One of the best universities in the world, Yale University in the United States has released its list of the all-time 22 most successful people who attended the tertiary institution at one time or the other.
The list features Kenya-born award-winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o, who earned a master’s degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama in 2012 along with former American presidents including Bill Clinton, George Bush and former US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton among other influential personalities.
See full list below:
Award winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o graduated from Yale in 2012
Former President Bill Clinton graduated from Yale in Law in 1973
Hillary Rodham Clinton graduated from Yale in Law in 1973.
Former President Gerald Ford attended Yale in early 1940’s
Former President George W. Bush entered Yale in 1964
Former President George H. W. Bush earned his B.A. in 1948.
Indra Nooyi graduated from the Yale School of Management in 1980
Janet Yellen earned Ph.D in Economics in 1971
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor earned her Yale Law degree in 1979.
Samuel F. B. Morse studied mathematics and philosophy at Yale in the early 1800s.
Nathan Hale, a U.S. Revolutionary War soldier earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Yale in the 1770s
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria graduated from Yale with a Bachelors of Arts in 1986.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper graduated in 1989 with a B.A. in Political Science
American songwriter and composer Cole Porter attended Yale in the early 1900s
Blackstone Group CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman got his B.A. in 1969
Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman was awarded one of its highest honours the Henry E Howland Memorial Prize in 2010
Bob Woodward studied journalism
Allison Williams, one of the stars of HBO’s ‘Girls,’ studied professional acting in 2010
Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, graduated from Yale Phi Beta Kappa in 1792
Hollywood legend and philanthropist Paul Newman studied Drama in 1952
Meryl Streep earned her MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1975
Ben Silbermann earns his B.A. from Yale in 2003