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Well-known Icons Who Support Montessori Education & Philosophies
"In 2004, on Barbara Walter's ABT-TV Special The 10 Most Fasicinating People of 2004 Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of the popular internet search engine Google.com, credited their years as Montessori students as a major factor behind their success. When Walter's asked if the fact that their parents were college professors was a factor behind their success, they said no, that it was their going to a Montessori school where they learned to be self-directed and self-starters. They said that Montessori education allowed them to learn and think for themselves and gave them freedom to pursue their own interests."
Added to the list are many accomplished well-known icons who support the Montessori education and philosphies, such as:
- Alice Waters
- Friedrich Hundertwasser
- Julia Child
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Helen Keller
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Thomas Edison
- Henry Ford, Mahatma Gandhi
- Sigmund Freud
- Buckminster Fuller
- Leo Tolstoy
- Bertrand Russell
- Jean Piaget
- Erik Erikson
- John Holt
- Ann Frank
- the Dalai Lama
- Jacqueline Kennedy
- Prince William and Prince Harry
of the British Royal Family - Cher Bono
- Yul Brynner
- Bill and Hillary Clinton
- Yo Yo Ma