86 Notable alumni of
California State University - Los Angeles
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California State University - Los Angeles is 610th in the world, 227th in North America, and 209th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 86 notable alumni from California State University - Los Angeles sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Helen Hunt
- Occupations
- voice actoractorfilm directorstage actortelevision actor
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Helen Elizabeth Hunt is an American actress and director. Her accolades include an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
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Billie Jean King
- Occupations
- sports commentatortennis coachtennis player
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Billie Jean King, also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. For three years, she was the U.S. captain in the Federation Cup.
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Alfonso Ribeiro
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- television actoractorsingerstage actorvoice actor
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Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro is an American actor and television host. He is best known for his roles as Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Alfonso Spears on the sitcom Silver Spoons, and Maxwell Stanton on In the House. He is the current host of ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos, taking over for Tom Bergeron, who left after 15 years. Ribeiro has hosted the GSN game show Catch 21, the ABC Family show Spell-Mageddon, and the television show Dance 360. At the beginning of his career, he starred in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and later took part in the 13th season of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Ribeiro won season 19 of Dancing with the Stars with professional partner Witney Carson, then later became the co-host alongside Tyra Banks starting from season 31. Ribeiro has served as the main host of Dancing with the Stars alongside co-host Julianne Hough beginning with season 32 in 2023.
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Edward James Olmos
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- film actordirectortelevision actoractorfilm producer
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Edward James Olmos is an American actor, producer and director. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), American Me (1992) (which he also directed), William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the voice of Mito in the 2005 English dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. For his performance as high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2018 through 2023, he has played the father of two members of an outlaw motorcycle club in the FX series Mayans M.C.
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Robert Vaughn
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- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
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Robert Francis Vaughn was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theatre spanned nearly six decades. He was a Primetime Emmy Award winner, a four-time Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award nominee.
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Maxine Waters
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianteachersingermusicianinternational forum participant
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Maxine Moore Waters is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, includes much of southern Los Angeles, as well as portions of Gardena, Inglewood and Torrance.
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Carlos Mencia
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- dancerscreenwritervoice actortelevision producerstand-up comedian
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Ned Arnel "Carlos" Mencía is an Honduran-American comedian, writer, and actor. His style of comedy is often political and involves issues of race relations, Latin American culture, criminal justice, and social class. He is best known for a controversy involving being a joke thief and therefore “Carlos Menstealia” and as the host of the Comedy Central show Mind of Mencia (2005–2008). Around the time of the show's cancellation, several comedians accused Mencía of plagiarism and stealing jokes.
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Donald Sterling
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- businesspersonlawyer
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Donald T. Sterling is an American attorney and businessman who was the owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers professional basketball franchise of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 2014.
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Octavia E. Butler
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- science fiction writernovelistwriter
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Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.
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Frank Zane
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- In 1977 graduated with Bachelor of Science in psychology and secondary education
- Occupations
- bodybuilderhigh school teacher
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Frank Zane is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author. He is a three-time Mr. Olympia, and his physique is considered one of the greatest in the history of bodybuilding due to his meticulous focus on symmetry and proportion. He was inducted in the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Martin Milner
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- stage actorvoice actortelevision actorfilm actor
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Martin Sam Milner was an American actor and radio host. He is best known for his performances on two television series: Route 66, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and Adam-12, which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.
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Tommy Lister Jr
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm actorprofessional wrestler
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Tommy Debo "Tiny" Lister Jr. was an American character actor and occasional professional wrestler known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the 1995 film Friday and its 2000 sequel, and as President Lindberg in The Fifth Element. He had two short professional wrestling stints, with Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after appearing as Zeus in the 1989 film No Holds Barred and resuming the feud as Z-Gangsta in 1996 for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was born with a detached and deformed retina and was blind in his right eye, which drooped, a unique look that he turned to his advantage in film. He played in both comedies and dramas, usually cast as 'the heavy/big bully'.
