List of University of Southern California people

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This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students, from the University of Southern California.

Alumni and students

Academia

Leo Buscaglia (B.A. 1950, M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1963) Educator, best-selling author
George V. Chilingar (B.S. 1949, M.S. 1950, Ph.D. 1956) World-renowned mining engineer
Fred Cohen (Ph.D. 1986) Computer scientist; inventor of computer virus defense techniques
George Gerbner (M.A. 1951, Ph.D. 1955) Communication theorist; founder of cultivation theory

Howard P. House (M.D. 1935) Ear specialist and founder of the House Ear Institute
Jonathan Kellerman (Ph.D. 1974) Clinical psychologist and prolific writer
Ellis O. Knox (M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1931) Educator, first African-American to be awarded a Ph.D. on the West Coast
Bart Kosko (B.A. 1982) Intelligent systems expert and science fiction writer
Vijay Kumar (Ph.D. 1983) Pioneer of quaternary error-correction codes
John Mearsheimer (M.A. 1974) Political scientist, well known neorealist
Max More (Ph.D. 1995) Philosopher and futurist, founder of Extropy Institute
Surya Prakash (Ph.D. 1978) Superacid specialist and co-inventor of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC)
Rangaswamy Srinivasan (Ph.D. 1956) Discoverer of Ablative Photodecomposition (APD) and co-inventor of the LASIK procedure
Norman Topping (B.A. 1933, M.D. 1936) Former University President and NIH associate director; helped develop a typhus vaccine and the first effective treatment against Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) Inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, CDMA, co-founder of Qualcomm and benefactor of the Viterbi School of Engineering

Architecture

Gregory Ain (attended the School of Architecture from 1927–28) FAIA
William Blurock (B.Arch. 1947) FAIA; award-winning Orange County architect
Frank Gehry (B.Arch. 1954) FAIA; Pritzker Prize winner
Jon Jerde (B.Arch. 1964) FAIA
Pierre Koenig (B.Arch. 1952) FAIA
Albert C. Martin (B.Arch. 1936) FAIA
Thom Mayne (B.Arch. 1968) FAIA, Principal of Morphosis, and Pritzker Prize laureate
Raphael Soriano (B.Arch. 1934) FAIA
Paul Revere Williams (B.S. 1919) First African American member of the American Institute of Architects

Art

D.J. Hall (B.F.A. 1973) Painter
Paul McCarthy (M.F.A. 1973) Artist
Delmer J. Yoakum - Artist

Astronauts

Neil Armstrong (M.S.A.E. 1970) First human on the Moon
Karol J. Bobko (M.S.A.E. 1970)
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (M.S. 1977)
Gerald P. Carr (B.S.M.E. 1954)
Kevin Knutson (M.S. 2005) Founder Church of Leinart
Nancy J. Currie (M.S. 1985)
William H. Dana (M.S.A.E. 1958)
Brian Duffy (M.S. 1981)
Henry C. Gordon (M.B.A. 1966)
Jerry M. Linenger (M.S. 1988)
Carlos I. Noriega (B.S.C.S. 1981)
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. (M.S. 1984)

