List of San Diego State University people
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
- Lloyd Bryan Molander Adams, Executive Producer, Channel Executive and Director[1]
- K.D. Aubert, supermodel, model, actress and Fantanas member
- John Baldessari, conceptual artist[2]
- Greg Bear, science fiction author
- Jesse Billauer, quadriplegic, motivational speaker, surfer
- Christopher Bramble, writer/playwright/poet Atonement [3]
- Russell Carpenter, cinematographer of Titanic[4]
- Dan Corson, artist
- Amy Devers, furniture designer and TV personality (Freeform Furniture, Designer People, Trading Spaces, Home Made Simple)[5]
- DJ Rectangle, DJ/turntablist and Grammy Award-nominated dance/hip hop/club record producer
- Fred Dryer, actor-producer and former NFL player
- Faye Emerson, actress
- Sid Fleischman, author of children's books and screenplays
- Matt Flynn, drummer of Maroon 5 (attended briefly)
- Courtney Friel, television host
- Vic Fuentes, lead singer of Pierce the Veil
- Ted Giannoulas, The San Diego Chicken
- Bob Goen, media personality and Entertainment Tonight anchor-correspondent[6]
- Mark Grace, long time Chicago Cubs first baseman, current color analyst for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Fox Sports
- Justin Halpern, author
- Crystal Harris, model
- Brion James, actor
- Darren Kavinoky, lawyer, TV personality
- Julie Kavner, actress; voice of Marge Simpson, The Simpsons
- Kathleen Kennedy, film producer
- Cassandra Kunze, 2014 Miss California USA
- George Lewis, NBC Nightly News correspondent
- Jim Lindberg, lead singer of punk band Pennywise (band) (attended briefly)
- Art Linkletter (1912–2010), veteran entertainer
- Cleavon Little, actor
- Abby Martin, journalist, RT TV network; activist with mediaroots.org
- Adam Montoya, Internet celebrity, known as SeaNanners[7]
- 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
- Constance Reid, author of several biographies of mathematicians and popular books about mathematics
- Marion Ross, TV actress (Happy Days)
- Tammie Souza, television meteorologist
- Suzy Spafford, cartoonist, creator of "Suzy's Zoo"
- J. Michael Straczynski, writer
- Susanna Thompson, actress
- Salvador Torres, artist and muralist, father of the Chicano Park murals
- Joan D. Vinge, author
- Alison Waite, model
- 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
Business
- Charles Brandes, founder of Brandes Investment Partners
- Vince Ferraro, Senior General Management and Marketing Executive, ExecRank's 2012 list of top 50 CMOs
- Van Arsdale France, '34, founding employee training manager at Disneyland, co-creator of "Disney University"
- Chris R. Hansen, hedge fund manager, unsuccessfully tried to lure the Sacramento Kings to Seattle in 2013[8]
- Linda A. Lang, Chairman and CEO of Jack in the Box
- Doug Manchester, real estate developer, namesake of Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, publisher of the San Diego Union Tribune
- Robert O. Peterson, founder of Jack in the Box
- Sol Price, founder of Price Club (later merged with Costco)
- Ralph Rubio, founder, Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill (formerly Rubio's Fish Tacos)
- Jim Sinegal, Costco Chief Executive Officer, named to Time Magazine's 2006 list of The 100 most influential people
Science
- Belle Benchley, Director of San Diego Zoo from 1927 to 1953
- Joan Bybee, MA, linguist
- Laurance Doyle, PhD, SETI astronomer
- Jacques Gauthier, PhD, Paleotonlogist and Professor at Yale University and Peabody Museum of Natural History
- Arthur Jensen, PhD, Professor Emeritus of educational psychology at University of California, Berkeley
- M. Brian Maple, BA and BS, professor of physics at University of California, San Diego
- Gordon Eugene Martin, MA, pioneering piezoelectric materials researcher for underwater sound transducers[9]
- Bridgette Meinhold, artist and author with a focus on sustainability
- Ellen Ochoa, BS, Physics (PhD Stanford), First Latina astronaut
- Mark M. Phillips, AB, Astronomy (PhD 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
- Bernard Rimland, PhD, autism researcher and founder of the Autism Society of America
