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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The list of University of California, San Diego people includes notable graduates, professors and administrators affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States.

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Notable alumni

Art and architecture

  • Micha Cárdenas, MFA (Visual Arts), 2009. Contemporary artist.
  • Moyra Davey, MFA (Photography), 1988. Contemporary artist.
  • Micol Hebron, did not graduate. Contemporary artist.
  • Hung Liu, MFA (Visual Arts), 1986. Contemporary artist.
  • Elle Mehrmand, MFA (Visual Arts), 2011. Contemporary artist.
  • Dan Santat, BS (Microbiology), 1998. Author and illustrator, winner of 2015 Caldecott Medal.

Athletics

  • Geoff Abrams, MD (Medicine), 2006. Tennis player.
  • Mark Allen, BS (Biology), 1980. Six-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion, inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame; named the world’s fittest man by Outside magazine.
  • Billy Beane, BA (Economics), 1985. General Manager of the Oakland Athletics.
  • Randy Bennett, BS (Biology), 1986. Saint Mary's College of California men's basketball head coach.
  • Alon Leichman, BS (History), 2016. Member of the Israel national baseball team and pitching coach for Yarmouthâ€"Dennis Red Sox.
  • Jie Li, BA (Political Science), 2006. Winner of the US ING Cup, Open, Costen, Texas Open and many other championships.
  • Shlomo Lipetz, BA, 2006. Israeli baseball player
  • Bob Natal, BS (Computer Science), 1987. MLB Catcher, Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins National League.
  • Julie Swail, BA (Economics), 1995. Olympian (women’s water polo); UC Irvine head coach.

Business

  • Garrett Gruener, BA (Computer Science), 1976. Co-founder of Ask Jeeves.
  • Jasper Kim, BA (Economics and Third World Studies), 1994. CEO of Asia-Pacific Global Research Group.
  • Greg Papadopoulos, BA (Systems Science), 1979. Executive VP and CTA of Sun Microsystems.
  • Robert J. Pera, MS (Electrical Engineering), 2002. Founder of Ubiquiti Networks Owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.
  • Michael Robertson, BS (Cognitive Science), 1989. Founder of MP3.com, Lindows.com, and SIPphone.
  • Philip Rosedale, BS (Physics), 1992. Founder and CEO of Linden Lab. Creator of virtual 3D world Second Life.
  • Jason Snell, BA (Communications), 1992. Editorial director of Mac Publishing and editor of Macworld.
  • Nick Woodman, BA (Visual Arts), 1997. Founder and CEO of GoPro.

Computer science

  • Bill Atkinson, BS (Chemistry), 1974. Co-developer of the Macintosh computer.
  • Steve Hart, MA (Mathematics), 1980. Co-founder and vice president of engineering for ViaSat; recognized for excellence and growth by Forbes Inc. and BusinessWeek.
  • David E. Shaw, BS (Mathematics), 1972. Founder of D. E. Shaw & Co.
  • Guy “Bud” Tribble, BS (Physics), 1975. Principal architect of the original Macintosh computer and co-founder of NeXt, Inc.