Athletics

Marcus Allen - Heisman Trophy winner and Pro Football Hall of Famer running back
John Allred - NFL tight end
Red Badgro - Pro Football Hall of Famer
Johnny Baker - USC All-American (kicked the field goal to clinch the first USC victory over Notre Dame at South Bend)
Bret Barberie - former Major League Baseball infielder
Aaron Boone - Professional baseball player 1997-present
Bret Boone - Professional baseball player 1992-2005
Reggie Bush - 2005 Heisman Trophy Winner and NFL running back New Orleans Saints
Edward Carfagno (M.Arch. 1933) Olympic Fencer; winner of three Academy Awards
Matt Cassel - NFL quarterback
Chris Claiborne - Butkus-Award-Winning linebacker and NFL linebacker
Peter Clentzos (B.A. 1932, M.Ed. 1947) Olympic pole vaulter
Keary Colbert - NFL wide receiver
Curtis Conway - NFL wide receiver
Cynthia Cooper - Professional basketball player
Buster Crabbe - Olympic champion, swimming, and actor
Rod Dedeaux (B.S.B.A. 1935) Legendary USC Trojans baseball coach and a member of the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers
Charles Dumas - Olympic champion, high jump
Morgan Ensberg - Professional baseball player, 2000-present, 2005 all-star
Janet Evans - Swimmer, inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2004.
Justin Fargas - NFL running back
Mike Garrett (B.A. 1967) Heisman Trophy winner and NFL running back, current USC Athletic Director
Frank Gifford - Pro Football Hall of Famer and TV analyst
Pat Haden (B.A. 1975) All-American QB, Rhodes Scholar, NFL Pro-Bowler, TV analyst
Brian Henninger - Pro golfer
Geoff Jenkins - Professional baseball player 1998-present
Keyshawn Johnson - NFL wide receiver
Randy Johnson - Professional baseball player, the "Big Unit" 1988-present
Rob Johnson - NFL quarterback
Jacque Jones - professional baseball player 1999-present
Payton Jordan - captain of 1939 NCAA track and field championship team, member of 1939 Rose Bowl team, 1968 US Olympic track team head coach
Kareem Kelly - NFL wide receiver
Steve Kemp - Professional baseball player 1977-1988
Dave Kingman - professional baseball player 1971-1986
Balazs Kiss - 1996 Summer Olympics Gold medalist in Hammer Throw
Lenny Krayzelburg (B.S.B.A. 1998) Olympic champion, swimming
Rene Lachemann - Former MLB Manager
Jason Lane - professional baseball player 2002-present
Sammy Lee - Diver, inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1990
Matt Leinart (B.A. 2005) 2004 Heisman Trophy winner, NFL Quarterback-Arizona Cardinals
Lisa Leslie - Professional basketball player with the Los Angeles Sparks
Ronnie Lott - Pro Football Hall of Famer
Fred Lynn - Professional baseball player 1974-1990
Rod Martin - Former NFL linebacker
Fred Matua - NFL offensive lineman
Helene Mayer – Olympic Fencer
Mark McGwire - Professional baseball player 1986-2001
Cheryl Miller - Basketball Hall of Fame, former USC women's coach
Ron Mix - Pro Football Hall of Famer
Zeke Moreno - NFL linebacker
Lisa Moretti- Professional female wrestler, worked for the World Wrestling Entertainment under the stage name Ivory.
Chad Morton - NFL running back, kick and punt return specialist
Johnnie Morton - NFL wide receiver
Anthony Munoz (B.S.B.A. 1976) Pro Football Hall of Famer
John Naber (B.A. 1977) Olympic champion, swimming. Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1984
Parry O'Brien - Track & Field. Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1984
Charlie Paddock (B.A. 1922) Olympic champion, track & field
Carson Palmer (B.A. 2003) Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback
Mel Patton (B.A. 1949) Olympic champion, track & field
Rodney Peete - NFL quarterback and television personality
Troy Polamalu - All-American and Pro Bowl NFL strong safety of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl XL Champion
Pat Powers - All-American and NCAA Men's Volleyball Champion; Olympic Gold Medalist; AVP Pro Beach Volleyball
Mark Prior (B.S.B.A. 2004) Professional baseball pitcher 2002-present
Janice Romary – Olympic Foilist, Fencing (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968)
Murray Rose (B.A. 1962) Olympic champion, swimming
Carlos Rivera - U.S. Nationals Qualifier, swimming
Sean Salisbury - NFL quarterback, ESPN football analyst
Kaitlin Sandeno (B.A. 2006) Olympic champion, swimming
Brian Scalabrine - NBA Forward
Bob Seagren - Olympic champion, pole vaulter
Junior Seau - Pro Bowl NFL linebacker
Tom Seaver (B.A. 1975) Professional baseball Hall of Fame pitcher 1967-1986
Bill Sharman - Basketball Hall of Famer
O.J. Simpson - Heisman Trophy winner and NFL Hall of Fame running back and actor
Antuan Simmons - NFL defensive back
R. Jay Soward - NFL wide receiver and former first-round draft pick
Roy Smalley - Professional baseball player 1975-1987
Craig Stadler - Pro golfer
Lynn Swann - Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver and TV analyst
Lofa Tatupu - Pro Bowl NFL linebacker
Bradley Thompson - World Record Holder 400 Individual Medley, USC Record Holder Most Exhibition Swims
Steve Timmons - Olympic champion, volleyball
Quincy Watts - Olympic champion, track & field
Paul Westphal - Professional basketball player, current Head Coach of Pepperdine Basketball
Charles White - Heisman Trophy winner and former professional football player
Mike Williams - NFL wide receiver and first round draft pick
Tex Winter - Basketball Coach (Inventor of the Triangle Offense)
Willie Wood - Pro Football Hall of Famer
Frank Wykoff - Track & Field. Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1984
Ron Yary - Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman
Barry Zito - Professional baseball pitcher 2000-present

