Who Knew WashU?

Question: From 2008-2018, how many companies were founded by Washington University undergraduate alumni?

Question: Barry Flanagan’s “Thinker on the Rock” provides an interesting navigational marker on the Danforth Campus. Where else can you find this sculpture?

Question: From which reference to George Washington did the university’s first student yearbook receive its name?

Question: Famous aviator Charles Lindbergh received an honorary degree in absentia from Washington University in which year? (He planned to attend the ceremony but had to cancel on short notice.)

Question: Who was the first faculty fellow to live in a residential college on campus, in 1998?

During National Entrepreneurship Month, we ask about one of the many successful women entrepreneurs from WashU. Question: Which alumna founded Nudest, a machine-learning skin tone matching software for beauty and fashion brands?

Question: Irma Rombauer, who attended Washington University for a time, wrote and published which best-selling cookbook? 

Question: During World War II, which activities were suspended on campus?

Question: Who is the on-campus bistro Ibby’s named for?

Question: How long did the 1904 Olympics, held on what’s now known as the Danforth Campus, last?