International education and travel related links, photos, quotes and pieces of interest.
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People Who Studied Abroad #640:
Carlos Brito, CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev
From:
Brazil
Studied:
He completed his MBA at Stanford University (United States).
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People Who Studied Abroad #639:
David Muir, journalist
From:
United States
Studied:
While pursuing his bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College, he studied abroad at the University of Salamanca (Spain).
loved my time in Salamanca RT @srah: Journalist David Muir (@davidmuir) studied abroad: tmblr.co/ZnGtdxlQfKJF
— David Muir (@DavidMuir) May 20, 2013
Source: abcnews.go.com
People Who Studied Abroad #638:
Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (recently abdicated and now styled “Princess Beatrix”)
From:
Netherlands
Studied:
During WWII, her family went into exile in Ottawa, Canada, where she attended Rockcliffe Park Public School.
People Who Studied Abroad #637:
Sean Lennon, musician
From:
United States
Studied:
He attended kindergarten in Japan and later studied at the boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland.
Here’s an interview with Sean, talking about his time in Japan and his experience with Japanese language and culture:
People Who Studied Abroad #636:
Erich Segal, author
From:
United States
Studied:
When he was in high school, he spent his summers studying at the Institut Monnivert in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Source: books.google.com
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People Who Studied Abroad #635:
Louise Brealey, journalist and actor (probably best known right now for playing Molly Hooper in BBC’s Sherlock)
From:
United Kingdom
Studied:
She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City.
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People Who Studied Abroad #634:
Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People’s Republic of China, 1978-1992
From:
China
Studied:
When he was 15, he participated in a work-study program in France called Mouvement Travail-Études. He also studied in the Soviet Union at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University.
People Who Studied Abroad #633:
A. Michael Spence, Nobel Prize-winning economist
From:
Born in the United States, did his secondary education in Canada
Studied:
After graduating from Princeton University with a degree in Philosophy, he went on to study Mathematics at the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
People Who Studied Abroad #632:
Natalie Clifford Barney, writer and host of a Paris literary salon
From:
United States
Studied:
She attended the boarding school Les Ruches in Fontainebleau, France.
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People Who Studied Abroad #631:
Brassaï, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker
From:
Kingdom of Hungary (now Romania)
Studied:
In 1920 he went to Berlin, Germany, where he enrolled at the Berlin University of the Arts.
People Who Studied Abroad #630:
Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
From:
He was born in the United States while his father was the Turkish consul-general in New York.
Studied:
After completing his secondary education in Turkey, he attended the University of Hull (United Kingdom) and earned his MBA at the Cass Business School at City University (United Kingdom).
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People Who Studied Abroad #629:
Terri Sewell, U.S. Representative (AL)
From:
United States
Studied:
After graduating from Princeton University, she was named as a Marshall Scholar. She received her master’s degree from the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) in 1986.
![People Who Studied Abroad #628:John von Neumann, mathematician and member of the Manhattan Project whose contributions influenced economics, computer science and quantum mechanics among other fields
From:
Hungary
Studied:
He earned a diploma in chemical engineering from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
[thanks to qbqrat for the tip!]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/c4ff3fcb4f598ad947208459e8f38535/tumblr_mlrjj3ySvk1qig6iso1_500.jpg)
People Who Studied Abroad #628:
John von Neumann, mathematician and member of the Manhattan Project whose contributions influenced economics, computer science and quantum mechanics among other fields
From:
Hungary
Studied:
He earned a diploma in chemical engineering from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
[thanks to qbqrat for the tip!]
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People Who Studied Abroad #627:
Adam Scott, professional golfer (winner of the 2013 Masters Tournament)
From:
Australia
Studied:
He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (United States) for about a year before going pro.
Source: pgatour.com
People Who Studied Abroad #626:
Linda Richards, one of the first professionally-trained American nurses and a pioneer of nursing education in the US and Japan
From:
United States
Studied:
She began her training in Boston in the inaugural class of the first American nurses’ training school. Later she wanted to improve her skills and in 1877 she undertook a seven-month training program at the Nightingale School at St. Thomas Hospital in London, England (now part of King’s College, London). She lived in Japan between 1885 and 1890 and helped to establish nurse-training programs there.
Source: potsdampublicmuseum.org
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