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University of Southern California

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Los Angeles, CA

Founding Date:
1880

Motto:
Palmam qui meruit ferat

Team:
Trojans

Enrollment:
31,000

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

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Shinzo Abe
Head of State
21-Sep-1954   Prime Minister of Japan, 2006-07
Sasha Alexander
Actor
17-May-1975   Caitlin Todd on Navy NCIS
Marcus Allen
Football
26-Mar-1960   Super Bowl MVP, 1984
Marty Allen
Comic
23-Mar-1922   Goofy-looking comedian
Herb Alpert
Musician
31-Mar-1935   Tijuana Brass and the "A" in A&M Records
Kenneth Anger
Film Director
3-Feb-1930   Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker
Morris Ankrum
Actor
27-Aug-1896 2-Sep-1964 Invaders from Mars
Judd Apatow
Film Director
6-Dec-1967   Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin
Shiri Appleby
Actor
7-Dec-1978   Liz on Roswell
Gregg Araki
Film Director
17-Dec-1959   Mysterious Skin
Werner Arber
Scientist
3-Jun-1929   Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
John Archer
Actor
8-May-1915 3-Dec-1999 Destination Moon
Neil Armstrong
Astronaut
5-Aug-1930   First man on the Moon
Dorothy Arzner
Film Director
3-Jan-1897 1-Oct-1979 Craig's Wife
John Ashton
Actor
22-Feb-1948   Beverly Hills Cop
Terry Baker
Football
5-May-1941   Winner, 1962 Heisman Trophy
Bob Barr
Politician
5-Nov-1948   Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2003
Susan B. Bayh
Government
c. 1959   Water Treaty Act
Amanda Bearse
Actor
9-Aug-1958   Marcy on Married with Children
Hugh Beaumont
Actor
16-Feb-1909 14-May-1982 Ward Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver
Walt Becker
Film Director
16-Sep-1968   Van Wilder
Scotty Beckett
Actor
4-Oct-1929 10-May-1968 Child star train wreck
Dennis R. Beresford
Business
23-Nov-1938   FASB Chairman, 1987-97
Jeffrey S. Berg
Business
c. 1947   CEO, International Creative Management
Robert D. Beyer
Business
c. 1960   CEO of TCW
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Head of State
5-Jan-1928 4-Apr-1979 Head of Pakistan, hanged
Richard Biggs
Actor
18-Mar-1961 22-May-2004 Dr. Stephen Franklin on Babylon 5
Cofer Black
Government
c. 1950   Coordinator for Counterterrorism, 2002-04
Bob Blackman
Football
7-Jul-1918 18-Mar-2000 Dartmouth Head Coach, 1955-70
Harry Blackstone, Jr.
Magician
30-Jun-1934 14-May-1997 TV and stage illusionist
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Astronaut
19-Aug-1946   Four-time shuttle astronaut
Ward Bond
Actor
9-Apr-1903 5-Nov-1960 Wagon Train
Mary Bono
Politician
24-Oct-1961   Congresswoman, California 45th
Fletcher Bowron
Politician
13-Aug-1887 11-Sep-1968 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-53
John Seely Brown
Business
c. 1940   Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000
Reb Brown
Actor
29-Apr-1948   Space Mutiny
Tammy Bruce
Radio Personality
19-Aug-1962   Right-wing radio pundit, columnist
Art Buchwald
Columnist
20-Oct-1925 17-Jan-2007 Syndicated columnist and humorist
Harold Budd
Electronic Musician
24-May-1936   Ambient composer, Eno collaborator
Frank W. Burke
Politician
1-Jun-1920 29-Jun-2007 Mayor of Louisville, 1969-1973
LeVar Burton
Actor
16-Feb-1957   La Forge on Star Trek: TNG
Phillip Burton
Politician
1-Jun-1926 10-Apr-1983 Congressman from California, 1964-83
Leo Buscaglia
Author
31-Mar-1924 11-Jun-1998 Dr. Hug
Reggie Bush
Football
2-Mar-1985   2005 Heisman Trophy winner
Sophia Bush
Actor
8-Jul-1982   One Tree Hill
Jerry Buss
Business
1934   Owner, Los Angeles Lakers
John Campbell
Politician
19-Jul-1955   California State Senator
Lou Cannon
Journalist
3-Jun-1933   Reagan biographer
John Carpenter
Film Director
16-Jan-1948   Escape from New York
Red Cavaney
Business
c. 1942   CEO, American Petroleum Institute
Rosalind Chao
Actor
23-Sep-1957   Keiko on Star Trek: DS9
Julie Chen
Game Show Host
6-Jan-1970   Host of Big Brother
Russell Chew
Government
18-Jan-1953   Runs the US Air Traffic Control system
Annabel Chong
Pornstar
22-May-1972   Held the world gangbang record (251 humps)
H. Frederick Christie
Business
c. 1933   Southern California Edison
Warren Christopher
Government
27-Oct-1925   US Secretary of State, 1993-97
William Clark, Jr.
