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Richard Gallien
Richard Gallien is an American college tennis coach and former professional player. Raised in Sunland, Los Angeles, Gallien won a City section singles title while a senior at Verdugo Hills High School. Gallien played collegiate tennis for Pepperdine University, where he twice earned All-American honors. He was a member of the team which finished as runners-up in the 1982 NCAA championships. In 1983 represented the U.S. at the World University Games and won the singles final against Dan Goldie to become the first American tennis singles gold medalist in games history (along with Cecilia Fernandez-Parker, Cecilia Fernandez who won the women's event). Competing briefly in professional tennis, Gallien had a best singles world ranking of 433. He featured in the main draw of the 1983 Union 76 Pacific Southwest Open, 1983 Pacific Southwest Open and had a win over Ben Testerman, before falling to world number six Gene Mayer. Gallien was head coach of the USC Trojans women's team for 22- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu, California. Founded by entrepreneur George Pepperdine in South Los Angeles in 1937, the school expanded to Malibu in 1972. Courses are now taught at a main Malibu campus, four graduate campuses in Southern California, a center in Washington, DC, and international campuses in Buenos Aires, Argentina; London, United Kingdom; Heidelberg, Germany; Florence, Italy; and Lausanne, Switzerland. The university is composed of an undergraduate liberal arts school (Seaver College) and four graduate schools: the Caruso School of Law, the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, the Graziadio Business School, and the School of Public Policy. History Early years In February 1937, against the backdrop of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
