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The story of who Brooke Shields is — the Lolita of the ‘80s, the daughter of an alcoholic, a former Ivy Leaguer, a survivor of postpartum depression — is laid out clearly by Shields in her own words, with help from her celebrity friends and loved ones.
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Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
The 27-year-old Ivy Leaguer from a prominent Maryland family, who has no criminal record, has pleaded not guilty to the state-level murder charges and in a parallel federal death penalty case.
—Molly Crane Newman, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
Mangione, a 27-year-old former Ivy Leaguer from a wealthy Maryland family, allegedly stalked Thompson to New York City, then shot him in the back on a sidewalk just steps from a hotel where the victim was supposed to meet Wall Street investors for a shareholder conference later that morning.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
An Ivy Leaguer like Gehrig, making the big leagues was a stretch of the imagination when Suter was taken in the 31st round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of Harvard by the Brewers.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Of course, Brooks misses the irony that if this anti-Ivy League resentment drove voters, then is drove them to vote for the GOP ticket of two Ivy Leaguer grads, Donald Trump from Penn and J.D.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024
The warrant also revealed more details about Mangione’s interaction with police just before his arrest, and what investigators found in the former Ivy Leaguer’s possession.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Roosevelt was an Ivy Leaguer, and Ivy League schools were then notorious for artificially capping the number of Jewish enrollees.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
The 27-year-old Ivy Leaguer from a prominent Maryland family, who has no criminal record, has pleaded not guilty to the state-level murder charges and in a parallel federal death penalty case.
—Molly Crane Newman, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
Mangione, a 27-year-old former Ivy Leaguer from a wealthy Maryland family, allegedly stalked Thompson to New York City, then shot him in the back on a sidewalk just steps from a hotel where the victim was supposed to meet Wall Street investors for a shareholder conference later that morning.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
An Ivy Leaguer like Gehrig, making the big leagues was a stretch of the imagination when Suter was taken in the 31st round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of Harvard by the Brewers.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Of course, Brooks misses the irony that if this anti-Ivy League resentment drove voters, then is drove them to vote for the GOP ticket of two Ivy Leaguer grads, Donald Trump from Penn and J.D.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024
The warrant also revealed more details about Mangione’s interaction with police just before his arrest, and what investigators found in the former Ivy Leaguer’s possession.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Roosevelt was an Ivy Leaguer, and Ivy League schools were then notorious for artificially capping the number of Jewish enrollees.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Ivy Leaguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ivy%20Leaguer. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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