<p>I know many many graduates of the University across many generations beginning in the 1940s to the present. They are quite accomplished and succesful, and dare I say it, fun people. They are in a range of careers from nuclear chemistry to founders of Wall Street investment firms. To a person, they attribute much of their success to the University. I also think this argument between theory and action is kind of silly. Application is informed by theory as is theory informed by practice, and the boundaries are often blurred. Perhaps once a student has been in the “real world” for awhile, the value of a Chicago education will become evident. After working with a group that included a number of U of C grads, a Stanford val who had a PhD from Oxford said to me, “My only regret is that I did not attend the University of Chicago.”</p>