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This Chicago research university has the largest university press in the United States and was started by a donation from philanthropist John D. Rockefeller in 1890. University of Chicago is affiliated with 89 Nobel Laureates, 49 Rhodes Scholars and nine Fields Medalists. Its 217-acre campus is located along Lake Michigan in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood and has been designated a botanical garden. Famous alumni include former Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King, famous prohibition agent Elliot Ness, former federal judge Robert Bork and former World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.

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