List of San Diego State University people

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This is a list of notable people associated with San Diego State University, a California State University campus located in the United States.

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Alumni[]

Entertainment, arts, and media[]

Gregory Peck
Raquel Welch
  • Lloyd Bryan Molander Adams, executive producer, channel executive and director
  • K.D. Aubert, supermodel, model, actress and Fantanas member
  • David Hasemyer, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist; B.A. Journalism 1979[1]
  • John Baldessari, conceptual artist; B.A., 1953; M.A., 1957[2]
  • Greg Bear, science fiction author; B.A. English, 1973
  • Jesse Billauer, quadriplegic, motivational speaker, surfer; B.A. Communications, 2002
  • Luke Brugnara, businessman, casino mogul.
  • Russell Carpenter, cinematographer of Titanic; B.A. English, 1972[3]
  • Dan Corson, artist; B.A. Theater, 1986
  • Erika de la Cruz, television host and media personality for Fashion Week; B.A. Film and Fashion
  • Amy Devers, furniture designer and TV personality (Freeform Furniture, Designer People, Trading Spaces, Home Made Simple); B.A. Furniture Design, 1997[4]
  • DJ Rectangle, DJ/turntablist and Grammy Award-nominated dance/hip hop/club record producer; B.B.A.
  • Fred Dryer
    Fred Dryer, actor-producer and former NFL player
  • Manny MUA, Youtuber; B.A., 2013
  • Faye Emerson, actress
  • Sid Fleischman, author of children's books and screenplays; B.A. English
  • Matt Flynn, drummer of Maroon 5 (attended briefly)
  • Courtney Friel, television host; B.A. Political Science, 2002
  • Vic Fuentes, lead singer of Pierce the Veil
  • Ted Giannoulas, The San Diego Chicken
  • Bob Goen, media personality and Entertainment Tonight anchor-correspondent; B.A. Telecommunications and Film, 1976[5]
  • Mark Grace, long time Chicago Cubs first baseman, current color analyst for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Fox Sports
  • Justin Halpern, author; B.A., 2003
  • Crystal Harris, model
  • Fred Holle, fine art painter and educator
  • Brion James, actor
  • Darren Kavinoky, lawyer, TV personality
  • Julie Kavner, actress; voice of Marge Simpson, The Simpsons; B.A. Drama, 1971
  • Kathleen Kennedy, film producer; B.A. Telecommunications and Film, 1976
  • Cassandra Kunze, 2014 Miss California USA
  • George Lewis, NBC Nightly News correspondent
  • Joe Liggins, R&B musician who wrote and recorded "The Honeydripper"
  • Jim Lindberg, lead singer of punk band Pennywise (band) (attended briefly)
  • Art Linkletter
    Art Linkletter (1912–2010), veteran entertainer; B.A. Teaching, 1934
  • Cleavon Little, actor; B.A. Drama
  • Abby Martin, journalist, RT TV network; 9/11 conspiracy theorist; activist with mediaroots.org; B.A. Political Science, 2006
  • David McKenna, writer, "American History X"
  • Adam Montoya, Internet celebrity, known as SeaNanners; B.A., 2006[6]
  • Kathy Najimy, actress; voice of Peggy Hill on King of the Hill
  • Gregory Peck, actor
  • Lisa Dergan Podsednik, model
  • Zach Porter, lead singer of pop band Allstar Weekend
  • Andy Rathbone, author of ...for Dummies books, technology writer; B.A. Literature, 1986
  • Constance Reid, author of several biographies of mathematicians and popular books about mathematics; B.A. 1938
  • Michael Matteo Rossi, Filmmaker[7]
  • Marion Ross, TV actress (Happy Days)
  • Marisa Scheinfeld, photographer; M.F.A., 2011
  • Whitney Shay, blues singer, 2008[8]
  • Tammie Souza, television meteorologist; B.S. Biology
  • Suzy Spafford, cartoonist, creator of "Suzy's Zoo"; B.F.A., 1957
  • J. Michael Straczynski, writer; B.A. Psychology and Sociology, 1976
  • Susanna Thompson, actress; B.A. Drama, 1980
  • Salvador Torres, artist and muralist, father of the Chicano Park murals; M.A. Painting and Drawing, 1973
  • Joan D. Vinge, author; B.A., 1971
  • Alison Waite, model
  • Carl Weathers
    Carl Weathers, actor/former professional football player, Apollo Creed in Rocky
  • Raquel Welch, actress
  • Steve Yuhas, radio broadcaster and television personality
  • Jeanne Zelasko, sports journalist, Fox Sports
  • Saweetie, rapper. Saweetie attended SDSU from 2012-2014 before transferring to USC
  • Bill Davis, president of the Universal Orlando Resort.

