Little known facts about the University

Little did you know, but the two-liter plastic soda bottle was designed by Nathaniel Wyeth, class of '63. Amazing, no? But there's so much more that you may not know about the University of Pennsylvania. Seeking more University trivia? Read on. ·College Hall is rumored to have been the inspiration for Charles Addams' Addams Family mansion. ·After being fatally wounded by assassins, Presidents Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield were both treated by doctors who graduated from the University (the fate of their patients notwithstanding). ·The University's was one of two teams to play in the first commercially televised football game. ·The Penn Relays is the world's largest track meet. ·The first black American to win an Olympic gold medal was John Taylor, a University graduate. ·The University's football team was the first to use numbers on its jerseys. ·The two most prestigious collegiate athletic awards, the Heisman and Outland trophies, are named after former University athletes John Heisman and John Outland. ·Eero Saarinen, who designed the St. Louis arch and Washington, D.C.'s Dulles Airport, designed Hill House. ·The term "WASP" was coined by Penn sociology professor E. Digby Baltzell. The University also sports many "firsts" in its past, among them: ·First university in the nation ·First U.S. medical school ·First business school ·First computer -- ENIAC ·First student union ·First teaching hospital ·First psychology clinic. And, although no one knows what will become of the Class of 1998's illustrious members, there are many famous University alums who have etched themselves into the palimpsest of history: ·Benjamin West, painter, 1755 ·William Henry Harrison, U.S. President, 1791 ·Ezra Pound, poet, 1903 ·I.F. Stone, journalist, 1927 ·William Brennan, former Supreme Court justice, 1928 ·Walter Annenberg, publishing magnate and former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1931 ·Harold Prince, Broadway producer, 1948 ·Saul Steinberg, financier, 1959 ·Donald Trump, real estate mogul, 1968 At the same time, there are many famous almost-alums (i.e., they dropped out): ·Maury Povich, talk show host ·Alan Rachins, actor from L.A. Law