- Ramy-George Chehade (University of Toronto, 2007): Chemical Engineer, Part of the Research Team on BgPur Systems by Eco-Tec, Award winning Technology by the Government of Canada
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