This presentation documents information about the University of Chicago, popular majors, student statistics, and profiles 4 famous alumni including Danica McKeller and Dean B Nelson.

1. WELL- KNOWN UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO ALUMNI
WELL-KNOWN ALUMNI AND BASIC INFORMATION
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

2. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
• The University of Chicago was founded over 100
years ago in 1890, and has around 5,000 students
every year.
• The university now offers E-campus classes. This
allows students to work around their own schedule.
This time of education has become more popular
the last couple of years.
• U of Chicago is constantly doing research on
subjects from science to art in order to teach
students the most resent information.

3. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO’S TOP
MAJORS
• The most popular majors at University of Chicago
are:
• Social Sciences
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Foreign Languages
• Literatures
• Linguistics

4. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO STATISTICS
• The student-faculty ratio at is 6:1
• The school has 75.1 percent of its classes with fewer
than 20 students.
• The average freshman retention rate, which is an
indicator of student satisfaction, is 98.2 percent.
• The gender ratio is 51.7 percent male and 48.3
percent female students.
• 60.0 percent of the students live in college-owned,
operated, or affiliated housing such as a fraternity.
• 40 percent of students live off campus.

5. WELL-KNOWN ALUMNI: DANICA
MCKELLER
• Danica McKellar is most known for her role as Winnie Cooper
on The Wonder Years. Most people don't know that she
graduated from UCLA with a bachelors degree in math, and
later got a PHD from the University of Chicago. After this, she
went on to write Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle
School Math without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail.
• This book was very popular, which led her to
write several other books on math, including
Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss
and Hot X: Algebra Exposed.

6. DEAN B NELSON
• Dean B Nelson graduated summa cum laude from
Purdue University, and then went on to graduate
from the University of Chicago with an MBA and
high honors.
• He didn't let the achievements stop there, in 2000
he founded KKR Capstone at the
private equity group Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts. KKR Capstone works to give
management advice in different
areas of business such as sales,
pricing, and operational efficiency.

7. PAUL WOLFOWITZ
• Paul Wolfowitz attended Cornell University, where
he actually took two different classes with Leo
Strauss. He later on got his MBA at the University of
Chicago.
• He is best know for being a U.S. government official
and worked as the assistant
secretary in D.C. under Ronald
Reagan. He was also the 10th
president of the World Bank, and a
former United States Ambassador to
Indonesia.

8. CELESTE HOLM
• Celeste Holm graduated from the University of
Chicago, but is most known for her role in the
Broadway Musical Oklahoma! and the film
Gentleman's Agreement.
• She later went on receive Oscar nominations for
several different movies. Holm lived
a long life of 95 years, but died in
July of 2012.

9. REFERENCES
• University of Chicago – US News
• The University of Chicago
• Danica McKeller
• Dean B Nelson
• Paul Wolfowitz
• Celeste Holm