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Stanford University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Stanford, CA

Founding Date:
1891

Radio Station:
KZSU 90.1 FM

Enrollment:
13,800

Official Website:
http://www.stanford.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Morton I. Abramowitz
Diplomat
20-Jan-1933   US Ambassador to Turkey, 1989-91
Jonathan S. Adelstein
Government
1962   FCC Commissioner
Herbert M. Allison
Business
24-Aug-1943   CEO of TIAA-CREF
Eric Alterman
Columnist
14-Jan-1960   The Nation columnist
Mukesh Ambani
Business
19-Apr-1957   India's richest man
Maxwell Anderson
Playwright
15-Dec-1888 28-Feb-1959 What Price Glory?
Paul M. Anderson
Business
1945   CEO of Duke Energy, 2003-07
Brent R. Appel
Judge
c. 1951   Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Michael Armacost
Diplomat
15-Apr-1937   US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93
Samuel Armacost
Business
Mar-1939   Chairman of SRI International
John Arrillaga
Business
c. 1938   Silicon Valley real estate developer
Michael Arrington
Business
13-Mar-1970   TechCrunch
Taro Aso
Politician
20-Sep-1940   Japanese Foreign Minister, 2005-07
Kenneth J. Bacon
Business
c. 1954   EVP at Fannie Mae
Robert E. Badham
Politician
9-Jun-1929 21-Oct-2005 Congressman from California, 1977-89
John C. Baldwin
Doctor
c. 1949   Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech
Steve Ballmer
Business
24-Mar-1956   CEO of Microsoft
Ehud Barak
Head of State
12-Feb-1942   Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001
Arija Bareikis
Actor
21-Jul-1966   The Myth of Fingerprints
Leroy T. Barnes, Jr.
Business
c. 1952   Treasurer of PG&E, 2001-05
Edward W. Barnholt
Business
1943   CEO of Agilent Technologies, 1999-2005
Craig H. Barratt
Business
c. 1963   CEO of Atheros Communications
Craig R. Barrett
Business
29-Aug-1939   Chairman of Intel
Robert Bass
Business
c. 1948   Billionaire
Sid Bass
Business
1942   Fort Worth Billionaire
A. George Battle
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Ask Jeeves, 2000-04
Max Baucus
Politician
11-Dec-1941   US Senator from Montana
Xavier Becerra
Politician
26-Jan-1958   Congressman, California 31st
Riley P. Bechtel
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Bechtel
Arnold Beckman
Inventor
10-Apr-1900 18-May-2004 Philanthropist who invented pH meter
Betsy J. Bernard
Business
16-May-1955   President of AT&T, 2002-03
Jeffrey L. Bewkes
Business
c. 1952   President and COO of Time Warner
Steve Bing
Film Director
31-Mar-1965   Film producer and massive political donor
Jeff Bingaman
Politician
3-Oct-1943   US Senator from New Mexico
Robert O. Blake
Diplomat
7-Apr-1921   US Ambassador to Mali, 1971-73
Gene D. Block
Educator
c. 1948   Chancellor, UCLA
Derek Bok
Educator
22-Mar-1930   President of Harvard, 1971-91
Josh Bolten
Government
16-Aug-1955   White House Chief of Staff
Cory Booker
Politician
27-Apr-1969   Mayor of Newark, NJ
John F. Bookout III
Business
c. 1953   Former Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Richard Boone
Actor
18-Jun-1917 10-Jan-1981 Have Gun, Will Travel
Edgar Bowers
Poet
2-Mar-1924 4-Feb-2000 For Louis Pasteur
David F. Bradford
Economist
8-Jan-1939 22-Feb-2005 Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93
David Brancaccio
TV Personality
c. 1960   NOW, Marketplace
Stewart Brand
Business
14-Dec-1938   Founder, Whole Earth Catalog
Martha Brant
Journalist
c. 1967   Newsweek reporter
Andre Braugher
Actor
1-Jul-1962   Det. Pembleton from Homicide
John R. Brazil
Educator
1946   President, Trinity University Texas
Richard C. Breeden
Government
6-Dec-1949   SEC Chairman, 1989-93
James W. Breyer
Business
c. 1962   Venture capitalist, Accel Partners
Stephen Breyer
Judge
15-Aug-1938   US Supreme Court Justice
Sergey Brin
Business
21-Aug-1973   Co-Founder of Google
Claude S. Brinegar
Business
16-Dec-1926   US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75
Bertrand R. Brinley
Author
19-Jun-1917 20-Oct-1994 The Mad Scientists' Club
John Brodie
Football
14-Aug-1935   Former San Francisco 49ers QB
William R. Brody
Educator
4-Jan-1944   President, Johns Hopkins University
Rhonda L. Brooks
Business
c. 1952   R. Brooks Advisors, Inc.
