List of University of California, Davis alumni
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Academics
UC Davis Academics
James F. Brooks, Ph.D. – historian
Greg Hess – economist, college administrator, and the president of Wabash College
University Presidents
- Carol Folt, the 11th chancellor, and the 29th chief executive, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Richard Miller, founding president of Olin College.
- Éric Maurincomme, director of INSA Lyon.
- F. Chris Garcia, former President of the University of New Mexico.
- Mondo Kagonyera, chancellor of Makerere University in Uganda.
- Michael Kotlikoff PhD - Provost and acting President of Cornell University.
- Dr. Indira Samarasekera, President of the University of Alberta.
- Michael R. Gottfredson, former president of the University of Oregon
- Greg Hess, president of Wabash College.
- Walter Harrison, president of the University of Hartford.
Professors
- Xu Xiaonian, professor of economics and finance at China Europe International Business School.
- Robert Boyd, Professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) at Arizona State University
- Howard A. Stone, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University.
- M. Brent Donnellan, professor of psychology at Texas A&M University
- Constance J. Chang-Hasnain, professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Tani E. Barlow, professor of history at Rice University.
- Gregory Berns, the Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine.
- Bonnie Bassler, Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, MacArthur Fellowship
- Hugo J. Bellen, Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
- Daniel T. Blumstein, professor and chair for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA
- James F. Brooks, Professor of history at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Janet Broughton, Professor of philosophy and Vice Provost of UC Berkeley
- Lori Cox Han, Professor of Political Science at Chapman University
- Bonnie S. Dunbar, former professor in the department of molecular and cell biology at Baylor University
- Philippe Desan, Professor of French and History of Culture at the University of Chicago
- Mustafa Emirbayer, professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Max Essex, Professor of Health Sciences at Harvard University
- Lewis J. Feldman, Professor of Plant Biology at UC Berkeley
- Bruce Frohnen, Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University
- Stephen Glosecki, scholar of Old English[1]
- James A. Herrick, Guy Vanderjagt Professor of Communication and former communication chair at Hope College
- Godfrey Hewitt, Professor and evolutionary geneticist at University of East Anglia
- Burton Hatlen, literary scholar and professor at University of Maine
- Donna Hoffman, Professor of Marketing at George Washington University
- Amishi Jha, Professor of psychology at University of Miami
- Robert Lieber, Professor of the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
- Theraphan Luangthongkum, linguistics professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Bruce A. Manning, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at San Francisco State University
- Elvira de Mejia, professor of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- H. Allen Orr, Professor of Biology at University of Rochester
- Hans Ostrom, Professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound
- Pearl T. Robinson, Professor of political science at Tufts University
- Peter Richerson, Professor Emeritus at UC Davis
- Jean Beagle Ristaino, Professor of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University
- Shawna Yang Ryan, Professor at University of Hawaii, Manoa
- William S. Penn, English professor at Michigan State University
- Meredith Small, Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University
- Justin E. H. Smith, Professor at Paris Diderot University
- Gary D. Solis, Adjunct Professor of Law who teaches the laws of war at the Georgetown University Law Center
- Nancy Butler Songer, Dean of the School of Education at Drexel University
- Henning Stahlberg, Professor at University of Basel
- Scott Talan, Professor of Communication at American University
- Martin Tolich, Professor of Sociology at University of Otago
- David Hurst Thomas, Professor at Columbia University
- Steven D. Tanksley, Professor of Plant Breeding and Biometry at Cornell University
- Athula Wikramanayake, Professor at the University of Miami
Science
UC Davis Scientists
Stephen Robinson, B.S. 1978 – NASA astronaut
Tracy Caldwell Dyson, B.S. 1993 – chemist and NASA astronaut
Thomas W. Whitaker, B.S. 1927 – botanist and horticulturist
Astronauts
Computer Science
- Sam Lantinga, lead software engineer at Blizzard Entertainment.
- John Black, cryptologist who has been involved in the invention of several cryptographic algorithms including UMAC, PMAC, OCB, and CMAC
- Chris Crawford, game designer
- Timothy Jurka, developer of RTextTools and MaxEnt for the R statistical programming language.
- Eric Lengyel, computer game engine developer with expertise in 3D graphics, animation, physics, audio, and networking
- Carl Sassenrath, developer of REBOL language, CTO of REBOL.
