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Golden Gate University Golden Gate University (GGU or Golden Gate) is a private university in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1901, GGU specializes in educating professionals through its schools of law, business, taxation, and accounting. The university offers s ...

people, including notable students, alumni, faculty, and administrators associated.

Alumni

There are more than 60,000 living alumni. Alumni with a degree of

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

(JD) graduated from the

Golden Gate University School of Law Golden Gate University School of Law (informally referred to as GGU School of Law, GGU Law and Golden Gate Law) is one of the professional graduate schools of Golden Gate University. Located in downtown San Francisco, California, GGU is a Califor ...

Academia

Solomon Darwin Solomon Darwin is an American professor of business and the director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation and the executive director of the Center for Growth Markets at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkele ...

(MBA), professor of business at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

Arts and entertainment

* Denise Mobolaji Ajayi-Williams (MBA), novelist and children's comic writer *

Kyra Davis Kyra Davis (born August 23, 1972) is an American novelist. She is best known for her ''Just One Night'' trilogy and the ''Sophie Katz'' mystery series. In 2013 Anonymous Content optioned Davis' ''Just One Night'' trilogy with the intent to develo ...

(BS), novelist; author of ''Just One Night'' series and ''Sophie Katz'' series * Gary W. Goldstein (JD 1978), author, speaker, filmmaker, and producer of ''

Pretty Woman ''Pretty Woman'' is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, and features Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), La ...

'' * Diane Murphy (MBA), former

child actress The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated t ...

, known for sharing the role of "Tabitha" in ''

Bewitched ''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typic ...

'' *

Tess Uriza Holthe Tess Uriza Holthe is a Filipino-American writer, who was born and raised in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco and is best known for her nationally bestselling novel ''When the Elephants Dance''. Biography Holthe graduated from Gold ...

(BS 1996), novelist; author of ''When the Elephants Dance'' *

Emily Wu Emily Wu (巫一毛 Wu Yimao), born 3 June 1958 in Beijing, is a Chinese-American writer whose short stories have appeared in magazines and newspapers, and in an anthology of poetry and prose. She went to the United States of America in 1981 and ...

(MBA), writer; author of ''Feather in the Storm: A Childhood Lost in Chaos''

Business

Ralph Atkin Ralph Atkin (born Jeffery Ralph Atkin in 1943) is the founder of SkyWest Airlines in the United States. He founded SkyWest Airlines in 1972 and served first as CEO, then as Chairman of the Board for 20 years A lifelong resident of St. George, Uta ...

(MBA), founder of

SkyWest Airlines SkyWest Airlines is an American regional airline headquartered in St. George, Utah, United States. SkyWest is paid to staff, operate and maintain aircraft used on flights that are scheduled, marketed and sold by a partner mainline airline. The ...

* Sophia Bekele (MBA), founder of

DotConnectAfrica DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) is an independent non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 2006. The organization was incorporated in Mauritius with its main charitable objectives to: (a) for the advancement of education in information techno ...

, corporate executive, international entrepreneur *

Richard Belluzzo Richard "Rick" Belluzzo (born November 26, 1953) is an American businessman who worked as an executive at Hewlett-Packard (HP), Silicon Graphics (SGI), Microsoft (MS), Quantum Corp. (QTM), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). He has served on the board o ...

(BS 1975), former

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

Quantum Corp Quantum Corporation is a data storage, management, and protection company that provides technology to store, manage, archive, and protect video and unstructured data throughout the data lifecycle. Their products are used by enterprises, media and ...

; former president and COO of

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...

Joan Blades Joan Ellen Blades (born March 18, 1956 in Berkeley, California) is an American computer software entrepreneur, political activist, and author. In 1987, she and her husband Wes Boyd co-founded Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software co ...

(JD 1980), businessperson, author, and co-founder of

MoveOn.org MoveOn (formerly known as MoveOn.org) is a progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee. Formed in 1998 around one of the first massively viral email petitions, MoveOn has since grown into one of the largest grassroot ...

Pollyanna Chu Pollyanna Chu (''Chu Yuet Wah''; ) is a billionaire businesswoman from Hong Kong. She is an executive of Kingston Financial Group, Golden Resorts Group, and Sincere Watch. As of 30 January 2018, Chu's estimated net worth was US $10.2 billion, ma ...

