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UCLA also boasts an excellent military background, with hundreds of alumni moving beyond their undergraduate careers to serve their nation. Carlton Skinner was a U.S. Navy Commander who racially integrated the service at the end of World War 2 on the USS Sea Cloud. He was also the first civilian governor of Guam. Francis B. Wai is, to date, the only Chinese-American and the first Asian-American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II. UCLA also lost an alumnus in early 2007 when Second Lieutenant Mark Daily was killed in Mosul, Iraq after his HMMWV was hit by an IED. Lieutenant Daily's service is marked by a plaque located on the northern face of the Student Activities Center (SAC), where the ROTC halls are currently located.University of Chicago
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University of Chicago
The seal of the University of Chicago. It is in the shape of a shield, with a drawing of a phoenix on the bottom and a book with the university's motto "Crescat scientia; vita excolatur" on the top.
Latin: Universitas Chicagiensis
Motto    Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin)
Motto in English    Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched[1]
Established    1890
Type    Private nondenominational coeducational
Endowment    US$6.57 billion[2]
President    Robert J. Zimmer
Academic staff    2,168[3]
Admin. staff    14,772 (including employees of the University of Chicago Medical Center)[3]
Students    12,297[4]
Undergraduates    5,369[4]
Postgraduates    6,928[4]
Location    Chicago, Illinois
Campus    Urban, 211 acres (85.4 ha)[3]
Colors    Maroon      White     [5]
Athletics    NCAA Division III UAA
Nickname    Maroons
Mascot    Phoenix
Affiliations   
Association of American Universities
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
Website    uchicago.edu
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The University of Chicago (U of C, UChicago, or simply Chicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university consists of the College of the University of Chicago, various graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees organized into four divisions, six professional schools, and a school of continuing education. The university enrolls approximately 5,000 students in the College and about 15,000 students overall. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the world's top 10 universities.[6][7][8] The U of C tied Stanford University for 5th place in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report "Best National Universities Rankings".[9]
University of Chicago scholars have played a major role in the development of various academic disciplines, including: the Chicago school of economics, the Chicago school of sociology, the law and economics movement in legal analysis,[10] the Chicago school of literary criticism, the Chicago school of religion,[11] the school of political science known as behavioralism,[12] and in the physics leading to the world's first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction.[13] The university is also home to the University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in the United States.[14]
The University of Chicago is affiliated with 89 Nobel Laureates (including 10 current faculty),[15] 49 Rhodes Scholars[16] and 9 Fields Medalists.[17] It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890. William Rainey Harper became the university's first president in 1891, and the first classes were held in 1892.
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1 History
1.1 Founding–1910s
1.2 1920s–1980s
1.3 1990s–2010s
2 Campus
2.1 Satellite campuses
3 Administration and finances
4 Academics
4.1 Undergraduate college