- Peter J. Salzman, hacker, former senior member of hacker group Legion of Doom
- Perry Gregg, computer scientist
Engineering
- Chow Chung-kong, chemical engineer, chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
- Adam Steltzner, NASA JPL lead engineer
- Erkin Sidick, NASA JPL engineer
- Sig Mejdal, sabermetrics analyst, former NASA engineer
- Bernard Soriano, aeronautical engineer, deputy director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Nelson Pass, audio engineer
- David Phillips, civil engineer
- Jeffrey Steefel, video game producer
- Alvin S. White, test pilot, mechanical engineer
Economics
- Ahmad Faruqui, defense analyst and economist
- Mahmoud Solh, Lebanese agricultural economist and genetic scientist who is currently Director General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
- Masami Imai, Japanese economist
- Timothy Francis McCarthy, financial services chief executive
Biology
- Alice Alldredge, oceanographer, marine biologist
- Anurag Agrawal, ecologist, evolutionary biologist
- Jon Andrus, American physician, epidemiologist and immunization specialist, Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization
- Dean Burk, co-discoverer of biotin
- Gordon Conway, former president of the Royal Geographical Society
- Edward DeLong, marine microbiologist
- Katherine Esau, German-American botanist who received the National Medal of Science for her work on plant anatomy
- Brian Fisher, field biologist who works on the systematics of arthropods
- Niklaus Grunwald, plant pathologist and professor
- Catherine T. Hunt, chemist
- Jae U. Jung, South Korean biologist
- Gurdev Khush, Indian agronomist and winner of the World Food Prize
- Lynn Kimsey, professor of Entomology
- Laurence Madin, marine biologist, executive vice president and director of research of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- David Mas Masumoto, author and organic farmer
- Frederick Murphy, co-discoverer of the Ebola virus
- Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, Nigerian epidemiologist
- Robert E. Page, Jr., honey bee geneticist
- Herman Phaff, yeast ecologist
- Elizabeth V. Rose, public health endodontist
- Eric W. Sanderson, landscape ecologist
- H. Michael Shepard, cancer biologist and discoverer of Herceptin
- Gary Strobel, microbiologist
- David Hurst Thomas, archaeologist and anthropologist
- Thomas W. Whitaker, 1927, botanist and horticulturist
Other
- Frederica Darema, Greek physicist who proposed the SPMD programming model
- Diane Fordney, sex therapist
- Christopher G. Newhall, volcanologist
- William Hirstein, philosopher primarily interested in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics, cognitive science, and analytic philosophy
- Jeff Werber, veterinarian
- Nadine Burke Harris, pediatrician, advisory council member for Hillary Rodham Clinton's Clinton Foundation's Too Small to Fail campaign
Arts, entertainment, and literature
UC Davis Arts, Entertainment, and Literature Alumni
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Hasan Minhaj, B.A. – actor and comedian
Martin Yan, M.A. 1975 – chef and food writer
DJ Shadow, B.A. – record producer and DJ
Fine Art
- Kathy Butterly, sculptor
- Shirley Burman, railroad photographer
- Deborah Butterfield, sculptor
- Vonn Cummings Sumner, painter
- Carter, artist
- Victor Cicansky, Canadian sculptor
- Sarah DeRemer, artist
- Kurt Edward Fishback, photographer
- Camille Rose Garcia, lowbrow artist
- Carll Goodpasture, photographer
- Steve Lambert, artist
- Kenney Mencher, painter
- Nickolas Mohanna, artist and composer
- Bruce Nauman, artist
- Richard T. Notkin, ceramic artist
- Nancy Rubins, sculptor
- Ethan Russell, the only rock photographer to have shot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who.
