Carnegie Mellon University

Andrew Carnegie, who ran the world's largest steel producing company, emigrated from Scotland to the U.S. in 1848. He gave $1 million to establish a technical institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he lived. That eventually became Carnegie Mellon University, which is one of the top private research schools in the nation known for its impressive science and engineering programs. It sits on 140 acres and is three miles from downtown Pittsburgh. Faculty and alumni have included 20 Nobel Prize Laureates, 22 Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 114 Emmy Award winners, seven Academy Award winners and 12 Turing Award winners. Notable alumni are businessman David Tepper, artist Andy Warhol, singer Josh Groban, actors Ted Danson and Josh Gad, Josh Forbes Nash (the subject of “A Beautiful Mind”), composer Stephen Schwartz and actress Holly Hunter. The school colors are black, grey, white and cardinal, and the mascot is Scotty the Scottie Dog. Its sports affiliations include NCAA Division III UAA, ACHA and IRA, and has varsity football, track and cross country, volleyball and cricket. The official motto is from Andrew Carnegie himself who said, “My heart is in the work.”

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