Film, theatre, and television

  • Yareli Arizmendi, MFA (Acting), 1992. Actor in Like Water for Chocolate.
  • James Avery, BA (Theatre), 1976. Stage, screen and television actor who co-starred with Will Smith on the TV show Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
  • Rachel Axler, MFA (Playwriting), 2004. Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show and Parks and Recreation.
  • David Barrera, MFA (Acting), 1994. ALMA Award-nominated actor for 24.
  • Hart Bochner, BA (Theatre), 1979. Film actor notably of Breaking Away.
  • Robert Buckley, BS (Economics), 2003. Actor, best known for One Tree Hill
  • Danny Burstein, MFA (Acting), 1990. Six-time Tony Award-nominated actor, Grammy Award nominee for Follies.
  • Ricardo Chavira, MFA (Acting), 2000. Actor, notably of Desperate Housewives.
  • Lawrence Cole Ph.D Ed. (Acting), 1965-2016 notably of http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170651/
  • Steve Cosson, MFA (Directing), 2001. Obie Award-winning artistic director of The Civilians.
  • Benicio del Toro, did not graduate. Actor, notably of Traffic.
  • Emily Donahoe, MFA (Acting), 2004. Obie and Helen Hayes award winning actor.
  • Maria Dizzia, MFA (Acting), 2001. Tony Award nominee In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play).
  • Johnny Ray Gill, MFA (Acting), 2010. Series regular on Underground and BrainDead.
  • Michael Greif, MFA (Directing), 1985. Director of Rent and former artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse. Three-time Tony Award nominee.
  • Naomi Iizuka, MFA (Playwriting), 1992.
  • Chane't Johnson, MFA (Acting), 2001. Television and film actor; coach for Denzel Whitaker.
  • Mike Judge, BS (Physics), 1985. Animator/Director best known for Beavis and Butt-head, Office Space, King of the Hill, and Silicon Valley. Graduation speaker for the class of 2009.
  • Sagan Lewis, MFA (Acting), 1977. Series regular on St. Elsewhere.
  • Melanie Marnich MFA (Playwriting), 1998. Writer for Big Love, Jerome Fellowship from The Playwrights' Center.
  • Jefferson Mays, MFA (Acting), 1991. Tony Award winner, I Am My Own Wife.
  • Silas Weir Mitchell, MFA (Acting), 1995. Character actor and star of Grimm.
  • Toby Onwumere, MFA (Acting), 2015. Star of Sense8.
  • Joy Osmanski, MFA (Acting), 2003. Most notable credits include The Loop and Allen Gregory.
  • Neil Patel, MFA (Scenic Design), 1991. Broadway designer of Side Man, winner of Obie and Helen Hayes awards.
  • Jeanne Paulson, MFA (Acting), 1978. Tony Award nominee, The Kentucky Cycle.
  • Dileep Rao, BA (Theatre), 1995. Film actor in Avatar, Inception.
  • Caridad Svich, MFA (Playwriting), 1988. Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement.
  • Milana Vayntrub, BA (Communication), 2008. Actress, comedian, and writer.
  • Kellie Waymire, MFA (Acting), 1993. Best known for Star Trek: Enterprise and roles on Six Feet Under, and One Life to Live. Also a prolific regional theatre actress.
  • Wong Fu Productions filmmaking trio: Wesley Chan, Ted Fu and Philip Wang, BA (Cinematography), 2006.
  • Jimmy O. Yang, BS (Management Science), 2009. Actor and stand-up comedian, best known for Silicon Valley and Patriots Day.
  • Paloma Young, MFA (Costume Design), 2006. Tony Award winner, Peter and the Starcatcher.

Journalism

  • Mona Kosar Abdi, BA (International Studies), 2011. Multimedia journalist with WSET ABC 13, the Al Jazeera Media Network.

Law and politics

  • Steve Peace, BA (Political Science), 1976. California State Senator, 40th Senate District, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, California Journal of Legislator of the Year 2000; and producer of the 1970s cult film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
  • Timothy J. Roemer, BA (Government), 1979. Former Indiana Congressman and current president of the Center for National Policy.
  • John Shoven, BA (Physics), 1969. Hoover Institute senior fellow.
  • Tres Watson, BA (History), 2006. MBA, (Entrepreneurial) 2015. Same-sex marriage activist.

Literature

  • Debito Arudou, MA (International Affairs), 1990. Author and activist.
  • Greg Benford, Ph.D (Astrophysics), 1967. Nebula Award Winner
  • David Brin, MS (Applied Physics), 1978; Ph.D (Space Science), 1981. Nebula and Hugo Award Winner; science fiction author, notably of Uplift; physicist.
  • Robert Todd Carroll, Ph.D (Philosophy), 1974. Publisher of The Skeptic's Dictionary and fellow for Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
  • Angela Davis, MA (Philosophy), 1969. Radical activist and philosopher.
  • Raymond E. Feist, BA (Communications), 1997. Author.
  • Nancy Holder, BA (Communications), 1976. Bram Stoker Award winner.
  • Khaled Hosseini, MD (Medicine), 1993. Afghan-American novelist and physician; his 2003 debut novel, The Kite Runner, was a #1 New York Times bestseller.
  • Aaron Krach, BA (Visual Arts), 1994. Writer.
  • Virgil Nemoianu, Ph.D (Literature), 1971. Essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture.
  • Rex Pickett, BA (Literature and Visual Arts), 1976. Author of Sideways.
  • Kim Stanley Robinson, BA (Literature), 1974; Ph.D (Literature), 1982. Two-time Nebula and Hugo Award winner
  • Alan Russell, BA (English and American Literature), 1978. Lefty Award winner and bestselling crime fiction author.
  • Vernor Vinge, Ph.D (Mathematics), 1971. Hugo Award winner Science fiction author, computer scientist, and mathematician.

