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University of California at Santa Cruz

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Santa Cruz, CA

Founding Date:
1965

Motto:
Fiat Lux

Team:
Banana Slugs

Enrollment:
14,300

Official Website:
http://www.ucsc.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edward Barnard
Astronomer
16-Dec-1857 16-Feb-1923 Self-taught scientist
Jello Biafra
Singer
17-Jun-1958   Dead Kennedys
Susie Bright
Columnist
25-Mar-1958   Sexpert, porn critic
William W. Campbell
Astronomer
11-Apr-1862 14-Jun-1938 Stellar Motions
Katherine H. Canavan
Diplomat
?   US Ambassadot to Botswana
Fritjof Capra
Physicist
1-Feb-1939   The Tao of Physics
John Doolittle
Politician
30-Oct-1950   Congressman from California, 1991-2009
Barry Eichengreen
Economist
1-Jul-1952   Golden Fetters
Cary Fukunaga
Film Director
10-Jul-1977   Sin Nombre
Ron Gonzales
Politician
1951   Mayor of San Jose, 1998-2006
Victor Davis Hanson
Historian
5-Sep-1953   Carnage and Culture
George Herbig
Astronomer
2-Jan-1920 12-Oct-2013 Herbig-Haro objects
bell hooks
Sociologist
9-Sep-1952   Ain't I A Woman
James E. Keeler
Astronomer
10-Sep-1857 12-Aug-1900 Composition of Saturn's rings
Ezra Klein
Journalist
9-May-1984   The Washington Post
Armin O. Leuschner
Astronomer
16-Jan-1868 22-Apr-1953 Astronomer at Berkeley
Bertil Lindblad
Astronomer
26-Nov-1895 25-Jun-1965 Spiral structure of the galaxy
Willem J. Luyten
Astronomer
7-Mar-1899 21-Nov-1994 Stellar mortician
Camryn Manheim
Actor
8-Mar-1961   Ellenor Frutt on The Practice
Geoffrey W. Marcy
Astronomer
29-Sep-1954   Discoverer of exoplanets
Huey Newton
Activist
17-Feb-1942 22-Aug-1989 Black Panther
Seth Barnes Nicholson
Astronomer
12-Nov-1891 2-Jul-1963 Four satellites of Jupiter
Brad Nowell
Musician
22-Feb-1968 25-May-1996 Lead singer of Sublime
Chris Pedersen
Drummer
16-Aug-1960   Camper Van Beethoven drummer
Meeno Peluce
Actor
26-Feb-1970   Voyagers!
George R. Perkovich
Author
c. 1959   India's Nuclear Bomb
Dana Priest
Journalist
c. 1959   Washington Post Pentagon reporter
Rands
Blogger
1970   Managing Humans
Rebecca Romijn
Model
6-Nov-1972   Swimsuit supermodel
Maya Rudolph
Actor
27-Jul-1972   Saturday Night Live
Andy Samberg
Actor
18-Aug-1978   SNL, The Lonely Island
Akiva Schaffer
Film Director
1-Dec-1977   The Lonely Island
Jonathan Segel
Musician
3-Sep-1963   Camper Van Beethoven multi-instrumentalist
Joel Stebbins
Astronomer
30-Jul-1878 16-Mar-1966 Photoelectric photometry
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Astronaut
3-Oct-1951   Columbus Center for Science and Industry
David Talbot
Business
22-Sep-1951   Founder of Salon.com
Amy Tan
Author
19-Feb-1952   The Joy Luck Club
Ally Walker
Actor
25-Aug-1961   Dr. Sam Waters on Profiler
Gillian Welch
Singer/Songwriter
2-Oct-1967   Revival
Susan Wojcicki
Business
5-Jul-1968   CEO of YouTube

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gregory Bateson
Anthropologist
9-May-1904 4-Jul-1980 Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Norman O. Brown
Historian
25-Sep-1913 2-Oct-2002 Life Against Death
Jim Clark
Business
1944   Co-Founder of SGI and Netscape
Lucille Clifton
Poet
27-Jun-1936 13-Feb-2010 Good Woman
Angela Davis
Activist
26-Jan-1944   Black Panther, teacher, professor
George Herbig
Astronomer
2-Jan-1920 12-Oct-2013 Herbig-Haro objects
Akira Iriye
Historian
20-Oct-1934   Across the Pacific
Robert P. Kraft
Astronomer
16-Jun-1927 26-May-2015 Lick Observatory
Tom Lehrer
Comic
9-Apr-1928   Comedic songwriter
Donald E. Osterbrock
Astronomer
13-Jul-1924 11-Jan-2007 Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81
Deborah D. Rieman
Business
c. 1951   CEO of CheckPoint Software, 1995-99
Ben Stein
Game Show Host
25-Nov-1944   Host of Win Ben Stein's Money
James Tenney
Composer
10-Aug-1934 24-Aug-2006 A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William W. Campbell
Astronomer
11-Apr-1862 14-Jun-1938 Stellar Motions
James E. Keeler
Astronomer
10-Sep-1857 12-Aug-1900 Composition of Saturn's rings
Robert P. Kraft
Astronomer
16-Jun-1927 26-May-2015 Lick Observatory
Donald E. Osterbrock
Astronomer
13-Jul-1924 11-Jan-2007 Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81


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