#SteveJobs October 7
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October 2026 several of us are going to take on the 30-Day Celebrity Alma Mater Coach4aday Challenge. Each day we will identify a celebrity and share where they attended college. For Day 7 it is on STEVE JOBS.
One of the aspects of this month’s challenge is to look backwards at most celebrities’ careers especially as it pertains to college. Walter Isaacson wrote Steve Jobs, the authorized biography published in 2011, based on extensive interviews with Jobs and more than 100 people who knew or worked with him. Chapter 3 of that book was called “The Dropout”
Steve Jobs attended Reed College in 1972 but dropped out after only one semester. He continued auditing classes, including a calligraphy course that had no obvious practical application at the time. That is the reason for today’s font choice with his name.
Years later, those lessons influenced the typography and design of the Macintosh, helping make the computer’s fonts and layout unusually elegant. Jobs famously said that you can’t connect the dots looking forward—you can only connect them looking backward. Today’s I utilized a calligraphy font (Palace Script) to honor Jobs.
Celebrity Alma Mater Coach4aday Challenge Guidelines
Basic daily format:
- Celebrity – Who are they?
- Alma Mater – Where did they attend college?
- Why They’re Famous – One-sentence context.
- College Connection – Degree, major, sports, fraternity/sorority, or other connection.
- Interesting Fact – Something surprising about their college years.
Day 7-Steve Jobs and Reed College
Celebrity: Steve Jobs
Alma Mater: Reed College
Why They’re Famous: Steve Jobs is famous as the co-founder of Apple and as a visionary who helped transform personal computers, music, smartphones, and digital media. His emphasis on innovative technology, elegant design, and user experience helped make products such as the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad cultural icons.
College Connection: Steve Jobs returned to Reed College in Portland, Oregon, on August 27, 1991, to deliver the convocation address.
Interesting Fact: There was a $10 million estate gift to Reed College following his death in 2011.
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