Music and entertainment

  • Anthony Neely, BS (Psychology and Theatre), 2008. American Mandopop Singer .
  • Mark Applebaum, Ph.D (Composition), 1996. Composer and Professor of Music at Stanford University.
  • Milo Aukerman, Ph.D (Biology), 1992. Lead singer of punk rock band Descendents.
  • Chad Butler, BA (History of Science), 1997. Drummer of the rock band Switchfoot.
  • Chaya Czernowin, Ph.D (Composition), 1993. Composer and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University.
  • Steven Dehler, BA (Economics), 2010. Model, actor, and dancer.
  • Paul Dresher, MA (Composition), 1976. Composer, guitarist, and improviser.
  • Nathan East, BA (Music), 1978. Bass guitarist.
  • David Felder, Ph.D (Composition), 1983. Composer and SUNY Distinguished Professor at the University at Buffalo.
  • Jon Foreman, did not graduate. Guitarist of rock band Switchfoot.
  • Tim Foreman, did not graduate. Bassist of rock band Switchfoot.
  • Trevor Grahl, MA (Composition), 2009. Composer.
  • Maria Ho, BA (Communications), 2005. Professional poker player.
  • David Evan Jones, Ph.D (Composition). Composer, Professor of Music, and Porter College Provost at UC Santa Cruz.
  • Kelly Kim, BA (Economics), 1998. Professional poker player.
  • Paul Phillips, BS (Computer Science), 1996. Professional poker player.
  • John Warthen Struble, MA (Composition), 1976. Composer, pianist, and author of The History of American Classical Music.

Public service

  • George Blumenthal, Ph.D (Physics), 1972. Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
  • Kurt M. Campbell, BA (Special Project Major), 1980. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
  • Dana Shell Smith, BA (Political Science), 1992. United States Ambassador to Qatar, 2014-present.

Science, technology, medicine, and mathematics

  • Margaret Allen, MD (Medicine), 1974. First female heart transplant surgeon.
  • Gregory Benford, MS (Physics), 1965; Ph.D (Physics), 1967. Science fiction author and physicist; also on the faculty of University of California, Irvine.
  • Bruce Beutler, BS (Biology), 1976. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • JC Buller, M.D. (Medicine), 1997. Associate Dean of Clinical Education, Touro University California COM. Physician, Photographer, Author of "Tableau and Enigma"
  • Chu Ching-wu, Ph.D (Physics), 1990. US News and World Report's Researcher of the Year.
  • Brian Druker, BS (Chemistry), 1977; MD (Medicine), 1981. Oncologist/chief investigator who developed a new drug for leukemia treatment.
  • David Goeddel, BS (Chemistry), 1972. First full-time scientist and director of Genentech’s molecular biology department; co-founder, president and CEO of Tularik, Inc.
  • Gerald Joyce, Ph.D (Biology) 1984. Researcher, Scripps Institute.
  • Antony Garrett Lisi, Ph.D (Physics), 1999.
  • M. Brian Maple, Ph.D (Physics), 1969. David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics.
  • Eleanor Mariano, BS (Biology), 1977. Former director, White House Medical Unit; First Filipino American to reach the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
  • Walter Munk, Ph.D (Oceanography), 1947. Oceanographer.
  • George Perry, Ph.D (Marine Biology), 1979. Leading researcher in Alzheimer's disease.
  • Jed E. Rose, Ph.D (Neurosciences), 1978. Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Co-Inventor of the nicotine patch, President and CEO of the Rose Research Center.
  • Maurizio Seracini, BS (Bioengineering), 1973. Founded the Editech srl, Diagnostic Center for Cultural Heritage in Florence.
  • Edward Tobinick, MD (Medicine), 1974. Patented a use of subcutaneous TNF-α to treat intractable back pain.
  • Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D, (Molecular Biology), 1968. Nobel Prize recipient for physiology or medicine for his work on antibody diversity.
  • Craig Venter, BA (Biochemistry), 1972; PhD (Pharmacology), 1975. President of Celera Genomics, the first private firm to decode the human genome.
  • Elliot McVeigh, Ph.D (Medical Biophysics), 1988. Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Lab, Researcher at Cardiovascular Imaging Lab and Faculty, Office of the Dean of Engineering

