Alma mater of 250,000 alumni … contributing to the future of Los Angeles and the world, including:
- Lucille Royball-Allard ‘65, U.S. Representative
- Michael D. Antonovich ‘63, ‘68, former Los Angeles County Supervisor
- James A. Bell ‘97, retired CFO and Corporate President of The Boeing Company
- Warren Bryant ‘71, Board Member at Dollar General Corporation
- James Butts ‘80, Mayor of Inglewood, formerly Santa Monica Chief of Police, Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles World Airports, Deputy Chief of Police for the City of Inglewood
- Steve Cooley ‘71, 41st Los Angeles County District Attorney
- Elizabeth Devine ‘85, former CSI: Miami Producer
- Samuel T. Durrance ‘72, ‘74, astrogeophysicist and two-time payload specialist on NASA spacecraft missions
- Alan J. Fohrer ‘81, former CEO of Southern California Edison Company
- Leonor Gaviña-Valls ‘74 and Francisco Gaviña ‘69, ‘72, Vice Presidents of Gaviña Coffee
- John Huerta ‘65, Co-founder of the National Hispanic Bar Association
- Billie Jean King, world champion athlete and global advocate for social justice
- Art Leahy ‘74, CEO of Metrolink
- Rosario Marin ‘83, 41st U.S. Treasurer
- John D. Petersen ‘70, former President of the University of Tennessee
- Beatriz ‘80, Raul Jr. ‘84 and Margarita ‘85 Porto, owners of Porto’s Bakery
- Terrence Roberts ‘67, one of the Little Rock Nine who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock, AR, in 1957
- Ralph M. Terrazas ‘95, Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department
- Nat Trives ‘68, former Mayor of Santa Monica
- Kent Twitchell ‘72, muralist
- Joseph Wambaugh ‘60, novelist and bestselling author
- Maxine Waters ‘71, U.S. Representative
- Diane Watson ‘67, former U.S. Representative
- Willie Zuñiga ‘86, President of Grifols Biologicals, Inc.
The 2024 Honorees
Alumnus of the Year - Patricia A. Chin, D.N.S., R.N.,’80, ‘84
University Service - Dwight Nakata, CPA, CFP®, ‘81
Alumni Family Award - David Tetreault, ‘89, ‘94; Shannon Tetreault, ‘90; Donna Tetreault, ‘93
Distinguished Alumna - College of Arts and Letters - Michelle Zamora, ‘04
Distinguished Alumnus - College of Business and Economics - Mike M. Sarian, Ph.D., MBA, ‘83
Distinguished Alumna - Charter College of Education - Frances Baez, Ph.D., ‘98
Distinguished Alumnus - College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology - Christopher Lynch, Ph.D., ‘84
Distinguished Alumna - College of Ethnic Studies - Bamby Salcedo, ‘16,’20
Distinguished Alumna - College of Natural and Social Science - Sylvia A. Alva, Ph.D., ‘81
Distinguished Alumna - Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Service - Nina Ernst Luce, ‘63, ‘70
View the list of former honorees
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