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Cheryl Tiegs
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- actorfashion designermodel
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Cheryl Rae Tiegs is an American model and fashion designer. Frequently described as America's first supermodel, Tiegs made multiple appearances on the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Time magazine.
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Billy Barty
- Occupations
- television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
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Billy Barty was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism. Because of his short stature, he was often cast in films opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television actor, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble. In the early 1970s he was a staple in a variety of roles in children's TV programs produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. Also an activist for people with dwarfism, he founded the Little People of America organization in 1957.
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Sho Kosugi
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- film actorkarateka
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Sho Kosugi is a Japanese actor, martial artist and writer with extensive training in Shindō jinen-ryū Karate, Kendo, Judo, Iaido, Kobudo, Aikido and Ninjutsu. A former All Japan Karate Champion, he gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, often playing ninjas. He starred in a trilogy of martial arts ninja films produced by Cannon Films (Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja and Ninja III: The Domination), before starring in the primetime television series The Master. His work helped establish ninjas in popular culture, leading to a "ninja boom" or "ninjamania" during the early-to-mid-1980s.
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Jaime Escalante
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- Studied in 1969-1973
- Occupations
- mathematicianeducatorteacher
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Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez was a Bolivian-American educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. Escalante was the subject of the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, in which he is portrayed by Edward James Olmos.
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Walter E. Williams
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- In 1965 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- columnistuniversity teacherradio personalityeconomistjournalist
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Walter Edward Williams was an American economist, commentator, and academic. Williams was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, as well as a syndicated columnist and author. Known for his classical liberal and libertarian views, Williams's writings frequently appeared in Townhall, WND, and Jewish World Review. Williams was also a popular guest host of the Rush Limbaugh radio show when Limbaugh was unavailable.
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Leana Wen
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- researcherwriterphysicianinternational forum participant
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Leana Sheryle Wen is an American physician, author, professor, speaker, consultant, newspaper columnist and television commentator. She is former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore and former president of Planned Parenthood. She has written two books based on her experiences as a medical professional.
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Barry Gordon
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- voice actorstage actortelevision actortrade unionistradio personality
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Barry Gordon is an American actor and political talk show host. He was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, having served from 1988 to 1995. He is perhaps best known as the original voice of Donatello and Bebop in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
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Judy Chu
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- politicianuniversity teacher
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Judy May Chu is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 28th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, she has held a seat in Congress since 2009, representing California's 32nd congressional district until redistricting. Chu is the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress.
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Amrapali Gan
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- chief executive officermarketing executive
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Amrapali Gan is an Indian-American businesswoman. In December 2021, she was appointed as CEO of OnlyFans, which she joined in September 2020 as chief marketing and communications officer. She succeeded founding CEO Tim Stokely. She stepped down in July 2023.
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Shondrella Avery
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Shondrella Dupre Avery is an American actress, model and comedian. Her film roles include as LaFawnduh Lucas-Dynamite in the independent comedy Napoleon Dynamite, and supporting roles in Domino (2005) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008).
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Joseph Wambaugh
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- novelistwriterscreenwriteractor
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Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. is a best-selling American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Many of his novels are set in Los Angeles and its surroundings and feature Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He has been nominated for four Edgar Awards (winning three), and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
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Mal Whitfield
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- coachmiddle-distance runneraircraft pilotmilitary officergoodwill ambassador
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Malvin Greston Whitfield was an American athlete, goodwill ambassador, and airman. Nicknamed "Marvelous Mal", he was the Olympic champion in the 800 meters at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, and a member of the 1948 gold medal team in the 4 × 400 meters relay. Overall, Whitfield was a five-time Olympic medalist (three gold, one silver, one bronze). After his competitive career, he worked for 47 years as a coach, goodwill ambassador, as well as an athletic mentor in Africa on behalf of the United States Information Service.