Business[]

  • Charles Brandes, founder of Brandes Investment Partners; B.A. Economics, 1965
  • Norman E. Brinker, founder of Steak & Ale, former president of Jack in the Box, restaurateur innovator; B.S. Management 1957[9]
  • Adelia Coffman, founding CFO of Qualcomm Incorporated; B.S. Accounting 1976[10]
  • Vince Ferraro, Senior General Management and Marketing Executive, ExecRank's 2012 list of top 50 CMOs; B.S. Business Administration
  • Van Arsdale France, '34, founding employee training manager at Disneyland, co-creator of "Disney University"
  • Maruta Gardner, American educator and community activist; M.S. Administration and Supervision 1976
  • Rick Hamada CEO of Avnet; B.S. Finance 1982[11]
  • Chris R. Hansen, hedge fund manager, unsuccessfully tried to lure the Sacramento Kings to Seattle in 2013[12]
  • Nik Ingersöll, American entrepreneur and designer.[13][14]
  • W. Craig Jelinek, President and chief executive officer of Costco.[15]
  • Peggy Johnson, former Executive Vice President of Qualcomm and current Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft; B.S. Electrical Engineering[16]
  • Doug Manchester, real estate developer, namesake of Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, publisher of the San Diego Union Tribune; B.S. Finance 1965
  • Robert O. Peterson, founder of Jack in the Box
  • Sol Price, founder of Price Club (later merged with Costco); B.A. Philosophy 1936[17]
  • S. Donley Ritchey, former CEO and President of Lucky Stores and current director of The McClatchy Company; B.S. Accounting 1955, M.S. Management 1963[18]
  • Ralph Rubio, founder, Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill (formerly Rubio's Fish Tacos); B.A. Liberal Studies with a minor in Spanish 1978
  • Jim Sinegal, Costco Chief Executive Officer, named to Time Magazine's 2006 list of The 100 most influential people; B.A. 1959
  • Russell Weiner, founder RockStar Energy Drink; B.A. Political Science 1992[19]
  • Mike Wells, Prudential plc Chief Executive Officer[20]

Science[]

  • Belle Benchley, Director of San Diego Zoo from 1927 to 1953
  • Joan Bybee, PhD (at UCLA), linguist; M.A. Linguistics
  • Laurance Doyle, PhD (at Heidelberg University), SETI astronomer; M.S. Astronomy
  • Jacques Gauthier, PhD (at UCB), Paleotonlogist and Professor at Yale University and Peabody Museum of Natural History; B.S. Zoology 1973, M.S. Biological Science 1980
  • Arthur Jensen, PhD (at Columbia University), Professor Emeritus of educational psychology at University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Psychology 1952
  • M. Brian Maple, PhD (at UCSD), professor of physics at University of California, San Diego; B.S. Physics 1963
  • Gordon Eugene Martin, MA, pioneering piezoelectric materials researcher for underwater sound transducers[21]
  • Bridgette Meinhold, M.S. (from Stanford University), artist and author with a focus on sustainability; B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2003
  • Ellen Ochoa, PhD (from Stanford University), first Latina astronaut; B.S. Physics 1980
  • Mark M. Phillips, PhD (from UC Santa Cruz), US astronomer and cosmologist, Gruber Prize Laureate of 2007 for the discovery of Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe, member of the High-Z Supernova Search Team; B.S. Astronomy 1973
  • Bernard Rimland, PhD, autism researcher and founder of the Autism Society of America; M.S. Psychology
  • J. Michael Scott, PhD (from Oregon State University), biologist and ornithologist; M.S. Marine Biology
  • Gina Simmons, PhD, psychoanalyst, writer; B.A. Psychology 1983
  • Robert Titzer, professor and infant researcher; teaching certificate

Politics and government[]

Duncan Hunter
  • Muhammed Al-Jasser, PhD. (at UCR), Saudi Arabian economist who served as the Minister of Economy and Planning and Chairman of Saudi Telecom; B.A. Economics 1979[22]
  • David Alvarez, San Diego City Council member
  • Roger Benitez, U.S. Federal Judge; B.A., 1974
  • Ken Calvert, member of Congress, California; B.A., 1975[23]
  • Ammar Campa-Najjar (born 1989), Democratic candidate
  • Kevin Faulconer, Mayor of San Diego; B.A. Political Science, 1990
  • Dusty Foggo, former CIA official
  • Georgette Gomez, San Diego City Council member
  • Mike Gotch, California State Assemblyman and San Diego City Council member
  • Shirley Horton, Assemblywoman 2002–2008
  • Duncan D. Hunter, former member of Congress, California; convicted felon[24]
  • Brian Jones (born 1968), politician serving in the California State Senate
  • Steven T. Kuykendall, former member of Congress, California; M.B.A., 1974[25]
  • Bill Lowery, lobbyist and former member of Congress[26]
  • Mark Meckler, political activist
  • Rodney Melville, US judge
  • Mary Salas, CA State Assemblywoman
  • Lori Saldana, CA State Assemblywoman
  • Jerry Sanders, former mayor of San Diego, former Chief of Police
  • Glenn E. Trowbridge (born 1943), Republican member of the Nevada Assembly.[27]
  • Howard Wayne, Assemblyman 1996–2002
  • Bob Wilson, former member of Congress, namesake of Bob Wilson Naval Hospital[28]

