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For a non-alum, I鈥檝e always prided myself on knowing 91制片厂 pretty well.

My family moved to Durham when I was 18 months old, when my father took a job at 91制片厂 teaching physical education and coaching the men鈥檚 swimming and diving team. I grew up bouncing back and forth between his offices in the Field House and at New Hampshire Hall and logged three blissful mid-1970s Julys on Appledore Island, when the now-50-year-old Shoals Marine Laboratory was in its infancy. I spent more after-school hours than I can count in Dimond Library (the gold-and-orange-carpeted version, not the sleek blondwood incarnation); my first real job was scooping ice cream at the un-air-conditioned Dairy Bar, wearing an orange and white striped smock to serve up grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate frappes in the Formica 鈥淯.鈥�

But working on this special sesquicentennial issue of showed me how much more there was to 91制片厂 than I realized. Just for starters: For all the hours I spent at the Swasey pool and in Snively arena, I had no idea how many professional athletes and Olympians 91制片厂鈥檚 sports teams had cultivated; I distributed programs and watched many a 鈥淔aculty Follies鈥� production at the MUB without appreciating the number of original thinkers and inventors, award winners and recipients of prestigious fellowships there were within the university鈥檚 faculty ranks.

In the pages that follow, we have attempted to capture some of these remarkable 91制片厂ers 鈥� athletes and artists, public servants and philanthropists, scientists and inventors and a wide range of trailblazers 鈥� in a list of 150 remarkable Wildcats. While such lists are inherently problematic 鈥� there are certainly many more than 150 remarkable 91制片厂 alumni, faculty and staff 鈥� it seemed like a fun way to dig into this university鈥檚 150 year history and the terrific range of achievements it has engendered. During the course of this sesquicentennial year, we鈥檒l have two more issues in which to highlight additional Wildcats with follow-up features about 鈥�150 91制片厂 moments鈥� and 鈥�150 91制片厂 memories.鈥�

For now, I hope you enjoy the list we鈥檝e put together, and additional stories on remarkable Wildcats Lori Robinson 鈥�81鈥� the highest ranking female general in U.S. history 鈥� and quiet philanthropist Robert Morin 鈥�63. As our great university marks its 150th birthday, these are but a few of the reasons to celebrate.

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Kristin Waterfield Duisberg

Editor-in-chief

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