48 Notable alumni of
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is 1102nd in the world, 401st in North America, and 374th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Forest Whitaker
- Occupations
- television actoractorkaratekatelevision directorvoice actor
- Biography
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Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer and director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Dave Mirra
- Occupations
- rally driveranimatorsport cyclistbusinessperson
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David Michael Mirra was an American BMX rider who also competed in rallycross racing. He set the record for most medals in BMX Freestyle at the X Games (later tied by Scotty Cranmer) and earned at least one BMX medal at the event in all but one year from the competition's inception in 1995 until 2009. He also competed for several years with the Subaru Rally Team USA as a rallycross driver. Mirra rode for and was fully sponsored by Haro Bikes from the mid-1990s until he started his own bike company. He was a member of the team which won the 2014 Race Across America four-person male (under 50) category. Mirra died by suicide on February 4, 2016. He was inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame on June 11, 2016.
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Dr DisRespect
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- Internet celebritytelevision produceronline streamervideo blogger
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Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV, better known as Dr Disrespect or The Doc, is an American online streamer. He had over 4 million followers on Twitch when he was active on the site, and became known for playing battle royale games such as Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Call of Duty: Warzone, Fortnite, H1Z1, and PUBG: Battlegrounds.
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Larry Wilmore
- Occupations
- television produceractortelevision presenterjournalisttelevision actor
- Biography
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Elister Larry Wilmore III is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actor. He served as the "Senior Black Correspondent" on The Daily Show from 2006 to 2014, and hosted The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2015 and 2016. He is also the creator of the sitcom The Bernie Mac Show. He served as an executive producer for the ABC television series Black-ish, and is the co-creator, with Issa Rae, of the HBO television series Insecure. Since May 2017, he has hosted a podcast, Black on the Air, where he discusses current events and interviews guests. He is the host of the talk show Wilmore.
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Roman Gabriel
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- player of American footballbusinessperson
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Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was the second overall pick in the 1962 NFL Draft and played for the Los Angeles Rams for 11 seasons then five years for the Philadelphia Eagles. He is notable for being the first NFL quarterback of Filipino-American descent.
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Meagan Tandy
- Occupations
- actormodelbeauty pageant contestant
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Meagan Yvonne Tandy is an American actress and model. She is a former Miss California USA who placed as third runner-up at Miss USA 2007. As an actress, she had long running roles in Jane by Design, Teen Wolf, Survivor's Remorse, and recently starred as Sophie Moore on The CW's Batwoman.
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Erika Harlacher
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- actorvoice actor
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Erika Lynn Harlacher-Stone is an American voice actress who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime shows and video games. Some of her major roles in anime include: Ami Kawashima in Toradora!, Mimori Togo in Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Asseylum Vers Allusia in Aldnoah.Zero, Elizabeth Liones in The Seven Deadly Sins, Kurapika in Hunter × Hunter, Violet in Violet Evergarden, and Yumeko in Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler, and Shinobu in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. In video games, she provides the voice of Kyoko Kirigiri and Kaede Akamatsu in the Danganronpa video game series, Venti in Genshin Impact, Juna Crawford in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III and IV, Ayesha in Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk, Ann Takamaki in Persona 5, and Raging Bull in Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy VII Remake.
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Jim Zorn
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football coachplayer of American football
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James Arthur Zorn is an American former professional football player and coach. Zorn was a left-handed quarterback, and is best known as the starting quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks for their first eight seasons. He was the quarterback coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 2001 until the 2007 season. Before the 2008 season Zorn was originally hired by the Washington Redskins to serve as offensive coordinator. Two weeks after being hired, he was promoted as the team's head coach.
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Chi Cheng
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 80)
- Occupations
- athletics competitorpolitician
- Biography
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Chi Cheng is a Taiwanese track and field athlete. She was an Olympic medalist in 1968 and was named the Associated Press Athlete of the Year for 1970. She was a former pentathlete turned sprinter.