- Elizabeth Stephens, artist, sculptor, film maker, photographer
- Ed Darack, author, photographer
Music
- Yul Anderson, Pianist, Guitarist, Singer
- Cam, country music artist known for the hit "Burning House"
- Luciano Chessa, Italian musicologist
- DJ Shadow (real name Joshua Davis), music producer, DJ, and songwriter
- Rita Hosking, award winning songwriter, singer
- Ruby Ibarra, rapper
- Tom Jans, singer/songwriter
- Steven Mackey, guitarist and composer
- Scott Miller, guitarist and singer/songwriter, founder of Game Theory and The Loud Family
- Lateef the Truthspeaker (real name Lateef Daumont), rapper
- Lyrics Born (real name Tom Shimura), rapper
- Dave Nachmanoff, award-winning American folk singer-songwriter
- Cadence Spalding, American educator, vocalist, instrumentalist and composer
- Donnette Thayer, musician
- Lindsey Pavao, contestant on the second season of The Voice
- Paris, rapper
Literature
- Wendy Barker, poet
- Howard Beck, sports journalist
- Clare Bell, British author in the United States best known for her Ratha series
- Kevin Clark, American poet and critic
- Kira Cochrane, feminist journalist and writer
- Costa Dillon, writer
- Theodore Hamm, author
- Brian Halweil, sustainable food writer and researcher
- Deborah Harkness, The New York Times best-selling author
- Amy Gutierrez, sports journalist
- Lauren Kate, novelist
- Matthew Kennedy, writer and film historian
- Gus Lee, author
- Robert Clark Young, novelist
- Marilyn Nelson, American poet, translator and children's book author
- Hans Ostrom, poet, novelist, and scholar, author of The Coast Starlight
- Chris Ransick, writer of literary fiction and poetry
- Grant Rosenberg, screenwriter/producer
- Maris Soule, American author of romance and romantic suspense novels, mysteries, and short stories
- Shawna Yang Ryan, novelist, author of Water Ghosts (2009) and Green Island (2016)
- Max Schott, author of short stories
- April Halprin Wayland, author, poet, and teacher
- Anthony Swofford, author
- James Van Pelt, science fiction author
- Mark Wisniewski, Pushcart Prize winner and Best American Short Stories author
Film and Television
- Craig Baldwin, experimental filmmaker
- Michele Boyd, actress
- Debbie Lee Carrington, actress
- Sonya Eddy, actress
- Michael Gaston, actor
- Terisa Greenan, film producer, director, and actress
- Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress
- Carol Flint, TV producer, ER
- Natasha Halevi, actress
- Fereshta Kazemi, Afghan-American film actress
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith, actor
- Kelly Masterson, screenwriter
- Matthew Moy, actor
- Sal Viscuso, actor
- John Vickery, stage and film actor known for his work in Babylon 5 and Star Trek
- Martin Yan, chef host of television show Yan Can Cook
- Tareq Salahi, winery owner at television personality
- Christopher Markus, Emmy winner
- Conan Nolan, political reporter
- Kate Tsui, actress and singer
- Bergen Williams, actress
- Eric Womack, American actor and producer
- Pamela Wu, reporter
Comedy
- Hasan Minhaj, comedian[2]
- Tim Lee, comedian
- Bruce Baum, comedian
Other
- Meghan Kalkstein, broadcast journalist
- Kim Iverson, radio personality
- Jenny Cho, broadcaster
- Tiffany Lam, beauty queen, Miss Hong Kong 2002
- Henry Wofford, SportsNet Central anchor/reporter for Comcast SportsNet in San Francisco
- Mike Pondsmith, game designer
Athletics
UC Davis Athletics Alumni
Daniel Descalso, B.A. – professional baseball infielder
Chris Petersen, B.A., M.A. – coach
Urijah Faber, B.A. – mixed martial artist
Olympians
- Peter Snell, three time gold medalist in running
- Cathy Carr, gold medalist swimmer at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
- Emily Azevedo, bobsledder in 2010 Winter Olympics.
- Linda Somers, marathon runner in 1996 Olympics.
- Scott Weltz, swimmer at 2012 Summer Olympics.
- Kim Conley, long distance runner in 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
- Colby Slater, two time gold medalist in rugby.
- Carrie Johnson, sprint canoer at 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics.
- Terry Kubicka, figure skater, 1976 US National Champion, competitor at 1976 Winter Olympics, first and only skater to perform legal backflip.
- Cyndy Poor, runner at 1976 Summer Olympics.
- Seth Weil, rower at 2016 Summer Olympics.
Basketball
Soccer
- Quincy Amarikwa, MLS player for the San Jose Earthquakes
- Nicolas Platter, goalkeeper for Carolina RailHawks
- Ahmad Hatifi, current international soccer player for Afghanistan and a professional with Mumbai F.C. in India's I-League.
- Jacob Barron, midfielder for Orange County Blues FC.
