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If, like most Americans, you think an Ivy League diploma paves the way to Nobel Prizes, Wall Street riches, and a life of prosperity and happiness, think again. Consider these "distinguished" alumni:John Fairbanks (Dartmouth AB, 1946) , embezzlerAmy Bishop (Harvard Ph.D., 1993) , mass murdererEliot Spitzer (Princeton BA, 1981; Harvard JD, 1984) , disgraced NY governor and patron of prostitutesCardinal Bernard F. Law (Harvard BA, 1952) , protector of abusive priestsJeffrey Skilling (Harvard MBA, 1979) , felonious Enron CEOMadison Grant (Yale BA, 1887; Columbia LL.B.) , eugenicistAnn Coulter (Cornell BA, 1984) , professional bullyJonah Lehrer (Columbia BA, 2003) , plagiaristTheodore Kaczynski (Harvard BA, 1962) , the UnabomberIn 85 brief profiles of murderers, rapists, racists, cheaters, lying politicians, slavers, oligarchs, war criminals, traitors, forgers, kiddie-porners, and other moral reprobates, MONSTERS OF THE IVY LEAGUE effectivel--and entertainingly!--bursts the bubble of America's obsession with elite colleges.