Rodney Brooks
Scientist
30-Dec-1954   Robotics researcher, director of MIT CS and AI Lab
Kathleen Brown
Politician
15-Oct-1945   California State Treasurer, 1991-95
Phil Brown
Actor
30-Apr-1916 9-Feb-2006 Uncle Owen in Star Wars
John Browne
Business
20-Feb-1948   CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
Alexander O. Bryner
Judge
1943   Alaska Chief Justice, 2003-06
John E. Bryson
Business
24-Jul-1943   CEO of Edison International, 1990-2008
Louise H. Bryson
Business
?   Chairman of Getty Trust
Mary Brown Bullock
Historian
c. 1945   President of Agnes Scott College, 1995-2006
Raymond Burr
Actor
21-May-1917 12-Sep-1993 Perry Mason
Nolan Bushnell
Business
5-Feb-1943   Co-founder of Atari, started Chuck E. Cheese
John R. Butler, Jr.
Business
c. 1939   JR Butler and Company
Orkut Buyukkokten
Computer Programmer
6-Feb-1976   Designed Google's Orkut social network
Brook Byers
Business
c. 1946   Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins
Mariann Byerwalter
Business
c. 1960   JDN Corporate Advisory
Frank Cady
Actor
8-Sep-1915   Sam Drucker on Green Acres
Carl Cannon
Journalist
c. 1953   National Journal
Nancy Cantor
Educator
c. 1952   Chancellor, Syracuse University
Anton J. Carlson
Biologist
29-Jan-1875 2-Sep-1956 The Machinery of the Body
Gretchen Carlson
TV Personality
1966   Fox & Friends
Walter L. Carpeneti
Judge
1-Dec-1945   Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Vint Cerf
Scientist
23-Jun-1943   Co-designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Jean-Lou Chameau
Educator
1953   President, California Institute of Technology
Otis Chandler
Publisher
23-Nov-1927 27-Feb-2006 Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80
Russell Chew
Government
18-Jan-1953   Runs the US Air Traffic Control system
Warren Christopher
Government
27-Oct-1925   US Secretary of State, 1993-97
Frank Church
Politician
25-Jul-1924 7-Apr-1984 US Senator from Idaho, 1957-81
William P. Clark
Government
23-Oct-1931   US Secretary of the Interior, 1983-85
Chelsea Clinton
Relative
27-Feb-1980   Daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton
Sue M. Cobb
Attorney
c. 1937   Florida Secretary of State
Vance D. Coffman
Business
3-Apr-1944   CEO of Lockheed Martin, 1998-2004
Jared Cohen
Government
c. 1982   Children of Jihad
Deborah A. Coleman
Business
c. 1952   SmartForest Ventures
Lewis W. Coleman
Business
c. 1943   President, Dreamworks Animation SKG
Bud Colligan
Business
14-Aug-1954   Accel Partners
Peter Coneway
Business
c. 1944   US Ambassador to Switzerland
Jeffrey Connaughton
Attorney
?   Lobbyist, Quinn Gillespie
Jennifer Connelly
Actor
12-Dec-1970   Betty Ross in The Hulk
Andrew Conru
Business
3-Feb-1968   Creator of Friendfinder
Dan W. Cook III
Business
c. 1941   Conservative fundraiser
France A. Córdova
Educator
5-Aug-1947   President, Purdue University
Roger Corman
Film/TV Producer
5-Apr-1926   Frankenstein Unbound
Joe Coulombe
Business
c. 1930   Cofounder of Trader Joe's Market
James G. Coulter
Business
c. 1959   Co-Founder, Texas Pacific Group
Molly J. Coye
Business
c. 1946   Founder, Health Technology Center
Alan Cranston
Politician
19-Jun-1914 31-Dec-2000 US Senator from California, 1969-93
Charles Crocker
Business
c. 1939   Crocker Capital
Gary Crosby
Actor
27-Jun-1933 24-Aug-1995 Son of Bing Crosby
Charles K. Crovitz
Business
c. 1953   EVP at Gap, 1998-2003
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
James S. Crown
Business
25-Jun-1953   Henry Crown and Company
James W. Crownover
Business
c. 1943   Retired Partner, McKinsey
Michael Cunningham
Novelist
6-Nov-1952   The Hours
Peter L. S. Currie
Business
c. 1956   CFO of Netscape, 1995-99
John J. Danilovich
Diplomat
1950   US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2001-04
Ted Danson
Actor
29-Dec-1947   Bartender on Cheers
Ram Dass
Religion
5-Apr-1931   Be Here Now
Gray Davis
Politician
26-Dec-1942   Governor of California, 1999-2003
Kelvin Davis
Business
c. 1965   Texas Pacific Group
Yves C. de Balmann
Business
c. 1947   Former Vice Chairman of Bankers Trust
Gerard Debreu
Economist
4-Jul-1921 31-Dec-2004 Supply and demand theorist
Rust M. Deming
Diplomat
c. 1942   US Ambassador to Tunisia, 2001-03
Henry T. DeNero
Business
c. 1946   CEO of HomeSpace, Inc., 1999-2000
Peter B. Dervan
Chemist
28-Jun-1945   DNA Researcher
Larry Diamond
Government
c. 1951   Foreign policy expert
W. Ronald Dietz
Business
c. 1943   Former Citicorp VP
Ray Milton Dolby
Inventor
18-Jan-1933   Inventor of Dolby Stereo
Burton A. Dole, Jr.
Business
c. 1938   CEO of Puritan Bennett, 1980-95
John Donahoe
Business
c. 1960   CEO-Elect of eBay
Cal Dooley
Politician
11-Jan-1954   Congressman from California, 1991-2005
Jim Doyle
Politician
23-Nov-1945   Governor of Wisconsin
Walter W. Driver, Jr.
