Alumni of Distinction
Our alumni include many respected business owners, scholars, athletes, writers, and artists.
Business
Scott Boras '77, '82 |
Sports agent; founder, Scott Boras Corp. |
Jaclyn Cohen '91 |
Senior Vice President of programming and acquisitions for TV Land and Nick at Nite |
Rebecca Jacoby '83 |
Senior Vice President of Operations, Cisco |
Constance X. Rishwain '79 |
President of UGG Australia |
Alex Spanos ‘48 |
Owner, San Diego Chargers, founder A.G. Spanos Companies, philanthropist |
Allan Zaremberg ’78 |
President, California Chamber of Commerce |
Steven D. Strauss '92 |
Small business expert: President and founder of The SelfEmployed; author of 17 books, including "Small Business Bible"; syndicated columnist for USA Today's weekly "Ask an Expert." |
Health Sciences
Lawrence "L.B." Brown, PharmD '99 |
President-Elect, American Pharmacists Association (2014–15); Associate Dean, Chapman University School of Pharmacy |
Jannet Carmichael, PharmD '81 |
Pharmacy Executive, Veteran's Affairs Sierra Pacific Network; former President, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (1992–93) |
Derric DesMarteau, DDS ’80 |
former Team Dentist to the Oakland Raiders & Golden State Warriors |
William Dorfman, DDS ‘83 |
ABC-TV’s Extreme Makeover Dentist, Founder, Discus Dental |
Arthur Dugoni, DDS '48 |
Dean Emeritus, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, Past President: ADA, ADA Foundation, AADS, CDA. |
Captain Boyd Robinson, DDS ‘76 |
Dentist to U.S. Presidents, former Chairman of Presidential Support Team |
Education
Lawrence Scadden ‘66 |
Senior Program Director, National Science Foundation Program for Persons with Disabilities, retired |
Chauncey Veatch ‘70 |
2002 National Teacher of the Year |
Frederick A. Wentworth '77 |
San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools, retired; former President of the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association |
Robert M. Widney 1862 (1838–1929) |
Founding father and first President of the Board of Directors of the University of Southern California, also founded Los Angeles's first Chamber of Commerce. |
Entertainment
Government
John Doolittle ’78D |
Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (1991-2009) |
Peter Knudsen ‘66 |
Utah State Senator, Dist. 17 (1999-present) |
Bill Lockyer '86 |
32nd Calif. State Treasurer, former Calif. Attorney General |
George Moscone ‘53 |
California State Senator (1967-76), 37th mayor of San Francisco |
Humanitarian and Religion
Dolores Huerta '10 (Honorary Degree) |
Labor Leader/Civil Rights Activist, co-founded the National Farmworkers Association with César Chávez |
Tom Mohr '86 |
Deputy Chief of Party for Project HOPE, Kazakhstan |
Rev. Peter Morales '67 |
President, Unitarian Universalist Association |
Sakena Yacoobi '77 |
founder Afghan Institute of Learning, Nobel Peace Prize nominee (2005), National Endowment for Democracy Award for Democracy (2005), Opus Foundation Unsung Heroes Award (2014) |
Law
Robert Buccola ’83 |
Personal Injury attorney, Rated by SuperLawyers.com (2004–14) |
Connie Callahan ’75 |
Judge, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals |
Morrison England '77, '83 |
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Calif. |
John Gerrard ’81D |
Judge, U.S. District Court for the State of Nebraska |
James W. Hardesty ’75 |
Nevada Supreme Court Justice |
Theodore B. Olson ‘62 |
Attorney, 42nd Solicitor General of the United States |
Johnnie Rawlinson ’79 |
Judge, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals |
Arthur G. Scotland '74 |
Presiding Justice, Calif. Third District Court of Appeals, retired |
Music
Engineering and Technology
Admiral Paula C. Brown '82 |
Deputy Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
Jose Hernandez ‘85 |
Former NASA Astronaut, mission specialist STS–128 |
Ramzi Haidamus '87 |
President of Nokia Technologies |
Olympians
Sports
Pete Carroll ‘73, ‘78 |
NFL head coach, Seattle Seahawks |
Dell Demps '92, '98 |
General Manager, New Orleans Pelicans |
Tom Flores ‘59 |
Former NFL head coach and general manager |
Malia Kamisugi ‘98 |
Nationally-ranked open ocean outrigger canoe racer |
Eddie LeBaron ‘50 |
All-American football player and sports executive |
Gary Nelson ‘68 |
USF Golf Coach/Player, U.S. Senior Open |
Michael Olowokandi ‘98 |
First Overall Pick, 1998 NBA Draft, played for LA Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics |
Writing and Journalism
Matt de la Peña '96 |
best-selling author of young adult novels and children's books; first Latino author to receive the prestigious Newbery Medal. |
Sharon Ito '82 |
former Television anchor, newscaster, KXTV and KCAL |
George Knapp '77 |
Investigative journalist, won two Peabody awards, 19 Emmy Awards and the AP Mark Twain Award for best news writing |
Steve Martini ’74E |
best selling Novelist |
Patrick McDowell '81 |
Southeast Asia Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswire |
Kate Moses ’84 |
co-founder Salon.com, novelist |
last updated 1-27-15