Education Alumni

My school (St Ninians High School) was only built in the late 80's so there is not much of a list. A number of players for Celtic have went to my school. I know that much.

My old school was in the news recently because it got the highest school inspection rating of any school in Scotland ever

My uni Alumni (Strathclyde)

* Elish Angiolini, Lord Advocate for Scotland
* John Logie Baird, inventor of television
* Alistair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, Scottish Judge
* Frank Hadden, coach of the Scotland national rugby union team
* Tom Hunter, billionaire entrepreneur
* Sanjay Jha, Chief Operating Officer of Qualcomm
* Amar Latif, entrepreneur, world traveller and TV personality (Alumnus Of The Year 2006)
* Helen Liddell, minister in Blair government and currently British High Commissioner to Australia
* David Livingstone, explorer and missionary
* Ann McKechin, Member of Parliament
* Iain Neil, Executive Vice President of Panavision
* Shaf Rasul, millionaire businessman
* Chris Sawyer, computer game developer
* Brian Souter, co-founder of the Stagecoach Group

 

wow another bomo student/graduate!

what did you study?

 

Here's a few from my old Uni UCL, a more full list here

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Itō Hirobumi
Alexander Graham Bell
David Attenborough
David Crystal
Isaac Rosenberg
Raymond Briggs
Morris Ginsberg
Ricky Gervais
John Maynard Smith
Sir William Ramsay

And of course: Jeremy Bentham

Just a few who jumped out at me, there's a couple more

 

University of Manchester:

Ernest Rutherford, (awarded Nobel prize in 1908) Father of nuclear physics
Hans Geiger, Creator of the geiger-counter and associate to Rutherford
Ernest Marsden, associate to Rutherford
Niels Bohr, (awarded Nobel prize in 1922) Contributions to quantum mechanics
James Chadwick, (awarded Nobel prize in 1935) Discovered the neutron
about 20 other nobel prize winners
Alan Turing, Founder of computer science!
Steve Furber, Designer of the BBC Micro
Sydney Goldstein, Theoretition in fluid dynamics
Osborne Reynolds, Fluid mechanics professor, developed the framework used in turbulence studes
Lewis Fry Richardson, developed methods used to predic the weather, contributed to our understanding of calculus
about 25 mp's who have served at onetime or another
Ben Elton, famous musician
Rik Mayall, Actor
Meera Syal, Comedian, Goodness Gracious Me
James Hickman, 5 times world swimming champion
Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury 1974-1980
Anna Ford, broadcaster
Sir Maurice Oldfield, Director-General of MI6

 

Hmmmm...

Pre-1551:
John Dee, noted mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I; responsible for the English translation of Euclid's work.

Pre 1900
Philemon Holland, celebrated classical scholar
Thomas Plume, Archdeacon of Rochester and educational benefactor, founded the chair of Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
Joseph Strutt, author of "Sports and Pastimes of the People of England"
The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Lord Chief Justice of The Court of Common Pleas
Christopher Roberts master at arms and eminent social anthropologist. Credited with the "theory of the humours." Close friend of Ship's commander and author Samule Pepys.

Post 1900
Guthrie Govan , guitar virtuoso
Lord Fowler, Conservative politician; former Cabinet minister
Simon Heffer, journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist
Mike Smith, touring car driver and television presenter
John Tipler, international motoring journalist
Grayson Perry, 2003 Turner Prize winner
Thomas Jenkinson, prominent electronic and jazz musician aka Squarepusher
Anthony Marwood, internationally renowned concert violinist
Mervyn Day, former professional footballer, now assistant manager of West Ham United Football Club
Neil Cole comedian, television presenter and radio broadcaster
Jonathan Lewis, former Essex and Durham cricketer
Andrew McGarry, former Essex cricketer

 

From my school, the only person I know of is the guy who manages The Wombats
:/

 

I love the way you say "Hmmmm..." as if you got all that out of your brain instead of just pasting from wikipedia.

AH

 

Probably should have clarified - it was "Hmmmm..." because I haven't heard of any of those people!

