Timothy Leary

[AUChizad 0]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

[AU_tiger_2000 0]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

Typical pictures of Bammer alums

[AUChizad 0]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

Typical pictures of Bammer alums

[tarheeltiger 0]

And Jim Nabors. Goooalleeee.

(Hate to sound dumb but who's the chick?)

[GalensGhost 0]

I've heard that before. I don't think he actually graduated, however, the version I heard was that he attended briefly.

[bellefay1 1]

jeff dahmer went to ohio state...i don't think tim leary is that big a deal.

[AUChizad 0]

And Jim Nabors. Goooalleeee.

(Hate to sound dumb but who's the chick?)

Collette Connell, the woman who kissed $aban after he got off the plane, and later was arrested for DUI.

I've heard that before. I don't think he actually graduated, however, the version I heard was that he attended briefly.

Per The Wikipedia Article:

He received a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Alabama in 1943.

[otterinbham 0]

Well, not to be technical about matters, but it seems that Alabama fans have moved from LSD and gone straight on to crack. It's the only explanation.

[ECEstudentUA 9]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

wow, 5 former and current CEO's of various companies. Might I add Robert Van de Graaff. If you dont know who he is, you dont know much about physics.

[autiger518 1]

Forrest Gump, fictional hero of the movie by the same name.

Anyone else find it odd that this was listed.

[saniflush 0]

Not really. Half of them don't know he was fictional.

[AU! 0]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

wow, 5 former and current CEO's of various companies. Might I add Robert Van de Graaff. If you dont know who he is, you dont know much about physics.

Ever heard of verizon wireless?

[AU_tiger_2000 0]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

wow, 5 former and current CEO's of various companies. Might I add Robert Van de Graaff. If you dont know who he is, you dont know much about physics.

I see your 5 CEO's and raise you one astronaut. That's six astronauts (in case you learned math at UAT).

Hank Hartsfield

Clifton Williams

Ken Mattingly

James Voss

Kathryn Thornton

Jan Davis

Also a Marine Corps Commandant, 2 chairmen of the Joint Chiefs, the creator of the Arlo & Janis cartoon, one of the founders of Wikipedia, COO of Apple, the founder of SEAL Team 6, and of course Kimberly Paige.

[AUChizad 0]

I took too long compiling this list, so many have already been said, but:

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

wow, 5 former and current CEO's of various companies. Might I add Robert Van de Graaff. If you dont know who he is, you dont know much about physics.

Yeah.

The reason I stumbled accross that is I was looking at Auburn's Grads first.

6 Astronauts (including T.K. Mattingly of Apollo 13 fame)+ 1 Former Astronaut Professor

3 CEO's

2 Chairmen of Joint Chief Of Staff

Other highlights include:

Toni Tennille (1962); award winning singer, half of the singing group "The Captain & Tennille."

Millard Fuller (1957); founder of Habitat for Humanity

James Brooks (1980); 4-time pro bowl NFL running back

Rowdy Gaines (1982); Olympic gold medalist, world record holder and television sports commentator

Timothy D. Cook (1982); Apple Computer COO

Jimmy Wales (1989); founder of the Wikipedia

Kimberly Page (1990); American actress & professional wrestling valet

Bo Jackson (1992); 1985 Heisman trophy winner, former professional football and baseball player

Johnny Micheal Spann (1992); first American killed in combat after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan

Eric O'Neill (1995); FBI Investigative Specialist who played a pivotal role in the arrest and life imprisonment convction of his fellow agent, Robert Hanssen, for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia. He is the subject of the 2007 film Breach.

Brad Reese (2002); Commonly known as the coolest person ever

Non-graduating alumni:

Charles Barkley; former professional basketball player (joined the NBA after his junior year in 1984)

Jimmy Buffett; singer/songwriter (attended Auburn and was a pledge of Sigma Pi Fraternity, but graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi)

Taylor Hicks; singer, American Idol season five winner

Victoria Jackson; comedian of Saturday Night Live fame (attended Auburn for one year but graduated from Furman University)

Frank Thomas; professional baseball player

[ECEstudentUA 9]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

wow, 5 former and current CEO's of various companies. Might I add Robert Van de Graaff. If you dont know who he is, you dont know much about physics.

I see your 5 CEO's and raise you one astronaut. That's six astronauts (in case you learned math at UAT).

Hank Hartsfield

Clifton Williams

Ken Mattingly

James Voss

Kathryn Thornton

Jan Davis

Also a Marine Corps Commandant, 2 chairmen of the Joint Chiefs, the creator of the Arlo & Janis cartoon, one of the founders of Wikipedia, COO of Apple, the founder of SEAL Team 6, and of course Kimberly Paige.

I dont think you realize, but without the Van de Graaff machine.....it would be pretty hard to understand how to send a man to space. Not that the machine is a direct reason to send a man to space. But, it would be hard to study and understand how electricity reacts in certain environments. Either way, very impressive with the 6 astronauts too.

[Streyeder 0]

Jimmy Whales graduated from Alabama and Auburn.

[aumd03 2]

I remember reading a few years ago that Auburn had more grads as CEO's of Fortune 500 companies than any other school. I don't know if thats still true, and I couldn't find a link, but I think it was in the Auburn Alumni Magazine.

And by the way, my thumbprint went into space with Jim Voss for his time in the space station. I'm pretty sure he's spent more time in space than any other American.

[AU_tiger_2000 0]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

wow, 5 former and current CEO's of various companies. Might I add Robert Van de Graaff. If you dont know who he is, you dont know much about physics.

I see your 5 CEO's and raise you one astronaut. That's six astronauts (in case you learned math at UAT).

