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