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Dawn Richardson
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- musician
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Dawn Richardson is an American rock drummer, teacher, and writer of instructional books on percussion. She is best known as drummer for the San Francisco-based band 4 Non Blondes from 1991 to 1994.
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Lou Leon Guerrero
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- politicianbusinesspersonnurse
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Lourdes Aflague "Lou" Leon Guerrero is an American politician and former nurse who has served as the 9th governor of Guam since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Guerrero is the first woman to serve in the position. Leon Guerrero had served in the Guam Legislature from 1995 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2007. From 2007 to 2017, Leon Guerrero was president and CEO of the Bank of Guam.
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Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- In 1965 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianexecutive
- Biography
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Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1993 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she first entered Congress in 1993. Her district, numbered as the 33rd until 2003, the 34th from 2003 to 2013, and the 40th from 2013 to 2023, included much of southern Los Angeles, as well as several eastern suburbs, such as Downey, Bell and Bell Gardens. On December 20, 2021, Roybal-Allard announced her retirement at the end of the 117th Congress.
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Ralph Ahn
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- actor
- Biography
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Ralph Philander Ahn was an American actor. He was the last surviving son of leading Korean independence activist Dosan Ahn Chang-ho. His father's contributions to the Korean independence movement influenced Ahn's involvement in politics, World War II, and support for the Korean community of Los Angeles.
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Adriana C. Ocampo Uria
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- astronomer
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Adriana C. Ocampo Uria is a Colombian planetary geologist and a Science Program Manager at NASA Headquarters. In 1970, Ocampo emigrated to California and completed her Master in Sciences at California State University, Northridge and finished her PhD at the Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands. During high school and graduate studies she worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she serves as the science coordinator for many planetary missions (Viking, Mars Observer, Voyager, Galileo Galileo Mission, etc).
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James A. Bell
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- businessperson
- Biography
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James Aaron Bell is a retired American executive of The Boeing Company.
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Dave Smalley
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- guitaristsinger
- Biography
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Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS and Dag Nasty, and skate punk band All as well as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his influence on pop punk music and his early contributions to the emo genre. He also founded a side project called The Sharpshooters, whose music is influenced by mod revival bands such as The Jam. Smalley has also produced and appeared on Canadian punk band Penelope's second album, Face au silence du monde, recorded by Don Zientara at Inner Ear Studio in Arlington, Virginia.
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Steve Cooley
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- lawyer
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Stephen Lawrence Cooley is an American politician and prosecutor. He was the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012. Cooley was re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008.
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Seymour Liebergot
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- aerospace engineerflight controller
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Seymour "Sy" Abraham Liebergot is a retired NASA flight controller, serving during the Apollo program. Liebergot was an EECOM controller and was responsible for the electrical and environmental systems on board the Command Module. In 1970, he was part of the team that guided Apollo 13 back to Earth following the explosion that crippled the spacecraft.
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Dave Nelson
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- baseball player
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David Earl Nelson was an American professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators / Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals from 1968 through 1977. He also served as one of the broadcasters for the Milwaukee Brewers on Fox Sports Wisconsin.
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Alexandre de Serpa Pinto
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- Studied industrial engineer
- Occupations
- explorermilitary personnel
- Biography
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Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Viscount of Serpa Pinto was a Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator.
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Paul Cameron
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- psychologist
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Paul Drummond Cameron is an American psychologist. While employed at various institutions, including the University of Nebraska, he conducted research on passive smoking, but he is best known today for his claims about homosexuality. After a successful 1982 campaign against a gay rights proposal in Lincoln, Nebraska, he established the Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality (ISIS), now known as the Family Research Institute (FRI). As FRI's chairman, Cameron has written contentious papers asserting unproven associations between homosexuality and the perpetration of child sexual abuse and reduced life expectancy. These have been heavily criticized and frequently discredited by others in the field.
