Howard Benson (born in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated music producer and aerospace engineer. Benson attended Lower Merion High School until his graduation in 1974, he then went on to attend Drexel University receiving a B.S. in Materials Engineering in 1980. He worked as a Mechanical Engineer and a Process Engineer until 1984. Benson is currently helping Post-Grunge act Seether on their new studio album. The album is due in August of 2007.

Bennett LeBow is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Vector Group, the holding company for, among other companies, Liggett Group Inc., the sixth largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States. LeBow has been affiliated with the company since 1986. Under his leadership, Liggett Group broke ranks with the rest of the US tobacco industry, including Philip Morris, Brown and Williamson, RJR Nabisco, Loews and Lorillard, …

Dr. Victoria Nika Zdrok (born March 3, 1973 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a "Playboy" Playmate, "Penthouse" Pet of the Year, a star of elaborate adult videos, an attorney, a clinical psychologist, sex therapist and former goodwill ambassador. As a child in the former Soviet Union, Victoria listened to Voice of America on her father's clandestine radio and diligently studied English with the hope of one day coming to America.

Chuck Barris (born Charles Hirsch Barris on June 3, 1929) is an American game show producer of the 1960s and 1970s and author.

Jon "maddog" Hall is the Executive Director of Linux International, a non-profit organization of computer vendors who wish to support and promote Linux based operating systems. The nickname "maddog" was given to him by his students at Hartford State Technical College, where he was the Department Head of Computer Science. He now prefers to be called by this name.

Paul Baran (born April 29, 1926) was one of the developers of packet-switched networks along with Donald Davies and Leonard Kleinrock. He was born in Poland, but his family moved to Boston in 1928. Baran did undergraduate work at Drexel University, obtained his Masters degree in Engineering from UCLA in 1959 and began working for the RAND Corporation in the same year.

Joseph Woodland is best known as the inventor of the barcode, for which he received US Patent 2,612,994 in October of 1952. He worked for The Manhattan Project before joining IBM. In 1993 he was awarded the National Medal of Technology from President George H. W. Bush. Woodland has a bachelors degree from Drexel University and a masters degree from Syracuse University.

Malik Rose (born November 23 1974 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American National Basketball Association player with the New York Knicks. Rose graduated from Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, the same high school as Wilt Chamberlain. He graduated from Drexel University with All-American honors after leading the Dragons to their lone NCAA Tournament victory with an upset of the University of Memphis 75-63.

Michael Levin Anderson (born March 23 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former basketball player for Drexel University, the NBA, the ACB league and the Continental Basketball Association. Anderson was a schoolboy star at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering & Science in Philadelphia and averaged over 19 points per game during his college career. Michael was the first Drexel basketball player to make the roster of an NBA team.

Dr. George Campbell Jr. (born December 2, 1945 in Richmond, Virginia) is President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Michael J. Behe , who received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978, is a professor of biological sciences at Pennsylvania's Lehigh University. His current research involves the roles of design and natural selection in building protein structure. His book Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution is available in paperback (Touchstone Books, 1998).

James Philipp Bagian, M.D., P.E. was a NASA scientific astronaut born February 22, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Married to the former Tandi M. Benson of Seattle, Washington. They have four children. He enjoys bicycling, backpacking, climbing, swimming, flying and racquet sports, as well as cabinet making and automobile rebuilding. He is an Armenian-American. His parents, Philip and Rose Bagian, reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Christopher John Ferguson (born September 1, 1961 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American astronaut. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in 1984, and earned his Master of science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1991. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on September 21, …

Albert Carnesale is UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and holds professorial appointments in UCLA's School of Public Affairs and Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. His research currently focuses on issues in international affairs and security and in higher education. Carnesale served as Chancellor of UCLA from July 1, 1997 to June 30, 2006.

Arthur Raymond Randolph is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Peter James Liacouras is an American academic. Liacouras was the President of Temple University from 1981-2000. He is also a former Dean of the Temple University School of Law. He is currently chancellor of Temple University. During his presidency, the University underwent a building boom. He oversaw expanded sports, medical, housing, and learning facilities.

Ken Dahlberg was named the chief executive officer and president of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on November 3 2003 and chairman of the board on July 16 2004. Prior to joining SAIC, Dahlberg served as executive vice president of General Dynamics where he was responsible for the company's Information Systems and Technology Group. Dahlberg began his career with Hughes Aircraft in June 1967.

Jim Casciano is the head men's basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

John Gruber (born 1973) is a technical writer and technology pundit, and author of Apple- and Web-related blog Daring Fireball, which he writes as a full-time job. His blog often seeks to refute criticism of Steve Jobs, Apple, and its products. He is also the creator of Markdown, a text-to-HTML formatting syntax for web writers, as well as other web-related side projects.

Norman Joseph Woodland (born September 6, 1921) is best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received US Patent 2,612,994 in October of 1952. He is also known as N. Joseph Woodland or NJ Woodland.

William H. Milliken, Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. William H. Milliken, Jr. graduated from Drexel Institute in Philadelphia. After graduating he worked as a construction foreman, and a sales executive for the Whitehall Cement Manufacturing Co. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, and clerk of courts of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Ruth Hale worked for women's rights in the era before and after World War I in New York City. Hale was a freelance writer. She was married to journalist Heywood Broun and was an associate of the Algonquin Round Table. Hale was the founder of the Lucy Stone League, an organization whose motto was "My name is the symbol for my identity and must not be lost." A biographer termed Hale "nearly fanatical" about women’s rights.

Chris McKendry (born February 18, 1968, Philadelphia, PA), has been a journalist for ESPN since 1996. Currently, she primarily serves as co-anchor of the 6:00 PM ET SportsCenter. Prior to joining ESPN, McKendry had been at WJLA-TV, ABC affiliate in Washington D.C, where she was a sports reporter, as well as the first woman to work as a television sports news anchor in the market(1994-1996).

John Browne is a former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He held the post of director starting November 3, 1997, and relinquished it in January 2003 to George Peter Nanos. Prior to coming to Los Alamos, Browne worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and taught physics at Duke University (where he received his doctorate). He received an A.B. from Drexel University.

Ray Sahelian, M.D. is the author of Mind Boosters, Natural Sex Boosters, The Stevia Cookbook and several other books on natural supplements. His first health book was called Melatonin: Nature's Sleeping Pill and written in 1995, followed by DHEA: A Practical Guide, written in 1996. In 1977 he wrote Creatine: Nature's Muscle Builder. He provides information on natural herbs on his website.

Peter Mafany Musonge (born December 3, 1942) was the Prime Minister of Cameroon from September 1996 until December 8 2004. He received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at Drexel University and received a master of science degree in structural engineering at Stanford University, and has worked on a variety of development projects. He has been a longtime supporter and assistant of President Paul Biya and is a member of the Bakweri ethnic group.

Jiang Mianheng is the son of Jiang Zemin, former People's Republic of China president. Mianheng is one of the co-founders of Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, located in Shanghai. Mianheng has a PhD in Physics from Drexel University.

I am a member of the elitist elephant society, but I expect to be disbarred soon since my trunk is not large enough. I have held many Jobs, but never Steve, and I expect the same goes for Gates... I'm 21, living in Center City Philadelphia with my ferocious fiancée Jessica. I am presently president of Tek Perks Digital Consulting Corporation, and working full time.

James P. Bagian , M.D., P.E. , Director, VA National Center for Patient Safety, Ann Arbor, Mich.