Attorney
c. 1946   Chairman Southeast, Goldman Sachs
Allen Drury
Novelist
2-Sep-1918 2-Sep-1998 Advise and Consent
Jennifer Dunn
Politician
29-Jul-1941 5-Sep-2007 Congresswoman from Washington, 1993-2005
Thère du Pont
Business
c. 1966   CFO of Drugstore.com
Tracey Edmonds
Business
18-Feb-1967   CEO of Edmonds Entertainment Group
Don Edwards
Politician
6-Jan-1915   Congressman from California, 1963-95
Richard Egan
Actor
29-Jul-1921 20-Jul-1987 Samuel Clegg on Capitol
John Ehrlichman
Government
20-Mar-1925 14-Feb-1999 Watergate criminal, served time
Allison H. Eid
Judge
1965   Justice, Colorado Supreme Court
Taher Elgamal
Computer Programmer
18-Aug-1955   Inventor of the Elgamal crypto algorithm
John Elway
Football
28-Jun-1960   Superbowl MVP in 1999
Judith L. Estrin
Business
1954   Packet Design LLC
John Etchemendy
Educator
1952   Provost of Stanford University
March Fong Eu
Politician
29-Mar-1922   California Secretary of State, 1975-93
Jeffrey Eugenides
Author
8-Mar-1960   The Virgin Suicides
Janet Evans
Swimmer/Diver
28-Aug-1971   Olympic distance swimmer
Richard D. Fairbank
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Capital One
Susan Faludi
Activist
18-Apr-1959   Backlash
Paul J. Fannin
Politician
29-Jan-1907 13-Jan-2002 Governor and Senator from Arizona
Elizabeth Farnsworth
Journalist
?   News Hour anchor
Dianne Feinstein
Politician
22-Jun-1933   US Senator from California
Trevor Fetter
Business
1960   CEO of Tenet Healthcare
David Filo
Business
1966   Co-Founder of Yahoo
Eric D. Fingerhut
Politician
6-May-1959   Congressman from Ohio, 1993-95
Carly Fiorina
Business
6-Sep-1954   CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005
Doris F. Fisher
Business
1932   Co-Founder of The Gap
Richard W. Fisher
Business
18-Mar-1949   President and CEO, Dallas Fed
Robert J. Fisher
Business
1954   Interim CEO of The Gap
Henrietta Holsman Fore
Government
c. 1948   Acting Administrator, USAID
Steve Fossett
Aviator
22-Apr-1944 3-Sep-2007 First to cross Pacific in a balloon
Peter T. Francis
Business
c. 1953   J. M. Huber Corporation
Gene J. Frantz
Business
c. 1967   Partner, Texas Pacific Group
Jendayi E. Frazer
Diplomat
?   US Asst. Secy. of State for Africa
Leslie M. Frécon
Business
c. 1953   LFE Capital, LLC
Bradford M. Freeman
Business
1942   Freeman Spogli & Co.
Jerome I. Friedman
Physicist
28-Mar-1930   Verified existence of quarks
Tully M. Friedman
Business
c. 1941   Hellman & Friedman
Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth
Government
1957   FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001
Richard M. Gabrys
Business
c. 1942   Deloitte & Touche
James I. Gadsden
Diplomat
12-Mar-1948   US Ambassador to Iceland, 2002-05
Hector Garcia-Molina
Educator