Diplomat
12-Oct-1930   US Ambassador to India, 1989-92
Eric Close
Actor
24-May-1967   Without a Trace
Lane G. Collins
Educator
c. 1940   Accounting Professor at Baylor
Scott Cook
Business
c. 1952   Co-Founder of Intuit
Marisa Coughlan
Actor
17-Mar-1974   Side Order of Life
A. C. Cowlings
Football
16-Jun-1947   O.J.'s best friend
Christopher Cox
Politician
16-Oct-1952   Chairman of the SEC
Buster Crabbe
Actor
17-Feb-1907 23-Apr-1983 Flash Gordon
Edward H. Crane
Activist
c. 1944   Founder, Cato Institute
Theodore F. Craver, Jr.
Business
c. 1951   President of Edison International
Richard Crenna
Actor
30-Nov-1927 18-Jan-2003 Our Miss Brooks
Jack Dyer Crouch II
Government
1-Jul-1958   US Depy. National Security Advisor, 2005-07
Rusty Cundieff
Actor
1965   Fear of a Black Hat, TV Nation
Kenneth C. Dahlberg
Business
c. 1945   CEO of SAIC
Patti Davis
Relative
21-Oct-1952   Reagan's prodigal daughter
Jack Del Rio
Football
3-Apr-1963   Head Coach, Jacksonville Jaguars
Martin Denny
Musician
10-Apr-1911 2-Mar-2005 King of the Tiki Hut
Jenna Dewan
Actor
3-Dec-1980   Tamara
Chris DeWolfe
Business
c. 1966   Co-Founder of MySpace
James Dobson
Radio Personality
21-Apr-1936   Focus on the Family
Cory Doctorow
Blogger
17-Jul-1971   Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Sam Donaldson
Journalist
11-Mar-1934   ABC newscaster, sheep rancher
Linda Douglass
Journalist
?   Former journalist, Obama spokeswoman
Dr. Drew
Radio Personality
4-Sep-1958   Loveline
Seymour Durst
Business
c. 1913 19-May-1995 New York real estate mogul
Anthony Edwards
Actor
19-Jul-1962   Dr. Mark Greene on ER
Peter Fenn
Government
c. 1948   Fenn Communications Group
Will Ferrell
Comic
16-Jul-1967   Saturday Night Live alumnus
America Ferrera
Actor
18-Apr-1984   Ugly Betty
Eugene V. Fife
Business
c. 1940   Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Robert H. Finch
Government
9-Oct-1925 10-Oct-1995 HEW Secretary, 1969-70
Jeff Fisher
Football
25-Feb-1958   Head Coach, Tennessee Titans
Maureen Flannigan
Actor
30-Dec-1973   Evie on Out of This World
Joe Flynn
Actor
8-Nov-1924 19-Jul-1974 Capt. Binghamton on McHale's Navy
Dusty Foggo
Government
17-Mar-1954   CIA Executive Director, 2004-06
James Foley
Film Director
28-Dec-1953   Glengarry Glen Ross
Gail D. Fosler
Economist
c. 1948   President, The Conference Board
Kent B. Foster
Business
1944   CEO of Ingram Micro, 2000-05
