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List Of Pitzer College People
Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Pitzer College. Notable alumni Arts and Letters Film and Television *Anne Archer 1969, actress * Matthew Berkowitz, filmmaker * Eric Douglas American actor and stand-up comedian, son of Kirk Douglas, brother of Michael Douglas * Dee Mosbacher, documentary filmmaker, gay rights activist, and psychiatrist Writing * Max Brooks 1994, author and lecturer, son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft * Dennis Cooper, novelist, poet, critic, and performance artist * John Darnielle 1995, novelist and lead singer of The Mountain Goats * Amy Gerstler 1978, poet and winner of the 1991 National Books Critics Circle Award for ''Bitter Angel'' * Dana Levin 1987, poet *Rob Magnuson Smith 1991, author * Sandra Mitchell 1973, award-winning author, professor and philosopher of science *Susan Patron 1969, children's author and winner of the 2007 Newbery Medal for ''The Higher Power of Lucky'' Journalism * David Bloom 1985, anchor, NBC News Music *Tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitzer College
Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. One of the Claremont Colleges, the college has a curricular emphasis on the social sciences, behavioral sciences, international programs, and media studies. Pitzer is known for its social justice culture and experimental pedagogical approach. History Pitzer was founded in 1963 as a women's college by Russell K. Pitzer (1878–1978), a California citrus magnate, philanthropist, and Pomona College alumnus. In April 1963, John W. Atherton, the dean of faculty and a professor of English at Claremont Men's College (now Claremont McKenna College) was hired as Pitzer's first president, and over the next seventeen months he recruited students, faculty, and trustees and constructed Scott and Sanborn Halls just in time for the fall 1964 semester. During the College's first year, students and faculty created the curriculum and the school's system of governance. The College graduated its first class of students in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Patron
Susan Patron (born 1948) is an American author of children's books. In 2007, she won the Newbery Award for ''The Higher Power of Lucky''. Her first children's book, '' Burgoo Stew'', was published in 1990. It was followed by three more picture books and the book '' Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe'', which won the 1993 Parent's Choice Award. Patron published a sequel to ''The Higher Power of Lucky'' called ''Lucky Breaks'' (Simon & Schuster, March, 2009), and then followed it up with the third and final book in Lucky's Hard Pan Trilogy, ''Lucky For Good'' (Simon & Schuster, August, 2011). Patron was the Juvenile Materials Collection Development Manager at the Los Angeles Public Library The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California. The system holds more than six million volumes, and with around 19 million residents in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, it serves the large ... until her retirement in March 2007. She was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven González
Steven Charles González (born 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court since January 11, 2021. He was appointed as an associate justice by Governor Christine Gregoire and took office on January 1, 2012. González replaced Justice Gerry L. Alexander, who retired upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. Biography Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, González is descended on his father's side from refugees from the Mexican Revolution; his maternal ancestors immigrated at the turn of the 20th century from eastern Europe. González was raised by his mother, who is Jewish, and for a time his paternal grandmother cleaned the dorms at his alma mater. González graduated with honors from Pitzer College in Claremont, California, with a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian studies in 1985. While at Pitzer, he studied abroad at Waseda University in Tokyo and Nanjing University in China. He worked as a paraleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans Student Educational Resources
Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER) is a United States-based organization that seeks to educate the transgender youth. It was founded in 2011 by teen activists. It is the only national organization led by transgender youth. TSER provides resources to the public on how to better understand and interact with trans students, such as safe schools trainings for teachers, online infographics, and workshops at conferences. It is most notable for its members' work in media focused on transgender educational justice. Mission TSER's mission statement reads, History Founded in 2011 by two 16-year-old trans women, Trans Student Educational Resources began as an effort to start transgender policies in school districts in the United States and get more young trans people involved in activism. At that time, there were very few enumerated anti-discrimination policies in place around the country and there was a lack of visual resources on transgender issues. In 2012, TSER began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Erlick
Eli Erlick (born July 10, 1995) is an American activist, writer, academic, trans woman and founder of the organization Trans Student Educational Resources. Early life Eli Erlick was born on July 10, 1995. Her parents met while protesting, which she cites as a background behind her activism. She is of Jewish heritage and grew up near the rural community of Willits, California. She came out as transgender when she was 8 years old, when she started to experience harassment, isolation, and violence. She could not use her school's restroom and was threatened and bullied for years after. At age 13, she publicly transitioned to female, keeping her birth name. She medically transitioned shortly after. She then began her work in advocacy and writing at 15 and founded the organization Trans Student Educational Resources at age 16. She attended Pitzer College in Claremont from 2013 to 2016, where she graduated early with honors. Activism Erlick cites starting activism at age 15, in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mablean Ephriam