(BA), CEO of the Kingston Financial Group * Bruce Gilliat (BS), co-founder and former CEO of

Alexa Internet Alexa Internet, Inc. was an American web traffic analysis company based in San Francisco. It was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon. Alexa was founded as an independent company in 1996 and acquired by Amazon in 1999 for $250 million in stock. ...

* John C. Martin (MBA), former CEO (1996–2016) and Chairman (2016–18) of Gilead Sciences * Monique Morrow (MS), former CTO of

Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develo ...

(2012–16) *

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(MBA), co-founder and General Manager of Sledgehammer Games * William H. Swanson (MBA), former chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company (2004–14) *

Bernard Tyson Bernard J. Tyson (January 20, 1959 – November 10, 2019) was an American health executive. He was the CEO of integrated managed care consortium Kaiser Permanente, the largest such organization in the United States, which provides health care to ...

(BS, MBA), former chairman and CEO of

Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente (; KP), commonly known simply as Kaiser, is an American integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield. Kaiser P ...

(2012–19) *

Dave Yeske Dave Yeske is an Americans, American financial planner, researcher, and educator. He is particularly known for his research and writing in the areas of Policy-Based Financial Planning and Strategy-Making by financial planners. Yeske is co-founder ...

(DBA 2010), financial planner, researcher, and educator

Government and politics

Sam Aanestad Samuel Mark Aanestad (July 16, 1946 – May 6, 2018) was an American physician, surgeon, and politician. A Republican, he served in the California State Assembly from the 3rd District from 1998 to 2002 and a member of the California State Sena ...

(MPA 1991),

California State Senator The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly. The State Senate convenes, along with the State Assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. ...

(2002–10);

California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The A ...

member (1998–2002) * Mark H. Berry (1984), Arkansas state representative * David Briley (JD 1995), 8th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee (2018–19); Vice Mayor of

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

(2015–18) *

Violeta Bulc Violeta Bulc (born 24 January 1964) is a Slovenian politician who served as the European Commissioner for Transport from 2014 to 2019. Early life Bulc earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and informatics at the Faculty of Electrical En ...

(MSIT), European Commissioner for Transport (2014–19); Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia (2014) *

Phillip Burton Phillip Burton (June 1, 1926 – April 10, 1983) was an American politician and attorney who served as a United States representative from California from 1964 until his death in 1983. A Democrat, he was instrumental in creating the Golden Gate ...

(LL.B. 1952),

United States Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

(1964–83);

member (1957–64) * Craig E. Campbell (MPA 1981), 10th Lt. Governor of Alaska * George Christopher (BA 1930), 34th Mayor of San Francisco (1956–64) *

Cecilia Chung Cecilia Chung ( zh, 鍾紹琪) is a civil rights leader and activist for LGBT rights, HIV/AIDS awareness, health advocacy, and social justice. She is a trans woman, and her life story was one of four main storylines in the 2017 ABC miniseries ''Whe ...

(BS), civil rights and

LGBT rights Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality. Notably, , 33 ...

activist *

Sam Clovis Samuel Harvey Clovis Jr. (born September 18, 1949) is a former United States Air Force officer, talk radio host, and political figure. Clovis is currently retired in Iowa. Clovis unsuccessfully ran for Iowa state treasurer in the 2014 election ...

(MBA), White House Advisor to the

United States Department of Agriculture The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the United States federal executive departments, federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, ...

(2017–18); national co-chair of

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

presidential campaign President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Peter Corroon Peter Maitland Corroon (born July 16, 1964) is an American politician, former Utah Democratic Party chair, and the former mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah. He was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor in the 2010 election. Corroon is a ...

(JD 1995), 2nd Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah (2004–13); Chair of the

Utah Democratic Party The Utah Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Utah. Its platform focuses on economic security, equal opportunity, the common good, and American leadership. The party also describes itself as a big tent par ...

(2014–17) *

Dave Cox David E. Cox (February 20, 1938 – July 13, 2010) was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma. A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and ...

(MS 1983),

(2004–10);

member (1998–2004) *

Michael Flynn Michael Thomas Flynn (born December 24, 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and conspiracy theorist who was the 24th U.S. National Security Advisor for the first 22 days of the Trump administration. He resigned in light of ...

