<p>Does Chicago have any embarassing alumni? I know Columbia has Pat Buchanan…</p>
<p>Depends on your definition of embarrassing.</p>
<p>A lot of the founders of the neocon movement went to Chicago, like Leo Strauss. John Ashcroft and Paul Wolfowitz went to Chicago, too. The Chicago boys were a group of Chicago economists who developed the economic plan for General Augusto Pinochet, the rather brutal military dictator of Chile in the 1970s-1980s. If you don’t like arch-rightists, then it’s not something to be proud of…</p>
<p>But that’s ok - Kurt Vonnegut went there, too…</p>
<p>While I hate neo-cons with a passion, it’s also sort of embarrassing to be associated with a school that Jesse Jackson graduated from.</p>
<p>Heh, well Harvard has Tom Ridge, Bush Jr., (he went there for graduate school), O’Reilly, and Ted Kaczynski to brag about among others…</p>
<p>Funny thing is, Ted Kaczynski is about ten times smarter than the other three put together.</p>
<p>Shame he was a real nut.</p>
<p>ha, that’s a pretty respectable list, thanks a lot</p>
<p>yea, studs terkel went to chicago too, that makes up for john ashcroft at least</p>