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Gloria Molina
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- politician
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Jesús Gloria Molina was an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council, the California State Assembly, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Carolyn See
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- journalistnovelistfilm criticliterary critic
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Carolyn See was a professor emerita of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of ten books, including the memoir, Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America, an advice book on writing, Making a Literary Life, and the novels There Will Never Be Another You, Golden Days, and The Handyman. See was also a book critic for the Washington Post for 27 years.
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Joe Baca
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Natalio Baca Sr. is an American Democratic politician who served as the U.S. representative for southwestern San Bernardino County (including Fontana, Rialto, Ontario and parts of the city of San Bernardino) from 1999 to 2013.
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Michael D. Antonovich
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- politician
- Biography
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Michael Dennis Antonovich is an American politician who was Mayor of Los Angeles County and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He represented the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, including the Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
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Diane Watson
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- In 1967 graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianuniversity teacherpsychologisthealth administrator
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Diane Edith Watson is a former American politician who served as US Representative for California's 33rd congressional district, serving from 2003 until 2011, after first being elected in the 32nd District in a 2001 special election. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located entirely in Los Angeles County and includes much of Central Los Angeles, as well as such wealthy neighborhoods as Los Feliz.
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Jess Phoenix
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- television presenterpoliticianvolcanologist
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Jess Phoenix is an American TV personality and former Democratic candidate who ran for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the co-host of the Discovery series Hunting Atlantis.
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Raymond Lewis
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- basketball player
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Raymond Lewis was an American basketball and streetball player. After playing college basketball for Cal State LA, he was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 1973 NBA draft. He never played in the NBA but made a name for himself as one of the best streetball players in California.
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Carlos Almaraz
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Carlos D. Almaraz was a Mexican-American artist and a pioneer of the Chicano art movement. He was one of the founder of the Centro de Arte Público (1977–1979), a Chicano/Chicana arts organization in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
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James T. Butts Jr
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- 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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Samuel T. Durrance
- Occupations
- physicistastronautastronomer
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Samuel Thornton Durrance was an American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist.
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Charles Gordone
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- writerfilm directoractorfilm producerplaywright
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Charles Edward Gordone was an American playwright, actor, director, and educator. He was the first African American to win the annual Pulitzer Prize for Drama and he devoted much of his professional life to the pursuit of multi-racial American theater and racial unity.
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Babatunde Fowler
- Occupations
- bankerpolitician
- Biography
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Babatunde FowlerListen is a Nigerian public officer, tax administrator and social reformer. He was the executive chairman Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue and Chief Executive Officer Lagos State Internal Revenue Service. He is the former executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
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Aileen Hernandez
- Occupations
- activistunion organizer
- Biography
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Aileen Hernandez was an African-American union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist. She served as the president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) between 1970 and 1971, and was the first woman to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Aaron Elkins
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Aaron Elkins is an American mystery writer. He is best known for his series of novels featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver—the 'skeleton detective'.
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Elton Gallegly
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- Studied in 1962
- Occupations
- politicianreal estate agent
- Biography
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Elton William Gallegly is a former U.S. Representative from California. A Republican, he last represented California's 24th congressional district. He previously represented the 23rd and 21st Districts, and served from 1987 to 2013. He did not seek re-election in 2012.
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Jean Fuller
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jeannie Lynn "Jean" Fuller is an American educator and politician who served as the minority leader in the California State Senate. A Republican, she was previously a member of the California Assembly and the Superintendent of Schools for the Bakersfield City School District.
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Evan Freed
- Occupations
- lawyerphotographer
- Biography
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Evan Phillip Freed is an attorney and freelance photographer who traveled with and photographed the presidential campaign of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Freed was present when Sirhan Sirhan shot Kennedy.
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Juanita Millender-McDonald
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- In 1988 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Juanita Millender-McDonald was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California's 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California. She was a member of the Democratic Party.
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Wendy Carrillo
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Wendy Maria Carrillo Dono is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she represents the 52nd State Assembly district, encompassing parts of northeastern Los Angeles and East Los Angeles. She was sworn into office by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on December 16, 2017.
