Alexander Hamilton
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From Wikipedia's article on Columbia University
Alexander Hamilton failed to graduate from Columbia's predecessor, King's College, over 220 years ago. (Really, it wasn't his fault. While many maintain Hamilton was a dropout, he only left because the school closed during the Revolutionary War). He remains the most famous person ever associated with the school. Even though he never got a degree and it wasn't even called Columbia at the time.
Hamilton Hall is named after him. You might have also seen him featured on the $10 bill. Oh, and he was murdered by the sinister Aaron Burr, a graduate of darkest Princeton.