Business

Dan Bane (B.S. 1969) - CEO of Trader Joe's
Thomas Barrack Jr. (B.A. 1969) - CEO of Colony Capital - "World's Best Real Estate Investor" (Fortune)
Marc Benioff (B.S.B.A. 1986) - Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com
David Bohnett (B.S.B.A. 1978) - Founder and former CEO of Geocities.com
Stephen Bridge (M.S.) - CEO of Frontier Technology Inc.
Jerry Buss (Ph.D. 1957) - Owner of Los Angeles Lakers
Simon Cao (M.S.E.E. 1987, Ph.D. 1990) - Co-founder of Avanex
Henry Caruso (B.S.B.A.) - Founder of Dollar Rent-A-Car
Rick Caruso (B.S.) - CEO of Caruso Affiliated, "Developer of the Year" (LA Business Journal), Projects Include "The Grove"
Alan Casden (B.S. 1968) - Chairman and CEO of Casden Properties
Yang Ho Cho (M.B.A. 1979) - President and CEO of Korean Airlines
Scott Cook (B.A. 1974) - Co-founder and chairman of Intuit, Inc.
Kenneth C. Dahlberg (M.S.E.E. 1969) - President and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation
Feng Deng (M.S.C.E. 1993) - Co-founder of NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004)
Chris DeWolfe (M.B.A. 1997) - Co-founder of MySpace and current CEO
Daniel Epstein (B.S. 1962) - Chairman and CEO of ConAm Management Corporation
Larry Flax (J.D. 1971) - Co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen
Steve Goodall (B.S., M.B.A.) - President of J.D. Power and Associates
Stanley Gold (J.D. 1967) - President & CEO of Shamrock Holdings
Thomas Hicks (M.B.A 1970) - Partner at "Legendary Buyout Firm" (BWeek) Hicks, Muse, Tate, & Furst. Part-owner of Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers.
Ming Hsieh (B.S.E.E. 1983, M.S.E.E. 1984) - President and Founder of Cogent Systems
Bradley Wayne Hughes (B.S.B.A. 1957) - Founder of Public Storage
Ray Irani (Ph.D. 1957) - CEO of Occidental Petroleum
James Jannard - Founder of Oakley Sunglasses
Bruce Karatz (J.D. 1970) - Charmain and CEO of KB Home
Ken Klein (B.S.B.M., B.S.E.E. 1982) - Chairman, president and CEO of Wind River
Terrence Lanni (B.S., M.B.A. 1967) - Chairman and CEO of MGM Mirage
Jack Lindquist (B.A. 1950) - Former president of Disneyland
General William Lyon - Chairman and CEO of William Lyon Homes
Michelle Manning - President of Production Paramount Pictures
Mike Markkula (B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E.) - Co-founder and former CEO of Apple Computer, Inc.
Frank McCourt Jr - Owner of Los Angeles Dodgers
Bob McKnight (B.S.B.A. 1976) - Founder and Chairman/CEO of Quiksilver
Brian Mulligan - Former chairman of Fox Television
Igor Olenicoff - CEO of Olen Properties
Paul Orfalea - Founder of Kinko's
Andrall Pearson - Founder of Yum! Brands, Inc.
Felipe Prestamo - Vice President of Goldman Sachs
Sol Price - Founder of Price Club (now Costco)
Charles Prince - Chairman and CEO of Citigroup
Linda Johnson Rice - President and CEO of Johnson Publishing
D. Kenneth Richardson - President Emeritus, Hughes Electronics
Jim Rogers - Chairman and CEO of Sunbelt Communications
Edward P. Roski - Chairman and CEO of Majestic Realty Co., part owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Lakers
Frank Rothman - Former chairman and CEO of MGM studios and nationally known trial attorney
Steve Saleen - CEO and Founder of Saleen Performance, Inc.
Robert Selleck - Real Estate Developer and President of Selleck Properties
Jeff Smulyan (B.S. 1969, J.D. 1972) - Founder and CEO of Emmis Communications
Andrew Viterbi (Ph.D. 1962) - Co-Founder of Qualcomm
Mark Stevens (B.S.E.E. 1981, B.A.ECON 1981, M.S.CENG 1984) - Partner at Sequoia Capital
Craig Winn - Founder of the Dynasty and Value America companies. Author of the books Prophet of Doom and Tea With Terrorists
Walter Zifkin - CEO of William Morris Agency
Richard Ziman (B.S. 1964, J.D. 1967) - Chairman and CEO of Arden Realty

