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Name Significant Accomplishment(s)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar NBA's all-time scoring leader; Six-time MVP
Troy Aikman Quarterback of three-time Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys
Linda Alvarez TV journalist and anchorwoman
Army Archerd Veteran entertainment columnist and broadcaster
John A. Arguelles Former Assoc. Justice, California Supreme Court
Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. (d.) First African American to win Wimbledon tennis title;
Human rights activist
Donald Barksdale (d.) First African American Olympic basketball gold medalist
Gary Beban Heisman Trophy winner; President of CB Commercial
Harve Bennett Writer/Producer/Director, notably of "Star Trek" films
Corbin Bernsen Actor, most notably "L.A. Law", "Major League" and "Major League Part II"
Tom Bradley Former Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Lloyd Bridges Film and television actor
Ralph J. Bunche (d.) 1950 Nobel Peace Prize laureate;
Former Under-Secretary General to the United Nations
Yvonne B. Burke L.A. County Board of Supervisors
Carol Burnett Actress, Emmy Award Winner
Mark Canton Former Chair, Columbia and TriStar Pictures
Benjamin Cayetano Governor of Hawaii
Sylvia Chase Emmy Award-winning TV journalist
Francis Ford Coppola Six-time Academy Award winner (The Godfather I, II, III)
Walter Cunningham NASA Astronaut; Apollo VII crew member
Marilyn McCoo Davis Seven-time Grammy Award winner (Fifth Dimension)
James Dean (d.) Film actor, most notably "Rebel Without A Cause"
Agnes G. de Mille (d.) Tony Award-winning choreographer
Terry Donahue Winningest football coach in Pac-10 and UCLA history
Thomas Everhart President of Caltech
Anna Lee Fisher NASA astronaut-Discovery shuttle
Mark Harmon Television and film actor;
Former UCLA football quarterback
Sam Iacobellis, Sr. Chief executive officer, Rockwell International
Rafer L. Johnson 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medalist,
President, California Special Olympics;
1984 Olympic torchbearer
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Three-time Olympic track & field gold medalist;
Businesswoman
Robert Glenn Ketcham Noted wildlife photographer
Jill Kinmont U.S. ski champion;
subject of film The Other Side of the Mountain
James E. Lu Valle (d.) Inventor, chemist, 1936 Olympic medalist
Waldo K. Lyon Director of the first sub-Arctic North Pole voyage of the Polaris submarine
R. Bruce Merrifield 1984 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Ann Meyers Member of Basketball Hall of Fame; Sports broadcaster
James F. Montgomery CEO, Great Western Financial Corp.
Rev. Donn Moomaw Football All-American, Former pastor,Bel Air Presbyterian Church
Steven Muller President emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University; Rhodes Scholar
Dorothy Wright Nelson Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
David Neuman President, Walt Disney Television
Randy Newman Composer/Singer
Michael Ovitz Former Executive, The Walt Disney Company; Head of UCLA Medical Center fund-raising campaign
Corey Pavin Professional golfer, 1995 U.S. Open champion
Rob Reiner Actor/Director/Producer, actor in "All in the Family",
producer of "American President", director of "A Few Good Men"
Gene Reynolds Six-time Emmy-winning Producer/Director (M*A*S*H)
Tim Robbins Actor/Producer/Director, produced "Dead Man Walking"
Jackie Robinson (d.) UCLA's only four-sport letterman;
First African American to play Major League Baseball;
Former Dodgers great; Hall of Famer
John Rubinstein 1980 Tony Award-winning actor and composer
Nobutada Saji President, Suntory, Ltd.
William Sharpe Co-recipient of 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics
David Silverman Animator, supervising director of "The Simpsons"
George Takei Actor, most notably as Mr. Sulu in "Star Trek"
Tritia Toyota TV journalist and anchorwoman
Bill Walton NCAA and NBA champion; College Player of the Year; Television commentator;
Member, Basketball Hall of Fame
Michael Warren Actor, most notably "Hill Stree Blues;" Basketball All-American
Kenny Washington (d.) Football All-American; First African American to play in NFL
Fred L. Whipple Astronomer; Dir. NASA Optical Satellite Tracking Project
Natalie Williams Pac-10 Female Athlete of the Decade in basketball and volleyball
John Williams 27-time Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award-winning composer ("Star Wars")
Zev Yaroslavsky Los Angeles County Supervisor, District 3
d.-deceased.