EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1909, Santa Barbara State College in 1935, joined the UC system in 1944. UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) was founded by Walter Kohn in 1979.

Location:
Santa Barbara, CA

Founding Date:
1909

Team:
Gauchos

Enrollment:
20,500

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gregg Araki	Film Director	17-Dec-1959		Mysterious Skin
Beverly Archer	Actor	19-Jul-1948		Iola on Mama's Family
Robert Ballard	Archaeologist	30-Jun-1942		Discovered the wreck of the Titanic
Barbara Bodine	Diplomat	1948		US Ambassador to Yemen, 1997-2001
Grady Booch	Computer Programmer	27-Feb-1955		Unified Modeling Language
Benjamin Bratt	Actor	16-Dec-1963		Hunk from Law & Order
Lou Cannon	Journalist	3-Jun-1933		Reagan
Lois Capps	Politician	10-Jan-1938		Congresswoman, California 23rd
Michael Douglas	Actor	25-Sep-1944		Wall Street
Josh Elliott	TV Personality	6-Jul-1971		Good Morning America
Raymond C. Fisher	Judge	12-Jul-1939		9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Carol W. Greider	Scientist	15-Apr-1961		Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Marc Grossman	Diplomat	23-Sep-1951		US Under Secy. for Political Affairs, 2001-05
Roger Hedgecock	Politician	2-May-1946		Mayor of San Diego, 1983-85
W. Scott Hedrick	Business	c. 1945		InterWest Partners
Jeffrey O. Henley	Business	?		Chairman of Oracle
Duncan Hunter	Politician	31-May-1948		Congressman from California, 1981-2009
Jack Johnson	Musician	18-May-1975		Brushfire Fairytales
Phil Karlton	Computer Programmer	28-Feb-1947	20-Jun-1997	Netscape Principal Curmudgeon
Moshe Kasher	Comic	6-Jul-1979		Kasher in the Rye
Aja Naomi King	Actor	11-Jan-1985		How to Get Away with Murder
Robert J. Lagomarsino	Politician	4-Sep-1926		Congressman from California, 1974-93
Harvey Levin	TV Personality	2-Sep-1951		Prince of the paparazzi
John W. Marren	Business	c. 1963		Partner, Texas Pacific Group
Kevin S. McClatchy	Baseball	13-Jan-1963		CEO of the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1996-2007
Peter W. Mullin	Business	c. 1940		Mullin Consulting, Inc.
Richard Nanula	Business	9-May-1960		CFO of Amgen
Marc B. Nathanson	Business	c. 1946		Billionaire, Falcon Cable TV
Stephen Neal	Politician	7-Nov-1934		Congressman from North Carolina, 1975-95
Sara Jane Olson	Criminal	16-Jan-1947		Symbionese Liberation Army
Gwyneth Paltrow	Actor	27-Sep-1972		Shakespeare in Love
Tera Patrick	Pornstar	25-Jul-1976		Nuttin' Hunnies
John D. Petersen	Educator	21-Nov-1947		President, University of Tennessee System
Stephen Reno	Educator	c. 1943		Chancellor, University System of New Hampshire
Heinrich Rohrer	Physicist	6-Jun-1933	16-May-2013	Co-Inventor, scanning tunneling microscope
Jim Rome	Radio Personality	14-Oct-1964		Jim Rome is Burning
Brad Silberling	Film Director	8-Sep-1963		City of Angels
Lee Smolin	Physicist	1955		The Trouble with Physics
Wesley B. Taylor	Military	1944		President, Marshall Foundation
Laurie Walters	Actor	8-Jan-1947		Joannie Bradford on Eight Is Enough
Jon Whitmore	Educator	22-Mar-1945		President, San Jose State University
Joseph Wilson	Diplomat	6-Nov-1949		Ambassador to Gabon, Valerie Plame's husband
Necar Zadegan	Actor	20-Jun-1982		Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Barry Zito	Baseball	13-May-1978		SF Giants pitcher

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edgar Bowers	Poet	2-Mar-1924	4-Feb-2000	For Louis Pasteur
Walter Capps	Politician	5-May-1934	28-Oct-1997	Congressman from California, 1997
Napoleon Chagnon	Anthropologist	27-Aug-1938		Yanomamö: The Fierce People
France A. Córdova	Educator	5-Aug-1947		President, Purdue University
Alexander DeConde	Historian	13-Nov-1920		Entangling Alliance
Patrick T. Harker	Educator	19-Nov-1958		President, University of Delaware
Alan J. Heeger	Physicist	22-Jan-1936		Metallic polymers
Evelyn Hu	Physicist	c. 1947		Nanoscale device fabrication
Hugh Kenner	Critic	7-Jan-1923	24-Nov-2003	The Poetry of Ezra Pound
Walter Kohn	Chemist	9-Mar-1923	19-Apr-2016	Density-functional theory
Herbert Kroemer	Physicist	25-Aug-1928		Pioneer in laser technology
Finn E. Kydland	Economist	Dec-1943		Dynamic macroeconomics
Albert S. Lindemann	Historian	19-May-1938		Esau's Tears
Fredrik Logevall	Historian	1963		Embers of War
Paul Orfalea	Business	28-Nov-1947		Founder of Kinko's
Edward C. Prescott	Economist	26-Dec-1940		Dynamic macroeconomics
Robert Schrieffer	Physicist	31-May-1931		BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Daniel P. Sheehan	Activist	1946		Christic Institute
Leslie A. White	Anthropologist	19-Jan-1900	31-Mar-1975	The Science of Culture
Frank Wilczek	Physicist	15-May-1951		Deep structure of matter

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
France A. Córdova	Educator	5-Aug-1947		President, Purdue University
David J. Gross	Physicist	19-Feb-1941		Deep structure of matter
Alan J. Heeger	Physicist	22-Jan-1936		Metallic polymers
Jeffrey O. Henley	Business	?		Chairman of Oracle
Evelyn Hu	Physicist	c. 1947		Nanoscale device fabrication
Walter Kohn	Chemist	9-Mar-1923	19-Apr-2016	Density-functional theory
Robert Mehrabian	Business	31-Jul-1941		CEO of Teledyne
Robert Schrieffer	Physicist	31-May-1931		BCS Theory of Superconductivity

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ben Howland	Basketball	28-May-1957		Head Coach of UCLA, 2003-13

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