Film & Television

Morris Ankrum - Actor
Hugh Beaumont - Actor, television director, and Methodist minister
Henry Bumstead - Art director and production designer
Sandro Corsaro - Animator and Author
John Carpenter - Film director
Dean Devlin - Screenwriter and producer
Rick Famuyiwa - Director
Joe Francis - Adult film producer
Brian Grazer - Film and television producer
Conrad Hall - Cinematographer
Ron Howard - Film director and former child actor
George Huang - Film-maker
James Ivory - Film director
Howard G. Kazanjian - Film producer
Irvin Kershner - Film director
Gary Kurtz - Film producer
Michael Landon - Actor, producer, director and television writer
John Longenecker - Film director, cinematographer
George Lucas - Film director
Kerry McCluggage - Film and TV executive and producer
John Milius - Film director and screenwriter
Herman Miller (writer) - Writer and Producer
Miles Millar - Screenwriter and producer
Walter Murch - Film editor
Sam Peckinpah - Film director
Robert Rodat - Screenwriter
Jay Roach - Film director and producer
Josh Schwartz - Producer and creator of The O.C.
Bryan Singer - Film director
John Singleton - Film director
Stephen Sommers - Film director
Tim Story - Film director
Ron Underwood - Film director
Jack Warner - Founder of Warner Brothers Studios
David Wolper - Film and television producer
Robert Zemeckis - Film director

Music

Herb Alpert - Musician, co-founder of A&M Records
Harold Budd - Ambient/avant-garde composer
Harry Wayne Casey - Founder of KC and the Sunshine Band
Jerry Goldsmith - Film score composer
Lionel Hampton - Jazz musican
Dexter Holland - Singer and guitarist for The Offspring
Marilyn Horne - Opera singer
James Horner - Composer
Morten Lauridsen - Composer
Mark McGrath - Musican, the lead singer of Sugar Ray
Christopher Parkening - Classical guitarist, best known for his interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach
Salli Terri - Singer and songwriter
Michael Tilson Thomas - Conductor and music director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Marvin Young (more popularly known as Young MC) - Rapper, producer and writer

Performing Arts

John Beradino - Baseball player and actor (General Hospital)
Richard Biggs - Actor
Harry Blackstone Jr. - Actor and magician
Mechad Brooks - Actor
LeVar Burton - Actor
Sophia Bush - Actress
Andrés Cantor - Spanish language sportscaster (famous for his signature call "¡GOOOOOLL!")
Julie Chen - Host of the CBS television show Big Brother and anchorwoman on the CBS television show The Early Show
Nadine Connor - Opera star
Samantha Cowles-Eagan - Actress
Anthony Edwards - Film and television actor
Dorothy Fay - Actress
Will Ferrell - Actor and comedian
Brandon Fisch - Actor (Days of Our Lives)
David Gallagher - Actor
Kevin Hagen - Actor
James Hong - Actor
David Jaffe - Award-winning video game designer.
Cliff Johnson - Author of award-winning computer puzzle games
Swoosie Kurtz - Tony Award-winning actor
James Lesure - Actor
Lisa Ling - Former co-host of The View
Michael Mcdonald - Actor and Comedian
Timothy Olyphant - Actor, currently plays Seth Bullock on HBO's Deadwood
Petros Papadakis - former USC running back, sportscaster on Fox TV and KMPC
Fess Parker - Screen and television actor
Kelly Preston - Actress
Ke Huy Quan - Actor and stuntman
John Ritter - Actor
Tom Selleck - Actor
Ally Sheedy - Actress
Cybill Shepherd - Actress
Robert Stack - Actor
Eric Stoltz - Actor
Marlo Thomas - Actress and writer
John Wayne - Actor
Forest Whitaker - Actor, director and producer

