check these links out. This very powerful info here. Mr. Frack and Huang went to the same Univ. Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. they are about the same age to. Actually James is just a bit older. Huang Jianhui lived in Illinois. They are Alumni.
I think you would much rather work with someone that you graduated with from the same school. Then anyone else that's for sure. Graduates have loyalty to their Alumni.