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The 159 pages that link to Harvard University, each with the reason it gives.

• Mark ZuckerbergRelated: Zuckerberg and his early Facebook collaborators were students there when the service began.

• Matt DamonRelated: Damon studied English there and began writing Good Will Hunting before leaving to pursue acting.

• Samuel P. HuntingtonRelated: Huntington taught there for much of his academic career and helped shape its political science community.

• Saunders Mac LaneRelated: Mac Lane taught there from 1934 to 1938, early in his academic career.

• Stephen CookRelated: Cook completed his doctorate in mathematics at Harvard in 1966.

• Carter G. WoodsonRelated: Woodson earned his doctorate in history there in 1912.

• Harry Dexter WhiteRelated: White completed his doctoral studies in economics at Harvard.

• Harvard Business SchoolNarrower topic: Harvard Business School was established as one of the university’s professional schools.

• Muzafer SherifRelated: Sherif completed graduate study at Harvard and developed his research in American psychology.

• NapalmRelated: A wartime research team there developed the first widely used napalm formulation.

• Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Narrower topic: Holmes's education and academic career were closely tied to Harvard.

• Simon KuznetsRelated: Kuznets taught at Harvard during the later phase of his academic career.

• Alice HamiltonRelated: Hamilton joined its faculty in 1919 as the first woman appointed to a professorship there.

• Christopher Columbus LangdellNarrower topic: The university setting gave Langdell a platform to recast law as an academic discipline.

• Eric KandelRelated: Kandel studied history and literature there before turning toward medicine and the brain.

• George David BirkhoffRelated: Birkhoff spent most of his academic career at Harvard, where he became a leading mathematician.

• Harvard Graduate School of DesignNarrower topic: The Graduate School of Design is one of Harvard’s graduate schools.

• Ralph BuncheRelated: Bunche earned his doctorate in political science there in 1934.

• William Lyon Mackenzie KingRelated: King earned graduate degrees at Harvard, where he studied political economy.

• Yo-Yo MaRelated: Ma graduated from Harvard in 1976, alongside his musical education.

• Cornel WestRelated: West taught at Harvard and became involved in a high-profile dispute over academic leadership.

• David GrossRelated: Gross earned his doctorate there under theoretical physicist Sheldon Glashow.

• Edward WittenRelated: Witten studied applied mathematics there before turning to theoretical physics.

• Eric MaskinRelated: Maskin has held an academic appointment at Harvard, where his work reached generations of economists.

• Fischer BlackRelated: Black studied physics there before turning toward applied mathematics and economics.

• Harvard Mark IRelated: The Mark I was designed and installed at Harvard under Aiken’s direction.

• Henry AdamsRelated: Adams studied there and later taught medieval history.

• James B. ConantRelated: Conant’s two decades as president reshaped Harvard’s admissions, curriculum, and institutional priorities.

• Marvin MinskyRelated: Minsky studied mathematics at Harvard before pursuing graduate work at Princeton.

• Maryam MirzakhaniRelated: She completed her doctorate there under Curtis McMullen.

• Michael SpenceRelated: Spence earned his doctorate in economics at Harvard.

• Natalie PortmanRelated: Portman studied psychology at Harvard while continuing her acting career.

• Shing-Tung YauRelated: Yau joined Harvard’s faculty in 1987 and continued to build a major research group there.

• Timothy LearyRelated: Leary taught and conducted psychedelic research at Harvard before the university dismissed him in 1963.

• Tommy Lee JonesRelated: Jones studied English literature there and graduated in 1969.

• Walter GilbertRelated: Gilbert conducted much of his academic research and teaching at Harvard.

• Alvin HansenRelated: Hansen taught at Harvard, where he trained economists and shaped policy debate.

• Drew Gilpin FaustRelated: Faust led Harvard as its president from 2007 to 2018.

• Edward Mills PurcellRelated: Purcell’s team made its landmark resonance observation at Harvard in 1945.

• Frank O’HaraRelated: O’Hara studied there after military service and developed lasting literary friendships.

• James RainwaterRelated: Rainwater studied physics at Harvard, completing his doctorate in 1946.

• John Dos PassosRelated: Dos Passos studied there before traveling in Europe and beginning his writing career.

• John Hasbrouck Van VleckRelated: Van Vleck spent much of his academic career teaching and conducting research at Harvard.

• Mira SorvinoRelated: Sorvino studied East Asian studies there and graduated magna cum laude in 1989.

• Nicolaas BloembergenRelated: Bloembergen spent most of his academic career teaching and researching there.

• Pitirim SorokinRelated: Sorokin established its sociology department and led it for many years.

• Robert E. SherwoodRelated: Sherwood studied at Harvard but left before graduating to serve in World War I.

• Terrence MalickRelated: Malick studied philosophy there before entering film, linking his work to sustained philosophical inquiry.

• Thomas A. SteitzRelated: Steitz completed doctoral research at Harvard, training in the molecular sciences.

• Albert O. HirschmanRelated: Hirschman studied there after emigrating to the United States.