Ellis Weiner

Steve Radlauer

If, like most Americans, you think an Ivy League diploma paves the way to Nobel Prizes, Wall Street riches, and a life of prosperity and happiness, think again. Consider these "distinguished" alumni: John Fairbanks (Dartmouth AB, 1946), embezzler Amy Bishop (Harvard Ph.D., 1993), mass murderer Eliot Spitzer (Princeton BA, 1981; Harvard JD, 1984), disgraced NY governor and patron of prostitutes Cardinal Bernard F. Law (Harvard BA, 1952), protector of abusive priests Jeffrey Skilling (Harvard MBA, 1979), felonious Enron CEO Madison Grant (Yale BA, 1887; Columbia LL.B.), eugenicist Ann Coulter (Cornell BA, 1984), professional bully Jonah Lehrer (Columbia BA, 2003), plagiarist Theodore Kaczynski (Harvard BA, 1962), the Unabomber In 85 brief profiles of murderers, rapists, racists, cheaters, lying politicians, slavers, oligarchs, war criminals, traitors, forgers, kiddie-porners, and other moral reprobates, MONSTERS OF THE IVY LEAGUE effectivel--and entertainingly!--bursts the bubble of America's obsession with elite colleges. If, like most Americans, you think an Ivy League diploma paves the way to Nobel Prizes, Wall Street riches, and a life of prosperity and happiness, think again. Consider these "distinguished" alumni: John Fairbanks (Dartmouth AB, 1946), embezzler Amy Bishop (Harvard Ph.D., 1993), mass murderer Eliot Spitzer (Princeton BA, 1981; Harvard JD, 1984), disgraced NY governor and patron of prostitutes Cardinal Bernard F. Law (Harvard BA, 1952), protector of abusive priests Jeffrey Skilling (Harvard MBA, 1979), felonious Enron CEO Madison Grant (Yale BA, 1887; Columbia LL.B.), eugenicist Ann Coulter (Cornell BA, 1984), professional bully Jonah Lehrer (Columbia BA, 2003), plagiarist Theodore Kaczynski (Harvard BA, 1962), the Unabomber In 85 brief profiles of murderers, rapists, racists, cheaters, lying politicians, slavers, oligarchs, war criminals, traitors, forgers, kiddie-porners, and other moral reprobates, MONSTERS OF THE IVY LEAGUE effectively--and entertainingly!--bursts the bubble of America's obsession with elite colleges.

Monsters of the Ivy League

First stop: Harvard or Yale or Princeton or... Next stop: Wall Street riches...house on the Vineyard...vineyard with a house...a Nobel Prize... Not so fast. Everybody knows that the schools of the Ivy League-universally touted as the pinnacle of American higher education-have graduated countless political leaders, corporate titans, and global power brokers. But did you know these schools have also produced murderers, warmongers, traitors, plagiarists, slave traders, pederasts, and every other variety of moral reprobate? Whether you're a high school student grinding away in the hope of gaining admission to one of these institutions, a parent propelling a child toward Ivy glory, a current Ivy League undergraduate wondering "What the hell is this place?"-or even an Ivy League alum, professor, administrator, or dropout-this book was written specifically for you. As a warning. Because there are certain things-monstrous things-that go unmentioned in the catalog, campus tour, or employment package. And if your Ivy League application was rejected, here's compelling and consoling evidence of how lucky you are.

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