Notable people at University of California, Riverside

Notable people at University of California, Riverside

Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and current students of the University of California, Riverside.

Notable alumni

Academia, science, and technology

*Robert Patch - Professor of history at the University of California, Riverside and Chair of the UCR Department of History
*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

Arts, film, and literature

*Patricia Ja Lee — Actress known for role as Cassie Chan as the Pink Ranger in the television series 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
*Charles N. Gerencser - Executive Publisher LA CityBeat Weekly Newspaper and New Angeles Monthly Magazine [http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewPerson?oid=oid%3A118028] [http://www.lacitybeat.com] [http://www.newangelesmonthly.com]
*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
*Shelly Frasier - Audiobook Narrator, Theater/Film Actress, starred in the independent film, Never Been Thawed (2005)
*David Sides - Pianist

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
*Charles Alamo - Professional Major League Soccer footballer for Los Angeles Galaxy acquired in the 2008 MLS Draft

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.
*Lloyd Levine - California State Assemblyman for the 40th District since 2002
*Stefani Schaeffer - Defense Attorney and winner of Donald Trump's The Apprentice 6: L.A. [http://www.nbc.com/The_Apprentice_6/candidates/bio_stefani.shtml]
*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

Nobel laureates

*Dr. Richard R. Schrock - Chemistry, 2005

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
* David Reznick - Evolutionary Biologist. Along with colleages was the first to demonstrate natural selection in wild populations.

Current students


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