College Trivia Question

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<p>What person/event tied the following colleges together?:</p>

<p>Harvard University
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
University of California at Berkeley
Northwestern University
University of Illinois at Chicago
Yale University
University of California at San Francisco
MIT</p>

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<p>I can’t afford any of them?</p>

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<p>If I had to guess, and this is totally random, I’d say Ted Kaczynski.</p>

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<p>Ted Kaczynski blew up one of my buildings…twice!</p>

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<p>Exactly, Alexandre! The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski:</p>

<p>Harvard University - graduated 1962
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - PhD Math
University of California at Berkeley - assistant professor 1967-69
Northwestern University - first victim, materials engineering prof Buckley Crist
University of Illinois at Chicago - package found in parking lot with Crist’s return address
Yale University - 1993 bomb mailed to CS professor David Gelernter
University of California at San Francisco - bomb mailed to geneticist Charles Epstein
MIT - Geneticist Phillip Sharp received a threatening letter</p>