Politics and Government

Mary Bono - Member of the United States House of Representatives
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke - Los Angeles County supervisor, former member of the United States House of Representatives
John Campbell - Member of the United States House of Representatives
Joseph Cerrell - Former political consultant for President John F. Kennedy
Warren Christopher - Former United States Secretary of State
Chris Cox - Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, former member of the United States House of Representatives
Dr. JD Crouch II - Current Deputy National Security Advisor
Dr. James Dobson - Conservative evangelical leader
David Eagleson - Former California Supreme Court Justice
Cynthia McKinney- Politician and member of US congress.
Ira Eaker - Former general of the United States Army Air Forces
Michael Fabricant - British politician and Member of Parliament
John Ferraro - Former Los Angeles city council president
Robert H. Finch - Attorney, former Lieutenant Governor of California, former United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Jim Gibbons - Member of the United States House of Representatives
Fred Hall - former Governor of Kansas
Paul Robert Ignatius - former Secretary of the Navy
Edwin L. Jefferson - California's first African American appellate justice
Young-Hoon Kang - Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Joyce L. Kennard - First female Asian-American to serve as an associate justice on the California Supreme Court
Jay Kim - Former member of the United States House of Representatives
Herbert G. Klein - Former White House Communications Director
Thomas H. Kuchel - Former United States Senator
Glenard P. Lipscomb - Former member of the United States House of Representatives
Ralph Metcalfe - Former member of the United States House of Representatives, Olympic champion, track & field
Takeo Miki - Former Prime Minister of Japan
Juanita Millender-McDonald - Member of the United States House of Representatives
Geoffrey Miller - United States Army Major General
Edward J. Perkins - Former U.S. Ambassador to Australia, South Africa and the United Nations
Richard Perle - Former assistant United States Secretary of Defense
Ira Reiner - Attorney, former Los Angeles District Attorney
Dana Rohrabacher - Member of the United States House of Representatives
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf - United States Army Four Star General
Donald Segretti - Political operative for Richard Nixon
Abe Shinzo - Prime Minister of Japan
Gordon Smith - United States Senator
Hilda Solis - Member of the United States House of Representatives
Robert A. Underwood - Former delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives
Jesse M. Unruh - Former California State Treasurer, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
Karl Warkomski - Former Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California
Ron Ziegler - Former White House Press Secretary
Brendan Shields-Shimizu - President of Delta Chi Fraternity

Print Media

Rob Asghar - Columnist
Art Buchwald - Author and columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner
Raj Kamal Jha - author
Pablo Kleinman - New media pioneer, entrepreneur, political columnist
Arash Markazi - journalist, writer for Sports Illustrated
Joan Lowery Nixon - Journalist and author
Michael Ritter - Publisher and Founder of Saturday Night Magazine
Sharon Stello - Reporter Davis Enterprise
Irving Stone - Writer, known for biographical novels of famous historical personalities
Kathleen Sullivan - Broadcast journalist

Other

Sattareh Farman Farmaian - Established The Tehran School for Social Work in Iran, and established the concept of family planning in Iran.
Ethel Percy Andrus - Founder of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Daniel Brandt - Left-wing activist and founder of Google Watch
Michael Griffin - NASA Administrator
Tom Morey - Creator of the Boogie Board
Patricia Nixon - Former First Lady
Eugene Sekiguchi - First minority member to serve as president of the American Dental Association (ADA)
Joseph Wapner - Judge of The People's Court, former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge

Notable faculty members

Leonard M. Adleman - Co-Inventor of RSA, Turing Award laureate
William French Anderson - Genetics professor, dubbed "father of gene therapy"
Tim Asch - Professor at the Center for Visual Anthropology
Lois W. Banner - Former president of the American Studies Association, author
Richard Bellman - inventor of dynamic programming
Warren Bennis - University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration; named the "dean of leadership gurus" by Forbes magazine
Shelley Berman - Comedian/actor/author - Teaches Writing Humor, Literary and Dramatic
Terence Blanchard - Jazz trumpeter
Barry Boehm - Software economics expert, inventor of COCOMO
T.C. Boyle - Novelist
Pete Carroll - Football coach
Drew Casper - Film Historian
Manuel Castells - Sociologist, played a key role in the development of a Marxist urban sociology
John Choma - Renowned analog and mixed signal circuit designer
Antonio Damasio - Physician and neurologist
Paul Debevec - Renowned graphics researcher
Rod Dedeaux - Baseball coach
Richard Dekmejian - World-renowned expert on international relations
Mar Elepano - Artist, animator, filmmaker
Robert English - Assistant Professor of International Relations
Susan Estrich - Author, law professor, former campaign manager, Michael Dukakis for President
Caleb E. Finch - World-renowned Alzheimer's disease researcher
Scott Fisher - Pioneering virtual reality researcher
Eric Fossum - Inventor of CMOS image sensor
Barry Glassner - Renowned sociologist, made an appearance in Bowling for Columbine
David Griffith - Film director, contributed Mise en scène and various film editing techniques to film grammar
Solomon W. Golomb - Mathematician, invented the Golomb coding and Golomb ruler
Jane Goodall - Distinguished adjunct professor of anthropology
Midori Goto - Violinist and the Jascha Heifetz Chair in Music
Judith Halberstam - Gender Theorist
Jascha Heifetz - Violinist, one of the most famous of the 20th century
Tomlinson Holman - Inventor of Lucasfilm's THX sound system
John Hospers - Philosopher, first presidential candidate of the United States Libertarian Party
Mark Humayun - Ophthalmologist, invented the Bionic Eye
Mizuko Ito - noted cybercultural theorist
A. Quincy Jones - Residential architect and influential figure in modern urban planning concepts, USC Dean of Architecture.
Mark Kac - Eminent mathematician, pioneered the modern development of probability
Bart Kosko – Professor of electrical engineering, fuzzy logic authority
Timur Kuran -- economist, specializing in the study of Islamic finance and its consequences
Jerome Lawrence - Playwright
Richard Leahy - Renowned medical-imaging engineer, chief creator of BrainStorm
Robert C. Lipsett - Violin Pedagogue
Raymond Loewy - Noted industrial designer
Leonard Maltin - Famous film critic
Barbara Myerhoff - Professor at the Center for Visual Anthropology
Richard Neutra - Modernist architect
George Olah - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Ishu Patel - Noted artist, director, animator, photographer
William Pereira - Influential architect and urban planner
Gregor Piatigorsky - Cellist
Jon Postel - Internet pioneer, former director of Information Sciences Institute's Computer Networks Division
Steven B. Sample - Professor of electrical engineering and leadership, noted author, USC president
Arnold Schoenberg - Composer
Irving S. Reed - Inventor of Reed-Solomon codes
B.Clifford Neuman - Inventor of Kerberos
Everett Rogers - Professor of communications
Robert Scheer - Noted journalist and social, political activist
Dan Schnur - political communication instructor, former Communications Director, John McCain for President
Craig Stanford - Professor of biological anthropology
Gay Talese - One of the founders of New Journalism
Shirley Thomas (USC professor) - Professor of technical writing
Michael S. Waterman - Founding editor of Journal of Computational Biology
Paul Wehrle - Physician who helped in the development of methods for the prevention and treatment of polio and smallpox
Darryl F. Zanuck - One of the major figures in the Hollywood studio system

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Administration

Marion McKinley Bovard (1847–1891) – involved with the founding of the university and president 1880–1891