- J. Michael Scott, PhD, biologist and ornithologist
- Gina Simmons, PhD, psychoanalyst, writer
- Robert Titzer, professor and infant researcher
Politics and government
- David Alvarez, San Diego City Council member
- Roger T. Benitez, U.S. Federal Judge
- Ken Calvert, member of Congress, California[10]
- Kevin Faulconer, Mayor of San Diego
- Dusty Foggo, former CIA official
- Shirley Horton, Assemblywoman 2002–2008
- Steven T. Kuykendall, former member of Congress, California[11]
- Bill Lowery, lobbyist and former member of Congress[12]
- 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.[13]
- Howard Wayne, Assemblyman 1996–2002
- Bob Wilson, former member of Congress, namesake of Bob Wilson Naval Hospital[14]
Athletics and sports
- Rob Awalt, former NFL tight end
- Marcelo Balboa, World Cup and MLS soccer star
- Steven Beitashour, MLS All-Star Soccer, player for San Jose Earthquakes
- Bud Black, former Major League Baseball pitcher and current manager of the San Diego Padres
- Greg Boyd, former NFL defensive end
- Vincent Brown (wide receiver), wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
- Willie Buchanon, former NFL cornerback
- Michael Cage, former NBA player
- Joe Corona, soccer player, Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente and United States men's national soccer team
- Don Coryell, former NCAA and NFL head coach, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Isaac Curtis, former NFL wide receiver
- Tom Dahms, former NFL offensive tackle
- Brad Daluiso, former NFL placekicker
- Kerwin Danley, Major League Baseball umpire
- Jeff DaVanon, MLB baseball player
- Vernon Dean, former NFL cornerback
- Will Demps, former NFL safety
- Mike Douglass, former NFL linebacker
- Fred Dryer, former[NFL defensive end
- Herm Edwards, former Kansas City Chiefs head coach
- Gavin Escobar, Dallas Cowboys tight end
- Brett Faryniarz, former NFL linebacker
- Marshall Faulk, former NFL running back, star of the St. Louis Rams, inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame
- Roman Fortin, former NFL center
- John Fox, current Denver Broncos head coach
- Donte Gamble, American football player
- Gary Garrison, former NFL wide receiver
- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, former NFL defensive end
- Joe Gibbs, former NFL head coach of the Washington Redskins, Hall of Famer, and owner of NASCAR racing team Joe Gibbs Racing
- La'Roi Glover, former NFL defensive tackle
- Mark Grace, retired Major League Baseball player and World Series Champion
- Robert Griffith, former NFL safety
- Chris Gwynn, retired Major League Baseball player
- Tony Gwynn, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Tony Gwynn, Jr., Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder
- Az-Zahir Hakim, former NFL wide receiver
- Tally Hall, goalkeeper for Major League Soccer (MLS)'s Houston Dynamo
- Aaron Harang, San Diego Padres pitcher
- Doug Harvey, former MLB Umpire and Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee 2010
- Ronnie Hillman, running back for the Denver Broncos
- Alex Hinshaw, San Francisco Giants pitcher
- Mike Houghton, former Buffalo Bills guard
- Bob Howard, former NFL cornerback
- Joe Jackson, gridiron football player
- Monte Jackson, former NFL cornerback
- Terry Jackson, former NFL cornerback
- Freddie Keiaho, current NFL linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts and Super Bowl XLI Champion
- Armen Keteyian, sports journalist, HBO Sports, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
- Mike Kozlowski, former NFL safety
- Joe Lavender, former NFL cornerback
- Travis Lee, former Major League Baseball player
- Jeanne Lenhart, senior Olympian, volleyball player, Ms. Senior San Diego 2012
- Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs small forward, 2014 NBA Finals MVP
- John Madden, former Oakland Raiders head coach, Monday Night Football color commentator
- Chris Marlowe, sportscaster, former Olympic volleyball player
- Justin Masterson, Cleveland Indians pitcher
- Matt McCoy, current NFL linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Bobby Meacham, former Major League Baseball player[15]
