<p>Caltech NOTABLE ALUMNI</p>
<p>In addition to 17 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Caltech has over 20,000 living alumni and has produced leaders in almost every field imaginable.</p>
<p>Following is a brief sampling of notable former Techers.
* Moshe Arens, former Israeli minister of defense and foreign affairs
* Arnold O. Beckman, founder and chairman emeritus, Beckman Instruments
* David Brin, science-fiction writer (Startide Rising; The Postman; Foundation’s Triumph)
* Frank Capra, film director (It Happened One Night; Lost Horizon; It’s a Wonderful Life)
* Chester F. Carlson, inventor of Xerography (photocopying)
* James E. Hall, founder and president, Jim Hall Racing
* Steingrimur Hermannsson, former prime minister, Iceland
* David Ho, director, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center; 1996 Time magazine Man of the Year
* Alan P. Lightman, theoretical physicist-cum-novelist and essayist (Einstein’s Dreams; Dance for Two; Good Benito)
* Sandra Tsing Loh, writer/performer (Depth Takes a Holiday; Aliens in America; If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home by Now)
* Ruben F. Mettler, retired chairman and CEO, TRW Inc.
* Gordon E. Moore, chairman emeritus and cofounder, Intel Corp.
* Arati Prabhakar, former director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
* Allen E. Puckett, chairman emeritus, Hughes Aircraft Co.
* Simon Ramo, cofounder, TRW Inc.
* Joseph Rhodes, former state representative, deputy secretary of commerce, and member of the Public Utility Commission, Pennsylvania
* Benjamin M. Rosen, chairman of the board, Compaq Computer Corp.
* Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut; former U.S. senator
* T. A. Wilson, chairman emeritus, Boeing Company
* Dean E. Wooldridge, cofounder, TRW Inc.
* Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis</p>
<p>that’s taken from their website… I’ve never even heard of most of these people though.</p>