Distinguished faculty

  • Hannes Alfven â€" father of modern magnetohydrodynamics, eponym of Alfven waves, Nobel laureate in Physics 1970
  • David Antin â€" Visual Arts
  • Eleanor Antin â€" Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts
  • Percival Bazeley â€" member of the Salk Polio vaccine team
  • Douglas Glynn Bolitho - breast cancer advocate
  • Kenneth Bowles â€" UCSD Pascal
  • Benjamin H. Bratton - Professor of Visual Arts
  • Sydney Brenner â€" Nobel laureate in Medicine (2002)
  • Sheldon Brown â€" Director of Experimental Game Lab, Co-Director of Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, and Professor of Visual Arts
  • Keith Brueckner â€" theoretical physicist, National Academy of Sciences (Physics) member, and a founder of the UCSD Department of Physics
  • Geoffrey R. Burbidge â€" professor known mostly for his alternative cosmology theory, which contradicts the Big Bang theory
  • Margaret Burbidge â€" first to study and identify quasars; Carnegie fellowship winner (1947)
  • Craig Callender â€" philosopher of science
  • Micha Cárdenas â€" artist, theorist, Lecturer of Visual Arts and Critical Gender Studies, Collective Member of Lui Velazquez
  • Lin Chao â€" Professor of Biology
  • Shu Chien â€" bioengineering pioneer, National Medal of Science laureate
  • Patricia Churchland â€" neurophilosopher
  • Paul Churchland â€" philosopher of mind and philosopher of science
  • Harold Cohen â€" English-born artist, creator of AARON
  • Francis Crick â€" Nobel laureate in Physiology/Medicine (1962)
  • Paul Crutzen â€" Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1995)
  • Charles Curtis â€" avant-garde cellist
  • Chaya Czernowin â€" Israeli composer, former professor of composition
  • Anthony Davis â€" opera composer, jazz pianist
  • Diana Deutsch â€" Professor of Psychology, known for her research on the psychology of music
  • Bram Dijkstra â€" Professor of English Literature (1966â€"2000)
  • Russell Doolittle â€" Professor of Chemistry, known for research on molecular evolution
  • Mark Dresser â€" double bass player and improviser
  • Renato Dulbecco â€" Nobel laureate in Physiology/Medicine (1975)
  • Jeffrey Elman â€" psycholinguist and pioneer in the field of neural networks
  • Robert F. Engle â€" Nobel laureate in Economics (2003)
  • Robert Erickson â€" composer
  • Ronald M. Evans â€" discovered steroid and nuclear receptors; Lasker Award winner
  • Manny Farber â€" film critic and painter
  • Gilles Fauconnier â€" inventor of the modern-day theory of conceptual blending
  • George Feher â€" Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2006/7), National Academy of Sciences member, biophysicist
  • Brian Ferneyhough â€" composer, founder of New Complexity movement
  • David Noel Freedman â€" general editor of the Anchor Bible
  • Y.C. Fung â€" considered the father of bioengineering
  • Fred Gage â€" neuroscientist and stem cell biologist; discovered human adult neural stem cells
  • Clark Gibson - expert on African politics and electoral fraud
  • Maria Goeppert-Mayer â€" Nobel laureate in Physics
  • Joseph Goguen â€" Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Adele Goldberg â€" Associate Professor of Linguistics (1997â€"1998)
  • Marvin Leonard Goldberger â€" theoretical physicist, National Academy of Sciences (Physics) member, former Dean of Natural Sciences, and former president of Caltech
  • Lawrence S.B. Goldstein â€" first to characterize kinesin molecular motors; head of UCSD stem cell research program
  • Jean-Pierre Gorin â€" film director, Visual Arts (since 1975)
  • Fan Chung Graham â€" mathematician, Akamai Professor in Internet Mathematics
  • Ronald Graham â€" mathematician, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Clive W.J. Granger â€" 2003 Nobel laureate in Economics
  • Deborah Hertz â€" Herman Wouk Chair in Modern Jewish Studies
  • Gretchen Hofmann - professor of ecological physiology of marine organisms
  • Edwin Hutchins â€" developed distributed cognition and cognitive ethnography; Mac Arthur Foundation Award Winner (1985)
  • Harvey Itano â€" biochemist known for his work on the molecular basis of sickle cell anemia and other diseases
  • Gabriel Jackson â€" Fulbright historian, author, and former department chairman
  • Irwin M. Jacobs â€" Former professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chairman of Qualcomm
  • Fredric Jameson â€" literary critic and Marxist political theorist
  • Chalmers Johnson â€" Professor Emeritus of History
  • David K Jordan â€" Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Provost of Warren College, Interim Provost of Sixth College, Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award 2008 recipient [1] [2]
  • Allan Kaprow â€" Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts
  • Harvey Karten -(Neuroscience), National Academy of Sciences member, neuroscientist
  • Charles David Keeling â€" first alerted the world to the anthropogenic contribution to the "greenhouse effect" and global warming; discoverer of the Keeling Curve
