Daly, Mary (Schenectady)
The feminist professor who battled Boston College
Famous Brainiacs from New York
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Feynman, Richard (New York City)
The Nobel-winning author of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman -
Garfield, Eugene (New York City)
Founder of the Institute for Scientific Information -
Greenspan, Alan (New York City)
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 1987-2006 -
Lehrer, Tom (New York City)
Composer of the satirical tune "The Vatican Rag" -
Oppenheimer, J. Robert (New York City)
The physicist who directed the Manhattan Project -
Salk, Jonas (New York City)
Developer of the polio vaccine -
Shultz, George (New York City)
United States Secretary of State, 1982-89 -
Tuchman, Barbara (New York City)
Author of The Guns of August -
Yellen, Janet (Brooklyn)
President Biden's Secretary of the Treasury -
Zinn, Howard (New York City)
Boat-rocking U.S. historian