List of Occidental College people
Here follows a list of notable people associated with Occidental College in Los Angeles, California . This list includes alumni, attendees, faculty, and presidents of the university.
Notable graduates and attendees
Business and industry
Entertainment and the arts
Terry Gilliam Ben Affleck Ben Affleck , actor, director, screenwriterStephen Beal , visual artistAshly Burch , actressJohn Callas , writer, director, producerSadie Calvano , actress[ 1] August Coppola , academic, author, film executive and advocate for the artsGlenn Corbett , television actorGabriela Cowperthwaite , documentary filmmaker, Blackfish Will Friedle , actorTerry Gilliam , animator and comedian in Monty Python comedy troupe; filmmaker: Brazil 12 Monkeys Joanna Gleason , actorMike Hoover , cameraman, journalist, documentarian, winner of Academy and Emmy AwardsTerry Kitchen , musicianLane 8 , musician, producerLoren Lester , actorThomas Murray , organistGeorge Nader , actorMarcel Ophüls , filmmakerEmily Osment , actress; Class of 2015Cooper Raiff , actor, directorJoe Rohde , Imagineer Peter Scolari , actorJake Shears , lead singer of Scissor SistersAnna Slotky , actressDan Slott , comic book writerKirsten Smith , screenwriter, Ten Things I Hate About You Legally Blonde The Ugly Truth Roger Guenveur Smith , actorRider Strong , actorTaku Takahashi , musicianMaurissa Tancharoen , actress, singer, dancer, television writer and lyricistJesús Salvador Treviño , television directorTui St. George Tucker , composerMichael Whaley , actor, director, writerLuke Wilson , actor
Kathy Augustine , politician from NevadaAlphonzo E. Bell, Jr. , U.S. CongressmanDavid S. Cunningham, Jr. , Los Angeles City Council member, 1973–87Gloria Duffy , president and CEO of The Commonwealth Club , former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Special Coordinator for Cooperative Threat ReductionRichard Falkenrath , former deputy homeland security advisorRobert Finch , Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 1969–1970, Lieutenant Governor of California 1967–1969U. Alexis Johnson , U.S. diplomatJack Kemp Jack Kemp , AFL and NFL player 1958–1970, U.S. Representative from New York 1971–1989, U.S. Secretary Department of Housing and Urban Development 1989–1993, Republican vice presidential nominee in 1996; awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2009Kristina A Kvien , United States Ambassador, U.S. Embassy of ArmeniDavid M. Louie , Attorney General of Hawaii Pete McCloskey , U.S. Representative 1967–83Jacqueline Nguyen , federal judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Chris Norby , California State Assemblyman Barack Obama Barack Obama , 44th president of the United States Dennis R. Patrick , Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1987–1989Thomas M. Rees , U.S. CongressmanJanette Sadik-Khan , commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation Janis Lynn Sammartino , federal judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of California Mark S. Scarberry , professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law Grant Woods , Arizona Attorney General
Higher education and academia
Journalism
Patt Morrison Bessie Beatty (1886–1947), reported on Russian RevolutionSteve Coll , former Washington Post managing editor, Pulitzer Prize winnerAndrea Elliott , reporter for The New York Times Chris Gulker , photographerMargot Mifflin , professor of journalism, feminist cultural criticJames Andrew Miller , reporter for Washington Post Patt Morrison , NPR radio personality and columnist for the Los Angeles Times Sam Rubin , KTLA entertainment anchor, journalist; class of 1982
Literature and writing
Medicine
Science
Howard Ahmanson, Jr , philanthropist, financier, and writerCameron Townsend , founder, Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of LinguisticsRex Weyler , author, journalist, ecologist and co-founder of Greenpeace International; did not graduate
Sports and athletics
Keith Beebe , football playerRon Botchan , five-time Super Bowl official for NFL from 1980 to 2002Olin Browne , PGA Tour winnerDean Cromwell , USC and Olympic track and field coachLuke Collis , arena football playerJoe Faust , Olympic high jumperJustin Goltz , NFL/CFL quarterbackBob Gutowski , pole vaulter, 1956 Olympic silver medalistJack Kemp , AFL and NFL star quarterback of Buffalo BillsSammy Lee , two-time Olympic gold medalist in divingJim Mora, Sr. , coached NFL's New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis ColtsVance Mueller , NFL running backBill Redell , college and pro quarterback, high school coachJohnny Sanders , NFL general manager[ 2] Danny Southwick , arena football playerJim Tunney , NFL official from 1960 to 1991; three Super Bowls
Notable faculty
Peter Dreier , Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Department; was the Director of Housing at the Boston Redevelopment Authority and senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Ray Flynn for nine years[ 3] Eric Garcetti Eric Garcetti , former assistant professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs; currently mayor of Los Angeles George R. Goldner , art historian, Drue Heinz Chairman of the Department of Drawings and Paints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Julia Holter , singer-songwriter, record producer, composer, artist; appointed Professor of the Practice of Songwriting in 2021[ 4] Martha Ronk , Price Professor of English Literature, is a 2005 PEN American Center Literary Award winner in poetryDerek Shearer , director of the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs and Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs, former United States Ambassador to Finland [ 5]
Presidents
Herrick Interfaith Center, built 1964, with Water Forms II in the foreground
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