Garance Franke-Ruta
Columnist
c. 1975   Senior Editor, The American Prospect
Neal Gabler
Pundit
?   Fox News Watch
Mike Garrett
Football
12-Apr-1944   Winner, 1965 Heisman Trophy
Alice P. Gast
Educator
25-May-1958   President, Lehigh University
Frank Gehry
Architect
28-Feb-1929   Postmodern architect
Lauren German
Actor
29-Nov-1978   Hostel: Part II
J. Paul Getty, Sr.
Business
15-Dec-1892 6-Jun-1976 Founder of Getty Oil Company
Jim Gibbons
Politician
16-Dec-1944   Governor of Nevada
Frank Gifford
Football
16-Aug-1930   Monday Night Football
Tony Gioia
Diplomat
1941   US Ambassador to Malta, 2001-04
Jerry Goldsmith
Composer
10-Feb-1929 21-Jul-2004 Prominent soundtrack composer
Topher Grace
Actor
12-Jul-1978   Eric Forman in That 70's Show
Brian Grazer
Film/TV Producer
12-Jul-1951   Co-Founder, Imagine Entertainment
Michele Greene
Actor
3-Feb-1962   Abby Perkins on LA Law
Michael D. Griffin
Government
1-Nov-1949   NASA Administrator
Taylor Hackford
Film Director
31-Dec-1944   An Officer and a Gentleman
Kevin Hagen
Actor
3-Apr-1928 9-Jul-2005 Little House on the Prairie
Veronica M. Hagen
Business
c. 1947   Polymer Group
H. R. Haldeman
Government
27-Oct-1926 12-Nov-1993 Nixon's Chief of Staff
Daryl Hannah
Actor
3-Dec-1960   Splash
Alex Hannum
Basketball
19-Jul-1923 18-Jan-2002 NBA Hall of Famer
Jim Harrick
Basketball
25-Jul-1938   Former UCLA and UGA head coach
Jenilee Harrison
Actor
12-Jun-1959   Cindy Snow on Three's Company
Ray Harryhausen
Artist
29-Jun-1920   Stop-motion genius
L. Patrick Hassey
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Allegheny Technologies
James Haven
Actor
11-May-1973   Brother of Angelina Jolie
Augustus F. Hawkins
Politician
31-Aug-1907 10-Nov-2007 Congressman from California, 1963-91
George T. Haymaker, Jr.
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Kaiser Aluminum, 1994-99
W. Scott Hedrick
Business
c. 1945   InterWest Partners
Dean Heller
Politician
10-May-1960   Congressman, Nevada 2nd
Mike Henry
Football
15-Aug-1936   Tarzan, 1966-68
Jesse Hibbs
Film Director
11-Jan-1906 4-Feb-1985 To Hell and Back
Barron Hilton
Business
23-Oct-1927   Chairman of Hilton Hotels
Dexter Holland
Singer
29-Dec-1965   The Offspring frontman
Genta Hawkins Holmes
Diplomat
3-Sep-1940   US Ambassador to Australia, 1997-2000
Mike Holmgren
Football
15-Jun-1948   Head Coach, Seattle Seahawks
James Hong
Actor
22-Feb-1929   Indeed!