  • Walter Kohn â€" Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1998), Chair of the UCSD Physics Department (1960s), Kohn-Sham equations
  • Barbara Kruger â€" artist and Professor of Visual Arts
  • Ronald Langacker â€" creator of cognitive grammar, Professor of Linguistics
  • William Lerach â€" guest lecturer on securities and corporate law; a leading securities lawyer in the United States
  • George Lewis â€" Professor of Music, jazz trombone player, MacArthur Fellowship winner (2002)
  • Lei Liang â€" composer, winner of Rome Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Arend Lijphart â€" Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science; elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989; President of the American Political Science Association from 1995 to 1996; recipient of the prestigious Johann Skytte Prize in Political Science in 1997
  • George Mandler â€" experimental psychology, founder of UCSD Department of Psychology
  • Jean Matter Mandler â€" cognitive development
  • Babette Mangolte â€" French cinematographer and Professor of Visual Arts
  • Lev Manovich â€" New Media theorist, Director of Software Studies Initiative and Professor of Visual Arts
  • M. Brian Maple â€" National Academy of Sciences member, physicist
  • Herbert Marcuse â€" philosopher, mentor to Angela Davis
  • Harry Markowitz â€" Nobel laureate in Economics (1990)
  • Andrew Mattison â€" co-author of The Male Couple, co-founder of the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research
  • Mathew D. McCubbins â€" professor of political science
  • Mario Molina â€" Nobel laureate in Chemistry
  • Eileen Myles â€" poet, Professor of Literature
  • Donald Norman â€" Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Science and Psychology; co-founder and first chair of Cognitive Science; author of User Centered System Design; VP of Apple; National Academy of Engineering
  • Pauline Oliveros â€" composer, central figure in the development of post-war electronic art music
  • George Emil Palade â€" Nobel laureate in Physiology/Medicine (1974), Professor of Medicine in Residence and Dean for Scientific Affairs (Emeritus)
  • Linus Pauling - Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1954), Professor of Chemistry
  • Richard Popkin â€" Professor of Philosophy
  • Samuel Popkin â€" Professor of Political Science
  • Miller Puckette â€" Creator of Puredata Programming Language, Co-Director of Center for Research in Computing and the Arts
  • Vilayanur S. Ramachandran â€" neuroscience and psychology
  • Jef Raskin â€" Assistant Professor in Computer Science, founder of the Apple Macintosh project
  • Roger Revelle (1909â€"1991) â€" oceanographer, scholar, namesake of Roger Revelle College
  • Roger Reynolds â€" 1989 Pulitzer Prize in Music
  • Sally Ride â€" Professor of Physics, former astronaut
  • Marshall Rosenbluth â€" Professor of Physics, member of the National Academy of Sciences, developer of the Metropolis algorithm, "Pope of Plasma Physics"
  • Rosaura Sanchez - literature professor, author and literary critic
  • Herbert Schiller â€" Professor Emeritus of Communication (1970â€"2000)
  • Terry Sejnowski â€" Professor of Biological Sciences and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Neurosciences, Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Computer Science and Engineering
  • Kartik Seshadri â€" Professor of Indian Classical Music
  • Lu Jeu Sham â€" National Academy of Sciences member, Kohn-Sham equations, physicist
  • Ravi Shankar â€" Indian musician, sitar player
  • Susan Shirk â€" Ho Miu Lam Endowed Chair of China and Pacific Relations; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration
  • Nicholas Spitzer - Distinguished Professor of Biology, National Academy of Sciences member
  • Larry Squire â€" Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology
  • John G. Stoessinger â€" political analyst; prize-winning author of ten leading books on world politics; guest lecturer in international relations; political science
  • Avrum Stroll â€" Professor of Philosophy
  • Harry Suhl â€" National Academy of Sciences (Physics) member
  • Leó Szilárd (1898â€"1964) â€" Hungarian physicist, Professor at the Salk Institute
  • Roger Tsien (1952â€"2016) â€" Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2008), Wolf Prize in Medicine
  • Chinary Ung â€" Grawemeyer Award-winning composer
  • Harold Urey â€" Nobel laureate in Chemistry
  • Benjamin Elazari Volcani, microbiologist; discovered life in the Dead Sea; pioneered biological silicon research
  • Joseph Wang â€" nanoengineer, ISI's World's Most Cited Engineer, ISI's World's Most Cited Chemist
  • Kenneth Watson â€" National Academy of Sciences (Physics) member
  • Herbert F. York (1921â€"2009) â€" Enrico Fermi Award (2000)
  • Efim Zelmanov â€" Fields Medal recipient, Professor of Mathematics
  • Bruno H. Zimm â€" National Academy of Sciences member, biophysicist

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