c. 1954   Stanford EECS Professor
John W. Gardner
Administrator
8-Oct-1912 16-Feb-2002 Founder of Common Cause
Jonathan Garfinkel
Business
c. 1976   Texas Pacific Group
Jean-Pierre Garnier
Business
31-Oct-1947   CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
Owen K. Garriott
Astronaut
22-Nov-1930   Skylab, Spacelab astronaut
Mimi Gardner Gates
Administrator
c. 1953   Director, Seattle Art Museum
Jay M. Gellert
Business
c. 1956   CEO of Health Net
Ronald M. George
Judge
11-Mar-1940   California Chief Justice
Sam Ginn
Business
c. 1938   CEO of Airtouch Communications, 1993-99
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Judge
15-Mar-1933   US Supreme Court Justice
Joseph H. Gleberman
Business
c. 1957   Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
Wilford D. Godbold, Jr.
Business
c. 1939   CEO of ZERO Corporation, 1984-98
Ronald E. Goldsberry
Business
12-Sep-1942   Former VP, Ford
Claudio X. Gonzalez
Business
?   CEO of Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
Matt Gonzalez
Politician
4-Jun-1965   Progressive politician, activist
Kim C. Goodman
Business
c. 1966   EVP at American Express
Bing Gordon
Business
c. 1950   Chief Creative Officer, Electronic Arts
Jennifer Grant
Actor
26-Feb-1966   Daughter of Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon
Gary A. Grappo
Diplomat
c. 1950   US Ambassador to Oman
Dwight H. Green
Politician
9-Jan-1897 20-Feb-1958 Governor of Illinois, 1941-49
Shawn Green
Baseball
10-Nov-1972   New York Mets
Vartan Gregorian
Educator
8-Apr-1934   President of Carnegie Corporation
James W. Griffith
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Timken
Patrick W. Gross
Business
15-May-1944   Co-Founder, American Management Systems
Robert H. Grubbs
Chemist
27-Feb-1942   Metathesis
Joseph A. Grundfest
Attorney
c. 1951   Stanford law professor
Narendra K. Gupta
Business
c. 1949   Co-Founder, Integrated Systems Inc.
D. James Guzy
Business
7-Mar-1936   Chairman of SRC Computers
Ann Fritz Hackett
Business
c. 1954   Horizon Consulting Group
Ira D. Hall
Business
c. 1945   Utendahl Capital Management
David M. Halperin
Scholar
?   One Hundred Years of Homosexuality
Bill Halter
Politician
30-Nov-1960   Lt. Governor of Arkansas
Daniel Hamburg
Politician
6-Oct-1948   Congressman from California, 1993-95
Gail E. Hamilton
Business
c. 1951   Former EVP at Symantec
John R. Hamilton
Diplomat
1944   US Ambassador to Guatemala, 2003-05
Donna Hanover
Radio Personality
13-Feb-1950   WOR Radio Morning Co-Host, NYC
Theodor W. Hänsch
Physicist
30-Oct-1941   Quantum optics
Victor Davis Hanson
Historian
5-Sep-1953   Carnage and Culture
Sam Harris
Author
1967   The End of Faith
Walter L. Harris
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Tanenbaum-Harber Co.
