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The 79 pages that link to University of Chicago, each with the reason it gives.

• John D. RockefellerRelated: Rockefeller’s gifts helped establish the university and sustain its early growth.

• Johns Hopkins UniversityCompared with: It offers a later example of a university built around research and graduate education.

• Second CityRelated: University of Chicago students helped form the Compass Players, the improvisational group that preceded Second City.

• Mike NicholsRelated: Nichols met Elaine May while studying at the university, where their comedy partnership began.

• London School of EconomicsRelated: It provides a useful comparison as another university with an outsized social-science reputation.

• James WatsonRelated: Watson studied zoology there before turning toward molecular biology.

• Erving GoffmanRelated: Goffman studied sociology there, in an intellectual setting shaped by urban field research.

• John B. WatsonRelated: Watson earned his doctorate there and conducted the animal research that preceded his behaviorist manifesto.

• George Ellery HaleRelated: Hale’s work at Yerkes Observatory was closely tied to the university’s early scientific program.

• Ronald CoaseRelated: Coase joined its faculty in 1964, where his work gained a wider audience.

• Thorstein VeblenRelated: Veblen taught there early in his career and published his landmark book during that period.

• Lee de ForestRelated: De Forest earned his doctorate in physics there before beginning his career as an inventor.

• Chicago Pile-1Related: The pile was assembled beneath the west stands of the university’s Stagg Field.

• Northwestern UniversityCompared with: It is another major private research university serving the Chicago region.

• Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharRelated: He joined its faculty in 1937 and conducted research there for decades.

• Leonid HurwiczRelated: Hurwicz continued his economics training there after emigrating to the United States.

• Yerkes ObservatoryRelated: Its early expansion provided the institutional setting for Hale’s observatory project.

• Cowles CommissionRelated: The Commission was based there from 1939 until its move to Yale.

• Lewis HineRelated: Hine studied sociology there before turning to photography as a means of social inquiry.

• Saul BellowRelated: Bellow studied and later taught at the university, which also shaped his Chicago milieu.

• Saunders Mac LaneRelated: Mac Lane spent most of his academic career there and helped build its mathematics department.

• Tsung-Dao LeeRelated: Lee earned his doctorate there in 1950 under Enrico Fermi.

• Benjamin BloomRelated: Bloom studied and worked there, building the academic career in which his taxonomy took shape.

• Carter G. WoodsonRelated: Woodson earned a bachelor's and master's degree there before pursuing doctoral study.

• Harry Dexter WhiteRelated: White earned an undergraduate degree there before pursuing graduate study.

• Mary HaasRelated: Haas studied linguistics there and completed her doctoral work under Edward Sapir.

• Merton MillerRelated: Miller’s long association with the university anchored his later academic career.

• The New SchoolCompared with: Both universities support rigorous social inquiry, but The New School grew from a distinct progressive and exile-scholar legacy.

• Alexis CarrelRelated: Carrel worked there with Charles Claude Guthrie during a formative period of vascular experiments.

• Cheddi JaganRelated: Jagan studied dentistry there before returning to British Guiana.

• George Herbert MeadRelated: Mead taught there and worked alongside scholars who shaped early American sociology.

• Harold GarfinkelRelated: Garfinkel completed his doctoral studies there, in a setting that shaped his sociological training.

• John EcclesRelated: Eccles later held a research appointment there after leaving Australia.

• Leslie WhiteRelated: White studied anthropology there and encountered approaches that shaped his intellectual development.

• Luis Walter AlvarezRelated: Alvarez completed his doctoral work there and began his scientific career in Compton’s laboratory.

• Maria Goeppert MayerRelated: Its postwar physics community provided Mayer a major setting for developing the nuclear shell model.

• Yoichiro NambuRelated: Nambu spent most of his American academic career as a professor there.

• George BeadleRelated: Beadle was its president from 1961 to 1968, extending his influence beyond laboratory genetics.

• James CroninRelated: Cronin spent much of his academic career as a physicist at the University of Chicago.

• John B. GoodenoughBroader topic: Goodenough earned his doctorate in physics there in 1952.

• Paul RicœurRelated: Ricœur taught there for much of the 1970s and 1980s, developing work with an international audience.

• Roger MyersonRelated: Myerson has held an academic appointment there as a professor of economics.

• South Pole TelescopeRelated: Its researchers and facilities have played a central role in the telescope collaboration.

• William GoldmanRelated: Goldman studied there and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1952.

• Ernest BurgessRelated: Burgess spent most of his academic career teaching and conducting research there.

• Hans MorgenthauRelated: Morgenthau taught there from 1943 and developed much of his American scholarly influence.

• Herbert C. BrownRelated: Brown earned his doctorate there and began the boron hydride work that shaped his career.

• Jack SteinbergerRelated: Steinberger studied there, earned his doctorate, and began research in Fermi’s group.

• Lars OnsagerRelated: Onsager completed doctoral work there under Gilbert N. Lewis.

• Leo StraussRelated: Strauss taught there from 1949 to 1968 and shaped generations of political theorists.