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Cardinal Numbers

September/October 2009

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Cardinal Numbers

courtesy Fox

See our profile of Sam Simon, ’77, a TV producer who helped create America’s favorite dysfunctional family, The Simpsons.

Cities and towns in the United States named Springfield: 34

Stanford alumni who live in a Springfield: 151

Alumni with the surname Simpson: 135

Alumni with the surname Simpson and a given name of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa or Maggie: 1 (Margaret Simpson, ’45)

Amount displayed on cash register when Maggie is “scanned” in the classic opening sequence: $847.63*

Bart’s locker combination: 36-24-36

*Average monthly cost of caring for a baby in the United States circa 1990.

Sources: Rand McNally; Alumni database

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