EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1937 by George Pepperdine, became a university in 1971.

Location:
Malibu, CA

Founding Date:
1937

Team:
Waves

Enrollment:
6053

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steve Baldwin	Politician	c. 1957		Council for National Policy
Les Baxter	Musician	14-Mar-1922	15-Jan-1996	The Mel-Tones
Rod Blagojevich	Politician	10-Dec-1956		Governor of Illinois, 2003-09
D. J. Caruso	Film Director	17-Jan-1965		Disturbia
Richard A. Collato	Business	c. 1944		President and CEO, San Diego YMCA
Chace Crawford	Actor	18-Jul-1985		The Covenant
James Q. Crowe	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Level 3 Communications
Kim Fields	Actor	12-May-1969		Tootie on The Facts of Life
Matt Fong	Government	20-Nov-1953	1-Jun-2011	Strategic Advisory Group
Paul E. Glaske	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Blue Bird Corporation, 1992-99
James K. Hahn	Politician	3-Jul-1950		Mayor of Los Angeles 2001-05
Armand Hammer	Business	21-May-1898	10-Dec-1990	Soviet agent of influence
Darby Hinton	Actor	19-Aug-1957		Israel Boone on Daniel Boone
Cindy Jacobs	Religion	Aug-1951		Prophet, faith healer
Dennis Johnson	Basketball	18-Sep-1954	22-Feb-2007	Boston Celtics
Howard Kaloogian	Politician	30-Dec-1959		Conservative activist
Rita Lavelle	Government	8-Sep-1947		EPA official
Mike Leach	Football	9-Mar-1961		Football Coach, Washington State University
Peter Levinsohn	Business	c. 1966		President, Fox Interactive Media
Michael B. McCallister	Business	27-May-1952		CEO of Humana
Jami Miscik	Government	c. 1958		Global Head of Sovereign Risk, Lehman Bros.
Bill Morrow	Politician	19-Apr-1954		California State Senator
Edwin Moses	Track and Field	31-Aug-1955		Olympic hurdler
Tahj Mowry	Actor	17-May-1986		Kim Possible
Tamera Mowry	Actor	6-Jul-1978		Sister, Sister
Tia Mowry	Actor	6-Jul-1978		Sister, Sister
Oscar Muñoz	Business	c. 1960		CEO of United Air Lines
Georgia R. Nelson	Business	c. 1950		Former VP, Edison International
Eric Christian Olsen	Actor	31-May-1977		Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Terry R. Peets	Business	c. 1945		VP at Ralph's Grocery, 1987-94
Todd Platts	Politician	5-Mar-1962		Congressman, Pennsylvania 19th
Troy Senik	Government	c. 1983		Speechwriter for George W. Bush
Arif Shakeel	Business	30-Jan-1955		CEO of Western Digital, 2005-07
Michael Shermer	Journalist	8-Sep-1954		Skeptic Magazine
John T. Standley	Business	c. 1964		CEO of Pathmark Stores
Janine Turner	Actor	6-Dec-1962		Maggie on Northern Exposure
D. Van Skilling	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Experian, 1996-99
Neil Clark Warren	Business	18-Sep-1934		Founder, eHarmony
Barry Williams	Actor	30-Sep-1954		Greg on The Brady Bunch
Daniel W. Yohannes	Philanthropist	Sep-1952		CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael F. Adams	Educator	c. 1948		President, University of Georgia
Michael Antonovich	Politician	12-Aug-1939		LA County Board of Supervisors
Bruce Herschensohn	Activist	10-Sep-1932		Conservative activist
Douglas W. Kmiec	Scholar	24-Sep-1951		US Ambassador to Malta
Arthur B. Laffer	Economist	14-Aug-1940		Reagan advisor, Laffer curve
Don Ohlmeyer	Business	3-Feb-1945		President of NBC West Coast
Laura Schlessinger	Radio Personality	16-Jan-1947		The Dr. Laura Show
Ben Stein	Game Show Host	25-Nov-1944		Host of Win Ben Stein's Money
R. Gerald Turner	Educator	c. 1946		President, Southern Methodist University
James Q. Wilson	Scholar	27-May-1931	2-Mar-2012	The Moral Sense

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael F. Adams	Educator	c. 1948		President, University of Georgia
Andrew K. Benton	Educator	c. 1952		President, Pepperdine University
Robert J. Donato	Business	c. 1940		Former UBS, PaineWebber executive
Matt Fong	Government	20-Nov-1953	1-Jun-2011	Strategic Advisory Group
Ronald M. George	Judge	11-Mar-1940		California Chief Justice
Glen A. Holden	Business	2-Jul-1927		US Ambassador to Jamaica, 1989-93
Richard W. Rahn	Economist	c. 1941		The End of Money
Loretta Sanchez	Politician	7-Jan-1960		Congresswoman, California 47th
Richard Scaife	Activist	3-Jul-1932	4-Jul-2014	The Republican George Soros
Loyd Sigmon	Radio Personality	6-May-1909	2-Jun-2004	SigAlert inventor
Ken Starr	Government	21-Jul-1946		Special Prosecutor, Clinton's impeachment
William H. Swanson	Business	1949		CEO of Raytheon

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Harrick	Basketball	25-Jul-1938		Former UCLA and UGA head coach

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