Marilyn Horne
Singer
16-Jan-1934   Operatic mezzo soprano
Craig Hosmer
Politician
6-May-1915 11-Oct-1982 Congressman from California, 1953-74
Ron Howard
Actor
1-Mar-1954   Richie Cunningham on Happy Days
Jon M. Huntsman
Business
21-Jun-1937   Founder of Huntsman Corporation
Ray R. Irani
Business
13-Jan-1935   CEO of Occidental Petroleum
James Ivory
Film/TV Producer
7-Jun-1928   The Remains of the Day
Robinson Jeffers
Poet
10-Jan-1887 20-Jan-1962 Tamar and Other Poems
Suzanne Nora Johnson
Business
14-May-1957   Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 2004-07
Joe Johnston
Film Director
1950   October Sky
Brenda Joyce
Actor
25-Feb-1912   Tarzan's Jane
Conrad L. Mallett, Jr
Business
12-Nov-1953   Chief Justice of Michigan, 1997-99
Bruce Karatz
Business
1945   CEO of KB Home, 1986-2006
Robert Kardashian
Attorney
22-Feb-1944 30-Sep-2003 O. J. Simpson's attorney
Diane Keaton
Actor
5-Jan-1946   Kay in The Godfather films
Richard Kelly
Screenwriter
28-Mar-1975   Wrote and directed Donnie Darko
Joyce L. Kennard
Judge
6-May-1941   Justice, California Supreme Court
Parker S. Kennedy
Business
c. 1948   CEO of First American Corporation
Irvin Kershner
Film Director
29-Apr-1923   The Empire Strikes Back
William M. Ketchum
Politician
2-Sep-1921 24-Jun-1978 Congressman from California, 1973-78
Herbert G. Klein
Journalist
1-Apr-1918   White House Communications Director, 1969-73
Randal Kleiser
Film Director
20-Jul-1946   Grease
Douglas W. Kmiec
Scholar
24-Sep-1951   Constitutional scholar
Marie L. Knowles
Business
c. 1947   CFO of ARCO, 1996-2000
Joshua Kurlantzick
Journalist
c. 1976   Charm Offensive
Swoosie Kurtz
Actor
6-Sep-1944   A Shock to the System
Nick Lachey
Singer
9-Nov-1973   98 Degrees
M. Leanne Lachman
Business
c. 1942   Lachman Associates LLC
Michael Landon
Actor
31-Oct-1936 1-Jul-1991 Little House on the Prairie
Daniel D. Lane
Business
c. 1935   Lane/Kuhn Pacific, Inc.
Terry Lanni
Business
c. 1943   CEO of MGM Mirage
Matthew Lawrence
Actor
11-Feb-1980   Actor-brother of Joey Lawrence
Sammy Lee
Swimmer/Diver
1-Aug-1920   Olympic diver
Matt Leinart
Football
11-May-1983   Arizona Cardinals QB
Chandra Levy
Victim
14-Apr-1977 1-May-2001 Gary Condit's dead intern
John M. Lilley
Educator
24-Mar-1939   President, Baylor University
Lisa Ling
Journalist
30-Aug-1973   National Geographic Explorer
Sandra Tsing Loh
Radio Personality
11-Feb-1962   The Loh Life
Melissa Lora
Business
c. 1963   CFO of Taco Bell
Ronnie Lott
Football
8-May-1959   FOX NFL Sunday
Bryan Lourd
Business
5-Nov-1960   Creative Artists Agency
Jim Lovell
Astronaut
25-Mar-1928   Apollo 13
Chris Lowell
Actor
17-Oct-1984   Piz on Veronica Mars
George Lucas
Film Director
14-May-1944   Creator of Star Wars
Malcolm M. Lucas
Judge
19-Apr-1927   California Chief Justice, 1987-96
Dan Lungren
Politician
22-Sep-1946   Congressman, California 3rd
Francesca Ruiz de Luzuriaga
Business
c. 1954   COO of Mattel Interactive, 1999-2000
Fred Lynn
Baseball
3-Feb-1952   American League MVP 1975
William Lyon
Military
1923   Chief of USAF Reserve, 1975-79
Anthony L. Mandekic
Business
c. 1941   Treasurer of Tracinda Corporation
Ned Mansour
Business
c. 1948   President of Mattel, 1999-2000
Joseph A. Marengi
Business
c. 1953   Senior VP at Dell, 1997-2007
William Martin
Novelist
c. 1950   Back Bay
Thom Mayne
Architect
1943   Architect, 2005 Pritzker Prize winner
Joseph Mazzello
Actor
21-Sep-1983   Jurassic Park
Robert McAlmon
Author
9-Mar-1896 2-Feb-1956 Village: As It Happened
Cindy Hensley McCain
Relative
20-May-1954   Wife of John McCain
Kent McCord
Actor
26-Sep-1942   Officer Jim Reed on Adam 12
Michael McDonald
Comic
31-Dec-1964   Stewart on MADtv