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Hilda Solis
- Enrolled in California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
- In 1979 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hilda Lucia Solis is an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district. Solis previously served as the 25th United States Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2013, as part of the administration of President Barack Obama. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009, representing the 31st and 32nd congressional districts of California that include East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley.
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James Williamson
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- songwriterlyricistrecord producerguitarist
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James Robert Williamson is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer. He was a member of the iconic proto-punk rock band The Stooges, notably on the influential album Raw Power and in the reformed Stooges from 2009 to 2016. Between his stints in music, Williamson worked in Silicon Valley developing computer chips. Most recently he has continued as a solo artist.
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Dwight Ramos
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Dwight Ramos is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for Levanga Hokkaido of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). He has also played for the Philippines national basketball team.
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Jack Dangermond
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- 1945-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- geographerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Jack Dangermond is an American billionaire businessman and environmental scientist, who in 1969 co-founded, with Laura Dangermond, the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), a privately held geographic information systems (GIS) software company. As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$9.3 billion.
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Kim Rhode
- Occupations
- sport shooter
- Biography
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Kimberly Susan Rhode is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most successful female shooter at the Olympics as the only triple Olympic Champion and the only woman to have won two Olympic gold medals for Double Trap. She won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics, equaling the world record of 99 out of 100 clays. Most recently, she won the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, making her the first Olympian to win a medal on five different continents, the first Summer Olympian to win an individual medal at six consecutive summer games, and the first woman to medal in six consecutive Olympics.
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Glenn Davis
- Occupations
- player of American footballathletics competitor
- Biography
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Glenn Woodward Davis was an American professional football halfback who played for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is best known for his college football career for the Army Cadets from 1943 to 1946, where he was known as "Mr. Outside". He was named a consensus All-American once, named unanimous All-American twice, and in 1946 won the Heisman Trophy and was named Sporting News Player of the Year and Associated Press Athlete of the Year.
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Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen
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- master of ceremonies
- Biography
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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên is a Vietnamese-American singer, songwriter, and master of ceremonies, notably co-hosting the Paris by Night series.
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Jonathan Bornstein
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Jonathan Rey Bornstein is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left-back. He has captained and made 38 appearances for the United States national team. In addition to also playing for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer (with whom he was the 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year, an MLS Best XI, and a two-time MLS All-Star), he has played in Liga MX and in the Israeli Premier League. He won a silver medal with Team USA at the 2005 Maccabiah Games, in Israel.
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Walter Ray Williams
- Occupations
- bowler
- Biography
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Walter Ray Williams Jr. is an American professional bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher. He currently holds the record for all-time standard PBA Tour career titles (47), and total PBA earnings (over $5 million through 2022). He is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year (tied with Jason Belmonte for the most all-time), and won at least one PBA Tour title in a record 17 consecutive seasons (1993 through 2009–10). He starred in the ten-pin bowling sports documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen. As of June 26, 2022, Williams is also the all-time title leader on the PBA50 Tour, with 16. He is a three-time PBA50 Player of the Year, and has won three majors on that Tour. He has rolled 110 career perfect 300 games in PBA competition through 2019.
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Cody Ponce
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Cody Joe Ponce is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and in NPB for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He played college baseball for the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos.
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Roy Conli
- Occupations
- film producer
- Biography
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Roy Conli is an American film producer and voice actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the 2014 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Big Hero 6 at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.
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Matthew Ganuelas
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Matthew Allen Ganuelas-Rosser is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the NCAA Division II school Cal Poly Pomona. He was recruited to play for the Philippine national basketball team during their 2012 William Jones Cup campaign. He was drafted 4th overall by NLEX in the 2014 PBA draft.
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Joel Anderson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joel Anderson is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. A Republican, he is a former California state senator, assemblyperson, and board member of a municipal water district. During his time in the Legislature, Anderson served on the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as California state chair.
