Notable people at University of California, Riverside
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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
- Leonard Beeghley - Professor of sociology at University of Florida
- 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
- 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
- Carole Nagengast - Chairwoman of the Anthropology Department at the University of New Mexico
- Arthur Riggs - Director of the Beckman Research Institute and former geneticist with Genentech and father of modern Biotechnology
[edit] Arts, film, and literature
- Patricia Ja Lee — Actress known for role as Cassie Chan as the Pink Ranger in the television series Power Rangers: Turbo and Power Rangers in Space.
- Steve Breen — 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
- Billy Collins — The eleventh U.S. Poet Laureate
- Nona Colorado — Actress in Save The Last Dance and Blue Crush films
- Elizabeth George - Best selling mystery writer
- Keenyah Hill - Model, best known for being the second runner-up on cycle four of America's Next Top Model; was a biology major, prior to being on ANTM
- Lisa Kekaula — Lead singer for The Bellrays
- Charlyne Yi - Actress, comedian, and performance artist (Knocked Up)
- Jamie Chung - Real World San Diego
- Barbara Hambly - American novelist and screenwriter
- Lindsay Ridgeway - Actress, Boy Meets World
[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 and won the DII induvidual golf championship in 1970
- Troy Percival — All time saves leader for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Eric Show — Former professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics
- Erasmo Solorzano - Professional MLS football player for the Chivas USA acquired in the 2007 draft.
- Chris Smith (pitcher) -- Major League pitcher
- John Lowenstein -- Major League Baseball player
- Brendan Steele - Professional Golfer on the Nationwide Tour
[edit] Business, politics, and law
- 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
- Ronald Neumann — Former U.S. Ambassador to Algeria
- Gloria Romero — State Senate Majority Whip, former California Assembly member, 49th District.
- Stefani Schaeffer - Defense Attorney and winner of Donald Trump's The Apprentice 6: L.A. [1]
- Jesse G. James - CEO of West Coast Choppers, a manufacturer of custom-made motorcycles, and the host of Motorcycle Mania and the former seriesMonster Garage on the Discovery Channel.
- Rod Pacheco - California District Attorney
[edit] Nobel laureates
- Dr. Richard R. Schrock - Chemistry, 2005
[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.
- Ronald O. Loveridge Honorable Mayor of Riverside, California.
- Robert Nisbet — Conservative sociologist and early Dean of Letters and Science at UCR.
- 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 and National Book Award finalist
- Karl Taube — Professor of Anthropology, specializing in research into pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures
- 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
- Richard Arnott - Distinguished Professor of Urban Economics