Phyllis McGinley
Poet
21-Mar-1905 22-Feb-1978 A Pocketful of Wry
Ted McGinley
Actor
30-May-1958   Married with Children
Mark McGrath
Musician
15-Mar-1968   Frontman for Sugar Ray
Mark McGwire
Baseball
1-Oct-1963   583 home runs
John McIntire
Actor
27-Jun-1907 30-Jan-1991 Christopher Hale on Wagon Train
Cynthia McKinney
Politician
17-Mar-1955   Congresswoman from Georgia, 2005-07
Barbara McNair
Singer
4-Mar-1934 4-Feb-2007 You're Gonna Love My Baby
Carey McWilliams
Journalist
13-Dec-1905 27-Jun-1980 Editor of The Nation, 1955-75
John Milius
Film Director
11-Apr-1944   Conan the Barbarian
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Politician
7-Sep-1938 22-Apr-2007 Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007
Jeremy Miller
Actor
21-Oct-1976   Ben Seaver on Growing Pains
James Millican
Actor
17-Feb-1910 24-Nov-1955 American character actor
Martin Milner
Actor
28-Dec-1931   LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12
Carlos J. Moorhead
Politician
6-May-1922   Congressman from California, 1973-97
Jim Moran
Politician
16-May-1945   Congressman, Virginia 8th
Trevor Morgan
Actor
26-Nov-1986   Jurassic Park III
Patrick Muldoon
Actor
27-Sep-1968   Starship Troopers
Anthony Muñoz
Football
19-Aug-1958   Tackle, NFL Hall of Famer
Oscar Muñoz
Business
c. 1960   CFO of CSX
Georgia R. Nelson
Business
c. 1950   Former VP, Edison International
Austin Nichols
Actor
24-Apr-1980   John from Cincinnati
Pat Nixon
First Lady
16-Mar-1912 22-Jun-1993 Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
John Norman
Author
3-Jun-1931   Chronicles of Gor
Mabel Normand
Actor
16-Nov-1892 22-Feb-1930 Tillie's Punctured Romance
Soon-Tek Oh
Actor
29-Jan-1943   Frequently on M*A*S*H
Timothy Olyphant
Actor
20-May-1968   Sheriff Bullock on Deadwood
Paul Orfalea
Business
28-Nov-1947   Founder of Kinko's
Carson Palmer
Football
27-Dec-1980   Cincinnati Bengals QB
Fess Parker
Actor
16-Aug-1925   Daniel Boone
Jack Parsons
Scientist
2-Oct-1914 17-Jul-1952 Satanic rocket scientist
Harry Partch
Composer
24-Jun-1901 3-Sep-1974 Hobo composer built his own instruments
Jerry M. Patterson
Politician
25-Oct-1934   Congressman from California, 1975-85
Paula Patton
Actor
1975   Deja Vu
Sam Peckinpah
Film Director
21-Feb-1925 28-Dec-1984 Breakthrough director of ultraviolent film
Edward Perkins
Diplomat
1928   US Ambassador to Australia, 1993-96
Richard Perle
Government
16-Sep-1941   Prince of Darkness
Aulana L. Peters
Business
30-Nov-1941   Former Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Kyra Phillips
Journalist
8-Aug-1968   CNN anchor
Troy Polamalu
Football
19-Apr-1981   Pittsburgh Steelers
Jon Postel
Scientist
6-Aug-1943 16-Oct-1998 Creator of the Internet's RFC system
Spencer Pratt
TV Personality
c. 1984   Boyfriend of Heidi Montag
Harve Presnell
Actor
14-Sep-1933   When the Boys Meet the Girls
Kelly Preston
Actor
13-Oct-1962   What a Girl Wants
Charles O. Prince
Business
13-Jan-1950   CEO of Citigroup, 2003-07
Maeve Quinlan
Actor
16-Nov-1964   South of Nowhere
Gary L. Rainwater
Business
c. 1947   CEO of Ameren
David W. Raisbeck
Business
c. 1949   Vice Chairman of Cargill
Charles A. Ray
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Cambodia, 2003-05
Debra L. Reed
Business
c. 1956   Sempra Energy subsidiary executive
Matt Reeves
Film Director
27-Apr-1966   Felicity
Carl E. Reichardt
Business
c. 1934   CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94
Kevin Reynolds
Film Director
17-Jan-1952   Waterworld
Linda Johnson Rice
Business
22-Mar-1958   CEO of Johnson Publishing
Charles Richter
Scientist
26-Apr-1900 30-Sep-1985 Groundbreaking seismologist
Jill Ritchie
Actor
5-Mar-1974   D.E.B.S.