(MBA 1989), 25th

U.S. National Security Advisor The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA),The National Security Advisor and Staff: p. 1. is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President, based at t ...

(2017), Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (2012–14) *

Gong Zheng Gong Zheng (; born 4 March 1960) is a Chinese politician who serves as Mayor and Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai Municipality. He was formerly Governor of Shandong Province, the Party Secretary of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang p ...

(1987, attended),

Mayor of Shanghai This is a list of Mayor, mayors of Shanghai, China. In the People's Republic of China, the mayor is subordinate to the Chinese Communist Party Shanghai Committee, Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai. Republic of China Mayor of the Shanghai Sp ...

(2020–present);

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

(2017–2020) *

Thom Goolsby Thomas Cowart Goolsby (born September 11, 1961) is a former Republican North Carolina State Senator representing New Hanover County. A graduate of The Citadel and regimental commander of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, Goolsby served as a M ...

(MBA), North Carolina State Senator (2011–14) *

Mary Hayashi Mary Hayashi ( Chung; August 13, 1967) is a Korean-American healthcare advocate and California Democratic politician, who represented 18th Assembly District in the California State Legislature. Hayashi was elected to the California State Assem ...

(MBA),

member (2006–12); first

Korean-American Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian Americans ...

woman to serve in the

California State Legislature The California State Legislature is a bicameral state legislature consisting of a lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members; and an upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members. Both houses of the Legisla ...

J. J. Jelincic Joseph John Jelincic Jr. (born October 5, 1948) is an American member of the CalPERS, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board and is the past president of the California State Employees Association (CSEA), a labor group rep ...

(MBA), CalPERS board member (elected), former president of the California State Employees Association * Ed Jew (MBA 1984),

San Francisco Supervisor The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislative body within the government of the City and County of San Francisco. Government and politics The City and County of San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a c ...

(2006–07) * Linda J. LeZotte (LL.M. 1983), Director of the

Santa Clara Valley Water District The Santa Clara Valley Water District (also known as Valley Water) provides stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County, California, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. The district encompasses all of ...

(2010–present);

San Jose City Council The San Jose City Council, officially San José City Council, is the legislature of the government of the City of San Jose, California. As the Mayor of San Jose, Sam Liccardo casts the 11th vote on matters before the council and acts as chair ...

member (1998–2006) *

Fiona Ma Fiona Ma (born March 4, 1966) is an American accountant and politician. She has been serving as the California state treasurer since January 7, 2019. She previously served as a member of the California Board of Equalization from 2015 to 2019, t ...

(MS 1993), California State Treasurer (2019–present);

California Board of Equalization The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) is a public agency charged with tax administration and fee collection in the state of California in the United States. The authorities of the Board fall into four broad areas: sales and use taxe ...

Member (2015–19);

member (2006–12);

(2002–06) *

Melvin T. Mason Melvin T. Mason (born January 7, 1943) is an American politician who ran as Socialist Workers Party candidate for President of the United States in the 1984 United States presidential election. Early life Melvin T. Mason was born in Provide ...

(BA), civil rights activist and educator;

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

presidential candidate of the Socialist Workers Party *

Ross Mirkarimi Rostam Mirkarimi (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and the former sheriff of San Francisco. Prior to being sheriff, he served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where he represented District 5. Mirkarimi is a co-founder o ...

(MA), Sheriff of San Francisco (2012–16);

(2005–12); co-founder of the

Green Party of California The Green Party of California (GPCA) is a California political party. The party is led by a coordinating committee, and decisions are ultimately made by general assemblies. The GPCA is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). ...

Dick Muri Richard Walter Muri (born November 30, 1953) is an American politician. He is the appointed Mayor of the Town of Steilacoom after longtime Mayor Ron Lucas stepped down for health reasons in March 2021, before passing away just weeks later. He is ...

(MPA 1988), Washington State Representative (2013–19); Pierce County Councilmember (2003–12) *

Louis M. Pate Jr. Louis Milford Pate Jr. (born September 22, 1936) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's eleventh House district from 1995 through 1996 and from 2003 through ...

(BS 1978, MBA 1980), North Carolina State Senator (2011–19);

North Carolina General Assembly The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, State government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...

member (1995–96; 2003–08) * Denise Phua (MBA), Mayor of

Central Singapore District The Central Singapore Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes. Constituencies As of March 2020 ...