- Jerome Watson, American former U.S. soccer forward
- Matthew Sheldon, player for Orange County Blues
- Dirk Denkers
- Elliott Hord
Football
- Nick Aliotti, defensive coordinator for University of Oregon
- Mike Bellotti, former head football coach for the University of Oregon
- Rolf Benirschke, placekicker for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL
- Bob Biggs, former head coach for UC Davis
- Chris Carter, former wide receiver for Seattle Seahawks
- Jonathan Compas, former NFL offensive lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Kevin Daft, offensive coordinator for UC Davis
- Bo Eason, safety for the Houston Oilers of the NFL
- Daniel Fells, tight end for the Denver Broncos
- Bakari Grant, wide receiver for Calgary Stampeders
- Mark Grieb, quarterback for the San Jose Sabercats of the Arena Football League
- Daryl Gross, Athletic Director, Syracuse University
- Nathaniel Hackett, offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills[3]
- Paul Hackett, former head coach for University of Pittsburgh and University of Southern California
- Dan Hawkins, former head football coach for the University of Colorado at Boulder
- Khari Jones, Arena Football League and Canadian Football League quarterback and sports reporter
- Bryan Lee-Lauduski, former quarterback for Iowa Barnstormers
- Brad Lekkerkerker, offensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL
- Cory Lekkerkerker, offensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL
- Chris Mandeville, defensive back
- Rich Martini, former wide receiver for Oakland Raiders
- Casey Merrill, NFL defensive end
- Mike Moroski, NFL quarterback
- Ken O'Brien, 11-year quarterback for the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles
- J.T. O'Sullivan, quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Chris Petersen, head football coach for the University of Washington
- Frank Scalercio, former head coach for Sonoma State Cossacks
- Colton Schmidt, punter for the Buffalo Bills
- Kermit Schmidt, NFL running back
- Elliot Vallejo, former player for Oakland Raiders
- Rich Waltz, TV announcer, Miami Marlins
- Demario Warren, head coach for Southern Utah Thunderbirds
- Mike Wise, NFL defensive end
Wrestling
- Urijah Faber, wrestler; professional mixed martial artist, former WEC featherweight Champion, and current UFC Bantamweight Contender[4]
- John Hennigan, professional wrestler known for his time in WWE as Johnny Nitro and John Morrison
- Tim Lajcik, mixed martial artist, stuntman, and actor
Baseball
- Joe Biagini, pitcher for Toronto Blue Jays
- Steve Brown, MLB pitcher
- Daniel Descalso, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals[5]
- Eddie Gamboa, pitcher for Tampa Bay Rays
- Marco Grifantini, pitcher for Toronto Blue Jays
- Ty Kelly, utility player for the New York Mets
- Ryan Scoma, player for the San Francisco Giants
- Matt Vaughn, head coach for the UC Davis Aggies baseball team
Golf
Other
- Alycia Moulton, tennis player
- Dave Scott, 6-time champion at Ironman World Championship
- Shiva Vashishat, cricket player
Business
UC Davis Business Alumni
John Watson, B.A. 1978 – CEO of Chevron
Robert B. Tucker, B.A. 1976 – author, consultant, and professional speaker
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- Allison Arieff, Senior Content Lead at IDEO, co-founder and former editor of Dwell magazine
- Refaat El-Sayed, billionaire
- Riley P. Bechtel, billionaire, CEO of Bechtel
- Ben Behrouzi, entrepreneur, Founder, President & CEO of DotNext Inc. and Reply.com
- Brian Bolke, President, Partner and Co-Founder of Forty Five Ten
- Paul Privateer, CEO of Data Insight Solutions
- Alfred Chuang, co-founder and CEO of BEA Systems
- Rael Dornfest, former engineer at Twitter, founder and CEO of Values of N
- Lauren Elliott, internet entrepreneur, video game designer, co-designer of Carmen Sandiego game series
- Sean Ellis, founder of Qualaroo, coined growth hacking
- Ron Erickson, co-founder of Microrim, GlobalVision, Inc., and Egghead Software
- Robert "Bob" Foster, past President of Southern California Edison; former Mayor of Long Beach, California
- Adriana Gascoigne, CEO of Girls in Tech.
- Steve Gatena, founder of REP Interactive and VideoFort, CEO of Helinet.
