EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Santa Cruz, CA

Founding Date:
1965

Motto:
Fiat Lux

Team:
Banana Slugs

Enrollment:
14,300

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Barnard	Astronomer	16-Dec-1857	16-Feb-1923	Self-taught scientist
Jello Biafra	Singer	17-Jun-1958		Dead Kennedys
Susie Bright	Columnist	25-Mar-1958		Sexpert, porn critic
William W. Campbell	Astronomer	11-Apr-1862	14-Jun-1938	Stellar Motions
Katherine H. Canavan	Diplomat	?		US Ambassadot to Botswana
Fritjof Capra	Physicist	1-Feb-1939		The Tao of Physics
John Doolittle	Politician	30-Oct-1950		Congressman from California, 1991-2009
Barry Eichengreen	Economist	1-Jul-1952		Golden Fetters
Cary Fukunaga	Film Director	10-Jul-1977		Sin Nombre
Ron Gonzales	Politician	1951		Mayor of San Jose, 1998-2006
Victor Davis Hanson	Historian	5-Sep-1953		Carnage and Culture
George Herbig	Astronomer	2-Jan-1920	12-Oct-2013	Herbig-Haro objects
bell hooks	Sociologist	9-Sep-1952		Ain't I A Woman
James E. Keeler	Astronomer	10-Sep-1857	12-Aug-1900	Composition of Saturn's rings
Ezra Klein	Journalist	9-May-1984		The Washington Post
Armin O. Leuschner	Astronomer	16-Jan-1868	22-Apr-1953	Astronomer at Berkeley
Bertil Lindblad	Astronomer	26-Nov-1895	25-Jun-1965	Spiral structure of the galaxy
Willem J. Luyten	Astronomer	7-Mar-1899	21-Nov-1994	Stellar mortician
Camryn Manheim	Actor	8-Mar-1961		Ellenor Frutt on The Practice
Geoffrey W. Marcy	Astronomer	29-Sep-1954		Discoverer of exoplanets
Huey Newton	Activist	17-Feb-1942	22-Aug-1989	Black Panther
Seth Barnes Nicholson	Astronomer	12-Nov-1891	2-Jul-1963	Four satellites of Jupiter
Brad Nowell	Musician	22-Feb-1968	25-May-1996	Lead singer of Sublime
Chris Pedersen	Drummer	16-Aug-1960		Camper Van Beethoven drummer
Meeno Peluce	Actor	26-Feb-1970		Voyagers!
George R. Perkovich	Author	c. 1959		India's Nuclear Bomb
Dana Priest	Journalist	c. 1959		Washington Post Pentagon reporter
Rands	Blogger	1970		Managing Humans
Rebecca Romijn	Model	6-Nov-1972		Swimsuit supermodel
Maya Rudolph	Actor	27-Jul-1972		Saturday Night Live
Andy Samberg	Actor	18-Aug-1978		SNL, The Lonely Island
Akiva Schaffer	Film Director	1-Dec-1977		The Lonely Island
Jonathan Segel	Musician	3-Sep-1963		Camper Van Beethoven multi-instrumentalist
Joel Stebbins	Astronomer	30-Jul-1878	16-Mar-1966	Photoelectric photometry
Kathryn D. Sullivan	Astronaut	3-Oct-1951		Columbus Center for Science and Industry
David Talbot	Business	22-Sep-1951		Founder of Salon.com
Amy Tan	Author	19-Feb-1952		The Joy Luck Club
Ally Walker	Actor	25-Aug-1961		Dr. Sam Waters on Profiler
Gillian Welch	Singer/Songwriter	2-Oct-1967		Revival
Susan Wojcicki	Business	5-Jul-1968		CEO of YouTube

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gregory Bateson	Anthropologist	9-May-1904	4-Jul-1980	Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Norman O. Brown	Historian	25-Sep-1913	2-Oct-2002	Life Against Death
Jim Clark	Business	1944		Co-Founder of SGI and Netscape
Lucille Clifton	Poet	27-Jun-1936	13-Feb-2010	Good Woman
Angela Davis	Activist	26-Jan-1944		Black Panther, teacher, professor
George Herbig	Astronomer	2-Jan-1920	12-Oct-2013	Herbig-Haro objects
Akira Iriye	Historian	20-Oct-1934		Across the Pacific
Robert P. Kraft	Astronomer	16-Jun-1927	26-May-2015	Lick Observatory
Tom Lehrer	Comic	9-Apr-1928		Comedic songwriter
Donald E. Osterbrock	Astronomer	13-Jul-1924	11-Jan-2007	Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81
Deborah D. Rieman	Business	c. 1951		CEO of CheckPoint Software, 1995-99
Ben Stein	Game Show Host	25-Nov-1944		Host of Win Ben Stein's Money
James Tenney	Composer	10-Aug-1934	24-Aug-2006	A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William W. Campbell	Astronomer	11-Apr-1862	14-Jun-1938	Stellar Motions
James E. Keeler	Astronomer	10-Sep-1857	12-Aug-1900	Composition of Saturn's rings
Robert P. Kraft	Astronomer	16-Jun-1927	26-May-2015	Lick Observatory
Donald E. Osterbrock	Astronomer	13-Jul-1924	11-Jan-2007	Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81

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