ART

• Joyce Cutler-Shaw, MFA ’72 (Visual Arts)
  Award-winning artist of public sculpture and design

ATHLETICS

• Mark Allen, ’80 (Biology)
  Six-time Ironman Triathalon World Chapter, inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame; named the world’s fittest man by Outside magazine
• Holly Beck,’01 (Psychology)
  Professional surfer and model
• Isabelle Tihanyi, ’89 (Communication) and Caroline Tihanyi, ’89 (Communication)
  Founders of Surf Divas
• Julie Swail, ’95 (Economics)
  Olympian (women’s water polo); UC Irvine head coach

BUSINESS

• Russell Shanks, ’90 (Computer Engineering)
  Senior VP, Chief Technology Officer, Sony Online Entertainment
• Eric Judson, ’91 (Economics)
  San Diego Padres – Vice President of Development and Director of Ballpark Planning (PETCO Park)
• Rusty Preisendorfer, ’78 (Visual Arts)
  Rusty (surfboards and apparel) founder; known for worldwide for his trademark “R", Rusty started shops in La Jolla and Del Mar to have local retail space for his boards. His surfboards are sold around the world, his trademark one of the best known in the surf world. Rusty still owns a shop in La Jolla
• Sports Illustrated recently rated UCSD as the “Best School for Surfing” in the nation

COMMUNICATIONS

• Carol Becker, Ph.D., ’76 (Literature)
  Dean of Faculty, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (first woman dean in the school’s history)
• Robert B. Hansen, ’80, a.k.a. Consumer Bob on NBC 7/39 (Communications)
  Consumer Reporter
• Jeff Godlis, ’76 (Psychology)
  KGTV Channel 10 Producer
• Mike Judge, ’85 (Physics)
  Writer/director/producer of television and motion pictures, including “Beavis and Butthead",“Office Space" and “King of the Hill” animated sitcoms
• Jane Mitchell, ’85 (Political Science)
  Producer and reporter for Cox Communications Channel 4 San Diego; winner of seven Emmys

COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Guy “Bud” Tribble, ’75 (Physics)
  Principal architect of the original Macintosh computer and co-founder of NeXt, Inc
• Bill Atkinson, ’74 (Chemistry)
  Co-developer of the Macintosh computer
• Michael Robertson, ’90 (Cognitive Science)
  Founder of Mp3.com and Lindows.com
• Greg Papadopoulos, ’79 (AMES)
  Vice president and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems; founder of three technology companies while at MIT
• Steve Hart, MA ’80 (Mathematics)
  Co-founder and vice president of engineering for ViaSat; recognized for excellence and growth by Forbes, Inc. and BusinessWeek
• Richard Kornfeld, ’82 (Electrical Engineering)
  CEO and founder of Dot Wireless (acquired by Texas Instruments), a leader in providing CDMA development platform to manufacturers of cellular handsets and wireless data internet applicances. Former vice president of engineering at Qualcomm, where he helped the company grow from a twenty-person start-up to a world leader in telecommunications, currently employing over 7,000 people
• Al Zollar, MA ’76 (Applied Mathematics)
  President and CEO, Lotus Technologies, Inc.
• David Shaw, ’72 (Mathematics)
  Founder of Juno Online Services.
• Robert Akins, '74 (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• Co-Founder/CEO of Cymer Inc.
• Daniel Lee Alspach (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• Established Orincon Corporation in 1973
• Garrett Gruener, '76
• Founder of askjeeves.com

EDUCATION

• George Blumenthal, '71 (Physics)
• Chancellor at UC Santa Cruz

LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE

• Tim Roemer, ’79 (Political Science)
  Five-term Democratic congressman, 3rd Congressional District, Indiana
• Steve Peace, ’76 (Political Science)
  California State Senator, 40th Senate District, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, California Journal of Legislator of the Year 2000; andproducer of the 1970’s cult film, “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”
• Abby Leibman, ’78 (Political Science)
  Co-founder and executive director of the California Women’s Law Center and named one of California’s 100 Most Influential Attorneys by the Daily Journal Corporation
• DeAnn Salcido, ’86 (Philosophy)
  Superior Court Judge for San Diego County and co-founder of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
• Patricia Garcia, ’81 (Psychology)
  Commissioner Family Law for San Diego County and co-founder of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
• Lucy Killea, '75 (Ph.D)
• President, San Diego Foundation
• Former California State Senator

LITERATURE

• Rex Pickett, ’76 (Literature & Visual Arts)
  Author of Sideways
• Sandra Dijkstra, Ph.D., ’77 (French Literature)
  Literary agent who has helped bring authors like Amy Tan, Susan Faludi and LeLy Hayslip to prominence
• Greg Benford, ’67 Ph.D (Astrophysics)*
  Nebula Award Winner
  David Brin, ’81 Ph.D (School of Engineering/AMES)*
  Nebula and Hugo Award Winner
• Raymond Feist, ’77 (Communications)
• Nancy Holder, ’76 (Communications)
  Bram Stoker Award winner
• Kim Stanley Robinson, ’74 (Literature); Ph.D. ‘82 (Literature)
  Two-time Nebula and Hugo Award winner
• Vernor Vinge, ’71, Ph.D (Mathematics)
  Hugo Award winner
• The Nebula Awards are chosen by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novellette, Short Story, and Script
• The Hugo Award was named in honor of Hugo Gernsback, "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction", as he was described in a special award given to him in 1960. The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is given annual by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS)

MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT

• Yareli Arizmendi, MFA, ’92 (Theatre/Drama)
  Acress in "Like Water For Chocalate"
• James Avery, ’76 (Theatre/Drama)
  Stage, screen and television actor who co-starred with Will Smith on the hit TV show, “Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
• Nathan East, ’78 (Music)
  Considered one of the world’s leading bass guitarists. A long time member of the Eric Clapton Band and recorded, performed or written songs with artists such as Anita Baker, Elton John, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Babyface, Al Jarreau, David Benoit, and Sting
  Priti Gandi, ’94 (Communication)
  Internationally renowned Opera diva
• Michael Greif, MFA, ’85 (Theatre/Drama)
  Director of “Rent” and former artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse
• Ricardo Chavira, '00 (Theater/Dance)
• Desperate Housewife cast member
• Jon and Tim Foreman (Arts-Performing/Creative)
• Singer and guitarist for Switchfoot
• Carrie Grugger-Kelly, '96 (Communication)
• The Apprentice: Martha Stewart contestant (Jan 2006)
• Thom Sherman, '88 (Theater/Dance)
• President of Bad Robot Productions and Executive Producer of the hit television shows Lost and Alias
• Milo Aukerman, '86 (Biochemistry and Cell Biology )
• Vocalist for the punk-rock band, The Descendants

SCIENCE & MEDICINE

• Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D. ’68 (Biological Sciences)
  A molecular biologist that won the 1987 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on the way the body marshals its immunological defenses when it is threatened by different disease agents. Tonegawa, the eighth student to receive a doctorate in biology at UCSD, was the first UCSD alumnus and first person with Japanese citizenship to win a Nobel Prize
• Craig Venter, ’72, ’75 (Biology, School of Medicine)
  President of Celera Genomics, the first private firm to decode the human genome
• David Goeddel, ’72 (Chemistry)
  The first full-time scientist and director of Genentech’s molecular biology department, responsible for cloning five major drugs that helped propel the firm into prominence as the nation’s premier biotech company. He is co-founder, president and CEO of Tularik, Inc., a biotech company that focuses on transcription factors (the non-protein switches that turn genes on and off) to regulate genes involved in specific human diseases
• He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (the first UCSD undergraduate alumnus to be so honored); a fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; a recipient of the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry and the Scheele Medal from the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Walter Munk, Ph.D., ’47 (SIO, Doc. of Philosophy)
  A renowned oceanographer who has made fundamental contributions to understanding various ocean waves and tides and the mechanism of ocean circulation. He was also the first to shed light on the influence of the atmospheric and oceanic motions on the rotation of the earth.
• Zachary Fisk, Ph.D. ’69 (Physics)
  Leading condensed matter physicist in the country. Member of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Captain Eleanor “Connie” Mariano, M.D., ’77 (Biology)
  Physician to the President of the United States; Commander/White House Medical Unit; first military woman to be named White House physician and first woman director of the White House Medical Unit
• Brian Druker, ’77 (Chemistry), ’81 (SOM)
  Oncologist/chief investigator who developed a new drug for leukemia treatment
• Wolfgang Berger, Ph.D. ’68 (SIO)
  One of the world’s top paleoceanographers, recognized for his pioneering work in deciphering the geological history of the oceans and its climatic implications
• George DeVries, ’84 (Psychology)
  President and CEO, American Specialty Health Plans, the nation’s largest health care organization for complementary and alternative health care; appointed by President Clinton to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
• John DoBak, M.D. ’92 (SOM)
  Inventor who holds twelve issues patents for medical devices; CEO of INNERCOOL Therapies; founder, vice president and chief technology officer of CryoGen, Inc.; one of the MIT Technology Review’s Top 100 Inventors for 1999
• Paul Bender, Ph.D. ’88 (Electrical Engineering)
  Vice president of technology for Qualcom; one of the MIT Technology Review’s Top 100 Innovators for 1999. Using a protocol called Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), he developed new equipment to take maximum advantage of the technology, including a sophisticated processing system on a single chip that reduced the mass and cost of cell phones
• Lloyd Shabazz, 77, M.D. (Biology)
  Cancer Treatment Centers of America; one of the few Americans involved in clinical cancer research and patient care across a broad range of cancer specialties, specifically hematology (blood). Dr. Shabazz is also an expert in tumors (breast, colorectal and lung), and hematologic (leukemia, lymphoma) cancers
• Paul Chu, 68, (Physics)
• Nationally recognized superconductivity expert; the importance of his inventions are compared to that of the transistor & the light bulb