(2014–present); Member of Singapore Parliament (2006–present) *

Joseph Pitre Joseph Pitre (born January 23, 1946) is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing the town of Farmington. Pitre attended the Community College of the Air Force, Southern Ne ...

(MPA), New Hampshire Representative (2010–present) *

Richard Rainey Richard Rainey (December 5, 1938 – July 4, 2021) was an American politician from Walnut Creek, California, a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served in the California State Assembly from 1992 until 1996 and then served in the State Sen ...

(MPA 1976), HUD Regional Administrator (2003–09);

(1996–2000);

member (1992–96) * Said Tayeb Jawad (EMBA 2001),

Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States The ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States of America was the official diplomatic representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States. The ambassador and the embassy staff at large worked at ...

(2003–2010); Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2017–present) * George E. Wallace (MPA), Mayor of Hampton, Virginia (2013–2016) *

Betty Yee Betty T. Yee (born October 19, 1957) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has served as California State Controller since 2015. She previously served as a member of the California Board of Equalization from 2004 to 201 ...

(MPA 1981), 32nd California State Controller (2015–present);

Member (2004–15)

Law and justice

Diana Becton Diana Becton, also known as Diana Becton Smith (born August 16, 1951) is a former trial judge and is currently both the first woman and first African American to be elected district attorney in the history of Contra Costa County in California. ...

(JD 1985), District Attorney of

Contra Costa County ) of the San Francisco Bay , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = California , subdivision_type2 ...

(2017–present) *

John Burris John Leonard Burris (born May 8, 1945) is an American civil rights attorney, based in Oakland, California, known for his work in police brutality cases representing plaintiffs. The John Burris law firm practices employment, criminal defense, DUI, ...

(BA 1967), Oakland civil rights and

police brutality Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group. It is an extreme form of police misconduct and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality includes, but is not limited to, ...

attorney *

Jesse W. Carter Jesse Washington Carter (December 19, 1888 – March 15, 1959) was an American lawyer and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from September 12, 1939 to March 15, 1950. Biography Carter was born in Carrville, Trinity County, Cali ...

(JD 1913), Associate Justice of the

Supreme Court of California The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in San Francisco at the Earl Warren Building, but it regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacra ...

(1939–59);

from the

5th Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...

district (1939–39) *

Morgan Christen Morgan Brenda Christen (born December 5, 1961) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a state court judge on the Alaska Supreme Court from ...

(JD 1986), Judge of the

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * District ...

(2012–present); Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (2009–12) *

Miguel S. Demapan Miguel S. Demapan ( 1953 – June 30, 2012) was Chief Justice of the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from 1999 to 2011.Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1 CMC § 3101, is the highest court of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), exercising civil and criminal appellate jurisdiction over commonw ...

(1999–2011) * C. J. Goodell (LL.B. 1909), Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District (1945–1953) * G. Randy Kasten (JD 1982), attorney and author *

George Malek-Yonan George Malek-Yonan (1924-2014) was an Iranian Assyrian international attorney, politician and athlete, and father of actress Rosie Malek-Yonan. Biography The Assyrian Malek family claims to trace its roots back eleven centuries. During the Assyr ...

(1964, attended), international attorney, politician, and athlete * Bruce William Nickerson (JD), civil rights and gay rights attorney * Lawrence Joseph O'Neill (MPA 1976), Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (2007–present) *

Cindy Ossias Cindy Ossias is an American lawyer. In the early months of the year 2000, while serving as a long-time senior lawyer for the California Department of Insurance (CDI), Ossias leaked confidential documents exposing the allegedly illegal and corrup ...

(JD 1983), lawyer and

California Department of Insurance The California Department of Insurance (CDI), established in 1868, is the agency charged with overseeing insurance regulations, enforcing statutes mandating consumer protections, educating consumers, and fostering the stability of insurance marke ...

whistleblower * Susan Pamerleau (MPA 1978),

United States Marshal The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The USMS is a bureau within the U.S. Department of Justice, operating under the direction of the Attorney General, but serves as the enforcem ...

for the

Western District of Texas The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (in case citations, W.D. Tex.) is a federal district court. The court convenes in San Antonio with divisions in Austin, Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Pecos, and Waco. It has juri ...

(2018–present);

Sheriff A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ...

