Knowing Harvard University Notable Alumni
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636, whose history, influence, and wealth have contributed to its prestige of being one of the world's most prestigious universities. It was established originally by the Massachusetts legislature and soon thereafter named for John Harvard (its first benefactor), Harvard is renowned globally and is known to be the America’s oldest institution of higher learning. Harvard University Notable Alumni are many to mention here. Many of the great personalities we know from different professional fields have been lucky enough to be a former student of this prestigious university.
To start with its notable alumni, we should take the name of a person who helped us staying connected to old friends and make new friends very easy. Yes, we are talking of none other than the co-founder of Facebook- Mark Zuckerberg! Mark Zuckerberg is a computr programmer and an internet entrepreneur. He attended Harvard University from 2002-2004. For Facebook lovers know this that Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dormitory room on February 4, 2004. According to Forbes he is the 5th richest person in the world.
Bill Gates, a name that almost everybody knows around the world for being one of the smartest tech genius and also 2nd wealthiest man across the world. This co-founder of Microsoft American business magnet was a Harvard University student.
The 44th and perhaps one of the most respected and loved Presidents of the USA- Barack Obama was a Harvard Law School student. This Harvard alumnus made history by becoming the very first African-America President of America. In 1973 he joined but left Harvard after two years.
The 35th President of the US- John F Kennedy was a Harvard student. He was known to be the youngest man ever got elected as president of US. At Harvard he was more popular as an athlete. Kennedy was also a solid swimmer at Harvard. He was studying Government there.
Among the Harvard University notable Alumni, one name that cannot be missed or ignored at any cost is Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, is an American mathematician, anarchist and domestic terrorist. This is so because he was well-educated still chose to go wrong way. This man was accepted as a student and granted a scholarship, beginning in 1958 at the age of 16 only.
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. In 1973 he attended Harvard Law School from where he graduated with an MBA degree in 1975.
The American actress Natalie Portman also attended Harvard University from 1999-2003. In 2003, she graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in psychology.
Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time was a former Harvard student.
David Rockefeller was an American banker who was chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He inn 1936, Rockefeller graduated cum laude from Harvard University, and also studied economics for a year at Harvard.
