Main article: List of
University of Chicago alumniCalled the "teacher of teachers", academia is the most popular career choice for its graduates, with one in seven taking an
academic appointment (a rate matched by no other University). Scholars affiliated with Chicago have obtained a total of: 78
Nobel Prizes (the most by any institution in the world except the University of Cambridge), 26 MacArthur Fellowships (or "genius grants"), 220 Guggenheim Fellowships, 17 John Bates Clark Medals, 12 Pulitzer
Prizes, 3 National Medals of the Arts, 11 National Humanities Medals / Charles Frankel Prizes, 13 National Medals of Science,
and an Abel Prize. Chicago undergraduates in the past five years have won: five
Rhodes, four Marshall, three Truman, three Churchill and two Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Moreover, in 2004, for the 18th consecutive year, University students won more Fulbright-Hays fellowships than any U.S. educational institution, with 23 students (68 percent of
applicants) receiving awards. Chicago is also home to the Llewellyn
John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the nation’s oldest prize for
undergraduate teaching (founded in 1938), and one which is highly coveted amongst faculty. Additionally, Chicago students and
faculty have gone on to head several other major academic insitutions (i.e. Presidencies, Chancellorships), namely: Stanford
University, The University of Oxford, Northwestern University and the University of California.