Hank Hartsfield

Clifton Williams

Ken Mattingly

James Voss

Kathryn Thornton

Jan Davis

Also a Marine Corps Commandant, 2 chairmen of the Joint Chiefs, the creator of the Arlo & Janis cartoon, one of the founders of Wikipedia, COO of Apple, the founder of SEAL Team 6, and of course Kimberly Paige.

I dont think you realize, but without the Van de Graaff machine.....it would be pretty hard to understand how to send a man to space. Not that the machine is a direct reason to send a man to space. But, it would be hard to study and understand how electricity reacts in certain environments. Either way, very impressive with the 6 astronauts too.

The only really good thing that I ever saw come from a Van de Graaff generator was the time my physics prof at Auburn nearly knocked himself out with a hand powered one. He was bent over cranking away and his nose got a little too close to the ball at the top. When the voltage got high enough ZAP! You could here the arc from across the room. He got up off the floor and his eyes were all watered up. That was pretty much the end of class that day.

[aumd03 2]

That reminds me of the time I was mixing some salt water for my aquarium and had a pump to mix the water and it splashed some water on the concrete floor. I went to unplug it to turn it off. It was kinda sticking, so I reached behind the plug to pull it out and when I did I bridged the prongs. My whole body tensed, I got some whiplash and my arm jerked back so hard, I nearly knocked myself out. I had a killer headache for two days. I'm a little more careful with saltwater and electricity now.

[AU! 0]

Samuel L. Ginn (Born April, 1937) a native of Anniston, AL, received a degree in industrial management from Auburn University in 1959. He is considered a pioneer in the wireless communications industry and is a retired chairman and CEO of Vodafone AirTouch, PLC. Ginn was appointed by Gov. Bob Riley for an at large seat on the Auburn University Board of Trustees in 2005. His term expires on February 16, 2012. His $25 million gift to the AU College of Engineering in 2001 helped fund a wireless engineering degree program and has helped vault Auburn into the nation's elite wireless research and teaching institutions. In recognition of the gift, the college was renamed the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Ginn was elected a director of Chevron Corporation in 1989. He is a private investor and retired chairman of the board of Vodafone AirTouch, PLC. Previously, he was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of AirTouch Communications, Inc., from 1993 to 1999 and chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Pacific Telesis Group from 1988 to 1994. He currently is a director of ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited, The Business Council, the Yosemite Fund, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC and the Hoover Institute Board of Overseers.

www.wikipedia.com

[ECEstudentUA 9]

I was doing some wikipedia browsing, and happened to notice that Timothy Leary, the world's most famous hippie drug advocate, is a uat graduate.

Not exactly a point of pride to have him on your list of alums.

Maybe he concocted that infamous Crimson Kool-Aid?

Leary's Entry

uat Alumni Entry

wow, 5 former and current CEO's of various companies. Might I add Robert Van de Graaff. If you dont know who he is, you dont know much about physics.

I see your 5 CEO's and raise you one astronaut. That's six astronauts (in case you learned math at UAT).

Hank Hartsfield

Clifton Williams

Ken Mattingly

James Voss

Kathryn Thornton

Jan Davis

Also a Marine Corps Commandant, 2 chairmen of the Joint Chiefs, the creator of the Arlo & Janis cartoon, one of the founders of Wikipedia, COO of Apple, the founder of SEAL Team 6, and of course Kimberly Paige.

I dont think you realize, but without the Van de Graaff machine.....it would be pretty hard to understand how to send a man to space. Not that the machine is a direct reason to send a man to space. But, it would be hard to study and understand how electricity reacts in certain environments. Either way, very impressive with the 6 astronauts too.

The only really good thing that I ever saw come from a Van de Graaff generator was the time my physics prof at Auburn nearly knocked himself out with a hand powered one. He was bent over cranking away and his nose got a little too close to the ball at the top. When the voltage got high enough ZAP! You could here the arc from across the room. He got up off the floor and his eyes were all watered up. That was pretty much the end of class that day.

Wow, that is pretty funny. Seriously, I would love to see one of my professors do something goofy like that.

[ECEstudentUA 9]

That reminds me of the time I was mixing some salt water for my aquarium and had a pump to mix the water and it splashed some water on the concrete floor. I went to unplug it to turn it off. It was kinda sticking, so I reached behind the plug to pull it out and when I did I bridged the prongs. My whole body tensed, I got some whiplash and my arm jerked back so hard, I nearly knocked myself out. I had a killer headache for two days. I'm a little more careful with saltwater and electricity now.

yeaaaaaaa, that sounds like no fun. Being careful with electricity and water is a good idea.

[AU_tiger_2000 0]

That reminds me of the time I was mixing some salt water for my aquarium and had a pump to mix the water and it splashed some water on the concrete floor. I went to unplug it to turn it off. It was kinda sticking, so I reached behind the plug to pull it out and when I did I bridged the prongs. My whole body tensed, I got some whiplash and my arm jerked back so hard, I nearly knocked myself out. I had a killer headache for two days. I'm a little more careful with saltwater and electricity now.

yeaaaaaaa, that sounds like no fun. Being careful with electricity and water is a good idea.

You gotta play it safe with electricity!!!

[jw 4 au 526]

Isn't Bill Heard an Auburn grad? I think Bill Heard Chevrolet is the largest car dealership in the U.S. (or world), if not second to AutoNation.

[aumd03 2]

I did a short Google search and he's actually an Alabama grad.

http://www.nationalinfantryfoundation.org/...tor_heard.shtml

Funny thing was, when i did the search, i saw two links for reporting bad businesses and two for class action lawsuits before i got to a bio. I guess that probably happens with all big business though.