Bexar County, Texas Bexar County ( or ; es, Béxar ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324. Bexar County is included in the San Antonio–New Bra ...

(2013–16) * Philip M. Pro (JD 1972), Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (1987–2015) *

Ira P. Rothken Ira P. Rothken is an American high technology attorney and computer scientist who has handled numerous cases of first impression involving the internet and new technologies. Education and Early Work Rothken is a graduate of Brandeis University ...

(JD 1992), high technology attorney and computer scientist *

Prentice E. Sanders Prentice Earl Sanders, also known as Earl Sanders (October 12, 1937 – January 11, 2021), was a member of the San Francisco Police Department from 1964 through 2003. He became the first African American chief of that department in 2002. His t ...

(BA 1975, MPA 1977), first

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

Chief of the San Francisco Police Department (2002–03) * Mike Terrizzi (JD 1981), community association lawyer and former

Purdue Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

quarterback *

Hanna Thompson Hanna Thompson (born November 1, 1983 in Rochester, New York) is an American foil fencer who was a member of the 2008 Olympics U.S. Women's foil team, which won the silver medal. A 2006 graduate of Ohio State University, Thompson was a four-t ...

(JD 2013), attorney and

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

silver-medalist fencer * Paul Traub (JD 1977), bankruptcy and business lawyer * Adolph Washauer (LL.B. 1932) Inductee of the

National Soccer Hall of Fame The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 and currently located in Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The Hall of Fame honors soccer achievements in the United States. Induction ...

Military

C. Donald Alston C. Donald Alston is a retired major general in the United States Air Force. Career Alston graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1978. He was then sent to Sheppard Air Force Base and Vandenberg Air Force Base for intercontinenta ...

(MBA 1986),

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

Major General (ret.) * Andrew E. Busch (MPA 1981), Director of the Defense Logistics Agency (2014–17); United States Air Force

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

(ret.) * Herbert J. Carlisle (MBA 1988), United States Air Force Four-Star

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

(ret.);

List of United States Air Force four-star generals This is a complete list of four-star generals in the United States Air Force. The rank of general (or ''full general'', or ''four-star general'') is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Air Force. It ranks above lieutenant general ('' ...

former commander of

Air Combat Command Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and i ...

and

Pacific Air Forces Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and is also the air component command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). PACAF is headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (fo ...

* Julia Jeter Cleckley (MS 1985), United States Army National Guard

Brigadier general (United States) In the United States Armed Forces, a brigadier general is a one-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. A brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below a major general. The pay grade of bri ...

Bruce P. Crandall Bruce Perry Crandall (born February 17, 1933) is a retired United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a pilot during the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965, in South Vietnam. During the battle, he flew 22 ...

(MPA),

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.); helicopter pilot,

Battle of Ia Drang The Battle of Ia Drang (, ; in English ) was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), as part of the Pleiku Campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foot of the Chu Pong Mas ...

, Vietnam;

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...

recipient * Gregory A. Feest (MBA 1985), United States Air Force Major General (ret.) *

Burton M. Field Burton M. Field is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general. Prior to retirement he served as the deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, Headquarters United States Air Force. Military career Field was commissio ...

(MBA 1986), United States Air Force Lieutenant General (ret.) *

Fitzhugh L. Fulton Fitzhugh L. "Fitz" Fulton, Jr. (June 6, 1925 – February 4, 2015), (Lt Col, USAF), was a civilian research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from August 1, 1966, until July 3, 1986, following 23 years of d ...

(BA),

test pilot A test pilot is an aircraft pilot with additional training to fly and evaluate experimental, newly produced and modified aircraft with specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques.Stinton, Darrol. ''Flying Qualities and Flight Testing ...

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

's Dryden Flight Research Center; United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) *

Terry Gabreski Terry Lee Gabreski ( Walter; born 1952) is a retired senior officer of the United States Air Force (USAF). She was the second woman to hold the rank of lieutenant general in the USAF.. Her spouse is Col. Donald F. Gabreski. She was the Vice Comman ...

(MPA 1978), United States Air Force Lieutenant General (ret.) *

Terence T. Henricks Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks (born July 5, 1952) is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. He served on four Space Shuttle missions. Personal life and education Henricks was born on July 5, 1952, in Bryan, ...

