EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1909, Santa Barbara State College in 1935, joined the UC system in 1944. UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) was founded by Walter Kohn in 1979.

Location:
Santa Barbara, CA

Founding Date:
1909

Team:
Gauchos

Enrollment:
20,500

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gregg Araki	Film Director	17-Dec-1959		Mysterious Skin
Beverly Archer	Actor	19-Jul-1948		Iola on Mama's Family
Barbara Bodine	Diplomat	1948		US Ambassador to Yemen, 1997-2001
Grady Booch	Computer Programmer	27-Feb-1955		Unified Modeling Language
Benjamin Bratt	Actor	16-Dec-1963		Hunk from Law & Order
Lou Cannon	Journalist	3-Jun-1933		Reagan biographer
Lois Capps	Politician	10-Jan-1938		Congresswoman, California 23rd
Michael Douglas	Actor	25-Sep-1944		Wall Street, The Game
Marc Grossman	Diplomat	23-Sep-1951		US Under Secy. for Political Affairs, 2001-05
Roger Hedgecock	Politician	2-May-1946		Mayor of San Diego, 1983-85
W. Scott Hedrick	Business	c. 1945		InterWest Partners
Jeffrey O. Henley	Business	?		Chairman of Oracle
Duncan Hunter	Politician	31-May-1948		Congressman, California 52nd
Jack Johnson	Musician	18-May-1975		Brushfire Fairytales
Phil Karlton	Computer Programmer	28-Feb-1947	20-Jun-1997	Netscape Principal Curmudgeon
Robert J. Lagomarsino	Politician	4-Sep-1926		Congressman from California, 1974-93
John W. Marren	Business	c. 1963		Partner, Texas Pacific Group
Kevin S. McClatchy	Baseball	13-Jan-1963		CEO of the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1996-2007
Peter W. Mullin	Business	c. 1940		Mullin Consulting, Inc.
Richard Nanula	Business	1960		CFO of Amgen
Stephen Neal	Politician	7-Nov-1934		Congressman from North Carolina, 1975-95
Sara Jane Olson	Criminal	16-Jan-1947		Symbionese Liberation Army
Gwyneth Paltrow	Actor	27-Sep-1972		Shakespeare in Love
Tera Patrick	Pornstar	25-Jul-1976		Nuttin' Hunnies
John D. Petersen	Educator	21-Nov-1947		President, University of Tennessee System
Stephen Reno	Educator	c. 1943		Chancellor, University System of New Hampshire
Jim Rome	Radio Personality	14-Oct-1964		Jim Rome is Burning
Lee Smolin	Physicist	1955		The Trouble with Physics
Jon Whitmore	Educator	c. 1945		President, Texas Tech University
Joseph Wilson	Diplomat	6-Nov-1949		Ambassador to Gabon, Valerie Plame's husband
Barry Zito	Baseball	13-May-1978		SF Giants pitcher

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edgar Bowers	Poet	2-Mar-1924	4-Feb-2000	For Louis Pasteur
Walter Capps	Politician	5-May-1934	28-Oct-1997	Congressman from California, 1997
France A. Córdova	Educator	5-Aug-1947		President, Purdue University
Patrick T. Harker	Educator	c. 1959		President, University of Delaware
Alan J. Heeger	Physicist	22-Jan-1936		Metallic polymers
Hugh Kenner	Critic	7-Jan-1923	24-Nov-2003	The Poetry of Ezra Pound
Walter Kohn	Chemist	9-Mar-1923		Density-functional theory
Finn E. Kydland	Economist	Dec-1943		Dynamic macroeconomics
Paul Orfalea	Business	28-Nov-1947		Founder of Kinko's
Edward C. Prescott	Economist	26-Dec-1940		Dynamic macroeconomics
Robert Schrieffer	Physicist	31-May-1931		BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Leslie A. White	Anthropologist	19-Jan-1900	31-Mar-1975	The Science of Culture
Frank Wilczek	Physicist	15-May-1951		Deep structure of matter

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
France A. Córdova	Educator	5-Aug-1947		President, Purdue University
David J. Gross	Physicist	19-Feb-1941		Deep structure of matter
Jeffrey O. Henley	Business	?		Chairman of Oracle
Walter Kohn	Chemist	9-Mar-1923		Density-functional theory
Robert Mehrabian	Business	31-Jul-1941		CEO of Teledyne

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ben Howland	Basketball	28-May-1957		Head Coach, UCLA

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