 

cheney, oxford uk

* Andy Bell - bass guitarist of Oasis
* Mark Gardener - guitarist of Ride
* Roy Thomason - former Conservative MP
* Clive Walker - footballer for Chelsea FC and Sunderland
* Daniel Ginsburg - Leader of the party of black

 

my sincerest condolences, to the guy who has the task of managing the wombats the most ******** indie/pop cookie cutter sound on the market today, kiss your career goodbye sir

 

Nothing for my school, the University has claims to (cut down because most I don't know about)

Stewart Adams - Inventor of Ibuprofen
Bernard Crossland - President of IMechE (Institute of Mechanical Engineers)
Sir Clive Granger - Nobel laureate
Professor James Kinsley - a professor of linguistics who was called as an expert witness in a case about the use of the word 'bollocks' in the Sex Pistols' album title 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols' (This one amused me)
Professor Ian Wilmut - embryologist who managed the team who cloned Dolly the sheep
Matthew Bannister - BBC broadcaster and administrator
Jonathan Browning - Chairman, Vauxhall Motors
Tim Martin - Chairman of Wetherspoons
Peter Rice - President, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Andrew Witty - CEO, Glaxo Smithkline
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak - Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
His Majesty Sultan Tuanku Ja'afar - Tenth King of Malaysia, Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Bahiyah - the fifth Queen of Malaysia
Paddy Tipping MP - Labour
Jeremy Browne MP - Liberal Democrat
Mary Marsh - Director of the NSPCC
Greville Wynne - British spy, imprisoned by the KGB
Sir Denis Follows - General Secretary, The Football Association and Chairman, British Olympic Association
D. H. Lawrence - novelist

 

I looked it up, there's a lot of founders of tech companies, inventors, two Nobel Prizes in Physics, the former president of Ecuador, and the great-grandfather of President Bush.

 

I love Oasis.

Anyways... Alumni from Purdue

Many many astronauts...
Neil Armstrong - Astronaut, first man on the moon
Virgil Grissom - Astronaut

Science Related:
Jeff Fisher - Senior VP of Nvidia
Karl J. Krapek - President of Pratt & Whitney
Christoph Hoffmann - Leading expert in Geometric Solid Modeling
Eugene Spafford - Security Expert

Amelia Earhart - Aviator

Entertainment:
Jim Gaffigan - Comedian
George Peppard - Actor, The A-Team, Breakfast at Tiffanies

Sports:
Ryan Newman - NASCAR Driver
Jim Everett - NFL QB
Kyle Orton - NFL QB
Brad Miller - NBA
Brian Cardinal - NBA
Ray Ewry - 10 time Olympic champion

 

From memory the only noteable alumni from my uni is good ol HRH Prince Charlie

 

From my first secondary school (I transferred after my second year):

* Benjamin Foulois 1893 - Founder of US Army Air Corps.
* Harold Bache '12 - President of Bache and Co, later Prudential Bache.
* Richard L. Feigen '47 - American art dealer.
* Jonathan Linen '62 - Vice Chairman of American Express and Director of InterContinental Hotels Group.
* Sam Posey '62 - Racecar driver and sports broadcast journalist.
* George Grande '64 - Voice of the Cincinnati Reds on Fox Sports Net Ohio.
* Christopher Dunford ’66 - President of Freedom from Hunger.
* Stephen Baird ’68, Managing Director of UBS AG.
* Edsel Ford II '68 - Member of the board of directors for the Ford Motor Company
* Dick Wolf '68 - Creator of Law & Order. <-VERY cool - I love L&O to death.
* Samuel Newhouse III '70 - Editor, heir to Condé Nast Publications Inc.
* Jonathan M. Tisch '71 - Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels and Treasurer of the New York Giants.
* Dr. David Abala '73 - Urologist, member of Duke University Medical Center, White House Fellow, and Official doctor for the Super Bowl.
* Maynard Webb '74 - COO of Ebay.
* David Modell '80 - Former owner of the Baltimore Ravens.
* Mark Lazarus ’82 - President of Turner Entertainment Group.
* James Perse '91 - Fashion Designer.
* Jesse Soffer '02 - Actor.
* Austin Smith '07 - NHL 5th round draft pick by the Dallas Stars.

Apparently no one of note graduated from my second high school.

And for some strange reason there is no list of notable alumni from my college.

