Famous Mensa Members
Posted: 2003-07-15 08:15pm
http://encarta.msn.com/list/FamousMensaMembers.asp
Think Mensa members are all super-nerdy bookworms? Guess again. These famous folks are (or were at one time) members of the high-IQ society. They sure are an interesting bunch. (And they've got to be smart, too. To qualify for Mensa membership, your IQ must be in the top 2 percent of the population!)
1. Geena Davis
1988 Academy Award winner (for The Accidental Tourist) and an expert archer!
2. Scott Adams
Creator of the internationally syndicated comic strip "Dilbert."
3. Joyce Carol Oates
Author of dozens of books, including one that won the National Book Award, and a professor at Princeton University.
4. Richard Lederer
Word expert and punster who is a frequent guest on National Public Radio.
5. Norman Schwarzkopf
Planned Operation Desert Storm, the campaign that liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.
6. Patricia Jennings
Keyboardist for the Pittsburgh Symphony.
7. Buckminster Fuller
Engineer, designer, architect, and writer who once said, "I just invent. Then I wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented."
8. Marilyn vos Savant
Reputed to have the world's highest recorded IQ. Answers brainteasers each week in her Parade magazine column "Ask Marilyn."
9. Isaac Asimov
Best known for his science-fiction writing. Wrote more than 400 books, including mystery stories, humor, history, and several volumes on the Bible and William Shakespeare.
10. Alan Rachins
Played a lawyer on the Emmy Award-winning television program L.A. Law and currently plays Dharma's hippy father on Dharma and Greg.
Think Mensa members are all super-nerdy bookworms? Guess again. These famous folks are (or were at one time) members of the high-IQ society. They sure are an interesting bunch. (And they've got to be smart, too. To qualify for Mensa membership, your IQ must be in the top 2 percent of the population!)
1. Geena Davis
1988 Academy Award winner (for The Accidental Tourist) and an expert archer!
2. Scott Adams
Creator of the internationally syndicated comic strip "Dilbert."
3. Joyce Carol Oates
Author of dozens of books, including one that won the National Book Award, and a professor at Princeton University.
4. Richard Lederer
Word expert and punster who is a frequent guest on National Public Radio.
5. Norman Schwarzkopf
Planned Operation Desert Storm, the campaign that liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.
6. Patricia Jennings
Keyboardist for the Pittsburgh Symphony.
7. Buckminster Fuller
Engineer, designer, architect, and writer who once said, "I just invent. Then I wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented."
8. Marilyn vos Savant
Reputed to have the world's highest recorded IQ. Answers brainteasers each week in her Parade magazine column "Ask Marilyn."
9. Isaac Asimov
Best known for his science-fiction writing. Wrote more than 400 books, including mystery stories, humor, history, and several volumes on the Bible and William Shakespeare.
10. Alan Rachins
Played a lawyer on the Emmy Award-winning television program L.A. Law and currently plays Dharma's hippy father on Dharma and Greg.
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