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Alexandre · 12-20-2006, 10:28 PM

gchris, I get your point, but it isn't quite right. Like I said, Michigan has produced more Fullbright scholars than any university in the US. In terms of Rhodes Scholars and Marshall scholars, most elite universities save HYP have produced anywhere from 10-60 Rhodes schollars and between 10-30 Marshall Schollars. Those numbers are so fractional that they are impossible to interpret and like I said, some universities devote more time and resources to winning those awards. It's like the Nobel Prize or the Fields medal. 4 Michigan undergrads (that's not including another 4 or so who completed their graduate studies at Michigan) went on to win the Nobel Prize, which doesn't seem like much, until you consider that schools like Brown, Dartmouth and Duke have produced only 1 or 2. Michigan is one of just 7 or 8 US universities to have produced a Fields medalist.

What I fail to understand is what do Marshall and Rhodes scholars have to do with fame? You think Rhodes scholars are more famous than Larry Page? And if Arthur Miller and Gerald Ford are the only two Michigan products you can think of, then you probably haven't thought hard enough.

ATHLETES:
Brady, Tom
Dolan, Tom
Grbac, Elvis
Howard, Desmond
Hutchinson, Steve
Jeter, Derek
Jones, Dhani
Law, Ty
Phelps, Michael
Rice, Glen
Toomer, Amani
Webber, Chris
Woodson, Charles

ENTERTAINERS:
Blair, Selma
Iggy Pop
Jones, James Earl
Kasdan, Lawrence
Liu, Lucy
Madonna

INDUSTRIALISTS:
Go to the billionaire's post below.

We can definitely agree that Michigan isn't perfect, but it comes pretty close.

12-20-2006, 10:28 PM	#209
Alexandre Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posts: 11,956	gchris, I get your point, but it isn't quite right. Like I said, Michigan has produced more Fullbright scholars than any university in the US. In terms of Rhodes Scholars and Marshall scholars, most elite universities save HYP have produced anywhere from 10-60 Rhodes schollars and between 10-30 Marshall Schollars. Those numbers are so fractional that they are impossible to interpret and like I said, some universities devote more time and resources to winning those awards. It's like the Nobel Prize or the Fields medal. 4 Michigan undergrads (that's not including another 4 or so who completed their graduate studies at Michigan) went on to win the Nobel Prize, which doesn't seem like much, until you consider that schools like Brown, Dartmouth and Duke have produced only 1 or 2. Michigan is one of just 7 or 8 US universities to have produced a Fields medalist. What I fail to understand is what do Marshall and Rhodes scholars have to do with fame? You think Rhodes scholars are more famous than Larry Page? And if Arthur Miller and Gerald Ford are the only two Michigan products you can think of, then you probably haven't thought hard enough. ATHLETES: Brady, Tom Dolan, Tom Grbac, Elvis Howard, Desmond Hutchinson, Steve Jeter, Derek Jones, Dhani Law, Ty Phelps, Michael Rice, Glen Toomer, Amani Webber, Chris Woodson, Charles ENTERTAINERS: Blair, Selma Iggy Pop Jones, James Earl Kasdan, Lawrence Liu, Lucy Madonna INDUSTRIALISTS: Go to the billionaire's post below. We can definitely agree that Michigan isn't perfect, but it comes pretty close. Last edited by Alexandre; 12-21-2006 at 06:45 AM.