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Also Known As Union Institute Society • Trinity College
Notable Alumni Edmund M. Clarke • Richard Nixon • Rand Paul • Ken Starr • Ron Paul • Paul Farmer • Jerome Bruner • Fred Brooks • Melinda Gates • Tim Cook • Sheikha al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani • Shelley Moore Capito • Ricardo Lagos • William G. Kaelin, Jr. • Angela Alsobrooks • Jayson Tatum • Zion Williamson • J.B. Pritzker • Grant Hill • Anne Tyler • Nancy Hanks • Robert C. Richardson • Josephine Humphreys
Related People Mike Krzyzewski • Nannerl Overholser Keohane • James Buchanan Duke

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