<p>Uh, probably not, since a fair number of those people also taught somewhere else, including a number at schools without a core. First of all, there were less schools that were really tops back then and moreover, less with a lot of money for research. I’m biased because I go to Hopkins, home of the research university education in America, but anyway I seriously doubt you could correlate the core to creative activity of noble prize winners. What does seem to be the trend is coming from powerful, well known institutions lol</p>