- pioneer in "smart beta" investing, chairman and CEO of Research Affiliates N. Gregory Mankiw, 1975 - Professor of Economics at Harvard University; chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, 2003 to 2005 Scott Pace, 1975 - Executive Director of the National Space Council at the White House Edmund Bertschinger, 1975 - Professor of theoretical physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology R. Paul Butler, 1977 - astronomer, staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science Rafe Mazzeo, 1977, mathematician, professor and Head, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University; founder of the Stanford University Mathematics Camp Elizabeth H. Simmons, 1980 - physicist, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at UC San Diego References External links Official program webpage (www.summerscience.org) Video of students talking about SSP Sky & Telescope article about SSP Celestial mechanics Science education in the United States Summer schools