48 Notable alumni of
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is 1141st in the world, 410th in North America, and 383rd 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 actorfilm directortelevision directoractorkarateka
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Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actor Award at the 41st Cannes.
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Dave Mirra
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- businesspersonsport cyclistanimatorrally driver
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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 posthumously inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame on June 11, 2016.
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Dr Disrespect
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- television producerInternet celebrityvloggeronline streamer
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Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV, better known as Dr Disrespect or The Doc or DDR, is an American live streamer. He became known for playing battle royale games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, H1Z1, and PUBG: Battlegrounds on Twitch and YouTube. While streaming, he takes on a bombastic persona. He has invested in game studios, including founding the Midnight Society.
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Larry Wilmore
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- television actorjournalisttelevision presenteractortelevision producer
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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 was an executive producer for the ABC television series Black-ish, and since May 2017, with Issa Rae, of the HBO television series Insecure, is a co-creator, he has hosted a podcast, Black on the Air. On the show, he discusses current events and interviews guests. He was also the host of the talk show Wilmore.
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Roman Gabriel
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- actorAmerican football playerbusinessperson
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Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. was an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, earning first-team All-American honors twice. Gabriel was the second overall pick in the 1962 NFL draft and played 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, followed by five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was notable for being the first Filipino-American quarterback in the NFL and the first and only Asian American to win the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, which he received in 1969.
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Meagan Tandy
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- actorbeauty pageant contestantmodel
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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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- voice actoractor
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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 and Istaroth 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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Pippa Scott
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- film actortelevision actorfilm director
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Philippa "Pippa" Scott was an American actress who appeared in film and television from the 1950s.
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Jim Zorn
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- American football playerAmerican football coachCanadian football player
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James Arthur Zorn is an American former professional football quarterback and coach who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He spent his first eight seasons from 1976 to 1984 with the Seattle Seahawks, where he was the franchise's original starting quarterback. During his Seahawks tenure, Zorn received one second-team All-Pro selection and led the team to their first consecutive winning seasons in franchise history. Zorn was a member of the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his last two seasons. For his accomplishments in Seattle, he was inducted to the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor in 1991.
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Chi Cheng
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- 1944-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- politicianathletics competitor
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Chi Cheng is a Taiwanese politician and athlete in track and field. 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
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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 and is the Chair of Los Angeles County. 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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Cody Ponce
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- baseball player
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Cody Joe Ponce is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and in KBO League for the Hanwha Eagles.
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Dwight Ramos
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- basketball player
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Dwight Ramos is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Levanga Hokkaido of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). He represented the Philippines in international competitions as a member of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup squad.
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James Williamson
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- guitaristsongwriterlyricistcomposerrecord producer
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James Robert Williamson is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer. He was a member of the proto-punk rock band the Stooges, notably on the 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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Glenn Davis
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- athletics competitorAmerican football player
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Glenn Woodward Davis was an American football player who was a halfback. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1946 while playing college football for the Army Cadets. Known as "Mr. Outside", he played for Army from 1943 to 1946, receiving the Maxwell Award in 1944 and All-America honors three consecutive years from 1944 to 1946. The Cadets compiled a 27–0–1 record during Davis's three years as a varsity player and won the national championship each year. After completing his military service, Davis also played professionally for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in 1950 and 1951.
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Jack Dangermond
- Enrolled in California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- businesspersongeographer
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Paul Jacob Dangermond bka Jack Dangermond is an American billionaire businessman and environmental scientist. He is the co-founder and president of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), a privately held geographic information systems (GIS) software company that he started with his wife Laura in 1969. As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$9.3 billion.
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Kim Rhode
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- sport shooter
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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 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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Walter Ray Williams
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- bowler
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Walter Ray Williams Jr. is an American professional tenpin bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher. He has won 47 national PBA Tour career titles, the most in the tour’s history, and has earned over $5 million in total PBA earnings as of 2022. Williams is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year, tied with Jason Belmonte for the most all-time in history, and is one of five bowlers (with Earl Anthony, Mark Roth, Belmonte and E. J. Tackett) to win the award in three consecutive seasons (1996–1998). Williams has the distinction of being the only bowler to win the PBA Player of the Year award in 4 different decades, and is also the oldest player (50 in 2010) to win the award. He won at least one PBA Tour title in a record 17 consecutive seasons (1993–2010).
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Jonathan Bornstein
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- association football player
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Jonathan Rey Bornstein is an American former professional soccer player who played 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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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên
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- master of ceremonies
- Biography
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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên (listen (born June 30, 1965) is a Vietnamese-American singer, songwriter, and master of ceremonies and co-host of Paris by Night.
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Roy Conli
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- film producer
- Biography
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Roy Conli is an American film producer and voice actor who won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Big Hero 6 at the 87th Academy Awards.
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Joel Anderson
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- politician
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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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Taylor Spivey
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- triathlete
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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 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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James T. Butts Jr
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- politician
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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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Matthew Ganuelas
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- basketball player
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Matthew Allen Ganuelas-Rosser is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He played for three franchises during his career in 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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Corrinne Yu
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- computer scientistgame programmerengineer
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Corrinne Yu is an American game programmer. She has worked on games including Halo 4. Her engine work included Unreal Engine 3, Microsoft's Direct3D Advisory Board, and CUDA and GPU simulation at Nvidia. She has also designed accelerator experiments for nuclear physics research. In 2023 on World Intellectual Property Day, she was formally recognized as one of the top pioneers in gaming development under that year's theme: Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity.
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Richard Pombo
- Enrolled in California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
- Studied in 1979-1982
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- co-founderhusbandry workerpolitician
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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
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- researcherengineeranti-vaccine activist
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Brian S. Hooker is a biologist and chemist who was department chair and Professor Emeritus of Biology 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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- economist
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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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Stevvi Alexander
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- singeractorsinger-songwriter
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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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Carol Vaness
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- opera singermusic educator
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Carol Theresa Vaness is an American lirico-spinto soprano and university professor.
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Bob Lorenz
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- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- television presentersports commentator
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Robert 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
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James L. Brulte is an American politician, former state legislator, and former chairman of the California Republican Party, having served from March 3, 2013 to February 24, 2019. Serving three consecutive terms as chairman, Brulte set the record for the longest tenure as chairman in the history of the state party. He was also the first, and currently remains 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 in Business Administration
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Marie Royce,, is an American businesswoman, diplomat, and educator. She was the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs from 2018 to 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, and a Distinguished Professor of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. 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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Douglas A. Schiess
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- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Enrolled in California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in physics
- Occupations
- military leader
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Douglas Andrew Schiess is a United States Space Force lieutenant general who serves as the deputy chief of space operations for operations. He previously served as the first commander of United States Space Forces – Space and combined joint force space component commander of the United States Space Command.
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Travis Taijeron
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Travis Nathaniel Taijeron is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets.
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Wayne Gross
- Occupations
- baseball player
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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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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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Robert T. Yamate
- Occupations
- diplomat
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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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Jonathan D. Farrar
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- diplomat
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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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Kye Palmer
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- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- jazz musician
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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 Lawrence Balzer
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- authorwinemakerjournalist
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Robert Lawrence Balzer was a wine journalist in the United States.
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Ann Phong
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- painter
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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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Alan Fowlkes
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Alan Kim Fowlkes is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants in 1982 and the California Angels in 1985.
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Anthony Amaral
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- writer
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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
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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.