John Ritter
Actor
17-Sep-1948 11-Sep-2003 Jack Tripper on Three's Company
Linda Gosden Robinson
Business
c. 1953   Public Relations executive
Dana Rohrabacher
Politician
21-Jun-1947   Congressman, California 46th
Frederick Ryan, Jr.
Business
12-Apr-1955   CEO of Allbritton Communications
Mort Sahl
Comic
11-May-1927   Early influential stand-up comic
Laura Schlessinger
Radio Personality
16-Jan-1947   The Dr. Laura Show
Josh Schwartz
Screenwriter
6-Aug-1976   Creator, The O.C.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Military
22-Aug-1934   Leader in Persian Gulf War
Melody Thomas Scott
Actor
18-Apr-1956   The Young and the Restless
Kyra Sedgwick
Actor
19-Aug-1965   Married Kevin Bacon
Peter Segal
Film Director
1962   Anger Management
Donald Segretti
Criminal
17-Sep-1941   Dirty trickster for Nixon
Jason Sehorn
Football
15-Apr-1971   St. Louis Rams #42
Tom Selleck
Actor
29-Jan-1945   Magnum, P.I.
John Shad
Government
27-Jun-1923 Jul-1994 SEC Chairman, 1981-87
Bill Sharman
Basketball
25-May-1926   Boston Celtics shooter
Ally Sheedy
Actor
13-Jun-1962   The Breakfast Club
Cybill Shepherd
Actor
18-Feb-1950   Moonlighting
O. J. Simpson
Football
9-Jul-1947   Searching tirelessly for the real killers
Bryan Singer
Film Director
17-Sep-1965   X-Men
John Singleton
Film Director
6-Jan-1968   Boyz N the Hood
Craig R. Smith
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Owens & Minor
H. Allen Smith
Politician
8-Oct-1909 4-Jun-1998 Congressman from California, 1957-73
Robert H. Smith
Business
c. 1936   CEO of Security Pacific, 1990-92
Taran Noah Smith
Actor
8-Apr-1984   Mark Taylor on Home Improvement
Gerald A. Soffen
Astronomer
7-Feb-1926 22-Nov-2000 Viking I mission to mars
Hilda Solis
Politician
20-Oct-1957   Congresswoman, California 32nd
Robert Stack
Actor
13-Jan-1919 14-May-2003 The Untouchables
Richard D. Stephens
Business
c. 1952   Senior VP of Boeing
Gary Stiffelman
Attorney
c. 1952   Music industry attorney
Eric Stoltz
Actor
30-Sep-1961   Chicago Hope
Irving Stone
Novelist
14-Jul-1903 26-Aug-1989 Historical biographical novelist
Madeleine Stowe
Actor
18-Aug-1958   The General's Daughter
Lynn Swann
Football
7-Mar-1952   Pittsburgh Steelers receiver
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Actor
27-Sep-1950   Mortal Kombat
Marlo Thomas
Actor
21-Nov-1937   That Girl
Cary H. Thompson
Business
c. 1957   Managing Director, Bear Stearns
Wallace Thurman
Author
16-Aug-1902 22-Dec-1934 The Blacker the Berry
Warren W. Tichenor
Diplomat
1960   US Ambassador to the UN in Europe
Kevin Tighe
Actor
13-Aug-1944   Roy DeSoto on Emergency!