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Corrinne Yu
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineergame programmer
- Biography
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Corrinne Yu is an American game programmer. She has worked on games including King's Quest, Quake II, and Halo 4. Her engine work included Unreal Engine 3, Microsoft's Direct 3D Advisory Board, and CUDA and GPU simulation at NVidia. She has also designed accelerator experiments for nuclear physics research.
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James T. Butts Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Thurman Butts Jr. is an American politician, currently serving as the mayor of Inglewood, California. He rose through the ranks of law enforcement in Inglewood during the 1970s and 1980s, eventually becoming a Deputy Chief. He then worked as the Chief of Police in Santa Monica, California from 1991 to 2006. Butts then took a public safety position with Los Angeles World Airports in 2006. He was elected mayor of Inglewood in 2010 and re-elected in 2014 with an 84% vote. He led efforts to renovate and reopen The Forum and develop a plan for SoFi Stadium and Intuit Dome in Hollywood Park.
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Donald Tang
- Born in
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China - Occupations
- international forum participantinvestment banker
- Biography
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Donald Tang is an American businessman. He founded Tang Media Partners and Global Road Entertainment. He is the former vice chairman of Bear Stearns and former chairman of Bear Stearns Asia. In November 2022, Tang joined the Asia-based international fast-fashion brand Shein as executive vice chairman. As of August 2023, he is executive chairman of Shein.
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Taylor Spivey
- Occupations
- triathlete
- Biography
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Taylor Spivey is an American professional triathlete. At the conclusion of the 2019 season she placed fourth in the ITU World Triathlon Series in the behind Katie Zaferes, Jess Learmonth, and Georgia Taylor-Brown. This followed up an 8th place series finish in 2018, 12th in 2017 and 50th in 2016. Spivey competes at Elite pro level in the ITU Triathlon World Cup, ITU World Triathlon Series, Grand Prix de Triathlon, American Triathlon Confederation (CAMTRI) and Super League Triathlon competitions.
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Richard Pombo
- Enrolled in California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
- Studied in 1979-1982
- Occupations
- rancherco-founderpolitician
- Biography
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Richard William Pombo, GOIH is an American lobbyist for mining and water-management companies and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. Pombo lost a reelection bid to Democratic challenger Jerry McNerney on November 7, 2006.
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Brian Hooker
- Occupations
- researcheranti-vaccine activistengineer
- Biography
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Brian S. Hooker is a biologist and chemist at Simpson University. He is known for promoting the false claim that vaccines cause autism.
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Geoffrey Okamoto
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- economistinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Geoffrey William Seiji Okamoto is an American economist and government official who served as first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Okamoto previously served as the acting assistant secretary for international finance and development in the United States Department of the Treasury. He was nominated for this position on January 1, 2019, by the White House and was never confirmed by the United States Congress. He previously served as acting assistant secretary for international markets and investment, for which he was also not confirmed.
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Carol Vaness
- Occupations
- music teacheropera singer
- Biography
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Carol Theresa Vaness is an American lirico-spinto soprano and university professor.
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Stevvi Alexander
- Occupations
- actorsingersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Stephanie "Stevvi" Alexander is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. She was featured as an artist with the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience in 2017, alongside the show's composer Ramin Djawadi. She has also appeared in Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil.
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Bob Lorenz
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- sports commentatortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Robert "Bob" Lorenz is an American television anchor. He is the primary studio host on the YES Network, and hosts the New York Yankees pregame and postgame shows on YES telecasts, as well as Brooklyn Nets pregame and postgame shows for cablecasts. Lorenz also hosts other shows on YES, including Yankees Hot Stove, a show that tracks the offseason movement of the Yankees and the rest of the teams in MLB. Lorenz has done play-by-play of YES Network's coverage of NCAA football as well as Staten Island Yankees games.
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Jim Brulte
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- politician
- Biography
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James L. Brulte is an American politician and former chairman of the California Republican Party, having served from March 3, 2013 to February 24, 2019. Brulte formerly served as a Republican in the California State Senate, representing the 31st district, from 1996 to 2004. He also served as the Senate Republican leader from 2000 to 2004. Brulte also served as Vice-Chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. He was previously the Republican Leader of the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1996. Brulte is the only freshman to ever serve as a party leader in both houses of the California State Legislature.
