Born in Hawaii and brought up for a time in Indonesia, Barack Obama graduated from Columbia University with a degree in political science and a specialty in international relations. He worked as a community organizer in some of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods, helping church groups create job-training programs, before going on to Harvard Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.

How does a boy from Long Beach, Indiana, grow up to become the Chief Justice of the United States? Through a lifetime of remarkable achievements. John Roberts Jr. graduated first in his high school class, finished college at Harvard University in only three years, received high honors at Harvard law school, and became a well-respected attorney and judge.