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Phil Snyder
- Occupations
- actorvoice actor
- Biography
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Philip Charles Snyder is an American university professor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, author, animator, musician, singer-songwriter, director, screenwriter and producer.
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Robert A. Underwood
- Occupations
- politicianchancellor
- Biography
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Robert Anacletus Underwood is an American politician and educator who served as the delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 as a member of the Democratic Party. He subsequently served as the president of the University of Guam from 2008 to 2018 and is currently a co-chair of the United States Institute of Peace China-Freely Associated States Senior Study Group.
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Lorin Morgan-Richards
- Occupations
- novelistchildren's writerillustratorphilosopherpoet
- Biography
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Lorin Morgan-Richards is an American author, illustrator, and songwriter, primarily known for his young adult fiction and Gothic Western comedy series The Goodbye Family.
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Otis D. Wright II
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Otis Dalino Wright II is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Tom LaBonge
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas J. LaBonge was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the Los Angeles City Council from 2001 to 2015, representing the city's 4th district.
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Senga Nengudi
- Occupations
- sculptorperformance artistcurator
- Biography
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Senga Nengudi is an African-American visual artist and curator. She is best known for her abstract sculptures that combine found objects and choreographed performance. She is part of a group of African-American avant-garde artists working in New York City and Los Angeles, from the 1960s and onward.
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Bob Wieland
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Bob Wieland is a Vietnam War veteran who lost his legs to a mortar mine in 1969. After recovering from his injuries he was inspired to become a marathon participant. Over his lifetime he has finished many marathons, often taking multiple days to finish. He is the only double amputee to finish the difficult Kona, Hawaii Ironman race without a wheelchair. He "ran" across America on his hands, taking three years, eight months, and six days to travel from coast to coast.
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Vi Redd
- Occupations
- music teachersingerjazz musiciancomposersaxophonist
- Biography
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Elvira Louise Redd was an American jazz alto saxophone player, vocalist and educator. She was active from the early 1950s and was known primarily for playing in the blues style. She was highly regarded as an accomplished veteran, and performed with Count Basie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Linda Hopkins, Marian McPartland and Dizzy Gillespie.
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Julian C. Dixon
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- In 1962 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Julian Carey Dixon was an American Democratic politician from California who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1978 and then a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until his death. He chaired the House Ethics Committee from 1985 to 1991.
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Rebecca Moesta
- Occupations
- science fiction writernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Rebecca Moesta Anderson is an American writer and the author of several science fiction books.
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Charles Calderon
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Charles Michael Calderon is an American attorney and politician who served in both chambers of the California State Legislature.
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Luis Bonilla
- Occupations
- jazz musician
- Biography
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Luis Diego Bonilla is an American jazz trombonist of Costa Rican descent. He is also a producer, composer, and educator.
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Akinyele Umoja
- Occupations
- scholarwriteractivistprofessor
- Biography
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Akinyele Umoja is an American educator and author who specializes in African-American studies. As an activist, he is a founding member of the New Afrikan People's Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. In April 2013, New York University Press published Umoja's book We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement. Currently, he is a Professor and Department Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University (GSU).
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Antonia Darder
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Antonia Darder is a Puerto Rican and American scholar, artist, poet and activist. She holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University. She also is Professor Emerita of Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Carole Caldwell Graebner
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Carole Caldwell Graebner was an American tennis player. According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Graebner was ranked in the world top 10 in 1964 and 1965, reaching a career high of World No. 4 in these rankings in 1964. Graebner was included in the year-end top 10 rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association from 1961 through 1965 and in 1967. She was the third-ranked U.S. player in 1964 and 1965. She was ranked U.S. No. 1 in doubles in 1963.
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Richard Alatorre
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Alatorre is an American politician who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1985 and the Los Angeles City Council from 1985 to 1999, the second Latino to serve on the council in the 20th century. Now a lobbyist, he has been called "one of the most influential Latino politicians in the state".