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Marie Royce
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
- Graduated with Bachelor of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Marie Royce, born Marie Thérèse Porter, is an American businesswoman, diplomat, and educator. She was the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs from 2018-2021. She was nominated by President Donald Trump and was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate. Royce was succeeded by Lee Satterfield on November 23, 2021.
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Douglas E. Noble
- Born in
- United States
- Biography
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Douglas E. Noble is an American architect and tenured professor at the USC School of Architecture. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He is known for his work in four overlapping arenas: Architectural Computing, Building Science, Architecture Education, and Design Theories and Methods. He received the ACSA/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award in 1995, the ACSA Creative Achievement Award in 2013, and the ACSA Practice and Leadership Award in 2023. He was named among the "10 most admired educators" nationally in architecture in 2010 and was twice more selected as a "most admired educator" in 2015 and 2018. He is the recipient of the 2017 American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter Presidential Honor as educator of the year, and the 2014 AIA California Chapter Educator Award.
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Travis Taijeron
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Travis Nathaniel Taijeron is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Mets.
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Wayne Gross
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Wayne Dale Gross, is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) primarily as a third baseman from 1976-1986. Gross was named to the All-Star Game as a rookie in 1977 as a last-minute injury replacement for Vida Blue. As a rookie Gross belted 22 home runs on the year. On December 8, 1983, Gross was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Tim Stoddard.
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Jonathan D. Farrar
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Jonathan Don Farrar was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama from 2012 to 2015. He was previously the Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, from July 2008 to September 2011.
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Mike Munoz
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Anthony Munoz, is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1989 to 2000.
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Kye Palmer
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- jazz musician
- Biography
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Kye Palmer is an American trumpet player who is a Los Angeles studio musician, most notable as a former member of The Tonight Show Band from 2006 to 2009. On April 10, 2006, Palmer replaced Lee Thornburg in The Tonight Show Band and was there for the last part of Kevin Eubanks's tenure with The Tonight Show. He has recorded on several Grammy Award nominated or winning projects over the past 20 years.
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Robert T. Yamate
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Robert T. Yamate is an American diplomat of Japanese descent and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros.
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Douglas A. Schiess
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 54)
- Enrolled in California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in physics
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Douglas Andrew Schiess is a United States Space Force lieutenant general who serves as the commander of United States Space Forces – Space and combined joint force space component commander of the United States Space Command. He previously served as the commander of Combined Force Space Component Command and vice commander of Space Operations Command.
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Robert Lawrence Balzer
- Occupations
- authorjournalistwinemaker
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Robert Lawrence Balzer has been called the first serious wine journalist in the United States. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa. At the age of 24, he was put in charge of the wine department of his family’s grocery/gourmet market in Los Angeles, California. Because he knew nothing about wine, he quickly educated himself on the subject. Balzer soon championed quality California wines and stocked his shelves with the best American wines available. He promoted wine in his customer newsletter and was asked by Will Rogers, Jr. to write a regular wine column in his local newspaper in 1937.
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Alan Fowlkes
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Alan Kim Fowlkes is a retired professional baseball player who played two seasons for the San Francisco Giants and California Angels of Major League Baseball.
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Ann Phong
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Ann Phong is a Vietnamese American painter known for her paintings depicting her experience as a Vietnamese-American Woman and environmental issues.
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Anthony Amaral
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Anthony Amaral was an American West Historian and horse trainer. He wrote books and articles on movie and feral horses, as well a biography of Western novelist and artist Will James.
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David C. Fischer
- Biography
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David Charles Fischer was Special Assistant to President at the White House under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985. In this capacity Fischer managed the office of the President; liaison to departments and offices within the Executive branch.
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Steve Ziem
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Stephen Graeling Ziem is a former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Ziem pitched in two games in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves in 1987.
