List of University of California, Riverside people
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Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and current students of the University of California, Riverside.
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[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Academia, science, and technology
- Neil Campbell — American scientist known best for his best-selling Biology textbook
- Matthew Haughey, blogger and founder of MetaFilter
- Marigold Linton — Director of American Indian outreach at the University of Kansas http://www.haskell.edu/academic/art_sci/rise/Linton.htm
- Dr. Richard R. Schrock —Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005 and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Tim White — Professor, integrative biology and research, paleoanthropologist
- Charles E. Young — First UCR student body president and former chancellor at the University of California, Los Angeles
[edit] Arts, film, and literature
- Mark Andrus — Writer for Oscar-nominated As Good As It Gets
- Steve Breen — 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
- Billy Collins — The eleventh U.S. [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|Poet Laureate
[edit] Athletics
- Butch Johnson — Former professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos
- Pat Hill — Head football coach of Fresno State
- Gary McCord — Professional golfer, CBS announcer and analyst
- Troy Percival — Professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
- Eric Show — Former professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics
- Erasmo Solorzano - Professional MLS football player for the Chivas USA
[edit] Business and politics
- Ruben Barrales — Deputy assistant to President Bush and director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in the White House and former San Mateo County supervisor
- John W. Henry — Money manager and principal owner of the Boston Red Sox
- Ronald Neumann — Former U.S. Ambassador to Algeria
- Rod Pacheco — Riverside County District Attorney and former California Assembly Member, 64th District,
- Byron H. Pollitt, Jr. — Executive vice president and chief financial officer of Gap Inc..
- Gloria Romero — State Senate Majority Whip, former California Assembly member, 49th District.
- Judith Valles — Former Mayor of San Bernardino, California.
- Seymour D. Van Gundy - Professor Emeritus at UCR and a member of the California State Water Quality Control Board.
- Christopher John Boyce - Convicted American armed robber and Soviet spy.
[edit] Notable faculty
- John Baez — Professor of mathematics, mathematical physicist
- Donna Hoffman — Chancellor's Chair and professor of marketing, co-director, Sloan Center for Internet Retailing and eLab 2.0, A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management.
- Karl Taube — Professor of Anthropology, specializing in research into pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures
- Tom Novak — Albert O. Steffey professor of marketing and co-director, Sloan Center for Internet Retailing and eLab 2.0, A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management.
- Robert Rosenthal - Professor of psychology, former chair of Harvard's psychology department.
- George Edgar Slusser — Professor of comparative literature, science fiction expert
- Susan Straight — Writer and professor of creative writing
- Bob Toledo — Former UCR football coach; 13th head coach of UCLA
- John V. Tunney — Professor of business law, former United States Senator and member of Congress
- Don Siegel- Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean of Gary Anderson School of Management. and Appointed to Department of Commerce Committee
[edit] Current Students
- Lindsay Ridgeway - Actress, Boy Meets World