George Russell Harrison
Physicist
14-Jul-1898 27-Jul-1979 Echelle spectrograph
John C. Harsanyi
Economist
29-May-1920 9-Aug-2000 Game theory
Douglas A. Hartwick
Diplomat
1950   US Ambassador to Laos, 2001-04
Ethel Browne Harvey
Zoologist
14-Dec-1885 2-Sep-1965 Embryology of sea urchins
Robert Hass
Poet
1-Mar-1941   U.S. Poet Laureate, 1995-7
Scott Hassan
Computer Programmer
c. 1970   eGroups, Willow Garage
Reed Hastings
Business
8-Oct-1960   Founder and CEO of Netflix
Mark Hatfield
Politician
12-Jul-1922   US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97
Trip Hawkins
Business
28-Dec-1953   Founder of Electronic Arts
Carl T. Hayden
Politician
2-Oct-1877 25-Jan-1972 US Senator from Arizona, 1927-69
Robert H. Hayes
Business
c. 1936   Professor at HBS, 1966-2000
Edith Head
Designer
28-Oct-1897 24-Oct-1981 Hollywood costume designer
Eric Heiden
Skating
15-Jun-1958   Olympic speed skater, 5 gold medals
Martin Hellman
Scientist
2-Oct-1945   Public key cryptographer
Keith B. Hennessey
Economist
?   National Economic Council
John S. Herrington
Government
31-May-1939   US Secretary of Energy, 1985-89
Dudley R. Herschbach
Chemist
18-Jun-1932   Crossed molecular beam experiments
James L. Heskett
Educator
c. 1934   Professor at HBS
William Hewlett
Business
20-May-1913 12-Jan-2001 Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard
Carla Hills
Diplomat
3-Jan-1934   US Trade Representative, 1989-93
Roderick M. Hills
Politician
9-Mar-1931   SEC Chairman, 1975-77
Peter Hoagland
Politician
17-Nov-1941 30-Oct-2007 Congressman from Nebraska, 1989-95
Thomas E. Hoaglin
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Huntington Bancshares
Nicholas J. Hoff
Engineer
3-Jan-1906 4-Aug-1997 Aluminum in aircraft design
Alice Hoffman
Novelist
16-Mar-1952   Property Of
Douglas Hofstadter
Author
15-Feb-1945   Author of Godel, Escher, Bach
bell hooks
Sociologist
9-Sep-1952   Feminist blackademic, Ain't I A Woman
Herbert Hoover
Head of State
10-Aug-1874 20-Oct-1964 31st US President, 1929-33
Lou Hoover
First Lady
29-Mar-1874 7-Jan-1944 Wife of US President Herbert Hoover
Stephen Horn
Politician
31-May-1931   Congressman from California, 1993-2003
Douglas G. Houser
Attorney
11-Jul-1935   Partner, Bullivant Houser Bailey
Jen-Hsun Huang
Business
17-Feb-1963   CEO of NVIDIA
Michael Huffington
Government
3-Sep-1947   Congressman from California, 1993-95
Shirley Hufstedler
Judge
24-Aug-1925   US Secretary of Education, 1979-81
Jay Inslee
Politician
9-Feb-1951   Congressman, Washington 1st
Henry "Scoop" Jackson
Politician
31-May-1912 1-Sep-1983 US Senator from Washington, 1953-83
Valerie B. Jarrett
Business
c. 1956   CEO of The Habitat Company
Eugene Jarvis
Computer Programmer
1955   Defender, Robotron, Smash TV
Reuben Jeffery III
Business
c. 1953   Under Secy. State, Economic Affairs
Mae C. Jemison
Astronaut
17-Oct-1956   First African-American woman in space
John D. Jernegan
Diplomat
12-Jun-1911 1981 US Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62
Kristina M. Johnson
Educator
c. 1958   Provost of Johns Hopkins University
Blake Jorgensen
Business
c. 1960   CFO of Yahoo
Robert L. Joss
Educator
c. 1941   Dean, Stanford Business School
Daryn Kagan
Journalist
26-Jan-1963   CNN Live Today
Robert C. Kagle
Business
c. 1956   Benchmark Capital
Paul G. Kaminski
Military
16-Sep-1942   CEO of Technovation, Inc.
