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Notable Alumni

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Gerald A. Albright ’79
American jazz saxophonist and composer
Greg Ballard ’75
Chief executive officer, Transpera; former chief executive officer of Glu Mobile
Angel Blue ’05
Performer, Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program, Los Angeles Opera
David Boies II ’64
Best known for landmark cases such as "United States v. Microsoft," "Bush v. Gore" and defending Napster against the recording industry
Gayle Brandeis ’90
Award-winning author and poet
Pamela M. Catlett ’87
Vice president of investor relations, NIKE
Glen Charles ’65 / Les Charles ’71
Co-creators and producers of “Cheers;” writers for “M*A*S*H” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show;” writers and producers for “Taxi” and “The Bob Newhart Show”
David S. Eick ’90
Television producer, David Eick Productions; credits include “Hercules,” “Xena,” “American Gothic," the Peabody Award-winning “Battlestar Galactica” and “Caprica”
Susan Essex '85
Senior vice president, Business and Legal Affairs at Warner Bros. Pictures
Susan M. Estes ’81
Chief executive officer, Arch Pacific, LLC
Michael Fredericson, M.D. ’82
Professor and director, PM&R Sports Medicine Service, Stanford University Medical Center; senior associate editor, PM&R; and scientific advisory board, Runner’s World magazine
Rashid Ghazi ’89
Partner, Paragon Marketing Group; clients include General Mills, Gatorade and Kaiser Permanente
David Greenwalt ’72
Executive producer, staff writer on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and co-creator of the spinoff, “Angel;" other TV shows include “The X-Files," “The Wonder Years," “Shannon's Deal," “The Commish," “Doogie Howser, M.D." and “Profit"
Peter Groff ’85
Director, Faith-Based Community Initiatives Center in the Department of Education; first African-American to be elected president of the Colorado Senate
Benjamin Grubin’05, Jeremy Reynolds ’05
Co-founders of Hockey, an American Indie rock band
Wes Hagen ’91
Vineyard manager and winemaker, Clos Pepe Vineyard in Santa Barbara County
M. Ann Halligan ’76
Director of contracts, pricing and estimating, Space Exploration business division, Boeing Corporation, Houston, Texas
Robert M. Hertzberg ’76
Partner in the law firm of Mayer Brown, LLP; former Speaker of the California State Assembly; former California State Senator
Robert Houseal III ’74
Senior vice president and CFP Motion Picture Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Rich Hunsaker ’52
President, Hunsaker Development Company, LLC
Les Janka ’62
President, Saudi Arabia with Quincy International LLC; president, Les Janka International Consultants; deputy press secretary for foreign affairs under President Ronald Reagan
Diane Jennings ’76
Actress and singer, with recordings and concert tours with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Austrian Radio Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic
Kimball Jones ’79
Chef instructor at International Culinary School, Art Institute of California, San Francisco and culinary director, Groth Vineyards and Winery; co-author of "Sharing the Vineyard Table: A Celebration of Wine and Food from the Wente Vineyards Restaurant"
Edward E. Killian ’75
Winemaker, Chateau Souverain
Donald Kohler ’90
Vice president of Central Planning at Burberry, London
Wilfred Koo ’75
President, Givenchy China Co., Ltd., Hong Kong
Lee Launer ’77
Retired president, Institutional Business Organization, MetLife Insurance
David C. Lee ’72
Director, writer and producer; co-creator of “Wings” and “Frasier;” winner of nine Emmys, the Directors' Guild Award, the Humanities Prize and the Peabody Award
Julianne Levings ’75
Physical scientist, plutonium and uranium manufacturing division, U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dave Martin ’88
Chef and contestant in Season 1 of Bravo’s “Top Chef”
Sherri L. Medina ’82
Executive director, CareMeridian
Richard M. Milanovich ’97
Tribal chairman, Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Greta N. Morris ’69
Former United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Patrick J. Morris ’59
Mayor, San Bernardino, California; retired Superior Court Judge
Melvin W. Mow ’72
Executive vice president and chief credit officer, First Hawaiian Bank
Kelsey Myers ’01
Producer, Cable News Network (CNN) International
John Mussey ’63
Partner and founder, Newport Asia LLC
Douglas B. Nalle ’69 and Andrew H. Nalle ’02
Owner and winemaker, Nalle Winery
Daniel O’Brien ’86
Chief of staff, United States Senator Bob Menendez of New Hampshire
Stephen Olson ’63
Chairman/CEO, The Olson Company
Daniel M. Petrie ’75
Screenwriter for “The Big Easy,” “Shoot to Kill,” “Turner and Hooch” and “Toy Soldiers;” Academy Award nominee for “Beverly Hills Cop;” past president of the Writers Guild of America, West
Gene Pokorny ’75
The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Raitt ’39
Actor in musical theater; starred in Broadway productions "Oklahoma!," "Carousel," "The Pajama Game" and others
James Ramos ’09
Chairman, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Andy Rehfeldt ’85
Musician/composer and Grammy Award winner
Cathy Scott ’90
True-crime novelist and award-winning journalist
Alan Shugart ’51
Founder, Seagate Technology
Robert W. Stone ’90
Chief strategy and administration officer, City of Hope Medical Center
Malcolm Swift ’71
Vice president and assistant general counsel, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Humayun Tai ’94
Principal, McKinsey & Company’s Global Energy and Materials Practice, Washington, D.C.
Steadman Upham ’71
President, The University of Tulsa
Gaddi H. Vasquez ’90
United States Representative to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organizations, Rome, Italy, and former Peace Corps director
Roberta Voss ’87
Founder,The Voss Team (RE/MAX Professionals); coach at The Trump Organization; three-term member of Arizona State House of Representatives
Jeffrey M. Wagner ’84
Partner, litigation department, Winston & Strawn, LLP
Elbra M. Wedgeworth ’78
Chief government and community relations officer, Denver Health; president/chair of the board of the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee for the 2008 Democratic National Convention
W. Richard West ’65
Founding director, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma
Charles “Chuck” Wilke ’64
Founding principal, Meridian Capital
James Q. Wilson ’52
Senior fellow, Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College and professor, Department of Political Science, Boston College
Robert M. Woollacott ’65
Professor of biology and curator of marine invertebrates in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University.
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