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Dennis Zine
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dennis Phillip Zine is an American politician, who served on the Los Angeles City Council for the 3rd district from 2001 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party who later became unaffiliated in 2011, Zine was elected to City Council in 2001 and re-elected in 2005 and 2009.
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John J. Benoit
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Joseph Benoit was an American law enforcement officer and politician; serving in the California State Legislature from 2002 to 2009 and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors from 2009 to 2016.
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Avery August
- Occupations
- immunologist
- Biography
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Avery August is a Belizean-born American scientist who is currently a professor of immunology and vice provost at Cornell University.
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Edward Manukyan
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Edward Manukyan is a composer from Southern California, United States. His main works are orchestral and chamber compositions, which lean heavily upon elements of Armenian national folklore.
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Dick Bruich
- Occupations
- American football coach
- Biography
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Richard Bruich is an American retired high school football coach. He led two different Southern California high school football programs to championships. His overall prep head coaching record is 292–84–4.
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Esteban Edward Torres
- Enrolled in California State University - Los Angeles
- Studied in 1963
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Esteban Edward Torres was an American politician who served as member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district from 1983 to 1999.
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Garland Ellis Burrell Jr
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- judgelawyer
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Garland Ellis Burrell Jr. is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
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Jack Cooper
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- conductorjazz musicianmusic teachercomposerbandleader
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Jack Cooper is an American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator. He has performed with, written music for and recorded by internationally known pop, jazz, and classical artists.
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Bob Pacheco
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- politician
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Robert "Bob" Pacheco is an American attorney and politician who represented California's 60th State Assembly district from 1998 to 2004. He served on the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors from 2006 to 2007. He has served as a member of the Walnut City Council in Walnut, California since 2013.
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Rudolph G. Wilson
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- professorwriter
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Rudolph G. Wilson was an American professor, writer, storyteller, and public speaker, known by his students as Papa Rudy. He was the first African-American member, and later the first elected black president, of the Edwardsville School Board. At Claremont Grad School in 1965, he was the first African American to teach in an all-white school. He was, until retirement in 2009, the assistant provost for Cultural and Social Diversity at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, as well as holding the academic rank of associate professor of secondary education in the department of curriculum and instruction.
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Rufus P. Turner
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- engineerwriter
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Rufus Paul Turner was an academic, engineer, and author who published on semiconductor devices, technical writing style, and poet-novelist Charlotte Smith. After three decades working with electronic devices – including developing the first practical transistor radio – he earned a doctorate in literature at age 52 and became an English professor. He wrote over 40 books and 3000 articles during his six-decade career.
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Deborah Meadows
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
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- essayist
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Deborah Meadows is an American poet and playwright and essayist.
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Ralph C. Guzmán
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- academic
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Ralph C. Guzmán served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of Latin America in the Carter Administration and was one of the nation's leading Latino educators. He co-founded the Oakes College at the University of California at Santa Cruz and later was appointed Provost at UCSC's Merrill College. Guzmán played an influential role in the early years of the Chicano Movement, and was a key figure in the Mexican-American community nationwide. During his time in the State Department, he was responsible for formulating and implementing much of the nation's policy in Central and South America.
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Carll Goodpasture
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- entomologistphotographer
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Carll Goodpasture is an American cytogenetics expert, entomologist, and photographer. He has written many books and has also been a contributor on others with his photographs. He is constantly working in his Norwegian Shore project. He is also well known for his pinhole camera photos. He married Norwegian Gro Heining (artist) in 1987.
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Alina Mnatsakanian
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- visual artist
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Alina Mnatsakanian is an Iranian-born American-Swiss visual artist, of Armenian descent, known for her conceptual installations in various media (video, sound, robotics, objects) and her style of painting and drawing called Marks. Identity, borders, and injustice are her preferred themes.