Athletics and sports[]

Tony Gwynn
Malcolm Thomas

Military[]

Merrill McPeak

Crime[]

  • Kristin Rossum, toxicologist convicted of the murder of her husband[35]
  • Duncan D. Hunter, US Representative plead guilty to conspiracy to misuse campaign funds.[36]

Faculty[]

  • Joanna Brooks, English professor
  • Jerry Farber, author, professor
  • Larry McCaffery, writer, editor, post-modern literary critic, professor
  • Khaleel Mohammed, PhD, professor of religious studies
  • Shirley Weber, PhD, founding faculty and department chair, SDSU Department of Africana Studies

Retired and former faculty[]

  • Nathalia Crane, poet, deceased professor of English
  • Thomas B. Day, physicist, deceased president of SDSU from 1978 to 1996[37][38]
  • Suzette Haden Elgin, author, retired linguistics professor
  • Clinton Jencks, PhD, retired professor of Economics
  • Noel Loomis, science fiction and mystery writer, deceased English instructor
  • John V. Pavlik, founding director of the SDSU School of Communication
  • Anna Prieto Sandoval, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Chairwoman, and teacher of the Kumeyaay language
  • Vernor Vinge, PhD, science fiction writer and visionary, retired professor of mathematics
  • Joy Zedler, ecologist and botanist, founder of SDSU Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory

References[]

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  2. ^ "John Baldessari. (American, born 1931)". Moma. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  3. ^ Biography at International Cinematographers Guild. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Green With Envy". San Diego State University Newscenter. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Bob Goen biography at IMDb, retrieved April 9, 2014
  6. ^ "SeaNanners Gaming Channel - YouTube". Youtube.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Stories, Local. "Meet Michael Matteo Rossi of Italian Cowboy Productions in Los Feliz - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". voyagela.com. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "Spring arts | Music: Whitney Shay making waves internationally with soulful singing, empowering lyrics". San Diego Union-Tribune. March 22, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  9. ^ https://business.sdsu.edu/about/distinguished-alumni
  10. ^ https://business.sdsu.edu/about/distinguished-alumni
  11. ^ "Avnet Management Team". Avnet. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  12. ^ Miletich, Steve, and Thompson, Lynn. "Chris Hansen: Meet the man with the plan for NBA arena." Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine The Seattle Times, February 18, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  13. ^ "Forbes Under 30 Summit Brings Inspiration To Boston Schools". News. October 6, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  14. ^ Report, Star-Herald Staff. "Former Scottsbluff man named to Forbes' '30 Under 30' list". starherald.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  15. ^ "Costco CEO Craig Jelinek added to Outlook Conference". theavtimes.com. November 27, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  16. ^ "Peggy Johnson in News Center". news.microsoft.com. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  17. ^ Peter Eisner (December 15, 2009). "Price Club changed America's shopping experience". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b "Notable Alumni and Faculty". Business.sdsu.edu. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  19. ^ "Russ Weiner". SmartVoter.org. League of Women Voters. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  20. ^ Gray, Alistair (March 10, 2015). "Mike Wells expected to replace Tidjane Thiam at Prudential". Financial Times. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  21. ^ Cramer, William S.; Smith, Paul L. (1965). "Piezoelectric Ceramics for Underwater Sound Transducers". U.S. Navy Journal of Underwater Acoustics. Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research. 15 (2): 320.
  22. ^ PROFILE-Saudi Economy and Planning Minister Muhammad al-Jasser. Reuters. December 2011.
  23. ^ "CALVERT, Ken, (1953 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  24. ^ "Alumni Spotlight: U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter". San Diego State University, Fowler College of Business. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  25. ^ "KUYKENDALL, Steven T., (1947 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  26. ^ "LOWERY, William David, (1947 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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  28. ^ "WILSON, Robert Carlton (Bob), (1916–1999)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  29. ^ "Ilima-Lei Macfarlane". Facebook.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  30. ^ "Basketball: Steve Malovic dies at 50". Haaretz.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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  32. ^ "Haven Moses". database.Football.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  33. ^ "Patrick Rowe". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  34. ^ "Malcolm Thomas". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  35. ^ "Toxicologist Found Guilty of Killing Husband". Los Angeles Times. November 13, 2002. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  36. ^ Durkee, Alison. "Rep. Duncan Hunter Pleaded Guilty to a Felony—But He Isn't Ready to Resign Just Yet". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
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