Walter R. Tucker III
Politician
28-May-1957   Congressman from California, 1993-95
Jon Turteltaub
Film Director
8-Aug-1963   National Treasure
Ronald N. Tutor
Business
c. 1941   CEO of Tutor-Saliba Corporation
Robert H. Tuttle
Diplomat
4-Aug-1943   US Ambassador to the UK
James R. Ukropina
Attorney
1937   Former Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
Jesse Unruh
Politician
30-Sep-1922 4-Aug-1987 Speaker of California State Assembly
Lionel Van Deerlin
Politician
25-Jul-1914 17-May-2008 Congressman from California, 1963-81
Robert Vaughn
Actor
22-Nov-1932   Napoleon Solo on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
George Vradenburg
Attorney
14-Mar-1943   Strategic Advisor for AOL Time Warner
Charles Walters
Film Director
17-Nov-1911 13-Aug-1982 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Judge Wapner
TV Personality
15-Nov-1919   People's Court
David S. Ward
Film Director
25-Oct-1945   The Sting
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
Relative
12-Oct-1925   Strom Thurmond's half-black daughter
John Wayne
Actor
26-May-1907 11-Jun-1979 The Duke
James H. Webb
Military
9-Feb-1946   US Senator from Virginia
Michael T. Weiss
Actor
2-Feb-1962   The Pretender
Forest Whitaker
Actor
15-Jul-1961   Ghost Dog
Charles White
Football
22-Jan-1958   Winner, 1979 Heisman Trophy
Casey Wian
Journalist
c. 1961   CNN correspondent
Robert Wilcox
Actor
19-May-1910 11-Jun-1955 The Man They Could Not Hang
Bruce G. Willison
Business
c. 1949   President, Home Savings and Loan, 1996-98
David L. Wolper
Film/TV Producer
11-Jan-1928   Roots
Ronald B. Woodard
Business
c. 1944   Former Boeing Executive
Albert C. Yates
Educator
c. 1942   President, Colorado State, 1990-2003
Samuel W. Yorty
Politician
1-Oct-1909 5-Jun-1998 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1961-73
Young MC
Musician
10-May-1967   "Bust a Move"
Robert Zemeckis
Film Director
14-May-1952   Back To The Future
Ron Ziegler
Government
12-May-1939 10-Feb-2003 Press Secretary for Nixon
Barry Zito
Baseball
13-May-1978   SF Giants pitcher

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gloria Allred
Attorney
3-Jul-1941   Feminist lawyer
T. C. Boyle
Author
7-Dec-1948   The Tortilla Curtain
Jerry Buss
Business
1934   Owner, Los Angeles Lakers
Erwin Chemerinsky
Scholar
14-May-1953   Legal Scholar
Lane G. Collins
Educator
c. 1940   Accounting Professor at Baylor
James Dobson
Radio Personality
21-Apr-1936   Focus on the Family
Richard Epstein
Scholar
17-Apr-1943   Takings
Susan Estrich
Pundit
16-Dec-1952   Fox News liberal
Betty Friedan
Activist
4-Feb-1921 4-Feb-2006 Rights for women spokesperson
Geoffrey Garrett
Educator
c. 1958   President of the Pacific Council
Ed Guthman
Journalist
1919   Nixon enemy, Pulitzer Prize winner
Sidney Harman
Business
c. 1919   Founder of Harman International
Mark Harris
Novelist
19-Nov-1922 30-May-2007 Bang the Drum Slowly
Jascha Heifetz
Violinist
2-Feb-1901 10-Dec-1987 Violin virtuoso
bell hooks
Sociologist
9-Sep-1952   Feminist blackademic, Ain't I A Woman
John Hospers
Politician
9-Jun-1918   First Libertarian presidential candidate
John R. Hubbard
Educator
3-Dec-1918   President of USC, 1970-80
Sheila Kuehl
Politician
9-Feb-1941   California State Senator
Arthur B. Laffer
Economist
14-Aug-1940   Reagan advisor, Laffer curve
Ted Lange
Actor
5-Jan-1947   Isaac the bartender on Love Boat
Gerald A. Larue
Scholar
?   The Way of Positive Humanism
Jerome Lawrence
Playwright
14-Jul-1915 29-Feb-2004 Inherit the Wind and Mame
Leonard Maltin
Critic
18-Dec-1950   Film critic
Merrill Markoe
Comic
1951   Late Night with David Letterman
Bill Melendez
Cartoonist
15-Nov-1916   A Charlie Brown Christmas
Thomas T. Noguchi
Doctor
1927   Coroner to the Stars
George A. Olah
Chemist
22-May-1927   Isolated carbonium ions
Warren Olney
Radio Personality
?   LA radio host, To the Point
Paul Orfalea
Business
28-Nov-1947   Founder of Kinko's
John Rechy
Author
10-Mar-1934   City of Night
Morton Owen Schapiro
Educator
c. 1953   President, Williams College
Arnold Schoenberg
Composer
13-Sep-1874 13-Jul-1951 Emancipated dissonance
Ronald Steel
Scholar
1931   Pax Americana
Werner F. Wolfen
Attorney
15-May-1930   Former Partner, Irell & Manella

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Astronaut
19-Aug-1946   Four-time shuttle astronaut
Barry Diller
Business
2-Feb-1942   CEO of USA Interactive Corp.
