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Also Known As Carnegie Technical Schools • Carnegie Institute of Technology
Notable Alumni Edward C. Prescott • Finn E. Kydland • Ted Danson • Holly Hunter • Michael Chabon • Edward Albert Feigenbaum • John Nash • Robert H. Dennard • Mary Wells Lawrence • Philip Pearlstein • Alan Jay Perlis • Ivan Sutherland • Dale T. Mortensen • Oliver E. Williamson • Edgar Mitchell • Clifford G. Shull • Steven Bochco
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