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Parent topics

• New England [r]: Region of the northeastern USA consisting of the 6 states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. ^[e]
• U.S. colleges and universities [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Ivy League [r]: A group of prestigious, long-established American universities. ^[e]

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Faculty, fellows, officials

• Félix d'Hérelle [r]: (1873 – 1949) - A French-Canadian bacteriologist, and the discoverer of bacteriophages. ^[e]
• V.O. Key, Jr. [r]: (1908 - 1963) An influential American political scientist. ^[e]
• Serge Lang [r]: (19 May 1927 – 12 September 2005) French-born American mathematician known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. ^[e]
• Stanley Milgram [r]: American social psychologist (1933-1984), best known for the Milgram experiment on obedience, but also for concepts such as the "familiar stranger" ^[e]
• Edmund Morgan [r]: Emeritus Professor of History, Yale University, specializing in the 17th and 18th centuries ^[e]
• Benjamin Lee Whorf [r]: American amateur linguist who created the '[Sapir]-Whorf hypothesis' on the relationship between language and thought. ^[e]
• Paul Wolfowitz [r]: Add brief definition or description
• C. Vann Woodward [r]: (November 13, 1908 - December 17, 1999) An American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. ^[e]
• Fareed Zakaria [r]: Political scientist; editor of Newsweek magazine; board member of the Council on Foreign Relations, New America Foundation, Yale University, the Trilateral Commission, and Shakespeare and Company; Aspen Strategy Group, Aspen Institute; former managing editor of Foreign Affairs; Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, International Security Program, 1988-1991; CNN and Washington Post columnist; book author ^[e]

Research

• Milgram experiment [r]: Series of social psychology experiments, which measured the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal conscience. ^[e]

Alumni

• James Truslow Adams [r]: (1878-1949) American author and amateur historian who coined and defined the term "The American Dream." ^[e]
• George H. W. Bush [r]: (1924–2018) 41st U.S. President (Republican), elected in 1988 and serving one term; Director of Central Intelligence; U.S. Ambassador to China; youngest naval aviator in World War II. ^[e]
• George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. ^[e]
• Ann Hamilton [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Isabelle Y. Liberman [r]: (1921 - 1990) An American psychologist, born in Latvia, who was an expert on reading disabilities, including dyslexia. ^[e]
• John M. Clayton [r]: Add brief definition or description
• L. Paul Bremer [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Conspiracy theory [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Secret society [r]: A type of subculture with three characteristics: "it is exclusive, it claims to own special secrets, and it shows a strong inclination to favor its own" (Alan Axelrod). ^[e]
• Skull and Bones [r]: Add brief definition or description

Ivy League universities

• Brown University [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Columbia University [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cornell University [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dartmouth College [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Harvard University [r]: Add brief definition or description
• University of Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Princeton University [r]: Add brief definition or description