Mablean Deloris Ephriam, Esq. (born April 23, 1949) is a former Los Angeles prosecuting attorney. She is best known as the adjudicator of the courtroom series ''Divorce Court'' for seven seasons from 1999–2006. She was replaced by Judge Lynn Toler in the show's 2006-07 season. Ephriam is also known for her judge roles in Tyler Perry's Madea films. Ephriam returned to television in fall 2014 with a new courtroom series titled after her, ''Justice with Judge Mablean''. The series, produced by Entertainment Studios, is airing on the Justice Central cable channel and syndicated on various stations. It is the fifth courtroom series from Entertainment Studios. Her daughter is writer/director/producer Tajamika Paxton. Legal background Ephriam was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi but raised in Los Angeles, California, from the age of six. Although she had never actually served as a judge before presiding on ''Divorce Court'', she came to the series with significant legal experience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dust Brothers
The Dust Brothers are a pair of songwriters and producers consisting of E.Z. Mike ( Michael Simpson) and King Gizmo ( John King). They are famous for the sample-based music they produced in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums ''Paul's Boutique'' by the Beastie Boys, ''Odelay'', ''Midnite Vultures'' and ''Guero'' by Beck, the soundtrack to the film ''Fight Club'', and "MMMBop" by Hanson. They are based in Los Angeles, California. History 1980s Michael "E.Z." Simpson and John "Gizmo" King started working together as the Dust Brothers in 1985 at Pomona College radio station, KSPC, hosting a weekly hip-hop show called ''The Big Beat Showcase''. They developed writing and producing skills creating music for their show and DJing and rapping at parties. In 1987, they began writing and producing for the Delicious Vinyl label. There they wrote and produced tracks on Tone Lōc's album, ''Lōc-ed After Dark'', Young MC's debut album '' Stone Cold Rhymin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Simpson (producer)
Michael Simpson, also known as "E.Z. Mike", is an American record producer. Along with John King, he makes up one-half of the Los Angeles-based producing duo the Dust Brothers, who co-wrote and produced many critically acclaimed records including the Beastie Boys' '' Paul's Boutique'' and Beck's '' Odelay''. He won a Grammy Award for his song writing & production on Santana's ''Supernatural'' album in 1999. He has also done producing on his own - most notable is his work with the Eels. Simpson went on to compose the scores for the films ''Road Trip'', '' Saving Silverman'', '' Freddy Got Fingered'' and '' Stick It'', where in addition to composing the original score, he teamed up with rapper Talib Kweli to produce and perform the song "Abra Cadabra". He has also contributed original music and songs to such films as '' Zoolander'', '' The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' and '' Shrek Forever After''. Simpson was the musical director and frequent guest of '' Tom Green Live'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Nathanson
Matthew Adam Nathanson (born March 28, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of Folk music, folk and rock and roll music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic (sometimes a 12-string) and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher". One of his hit songs, "Giants", was the opening music for the 2016 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on ESPN. Early life and college years Nathanson was raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, Lexington, Massachusetts and attended Proctor Academy in Andover, NH. His father is Jews, Jewish and his mother is Catholic Church, Catholic. Nathanson attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California (majoring in English and world literature). Matt attended the Fessenden School in West Newton, Massachusetts along with his brother, Neal, prior to going to high school at Proctor Academy. Despite living close by in Lexington, the two boarded at Fessenden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gratitude (band)
Gratitude was an American alternative rock band that existed from 2003 to 2005. History Gratitude was formed in 2003 by Mark Weinberg (originally of the band Crumb) and Thomas Becker (originally of the Get Up Kids). Initially called the Collision, the band was joined by Bob Lindsey on bass and Robby Cronholm (also formerly of Crumb) on vocals. After touring in 2002 with New End Original, which featured Far alum Jonah Matranga and Jeremy Tappero, Cronholm left the band and was replaced by Matranga. When Matranga joined, the band changed their name from the Collision to Gratitude. After picking up Matranga and changing their name, Gratitude signed to Atlantic Records. The group picked up Tappero as second guitarist before going into the studio. After Becker left the band in the middle of recording the record, drummer David Jarnstrom joined the band before the release of their self-titled debut album (Becker and other session musicians fulfilled the drum role during the recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far (band)
Far was an American rock band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1991. Although Far only experienced limited commercial success, the band had considerable influence on underground rock music. They are perhaps best remembered for their rock cover of "Pony", a song originally by Ginuwine, which peaked at #40 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart in 2009. History Original releases (1991–1998) After a number of local releases including their first demo tape ''Sweat A River, Live No Lies'' (1991) and two independent albums ''Listening Game'' (1992) and ''Quick'' (1994) the band signed to Epic/Immortal Records and released their first major record. ''Tin Cans With Strings To You'' was recorded in September 1995 and released by Epic/Immortal on April 3, 1996. Their manager Troy Davis considers ''Tin Cans With Strings'' to be the first-ever screamo album. A song from the album, "Job's Eyes", was featured in an episode of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', titled " The Pack", which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah Matranga
Jonah Rzadzinski Matranga (born Jonah Sonz Matranga, August 11, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who has released a variety of solo material under his own name and onelinedrawing, and has previously been part of the bands Far and New End Original (an anagram of "onelinedrawing") and Gratitude. He now continues to work and tour under onelinedrawing'. Biography Early life Jonah Rzadzinski Matranga grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He left in 1987 to attend Pitzer College in Claremont, California, where he majored in English and began making music by himself. After graduation, he moved to Sacramento to form Far in 1991. They made four albums, including the classic ''Water and Solutions'', before disbanding in December 1998. During this time, Jonah married in April 1994, and his daughter was born that August. He divorced two years later. In 1999, he moved to the Bay Area. He currently lives in San Francisco, making music and raising his daughter. Solo ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
