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The list of University of California, San Diego people includes notable graduates, professors and administrators affiliated with University of California, San Diego in the United States.

Notable Alumni

Source http://alumni.ucsd.edu/prominent/index.htm

Art and Architecture

  • Joyce Cutler-Shaw, MFA 1972 (Visual Arts) - Award-winning artist of public sculpture and design
  • Hung Liu, MFA 1986. (Visual Arts) Contemporary artist. [1]

Athletics

Business

Computer Science

Film, Theatre, and Television

Law and Politics

  • Tim Roemer, 1979 (Political Science) - Five-term Democratic congressman, 3rd Congressional District, Indiana
  • Steve Peace, 1976 (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; and producer of the 1970’s cult film, “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.”
  • Abby Leibman, 1978 (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.
  • Timothy J. Roemer, BA 1979. Former Indiana Congressman and current president of the Center for National Policy.
  • DeAnn Salcido, 1986 (Philosophy) - Superior Court Judge for San Diego County and co-founder of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
  • Patricia Garcia, 1981 (Psychology) - Commissioner Family Law for San Diego County and co-founder of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
  • John Shoven, BA 1969. Hoover Institute senior fellow

Literature

Music and Entertainment

Public Service

  • George Blumenthal, Ph.D (Physics) - Acting chancellor of University of California- Santa Cruz.

Science, Technology, Medicine, and Mathematics

  • Gregory Benford, MS 1965. Science fiction author and physicist. He was also on the faculty of University of California- Irvine.
  • Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D. 1968 (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 the first person with Japanese citizenship to win a Nobel Prize in medicine.
  • Craig Venter, 1972, 1975 (Biology, School of Medicine) - President of Celera Genomics, the first private firm to decode the human genome.
  • David Goeddel, 1972 (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 was 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; Tularik was acquired by Amgen for $1.3 billion in 2004 [1] 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., 1947 (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. 1969 (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., 1977 (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, 1977 (Chemistry), 1981 (SOM) - Oncologist/chief investigator who developed a new drug for leukemia treatment
  • Wolfgang Berger, Ph.D. 1968 (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 Perry (neuroscientist), Ph.D. 1979 (SIO) - Leading researcher in Alzheimer's disease, specifically recognized for his work with oxidative stress mechanisms.
  • George DeVries, 1984 (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. 1992 (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.
  • Gerald Joyce, Ph.D. 1984 (Biology)- Researcher, Scripps Institute
  • Paul Bender, Ph.D. 1988 (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, 1977, 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.
  • Robert Todd Carroll, Ph.D. 1974 (Philosophy) - Professor of philosophy at Sacramento City College and author of the Skeptic's Dictionary.
  • Khaled Hosseini, M.D., 1993 (Biology) - Afghan-American novelist and physician. His 2003 debut novel, The Kite Runner, was a #1 New York Times bestseller.
  • Maurizio Seracini, 1973. Bioengineering.
  • Dan Thomassen, BS. Chemist and adviser to the distinguished advisory group of 2007.
  • Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D. Nobel Prize recipient for medicine for his work on antibody diversity.
  • Craig Venter, Ph.D. 1975. Biologist involved in the Human Genome Project.
  • Chu Ching-wu, Ph.D 1990 (Physics). US News World Reports Researcher of the Year.

Distinguished faculty

References

  1. ^ Amgen (2004-03-29). "Amgen to Acquire Tularik for $1.3 Billion". Amgen.
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