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Ninety Chicago minds.

- George J. Stigler, PhD’38 (Lewellyn Studio, UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-07960, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Edwin P. Hubble, SB 1910, PhD 1917 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf6-01308, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Frances Oldham Kelsey, PhD’38, MD’50 (US Food and Drug Administration)
- Studs Terkel, PhB’32, JD’34 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-08275, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Vivian Gussin Paley, PhB’47 (Photography by Chris Kirzeder)
- Lauren Berlant (Photography by Robert Kozloff)
- John List (Photography by John Boehm)
- Aziz Huq (University of Chicago Law School)
- Luke Rodehorst, AB’09 (Photo courtesy Luke Rodehorst, AB’09)
- Clair C. Patterson, PhD’51 (CCP145.5-1. Caltech Archives and Special Collections)
- Sophonisba Breckinridge, PhM 1897, PhD 1901, JD 1904 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-02238, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Mildred Dresselhaus, PhD’59 (NSF/Georgia Litwack)
- Milton Friedman, AM’33 (Copyright 2026, The Chicago Maroon. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.)
- Susan Sontag, AB’51 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf7-01309, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Ben Zhao (Photo courtesy Ben Zhao)
- Ricky Holder, AB’23 (Photography by Sophia Hartley)
- Andrea Ghez, LAB’83 (© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Stefan Bladh)
- Adom Getachew (Department of Political Science)
- Edward H. Levi, LAB’28, PhB’32, JD’35 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-03739, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Eileen Southern, AB’40, AM’41 (Photography by Gill Photographers; courtesy the Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago [Eileen Southern Collection, box 44, folder 18])
- Janet Rowley, LAB’42, PhB’45, SB’46, MD’48 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-12884, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Carl Sagan, AB’54, SB’55, SM’56, PhD’60 (Copyright 2026, The Chicago Maroon. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.)
- Philip Glass, AB’56 (Photography by Robert Kozloff)
- Kim Ng, AB’90 (Copyright 2000 Miami Marlins/Photography by Joseph Guzy)
- Jack W. Szostak (Photography by Rose Lincoln, courtesy of Harvard University)
- Heather Zheng (Department of Computer Science)
- Yamuna Krishnan (Photography by Robert Kozloff)
- Edith Rickert, PhD 1899 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-07134, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Albert Michelson (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-04481, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Janet Lewis, PhB 1920 (Photography by Ken Yimm/Peninsula Times Tribune/Guy Miller Archives Palo Alto Historical Association)
- Benjamin Elijah Mays, AM 1925, PhD’35 (Copyright 2026, The Chicago Maroon. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.)
- Eugene Parker (Photography by Matthew Gilson, UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-11098, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Paul Alivisatos, AB’81 (Photography by Jason Smith)
- Douglas Diamond (Photography by Jason Smith)
- Rachael Kotarski (University of Chicago Library)
- Michael Kremer (© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud)
- Enrico Fermi (Town & Country Photographers, UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-06023, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Katharine Graham, AB’38 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-06483, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Martin Marty, PhD’56 (Omaha World-Herald, UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-12611, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Reatha Clark King, SM’60, PhD’63 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-13670, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Roger Ebert, EX’70 (©Buena Vista Television/courtesy Everett Collection)
- Claudia Goldin, AM’69, PhD’72 (Photo courtesy Claudia Goldin, AM’69, PhD’72)
- Kunle Odunsi (Photography by Jason Smith)
- Rebecca Willett (Photography by Jason Smith)
- Daniel Kind, AB’26 (Photography by Jason Smith)
- James Henry Breasted (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-02207, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Evelyn M. Kitagawa, PhD’51 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-10249, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Katherine Dunham, PhB’36 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-05791)
- Nancy Grace Roman, PhD’49 (NASA)
- Fred Beuttler, PhD’95, CER’19 (Photography by Jean Lachat)
- Michael Greenstone, LAB’87 (Photo courtesy the Becker Friedman Institute)
- Brook A. Ziporyn, AB’86 (Divinity School)
- Vineet Arora, AM’03 (University of Chicago Medicine)
- Tara Zahra (Photography by John Zich)
- John D. Rockefeller Jr. (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-03000-084, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- John Paul Stevens, LAB’37, AB’41 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ds-09330)
- Gary Becker, AM’53, PhD’55 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-13339, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Patsy Takemoto Mink, JD’51 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-78319)
- Timuel D. Black Jr., AM’54 (Photography by Antonio Dickey)
- James Robinson (Photography by Jason Smith)
- David Keith (Photography by Jason Smith)
- Patrick Jagoda (Photo courtesy Patrick Jagoda)
- Sophie Tedesco, AB’25, AM’25 (Photography by Jean Lachat)
- Marion Talbot (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-08125, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-09826, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Gertrude Himmelfarb, AM’44, PhD’50 (Photography by Sylvia Johnson)
- Soia Mentschikoff (Copyright 2026, The Chicago Maroon. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.)
- Carla Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87 (Photography by James Kegley)
- Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago Law School)
- Rama Ranganathan (Photography by Jean Lachat)
- Erik Hurst (Chicago Booth)
- Yali Peng, LLM’17, JSD’22 (University of Chicago News Office)
- William Rainey Harper (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-03000-051, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- John Hope Franklin (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-09787, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-01654, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Chen Ning Yang, PhD’48 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-08998, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Reatha Clark King, SM’60, PhD’63 (Photo courtesy Reatha Clark King, SM’60, PhD’63)
- John Jumper, SM’12, PhD’17 (© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin)
- Vanja Malloy (Smart Museum of Art)
- Francesco Rahe, AB’25 (Photo courtesy Francesco Rahe, AB’25)
- Anqi Qu, AB’25, SM’25 (Photo courtesy Anqi Qu, AB’25, SM’25)
- Willard Libby (Photography by Fabian Bachrach, UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-03867, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Maria Goeppert Mayer (Photography by Louise Barker, UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-04167, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Nathaniel Kleitman, PhD 1923 (Photography by Fabian Bachrach, UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-03484, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- Tsung-Dao “T. D.” Lee, PhD’50 (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-13348, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
- John A. Peoples Jr., AM’51, PhD’61 (Photography by Charles A. Smith)
- Eugene F. Fama, MBA’63, PhD’64 (Photography by Anne Ryan)
- William Baude, SB’04 (University of Chicago Law School)
- Tori Harris, AB’26 (Photo courtesy Tori Harris, AB’26)
- Prithi Srinivasan, SB’26 (Photo courtesy Prithi Srinivasan, SB’26)