Curtis Kamman
Diplomat
15-Jan-1939   US Ambassador to Colombia, 1997-2000
Kevin D. Katari
Business
c. 1969   Watershed Asset Management
Jeffrey G. Katz
Business
c. 1956   CEO of Orbitz, 2000-04
Samuel H. Kauffmann
Business
c. 1923 4-Apr-2002 California tract housing developer
Guy Kawasaki
Business
1954   Former chief evangelist of Apple Computer
Robert Keeley
Diplomat
4-Sep-1929   US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89
Lydia H. Kennard
Business
c. 1954   Los Angeles World Airports
William E. Kennard
Government
19-Jan-1957   FCC Chairman, 1997-2001
Anthony Kennedy
Judge
23-Jul-1936   US Supreme Court Justice
John F. Kennedy
Head of State
29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Clark Kerr
Educator
17-May-1911 1-Dec-2003 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58
Ken Kesey
Novelist
17-Sep-1935 10-Nov-2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Vinod Khosla
Business
28-Jan-1955   Venture capitalist
Lawrence A. Kimpton
Educator
7-Oct-1910 1-Nov-1977 Chancellor, University of Chicago, 1951-60
Goodwin Knight
Politician
9-Dec-1896 22-May-1970 Governor of California, 1953-59
Phil Knight
Business
24-Feb-1938   Co-Founder of Nike
Loring Knoblauch
Business
?   CEO of Underwriter's Laboratories, 2001-04
Jim Kolbe
Politician
28-Jun-1942   Congressman from Arizona, 1985-2007
Timothy Koogle
Business
5-Jul-1951   CEO of Yahoo, 1995-2001
Ted Koppel
Journalist
8-Feb-1940   Nightline
Roger D. Kornberg
Scientist
24-Apr-1947   Molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
Richard Kovacevich
Business
30-Oct-1943   CEO of Wells Fargo
Robert D. Krebs
Business
c. 1943   CEO of BNSF, 1995-2000
Brian Krolicki
Politician
c. 1961   Lt. Governor of Nevada
Thomas R. Kuhn
Business
c. 1946   Edison Electric Institute
William H. Kurtz
Business
c. 1958   CFO of Novellus Systems
Arthur B. Laffer
Economist
14-Aug-1940   Reagan advisor, Laffer curve
Laurence W. Lane, Jr.
Publisher
1919   US Ambassador to Australia, 1986-89
Robert B. Laughlin
Physicist
1-Nov-1950   Fractional quantum Hall effect
Paul C. Lauterbur
Scientist
6-May-1929 27-Mar-2007 Magnetic resonance imaging
Howard Leach
Diplomat
19-Jun-1930   US Ambassador to France, 2001-05
William P. Leahy
Educator
1948   President, Boston College
Richard A. Lerner
Biologist
28-Aug-1938   President, Scripps Research Institute
Richard C. Levin
Educator
7-Apr-1947   President of Yale University
Kenneth D. Lewis
Business
9-Apr-1947   CEO of Bank of America
Bernard Liautaud
Business
c. 1963   Co-Founder of Business Objects
György Ligeti
Composer
28-May-1923 12-Jun-2006 Lontano, Lux Aeterna
Peter W. Likins
Educator
1936   President, University of Arizona, 1997-2006
Dan Lipinski
Politician
15-Jul-1966   Congressman, Illinois 3rd
Marc S. Lipschultz
Business
c. 1971   Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Dahlia Lithwick
Journalist
c. 1968   Slate senior editor
Ann M. Livermore
Business
c. 1958   HP Technology Solutions Group
Philip R. Lochner, Jr.
Business
c. 1942   Senior VP at Time Warner, 1991-98
Dennis P. Lockhart
Business
1-Feb-1947   President and CEO, Atlanta Fed
Zoe Lofgren
Politician
21-Dec-1947   Congresswoman, California 16th
Robert J. Lowe
Business
c. 1940   Lowe Enterprises, Inc.
Donald L. Lucas
Business
c. 1931   Venture Capitalist
Stephen J. Luczo
Business
c. 1957   CEO of Seagate, 1998-2004
Hank Luisetti
Basketball
16-Jun-1916 17-Dec-2002 Invented one-handed shot
Robert L. Lumpkins
Business
c. 1944   Vice Chairman of Cargill
Heather Mac Donald
Columnist
c. 1956   Neoconservative bombthrower
Douglas F. Mackenzie
Business
c. 1959   Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Rachel Maddow
Radio Personality
1-Apr-1973   The Rachel Maddow Show
Peter A. Magowan
Business
5-Apr-1942   President, San Francisco Giants
Julianne Malveaux
Columnist
c. 1953   Pundit
Philip F. Maritz
Business
c. 1960   Maritz, Wolff & Co.