- Kimberly Guilfoyle, Court TV and FOX News Channel anchor; ABC, CNN, and FOX News legal analyst/commentator
- Daniel Ha, co-founder and CEO of Disqus
- Oran B. Hesterman, president and chief executive officer of Fair Food Network
- Jeff Katz, CEO, NexTag; ex-CEO, Leapfrog; ex-CEO and founder, Orbitz
- Peter Lavelle, American journalist, host of CrossTalk on the English-language TV channel of RT
- Francis Lee, CEO, Synaptics
- Jason Lucash, inventor and founder of Origaudio, Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions of 2009, winner on ABC's show Shark Tank, and Entrepreneur's "Entrepreneur of the Year" for 2012
- Jani Macari Pallis, CEO of Cislunar Aerodynamics, professor at University of Bridgeport
- Dhar Mann, entrepreneur, founder of WeGrow Store
- Ken Mercurio, author and former nutrition labeling director at Nestle USA
- David Phillips, "The Pudding Guy"
- Richard Pitcairn, veterinarian, founder of the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy
- Mark Publicover, CEO and founder of JumpSport, inventor of the first affordable trampoline safety net enclosure
- Keith Robinson, co-owner of the Hawaiian island of Niihau
- Zohra Sarwari, Muslim author, business coach, entrepreneur, and international speaker
- Stratton Sclavos, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of VeriSign
- Tanya Seaman, founder of PhillyCarShare
- Krishna Subramanian, entrepreneur, angel investor, and co-founder of BlueLithium
- Thomas J. Tierney, chairman of eBay
- Robert B. Tucker, President and founder of The Innovation Resource Consulting Group
- John Watson, CEO of Chevron
- William L. Ballhaus, CEO of Blackboard, Inc.
- Payam Zamani, founder and chairman of One Planet Ops Inc.
- Diane Bryant, EVP of Intel's Data Center Group. former CIO of Intel.
Government
UC Davis Government Alumni
Anna Escobedo Cabral, B.A. 1987 – Treasurer of the United States
Tani Cantil-Sakauye, B.A. 1980, J.D. 1984 – Chief Justice of California
Rosanna Wong, Ph.D. 1997 – convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
Miranda Du, B.A. 1991 – United States District Judge
Ann Veneman, B.A. – former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture
Kuan Chung-ming, M.A. 1984 – minister of the National Development Council (Taiwan)
Foreign Officials
- Mohsen Nourbakhsh, former Governor of the Central Bank of Iran
- Mari Pangestu, Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy
- Kuan Chung-ming, former minister of the Taiwanese National Development Council, current chair of the Department of Finance of the National Taiwan University.
- Rosanna Wong, former convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong.
- James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, Scottish nobleman.
- Roberto Sebastian, former Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Philippines).
- Mary Ikoku, Nigerian Special Adviser to the Federal Ministry of Information and Communications
- Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, Nigerian senator, daughter of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
- Kamal Stino, Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
Federal Government
- Anna Escobedo Cabral, Treasurer of the United States
- Janice Eberly, former chief economist of the United States Department of the Treasury
- Ann Veneman, former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2001–2005, later Executive Director of UNICEF
- David J. Kappos, former Director of the Patent and Trademark Office
- Lynn Okagaki, Commissioner of Education Research in the Institute of Education Sciences
- Paul M. Igasaki, Chair and Chief Judge of the Administrative Review Board at the U.S. Department of Labor
- Jane A. Restani, Judge on the United States Court of International Trade
- Sue Ellen Wooldridge, former United States Assistant Attorney General
- Julie MacDonald, Former deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the United States Department of the Interior
Ambassadors
- Scot Marciel, United States Ambassador to Myanmar.
- Leslie A. Bassett, United States Ambassador to Paraguay.
- Sheila Gwaltney, United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Jackie Speier, Congresswoman
- Cal Dooley, United States Congressman, also President and CEO of National Food Processors Association
- Dave Loebsack, Congressman, Iowa, 2nd District
- George Miller, United States Congressman, California, 7th District
- Jimmy Panetta, assistant district attorney in Monterey County, California[6]
State Government
- Harold J. Powers, 36th Lieutenant Governor of California
- Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California
- Arthur Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party
- Luis Alejo, California State Assemblymember, 28th District and former Mayor of Watsonville, California
- Anthony Cannella, California State Senator, District 12 and fmr. Mayor of Ceres, California
- Charles Calderon, politician who served in both chambers of the California State Legislature
- Rebecca Cohn, California State Assembly member for the 24th District
- Jill Derby, elected Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education
- Delaine Eastin, 25th State Superintendent of Public Instruction of California
- Robert Fong, former member of the Sacramento City Council
- Dario Frommer, California Assemblyman, 43rd District, Los Angeles
- Jeff Gorell, California State Assemblymember, 37th District
- David C. Long, member of the Indiana State Senate representing the 16th district.