 

From good ol' Clevedon Community School:

Sid Vicious (former bassist for The Sex Pistols)
MC Mikee Freedom (some guy who had a number one hit called "I Wanna Give You Devotion" in 1991 with Nomad)
Huw Bennet (Ospreys and Wales international rugby player)
Joe Williams (Under 20 England rugby player)
Jack Steadman (Under 20 England rugby player)
Alastor (Civil Engineer....in training)



Talk about star studded.

 

Tony Blair (prime minister), Robert Graves (poet), Philip Larkin (poet), Leslie Hore-Belisha (the minister of transport who introduced zebra crossings) and Stephen Wolfram (of Wolfram Mathworld) are the only ones I've heard of!

 

sorry for the long list my school is over 400 years old lol:

Politics

* William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England and chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
* Simon Burns, Conservative MP for West Chelmsford, Parliamentary Under Secretary
* John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter, MP for Stamford, Grand Tourist and connoisseur
* J.F. Horrabin, Labour MP for Peterborough, radical, journalist and broadcaster
* Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper magnate, founder of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, owner of The Times
* Sir Norman Jude, Minister of State, South Australia

[edit] Law

* Sir Richard Cayley, QC, Chief Justice of Ceylon
* Sir Ronald Long, President of the Law Society

[edit] Music

* Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
* Sir Michael Tippett, composer

[edit] Literature and the arts

* Torben Betts, playwright
* Nelson Dawson, silversmith, jeweller, designer, etcher and painter of the Arts and Crafts movement.
* Colin Dexter, OBE, author of the 'Inspector Morse' detective novels
* Dr Jack Dominian, psychiatrist, author and broadcaster
* Inspector Morse, the fictional character, is described as an Old Stamfordian
* Francis Peck, antiquary
* Ralph Robinson, Renaissance scholar, first translator into English of Thomas More's Utopia
* Thomas Seaton, founder of Seatonian Prize for Poetry at the University of Cambridge
* John Radford, wine writer and broadcaster
* John Terraine, military historian

[edit] The armed forces

* Major-General K.J. Drewienkiewicz, CB, CMG.
* Major-General R. E. J. Gerrard-Wright, CB, CBE, DL
* Major-General A. C. Iyappa, Indian Army
* General Sir Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff.

[edit] Academia and the Church

* Zachary Brooke, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge
* John Chevalier, Master of St John's College, Cambridge, and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
* Charles Ellicott, professor of divinity at King's College London and the University of Cambridge and Bishop of Gloucester and of Bristol
* Philip Goodrich, Bishop of Worcester
* Edward Miles Hare, Pali scholar and translator of Buddhist texts

[edit] Commerce & Industry

* T. B. Baldwin, OBE
* L.G. Dawson, Chairman, Division of Advanced Engineering (Aeronautics and Aerospace), Rolls Royce
* Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive Officer, Numis Securities
* Dr W. R. Hare Chairman, Reckitt & Coleman Ltd.
* G. F. Murphy, Director, Imperial Chemical Industries.

[edit] Sport

* D. H. Murphy, England RAF Rugby
* F. H. Gilman, trainer, owner and breeder of Grittar, 1982 Grand National winner
* S. D. Hodgkinson, England Rugby
* A. J. Hudson, England hockey
* Mark James, Golf. Captain Europe Ryder Cup team, 1999.
* M. J. K. Smith, England Cricket Captain and England Rugby
* Iwan Thomas, athlete
* Guy Michels, England Under 16's A Rugby
* Graham Nelson, GBU25, Target Rifle Shooting
* Robert Nelson, GBU25, GBU19, Target Rifle Shooting
* James Lawrie, GBU25, Scotland, RAF, Target Rifle Shooting
* Harry Green, footballer, Leicester City. Scored in 1965 League Cup final
* John, Packett England Hockey

 

For my college (and off the top of my head - can't be bothered to check properly) Charles Babbage, Frank Whittle, Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) and Michael Portillo. I think we got about 3 or 4 Nobel Prizes as well...

 

Secondary School -
*David Wood OBE - Playwright
*Squadron Leader Dickie R W Millward AFC
*Alick Dick - Motor manufacturer
*John Snow - England cricketer

No info for my college