Leonard K. Firestone
Business
10-Jun-1907 24-Dec-1996 US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77
John R. Hubbard
Educator
3-Dec-1918   President of USC, 1970-80
Ray R. Irani
Business
13-Jan-1935   CEO of Occidental Petroleum
Suzanne Nora Johnson
Business
14-May-1957   Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 2004-07
Lydia H. Kennard
Business
c. 1954   Los Angeles World Airports
Kevin Klose
Government
c. 1940   CEO of National Public Radio
Daniel D. Lane
Business
c. 1935   Lane/Kuhn Pacific, Inc.
Terry Lanni
Business
c. 1943   CEO of MGM Mirage
Monica C. Lozano
Publisher
?   Publisher of La Opinión
William H. Luers
Diplomat
15-May-1929   US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1983-86
William Lyon
Military
1923   Chief of USAF Reserve, 1975-79
Charles T. Manatt
Attorney
9-Jun-1936   DNC Chairman, 1981-85
John McCone
Government
4-Jan-1902 14-Feb-1991 CIA Director, 1961-65
Jarl Mohn
Business
c. 1952   Founder of E! Television Networks
Ronald L. Olson
Attorney
1941   Munger Tolles & Olson
Norman Pearlstine
Journalist
4-Oct-1942   Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief
Jane G. Pisano
Administrator
c. 1945   Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Carl E. Reichardt
Business
c. 1934   CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94
Steven B. Sample
Educator
29-Nov-1940   President, University of Southern California
Morton Owen Schapiro
Educator
c. 1953   President, Williams College
Kevin W. Sharer
Business
2-Mar-1948   CEO of Amgen
William E. B. Siart
Business
c. 1946   Former CEO, First Interstate Bancorp
Robert H. Smith
Business
c. 1936   CEO of Security Pacific, 1990-92
Ronald D. Sugar
Business
1948   CEO of Northrop Grumman
Ratan N. Tata
Business
28-Dec-1937   Chairman of Tata Group
Rosemary Tomich
Business
c. 1937   Hope Cattle Company
Peter Ueberroth
Baseball
2-Sep-1937   Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89
Ernest J. Wilson III
Educator
c. 1948   Dean, Annenberg School for Communication

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Pete Carroll
Football
15-Sep-1951   USC Trojans Head Coach
Al Davis
Football
4-Jul-1929   Owner of the Oakland Raiders
Tim Floyd
Basketball
25-Feb-1954   USC Head Coach
Mike Garrett
Football
12-Apr-1944   Winner, 1965 Heisman Trophy
Joe Gibbs
Football
25-Nov-1940   NFL coach, NASCAR team owner
Paul Hackett
Football
5-Jul-1947   Tampa Bay QB Coach
Lane Kiffin
Football
9-May-1975   Head Coach, Oakland Raiders
Rod Marinelli
Football
13-Jul-1949   Head Coach, Detroit Lions
Steve Mariucci
Football
4-Nov-1955   Former Head Coach, 49ers, Lions
John McKay
Football
5-Jul-1923 10-Jun-2001 USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75
Mike Riley
Football
1952   OSU Beavers Head Coach
John Robinson
Football
25-Jul-1935   LA Rams, NCAA head coach
Larry Smith
Football
12-Sep-1939 28-Jan-2008 Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000
Norv Turner
Football
17-May-1952   Head Coach, San Diego Chargers


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