Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
The award-winning Greek physicist with 62 patents
Theodore Moustakas is a professor of Boston University. In 1964, Moustakas received his BS in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and decided to relocate to the United States to pursue his academic studies. In 1974, he received his Masters and PhD from Columbia...
The self-made investment guru
John Calamos is the founder and Chairman of Calamos Asset Management. He has pioneered investment strategies and crisis management and he’s the trusted investment consultant of both public organizations and private institutions. The son of Greek immigrants to the United States, Calamos often demonstrates his...
World leader in Endocrinology research
Constantine Stratakis is the Scientific Director of the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. His research focuses on the endocrine epiphysis and adrenal tumors, like pheochromocytomas and paragagliomas. Researchers led by Dr. Constantine Stratakis, have honed in on the possible genetic cause of...
Behind the scenes in Hollywood’s best movies
[:el] Phedon Papamichael is an accomplished cinematographer and film director. He was born in Athens in 1962 to a Greek father and a German mother. When Phedon was 6 year old, his family relocated to the United States, as his father, a famous artist and...
Sets the eating habits in the U.S
Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos is the founder and president of the Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, a nonprofit educational organization in Washington, DC, since 1990. Dr. Simopoulos was a founding member of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL)...
The internationally renowned Greek economist
[:el] Nicholas Economides is an internationally recognized academic authority on network economics, electronic commerce and public policy. He’s Professor of Economics at the NYU Stern School of Business. His fields of specialization and research include the economics of networks, especially of telecommunications, computers and information,...
Among the highest earning college chancellors
Nicholas S. Zeppos (born 1954) is the eighth Chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. According to Forbes magazine, Zeppos ranks 5th in the Highest Earning College Chancellors list, with salary rising to $2.23 million. He was born in 1954 in Milwaukee and has 2 brothers. His Athens born grandfather migrated to...
A pioneer in the planet’s energy sustainability research
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos is Professor of Chemical Engineering in Tufts University and Director of Nanocatalysis and Energy Laboratory. Her pioneering research on clean energy production was honoured with Robert and Marcy Haber Endowed Professorship in Energy Sustainability in the School of Engineering (SOE). The goal of...
The advisor of US. Presidents with greek descent
John Podesta is a veteran Democratic official. He was Counselor to the President of the United States, serving since the start of 2014. He left the White House to join Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential campaign, as its chairman. He was the fourth White House Chief of Staff under...
An explorer, inventor and a juggler of runny eggs
[:el] Eugene Trivizas was born in Athens in 1946. He’s best known as the author of popular children stories; however, his primary career is a lot different. He studied Law and Economics and he’s currently Professor of Criminology at the University of Reading in Great...