David F. Marquardt
Business
c. 1951   Venture capital investor
William B. Marx, Jr.
Business
c. 1939   Former AT&T/Lucent EVP
Theodore A. Mathas
Business
c. 1967   President of New York Life
Scott M. Matheson
Politician
8-Jan-1929 7-Oct-1990 Governor of Utah, 1977-85
Bob Mathias
Sports Figure
17-Nov-1930 2-Sep-2006 Decathlon athlete turned Congressman
Robert W. Matschullat
Business
c. 1947   CFO of Seagram, 1995-2000
Warren W. Matthews
Judge
5-Apr-1939   Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Marissa Mayer
Business
30-May-1975   VP at Google
Michael G. McCaffery
Business
c. 1953   Makena Capital Management
Craig McCaw
Business
11-Aug-1949   Billionaire, Nextel
Susan McCaw
Diplomat
c. 1962   US Ambassador to Austria
Wendy McCaw
Philanthropist
1951   Billionaire
James McClatchy
Publisher
17-Dec-1920 26-May-2006 Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers
Robert McClintock
Diplomat
30-Aug-1909 1976 US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1970-75
Pete McCloskey
Politician
29-Sep-1927   Congressman from California, 1967-83
John B. McCoy
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Bank One, 1987-99
Edward R. McCracken
Business
c. 1944   CEO of Silicon Graphics, 1984-98
Douglas L. McElhaney
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina
William D. McElroy
Biologist
22-Jan-1917 17-Feb-1999 Bioluminescence
John McEnroe
Tennis
16-Feb-1959   Boisterous bouffanted tennis player
Ernest W. McFarland
Politician
9-Oct-1894 8-Jun-1984 Governor of Arizona, 1955-59
Scott A. McGregor
Business
c. 1957   CEO of Broadcom
Thomas McGuane
Novelist
11-Dec-1939   The Sporting Club
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.
Business
23-Feb-1943   CEO of Pfizer, 2001-06
Stephen T. McLin
Business
1946   America First Financial
Doyle McManus
Journalist
?   L.A. Times Washington bureau chief
Charles L. McNary
Politician
12-Jun-1874 25-Feb-1944 US Senator from Oregon, 1917-44
Scott McNealy
Business
13-Nov-1954   Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems
John McWhorter
Linguist
c. 1963   Linguist, social critic
Ted Meisel
Business
c. 1964   CEO of Overture, 2000-03
Ralph Merkle
Scientist
2-Feb-1952   Public key cryptographer
Richard A. Meserve
Attorney
20-Nov-1944   President of the Carnegie Institution
Ruben Mettler
Business
23-Feb-1924 23-May-2006 CEO of TRW, 1969-77
Ralph S. Michael III
Business
c. 1954   President of Ohio Casualty, 2005-07
William Milam
Diplomat
24-Jul-1936   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1998-2001
Robert H. Miller
Diplomat
8-Sep-1927   US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1983-86
Robert S. Miller
Business
4-Nov-1941   CEO of Delphi, 2005-07
William I. Miller
Business
c. 1956   CEO of Irwin Financial
Theodore R. Mitchell
Administrator
c. 1956   President of Occidental College, 1999-2005
N. Scott Momaday
Novelist
27-Feb-1934   House Made of Dawn
James C. Momtazee
Business
c. 1972   Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Robert Mondavi
Business
12-Jun-1913 16-May-2008 Vintner
Ernest J. Moniz
Educator
c. 1944   Professor of Physics, MIT
William T. Monroe
Diplomat
c. 1950   US Ambassador to Bahrain
Philip Montgomery III
Business
c. 1956   CEO, P.O'B. Montgomery & Co.
Carlos R. Moreno
Judge
4-Nov-1948   Justice, California Supreme Court
Glen Moreno
Business
1943   Chairman of Pearson
Michael C. Morgan
Business
c. 1969   President of Kinder Morgan Energy, 2001-04
John P. Morgridge
Business
23-Jul-1933   CEO of Cisco, 1988-95
James M. Moroney III
Business
c. 1956   Dallas Morning News
George R. Mrkonic, Jr.
Business
c. 1952   Former President, Borders
Dick Murphy
Politician
16-Dec-1942   Mayor of San Diego, 2000-05
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
Mike Mussina
Baseball
8-Dec-1968   Pitcher, New York Yankees
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr.
