List of California State University, Long Beach people

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The following is a list of notable people associated with California State University, Long Beach. CSULB has more than 320,000 alumni as of 2018.[1]

Alumni[]

Entertainment[]

Steve Martin
Cristina Valenzuela at ColossalCon 2012
  • Millicent Borges Accardi: poet and writer, NEA winner
  • Paul "Coy" Allen: television director, Sam & Cat; television producer, R&B Divas: Atlanta, R&B Divas: Los Angeles; music video director
  • Richard Bach: fiction and nonfiction author, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  • Tony Baxter: Disney Imagineering executive[2]
  • Guy Bee: director of ER
  • Daniele Bolelli: author
  • Jan Burke: mystery author, 2000 Edgar Award for Best Novel
  • Bobby Burgess: Actor and Dancer on the TV-shows Mickey Mouse Club (the original series), The Lawrence Welk Show, and The Donna Reed Show.
  • Chris Carter: creator and producer of the X-Files[2]
  • Agnes de Mille: award-winning choreographer, niece of Cecil B. DeMille
  • John Dykstra: winner of two Academy Awards for special effects
  • Jonathan Fahn: voice/TV/film actor, as well as an award-winning film and stage director, producer, and writer.
  • Matt Gourley: actor and comedian; co-creator of Superego
  • Donna Hilbert: poet and writer
  • Mark Steven Johnson: director of Hollywood thriller Daredevil; writer of Grumpy Old Men and sequel Grumpier Old Men
  • Joe Johnston: director of Jurassic Park III and Jumanji
  • Bob Kevoian: radio host
  • J. F. Lawton: author of Pretty Woman
  • Raymond Lee: actor
  • Steve Martin: actor and comedian[2]
  • Tim Minear: television writer and producer, X-Files, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls
  • John Roland: longtime reporter and anchor for WNYW in New York City from 1969 to 2004
  • Stu Rosen: winner of 10 Emmy awards
  • Steve Ryan: author, game creator, syndicated puzzle columnist, TV game show historian and creator, Blockbusters
  • Penelope Spheeris: film director, producer and screenwriter best known for Wayne's World (film) and The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy
  • Steven Spielberg: filmmaker, student from 1965 to 1969 and 2001–2002
  • David Twohy: author of Terminal Velocity and The Fugitive
  • Cristina Valenzuela: animation and video game voice actress
  • Maitland Ward: actress, Boy Meets World
  • Bill Wasserzieher (B.A. and M.A.): music and film critic, fiction writer
  • Jessica Williams: comedian and correspondent on The Daily Show
  • Stan Winston: special effects designer
  • Bob Woods: actor, One Life to Live[2]
  • Linda Woolverton: screenwriter Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King[2]
  • Jennifer Yuh Nelson: animation film director and storyboard artist

Music[]

The Carpenters
  • Arleen Auger: opera singer
  • Dave Alvin: singer-songwriter: founder of The Blasters, former member of X
  • John Bettis: songwriter who has 26 gold and 10 platinum records
  • Larry Carlton: jazz fusion guitarist
  • Richard and Karen Carpenter: The Carpenters, pop duo[2]
  • Melissa Hasin: cellist
  • Bobby Hatfield: half of The Righteous Brothers and Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame inductee[2]
  • Greg Kriesel: bass player for The Offspring
  • Bill Medley: half of The Righteous Brothers
  • Bradley Nowell: lead singer and guitarist of rock band Sublime
  • Jae Park: member of the South Korean boy band Day6
  • Joon Park: member of the South Korean boy band g.o.d
  • John Patitucci: Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist
  • Basil Poledouris: film composer
  • Jenni Rivera: singer-songwriter
  • Mark Turner: jazz saxophonist

Government and politics[]

George Gascón
Gloria J. Romero

Sports[]

Baseball[]

Basketball[]

American football[]

Rowing[]

  • Joan Lind Van Blom: Olympic rower, Silver Medal Single Sculls 1976 Montreal, Silver Medal Coxed Quad Sculls 1984 Los Angeles, first woman to receive Olympic medal in the sport for the United States

Volleyball[]

Misty May-Treanor

Visual arts[]

  • Chris Bachalo: illustrator, DC and Marvel Comics (X-Men)
  • John Cederquist, sculptor, BA in 1969, MA in 1971
  • Cathy Cooper: stylist, artist, model
  • Roberta Gregory: comic book writer
  • Seonna Hong: painter, B.A. in art[14]
  • Gilbert "Magú" Luján: artist
  • Betye Saar: assemblage artist
  • Shag (Josh Agle): painter and designer
  • Greg Simkins, B.A. in Studio Art
  • Linda Vallejo an American artist known for painting, sculpture and ceramics.