- Michael Machado, California State Assemblymember
- Kerry Mazzoni, California Secretary of Education
- Tony Miller, former California Secretary of State
- Mike Machado, California State Senator
- Ron Raikes, state senator from Lincoln, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature
- Darrell Steinberg, California State Senator, 6th District
- Kevin Shelley, former California Secretary of State
- Cameron Smyth, California Assemblyman, 38th District
- Ellen Corbett, California State Senator
- Terry Morrow, former member of Minnesota House of Representatives
- Jani Iwamoto, member of the Utah Senate
- Phil Wyman, California Assembymember
Mayors
- Ruthlane Uy Asmundson, former Mayor of Davis, first female Filipino mayor
- Jason Baker, Mayor of Campbell, California
- Bob Black, former Mayor of Davis
- Heather Fargo, former Mayor of Sacramento, California
- Robert "Bob" Foster, Mayor of Long Beach, California
- Elihu Harris, Mayor of Oakland, California
Judges
- Tony Agbayani, Judge of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, California
- Miranda Du, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- Sharon L. Gleason, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
- Paul W. Grimm, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- Kristina Pickering, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
- Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California
- Delbert Gee, Judge of the Superior Court of California in Alameda County
- Craig F. Stowers, Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
- Paula A. Nakayama, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
- Jon Sands, Chief Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona
- Steve White, Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court
Military
- Howard B. Bromberg, Lieutenant General, United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff
- Hassan Akbar, U.S. Army sergeant, convicted for murders of fellow soldiers
Other
- London Breed, President of the Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
- Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County Supervisor, former San Jose Vice Mayor/City Councilmember
- John Quoc Duong, Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)
- Joseph Gutheinz, retired NASA employee who investigated stolen and missing moon rocks
- Lamar Heystek, former Davis City councilmember
- Eric Mar, San Francisco District 1 Supervisor
- Katy Tang, San Francisco District 4 Supervisor
- Mindell Penn, Richmond, California city councilwoman and PG&E executive
- Timothy Walton, Californian attorney
- Jim Rogers, city councilmember for Richmond, California
- Angela E. Oh, attorney, teacher, and public lecturer best known for her role as spokesperson for the Korean American community
- Monika Kalra Varma, Director of Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
- Hoang Tu Duy, Vietnamese-born American democracy activist
Winemaking
- Amy Aiken
- Alberto Antonini, senior winemaker for the wineries of the Antinori and the Frescobaldi
- Kristen Barnhisel, winemaker[7]
- Heidi Barrett, California winemaker and consultant
- Daniel Baron
- Cathy Corison, winemaker
- Sarah Gott, winemaker
- Kathryn Kennedy
- Mia Klein, winemaker
- David Lake, Washington wine pioneer and Master of Wine
- Aaron Pott, Napa Valley consultant winemaker
- Carol Shelton, winemaker
- Kay Simon, class of 1976, Washington winemaker
Miscellaneous
- Dennis Banks, Native American leader
- John Lawrence Goheen, missionary and educator
- Peter A. Griffin, blackjack expert, one of the original seven members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame
- Maria Kang, fitness advocate and founder of the No Excuse Mom movement
- Laura Liswood, Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders
- Luis Scott-Vargas, "Magic: The Gathering" player
- John Dragon Young, Hong Kong scholar of Chinese history
- Deborah King, wellness teacher
- Jan Hamrin, founded the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions
- Randy Lew, professional poker player
See also
References
- ↑ "Stephen O. Glosecki Obituary". The State Journal-Register. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ↑ Perlman, Daniel (August 24, 2009). "Hasan Minhaj: Giving comedy the college try". LAUGHSPIN. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Nathaniel Hackett Syracuse University Bio". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Urijah Faber UFC Profile". Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Daniel Descalso Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ↑ Hennessey, Virginia (July 30, 2013). "Jimmy Panetta following in father Leon's footsteps". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Kristen Barnhisel". Winemakers A-Z. Women Winemakers of California. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
External links
- Famous UC Davis Alumni on the Davis Wiki
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