EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Built upon a 1500-acre bequest from The Irvine Company.

Location:
Irvine, CA

Founding Date:
1965

Team:
Anteaters

Mascot:
Anteater

Enrollment:
22,668

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brady Anderson	Baseball	18-Jan-1964		Ex-Baltimore Orioles hitter
Charlotte Ayanna	Actor	25-Sep-1976		Stealing Time
Francine Busby	Politician	3-Mar-1951		San Diego politician
Michael Chabon	Novelist	24-May-1963		The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Mark Dery	Author	1959		Culture Jamming
Sara Diamond	Sociologist	28-Nov-1958		Spiritual Warfare
Bruce Eckel	Computer Programmer	8-Jul-1957		Thinking in Java
Bob Flanagan	Performance Artist	27-Dec-1952	4-Jan-1996	Supermasochist
Richard Ford	Novelist	16-Feb-1944		Independence Day
Mark Gibbons	Judge	c. 1950		Nevada Chief Justice
Arye Gross	Actor	17-Mar-1960		Adam Green on Ellen
Bob Gunton	Actor	15-Nov-1945		The Shawshank Redemption
John W. Henry	Business	13-Sep-1949		Majority Owner, Boston Red Sox
Carrie Ann Inaba	Dancer	5-Jan-1968		Judge, Dancing with the Stars
James LeGros	Actor	27-Apr-1962		Drugstore Cowboy, Living in Oblivion
Greg Louganis	Diver	29-Jan-1960		Olympic diver, four gold medals
Jon Lovitz	Comic	21-Jul-1957		Yeaaaah, that's the ticket!
Frank J. Marshall	Business	c. 1947		Former Cisco VP
McG	Film Director	9-Aug-1968		Charlie's Angels
Paul Mockapetris	Scientist	18-Nov-1948		Inventor, Internet Domain Name System
Aubrey O'Day	Singer	11-Feb-1984		All About Aubrey

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gregory Benford	Novelist	30-Jan-1941		Physicist and author of Timescape
Tyler Cowen	Economist	21-Jan-1962		Mercatus Center
Jacques Derrida	Philosopher	15-Jul-1930	9-Oct-2004	Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist
E. L. Doctorow	Novelist	6-Jan-1931	21-Jul-2015	The Book of Daniel
Jack P. Greene	Historian	12-Aug-1931		The Intellectual Construction of America
Leland H. Hartwell	Scientist	30-Oct-1939		Regulators of cell cycle
Donald Justice	Poet	12-Aug-1925	6-Aug-2004	The Summer Anniversaries
Murray Krieger	Critic	27-Nov-1923	5-Aug-2000	The Play and Place of Criticism
Karen R. Lawrence	Educator	18-Mar-1949		President, Sarah Lawrence College
Jean-François Lyotard	Philosopher	10-Aug-1924	21-Apr-1998	Founder of Postmodernism
J. Hillis Miller	Critic	5-Mar-1928		Deconstructionist literary critic
Mario J. Molina	Chemist	19-Mar-1943		Ozone depletion
Henry T. Nicholas	Business	c. 1959		Broadcom billionaire
Jerry M. Patterson	Politician	25-Oct-1934		Congressman from California, 1975-85
Frederick Reines	Physicist	16-Mar-1918	26-Aug-1998	Co-Discover of the neutrino
Irwin Rose	Scientist	16-Jul-1926	2-Jun-2015	Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
F. Sherwood Rowland	Chemist	28-Jun-1927	10-Mar-2012	Ozone depletion
William F. Sharpe	Economist	16-Jun-1934		Capital asset pricing model

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arnold Beckman	Inventor	10-Apr-1900	18-May-2004	Philanthropist who invented pH meter
Julie A. Hill	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Costain Homes, 1991-98
Tom Jennings	Computer Programmer	1955		Author of FidoNet BBS protocols
Karen R. Lawrence	Educator	18-Mar-1949		President, Sarah Lawrence College
James R. Mellor	Business	3-May-1930		CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97
Jack Peltason	Educator	29-Aug-1923	21-Mar-2015	President, University of California, 1992-95
Andrew J. Policano	Business	c. 1949		Business School Dean, UC Irvine
Frederick Reines	Physicist	16-Mar-1918	26-Aug-1998	Co-Discover of the neutrino
Gregory M. Spierkel	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Ingram Micro
Chang-Lin Tien	Educator	24-Jul-1935	29-Oct-2002	Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1990-97

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