(MPA 1982), test pilot and Commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia; United States Air Force Colonel (ret.) *

John P. Jumper John Phillip Jumper (born February 4, 1945) is a retired United States Air Force general, who served as 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from September 6, 2001 to September 2, 2005. He retired from the Air Force on November ...

(MBA 1979), 17th

Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force The chief of staff of the Air Force (acronym: CSAF, or AF/CC) is a statutory office () held by a general in the United States Air Force, and as such is the principal military advisor to the secretary of the Air Force on matter pertaining to th ...

(2001–2005); United States Air Force Four-Star General (ret.); former CEO of SAIC *

Thaddeus J. Martin Major General Thaddeus J. Martin (born July 4, 1956) is a retired American military officer and former adjutant general of the Connecticut National Guard until June 30, 2018. He began his military service in 1977. He was commissioned, through Of ...

(MPA 1985), Adjutant General of the

Connecticut National Guard The Connecticut Military Department is a state agency of the government of Connecticut. Its primary components are the Connecticut Army National Guard, the Connecticut Air National Guard, and four companies of the state militia. The Military Depa ...

(2005–18); United States Air Force Major General (ret.) * Timothy Maude (BA), United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel killed in the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...

; United States Army Lieutenant General *

Gary L. North Gary Lewis North (born 1954) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as commander of Pacific Air Forces and executive director of Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, from August 19, 200 ...

(MPA 1984), United States Air Force Four-Star General (ret.); former commander of

* Bobby V. Page (MPA 1978), Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force (2012–16); United States Air Force Brigadier General (ret.) * J. Gregory Pavlovich (MPA 1985), United States Air Force Brigadier General (ret.); former commander of 45th Space Wing *

Charles J. Precourt Charles Joseph Precourt (born June 29, 1955) is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force, piloted numerous jet aircraft, and piloted and commanded the Spac ...

(MS 1988), NASA

astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...

;

Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program na ...

pilot and commander; United States Air Force Colonel (ret.) * John W. Rosa (MPA 1985), 16th

Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy The superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy is the senior officer and commander of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The position is normally held by an active duty Air Force lieutenant general, and i ...

(2003–05); United States Air Force Lieutenant General (ret.) * Herbert R. Temple Jr. (BS 1974), Chief of the National Guard Bureau (1986–90); United States Army Lieutenant General (ret.) *

Lam Quang Thi Lam or LAM may refer to: Organizations * Laguna Art Museum, California, US * Lam Eng Rubber, a Malaysian manufacturer * Lam Research, American semiconductor equipment company * LAM Mozambique Airlines, flag carrier airline of Mozambique * Librar ...

(MBA),

Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...

Lieutenant General

Science and technology

Cem Kaner Cem Kaner is a professor of software engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, and the Director of Florida Tech's Center for Software Testing Education & Research (CSTER) since 2004. He is perhaps best known outside academia as an advocate ...

(JD 1994), software engineering professor; co-founder of

Association for Software Testing The Association for Software Testing, commonly referred to as the AST, is dedicated to advancing the understanding of the science and practice of software testing according tcontext-driven principles AST's membership consists of scholars, students ...

Edward J. Wasp Edward J. Wasp (1923–2015), also known as E. J. Wasp, was an American engineer and inventor who developed long distance slurry pipelines for the transportation of coal and other solid materials. Wasp, born in New York City, earned a bachelor's d ...

(MBA), engineer and inventor who developed long distance

slurry pipeline A slurry pipeline is a specially engineered pipeline used to move ores, such as coal or iron, or mining waste, called tailings, over long distances. A mixture of the ore concentrate and water, called slurry, is pumped to its destination and the w ...

Faculty

Carol Ruth Silver (OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012)

Faculty who were also alumni are listed in bold font, with degree and year in parentheses. * Dan Angel, President of Golden Gate University (2007–15); Member of the

Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...

from the 49th district (1973–1978) * Rebecca Bauer-Kahan,

member from the

16th 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and . In English speech, ...

district (2018–present); former law school professor *

Colin Crawford Colin Crawford (born November 17, 1958) is an American academic and the 24th dean of the University of Louisville School of Law. Crawford will be the 16th dean of Golden Gate University School of Law, effective summer 2021. Education Crawford earn ...

, 16th Dean of Golden Gate University School of Law (2021–present) * George N. Crocker, Dean of Golden Gate University School of Law (1934–41) *

Thelton Henderson Thelton Eugene Henderson (born November 28, 1933) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He has played an important role in the field of civil rights as a la ...