Doctor
14-Feb-1954   EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05
Ali Naimi
Government
2-Aug-1935   Saudi Minister of Oil
Philip M. Neal
Business
1940   CEO of Avery Dennison, 1998-2005
Thomas C. Nelson
Business
c. 1963   CEO of National Gypsum
Ernie Nevers
Football
11-Jun-1902 3-May-1976 NFL Hall of Famer
James B. Nicholson
Business
c. 1943   CEO, PVS Chemicals Inc.
Howard C. Nielson
Politician
12-Sep-1924   Congressman from Utah, 1983-91
Ronald K. Noble
Government
1957   Head of Interpol
Luis G. Nogales
Business
c. 1944   CEO of UPI, 1984-86
Bruce P. Nolop
Business
c. 1950   CFO of Pitney Bowes, 2000-08
John J. O'Connor III
Relative
10-Jan-1930   Sandra Day O'Connor's husband
Sandra Day O'Connor
Judge
26-Mar-1930   US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
Wally O'Dell
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Diebold, 1999-2005
Denise M. O'Leary
Business
c. 1957   Former Partner, Menlo Ventures
Rodney O'Neal
Business
c. 1954   CEO of Delphi
Ellen Ochoa
Astronaut
10-May-1958   First hispanic female astronaut
Charles Ogletree
Attorney
31-Dec-1952   Law professor
Herbert S. Okun
Diplomat
27-Nov-1930   US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89
Sharon Olds
Poet
19-Nov-1942   The Dead and the Living
Chris Onstad
Cartoonist
14-Jun-1975   Achewood
John M. Ordway
Diplomat
1950   US Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Paul A. Ormond
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Manor Care
Norman Ornstein
Author
1948   American Enterprise Institute
Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.
Educator
c. 1946   Management Professor, UCLA
M. Kenneth Oshman
Business
9-Jul-1940   CEO of Echelon
Clarence Otis
Business
c. 1955   CEO of Darden Restaurants
William G. Ouchi
Educator
1943   Theory Z
Douglas H. Paal
Diplomat
?   Director, American Institute in Taiwan, 2002-06
David Packard
Business
7-Sep-1912 26-Mar-1996 Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard
Larry Page
Business
26-Mar-1973   Co-Founder of Google
Elaine Pagels
Historian
13-Feb-1943   The Gnostic Gospels
Jack Palance
Actor
18-Feb-1919 10-Nov-2006 Performed one-handed push-ups
George G. C. Parker
Educator
c. 1939   Finance Professor Emeritus, Stanford
Bradford W. Parkinson
Engineer
16-Feb-1935   Global Positioning System
Frank Pastore
Radio Personality
21-Aug-1957   Talk radio host, former MLB pitcher
Elizabeth Paté-Cornell
Educator
17-Aug-1948   Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor
William J. Patterson
Business
c. 1962   SPO Partners & Co.
Alexander Payne
Film Director
10-Feb-1961   Director, Election, About Schmidt
Daniel Pearl
Journalist
10-Oct-1963 21-Feb-2002 Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
George A. Peinado
Business
c. 1969   Madison Dearborn Partners
William J. Perry
Government
11-Oct-1927   US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97
Tom Peters
Author
7-Nov-1942   In Search of Excellence
Mark C. Pigott
Business
1954   CEO of PACCAR
Jim Pinkerton
Pundit
11-Mar-1958   Fox News Watch
Robert Pinsky
Poet
20-Oct-1940   U.S. Poet Laureate 1997-2000
Danny Pintauro
Actor
6-Jan-1976   Jonathan Bower on Who's the Boss?
Jane G. Pisano
Administrator
c. 1945   Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
James D. Plummer
Educator
3-Dec-1944   Dean of Stanford's Engineering School
Jim Plunkett
Football
5-Dec-1947   Superbowl MVP
Jonathan Pollard
Spy
7-Aug-1954   Spied for Israel
Kendall J. Powell
Business
c. 1954   CEO of General Mills
Susan Westerberg Prager
Educator
1942   Dean of UCLA Law School, 1982-98
Megyn Price
Actor
24-Mar-1971   Grounded for Life
Penny Pritzker
Business
1959   Founder, Hyatt Classic Residence
Frank Quattrone
Business
1955   Troubled securities banker
George Quist
Business
? 1982 Co-Founder, Hambrecht & Quist
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