- Bob Mendoza, Rugby Player of the Year 1967, former Red Sox outfielder
- Claudie Minor, former NFL offensive tackle
- Rich Moran, former NFL punter
- Kirk Morrison, Oakland Raiders' starting linebacker
- Haven Moses, NFL wide receiver[16]
- Kassim Osgood, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver
- Damon Pieri, NFL player
- Chester Pitts, NFL, Houston Texans
- Noel Prefontaine, Toronto Argonauts kicker
- Jimmy Raye, VP of Football Operations for the Indianapolis Colts
- Benny Ricardo, former NFL placekicker
- Charlene Rink, former professional fitness competitor
- Arnie Robinson, Olympic long jump gold medalist
- Patrick Rowe, NFL player[17]
- Brian Russell, former NFL safety
- Ephraim Salaam, former NFL offensive tackle
- Mike Saxon, former NFL punter
- Chaz Schilens, NFL wide receiver, formerly with Oakland Raiders, currently with New York Jets
- Darnay Scott, former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver
- Brian Sipe, former Cleveland Browns quarterback
- Webster Slaughter, former wide receiver
- Dave Smith, former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jeff Staggs, former NFL linebacker
- Willie Steele, 1948 Olympic long jump gold medalist
- Daniel Steres, professional soccer player
- Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals pitcher
- Malcolm Thomas, professional basketball player; currently plays for the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv[18]
- Kyle Turley, former NFL offensive tackle
- Don Warren, former NFL tight end
- Jeff Webb, former Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver
- Ralph Wenzel, former NFL offensive guard
- Jim Wilks, former NFL defensive end
- Nate Wright, former NFL cornerback
- Eric Wynalda, World Cup and MLS soccer player; Fox Sports broadcaster
Military
- Robert Cardenas, retired Brigadier General
- Thomas J. Haynes, Air National Guard general
- Merrill McPeak, retired Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
- James E. McPherson, retired Navy officer, former 39th Judge Advocate General of the Navy
- Eugene P. Wilkinson, first Commanding Officer of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the world's first nuclear submarine
- Donald Erwin Wilson, U.S. Navy admiral
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
- Suzette Haden Elgin, author, retired linguistics professor
- Bob Filner, member of Congress (former professor)
- Clinton Jencks, PhD, retired professor of Economics
- Noel Loomis, Sci-Fi 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, sci-fi writer and visionary, retired professor of mathematics
References
- ↑ Lloyd Bryan Molander Adams
- ↑ "John Baldessari. (American, born 1931)". Moma. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ↑ Bramble, Christopher (2012). Atonement. createspace. ISBN 978-1470093907.
- ↑ Biography at International Cinematographers Guild. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Green With Envy". San Diego State University Newscenter. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ Bob Goen biography at IMDb, retrieved April 9, 2014
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/user/SeaNanners
- ↑ Miletich, Steve, and Thompson, Lynn. "Chris Hansen: Meet the man with the plan for NBA arena." The Seattle Times, February 18, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "CALVERT, Ken, (1953 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ↑ "KUYKENDALL, Steven T., (1947 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ↑ "LOWERY, William David, (1947 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Assemblyman Glenn E. Trowbridge". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ↑ "WILSON, Robert Carlton (Bob), (1916–1999)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Bob Meacham Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Haven Moses". database.Football.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Patrick Rowe". databasefootball.com. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Malcolm Thomas". Baseball-Reference.com accessdate= December 27, 2012.
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