, Judge of the

United States District Court for the Northern District of California The United States District Court for the Northern District of California (in case citations, N.D. Cal.) is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del ...

(1980–present; ''inactive''); associate law professor (1978–80) * Gerald Sanford Levin, Judge of the

(1969–71) and

San Francisco County Superior Court The Superior Court of California of the County of San Francisco is the state superior court with jurisdiction over the City and County of San Francisco. History In 1976 the Court helped to create the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project, a ...

, law school instructor *

Andrew McClurg Andrew Jay McClurg (born October 15, 1954) is a professor of law holding the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, specializing in torts, products liability, privacy law, and firea ...

, law professor and legal humorist *

Shannon Minter Shannon Price Minter (born February 14, 1961) is an American civil rights attorney and the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco.Mangaliman, Jessie (2005-10-06). San Jose Mercury NewsTransgender Advocate Honored ...

, civil rights attorney and legal director of the

National Center for Lesbian Rights The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a non-profit, public interest law firm in the United States that advocates for equitable public policies affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, provides free legal ...

* Anthony Niedwiecki, Dean of Golden Gate University School of Law (2017–2020), former Vice-Mayor of Oakland Park, FL, co-founder of Fight OUT Loud *

Riall Nolan Riall W. Nolan (born October 12, 1943) is an American anthropologist, an emeritus professor of anthropology at Purdue University, USA and a faculty member in the MPhil program in International Development at the University of Cambridge, UK. A schol ...

, anthropologist and Dean of International Affairs and Programs at Golden Gate University (1995–98) *

Cecil F. Poole Cecil Francis Poole (July 25, 1914 – November 12, 1997) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District ...

, Judge of the

(1979–97) and

(1976–80),

United States Attorney for the Northern District of California The United States Attorney for the Northern District of California is the United States Attorney responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The Northern Dis ...

(1961–70), law school instructor *

Renny Pritikin Renny Pritikin (born c. 1948) is an American curator, museum professional, writer, poet, and educator. He was the chief curator of San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum from 2014 to 2018. He was Director of the Richard L. Nelson Gallery and the ...

, chief curator of

Contemporary Jewish Museum The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) is a non-collecting museum at 736 Mission Street at Yerba Buena Lane in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The museum, which was founded in 1984, is located in the historic ...

; art administration instructor * Donna Ryu,

U.S. magistrate judge In United States federal courts, magistrate judges are judges appointed to assist U.S. district court judges in the performance of their duties. Magistrate judges generally oversee first appearances of criminal defendants, set bail, and conduct ...

of the

(2010–present); clinical law school professor *

Carol Ruth Silver Carol Ruth Silver (born October 1, 1938)Schultz, Debra L. and Blanche Wiesen Cook (2002). ''Going South: Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement''. NYU Press, is an American lawyer and civil rights activist. She was a Freedom Rider, arreste ...

, Member of the

San Francisco Board of Supervisors The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislative body within the government of the City and County of San Francisco. Government and politics The City and County of San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a c ...

(1978–89);

Freedom Riders Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions ''Morgan v. Virginia' ...

and civil liberties activist; law school professor *

Lidia S. Stiglich Lidia S. Stiglich (born November 12, 1969) is an American attorney and jurist serving as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada since 2023. She was appointed by Governor Brian Sandoval on November 10, 2016. Early life and education Sti ...

, Associate Justice of the

Nevada Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Nevada is the highest state court of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the head of the Nevada Judiciary. The main constitutional function of the Supreme Court is to review appeals made directly from the decisions of the distric ...

(2016–present); adjunct law professor * Caspar Weinberger, 15th

United States Secretary of Defense The United States secretary of defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high ranking member of the federal cabinet. DoDD 5100.1: Enclosure 2: a The s ...

(1981–87), 10th

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is ...

(1973–75), law school instructor *

Henry Travillion Wingate Henry Travillion Wingate (born January 6, 1947) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Early life and education Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Wingate received a Bachelor o ...

, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (1985–2010), adjunct law school instructor (1975–76) *

(DBA 2010), financial planner, Distinguished Adjunct Professor at the Ageno School of Business

Presidents

Prior to 1948, the top executive was called the Educational Director. Dan Angel

References

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