Journalism[]

  • Scott Stantis: editorial cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune, creator of the comic strips The Buckets and Prickly City

Academics[]

  • Erin Gruwell: inspiring teacher from Freedom Writers, the book and movie
  • Lee Mallory: poet, author and retired English professor at Santa Ana College
  • Dennis J. Murray: President of Marist College
  • John Sailhamer: academic and theologian

Other[]

Fictional alumnus[]

  • The character Alan Harper (Jon Cryer) of the sitcom Two and a Half Men graduated from CSULB. This was stated in the episode, "The Salmon Under My Sweater".

Faculty[]

  • Phil Alvin: taught mathematics at CSULB; member of The Blasters band[16]
  • Xiaolan Bao: professor of history
  • Vera Barstow: violinist and teacher
  • Verne Carlson: taught cinematography, author and cinematographer
  • August Coppola: Professor of Comparative Literature
  • Karla Diaz: school of art[17]
  • Fitzhugh Dodson: taught in the Psychology department from 1962
  • Robert Eisenman: Professor of Middle East Religions and Archaeology and Director of the Institute for the Study of Judeo-Christian Origins at California State University, Long Beach; Visiting Senior Member of Linacre College, Oxford University; expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Karen L. Gould (born 1948): President of Brooklyn College
  • Jack Green: professor of the Geological Sciences; a volcanologist and lunar planetary scientist
  • Steve Horn: Professor Emeritus, former President of the University; 5-term former U.S. Congressman[18]
  • Maulana Karenga: former Head of Black Studies Dept, author and activist best known as the founder of the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa
  • Alan Lowenthal: professor of community psychology, State senator[19]
  • Kevin MacDonald: evolutionary psychologist professor, anti-semitic conspiracy theorist, white supremacist[20][21]
  • Ilan Mitchell-Smith: English professor, former child actor
  • Clifton Snider, poet, novelist, literary critic specializing in Jungian and Queer Criticism
  • Shira Tarrant: author and cultural critic; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
  • Scott Touzinsky (born 1982): volleyball player and coach

References[]

  1. ^ "CSULB is taking Beach Pride on the Road". California State University, Long Beach. November 16, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "CSULB 50th Anniversary - Distinguished Alumni". csulb.edu. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "GEORGE GASCÓN, 2012 Distinguished Alumnus". CSU Long Beach. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  4. ^ Bewig, Matt (2012-01-15). "Ambassador from Afghanistan: Who Is Eklil Ahmad Hakimi?". AllGov. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  5. ^ "Paul Goydos". PGA Tour website. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
  6. ^ "Abe Alvarez Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  7. ^ "John Bowker Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  8. ^ "Brent Cookson Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  9. ^ "Bobby Crosby Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  10. ^ "Troy Tulowitzki Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  11. ^ "Jered Weaver Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  12. ^ "Juaquin Juan Hawkins". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  13. ^ Wilson, Bernie (January 15, 2013). "Mike McCoy, former Long Beach State QB, is new San Diego Chargers coach, say sources". Los Angeles Daily News. Associated Press. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  14. ^ Orzek, Kurt. "Worlds Without End: The Art of Seonna Hong". FLOOD. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Executive Team". Chagoury Group. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  16. ^ Willman, Chris (June 1, 1986). "Phil Alvin: New Blasters, Old Songs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  17. ^ "Campus Directory Search Results". webapps.csulb.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  18. ^ "Board of Trustees for California State University (CSU) Approves Naming of Building at Cal State Long Beach for Former President Stephen Horn, Wife". CSU Newsline. California State University. January 31, 2003. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
  19. ^ "{2584E0CA-3609-4B19-BE92-117E5892E38E} Biography on State Senate website". dist27.casen.govoffice.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  20. ^ "Kevin MacDonald" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. November 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  21. ^ Beirich, Heidi (February 6, 2014). "Anti-Semitic Theorist, Cal State Psychology Professor Kevin MacDonald Now Retired". Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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