Punahou School alumni
Encyclopedia
Shown below is a list of notable graduates, students who attended, and former faculty of Punahou School
Punahou School
Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...

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*indicates attended Punahou but did not graduate with senior class.


Parents and children of alumni are noted only if they have made significant achievements in the same field or activity.

Numerous athletic, educational, cultural, business, and government leaders of significance to the State of Hawaii have been excluded, as well as most University of Hawaii and other State of Hawaii educators, and Hawaii-based entertainers, and artists

Beach volleyball

  • '90 Kevin Wong (Cal) — 2000
  • '91 Stein Metzger
    Stein Metzger
    Stein Metzger is a beach volleyball player from the United States, playing in the AVP. In 2006 he played with his high school teammate, Mike Lambert, and they advanced to the Final Four in fourteen of the fifteen team events, winning five times...

     (UCLA) — 2004

Diving

  • '69 Keala (Rachel) O'Sullivan
    Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics
    At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool, from 17 to 26 October , comprising 83 divers from 23 nations.-Medal summary:...

     (Hawaii) — 1968 bronze medalist

Kayaking

  • '92 Kathy Colin (Washington) — 2000, 2004
  • '97 Andrew Bussey (UC Irvine) — 2004

Sailing

  • '66 David Rockwell McFaull
    Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
    Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

     (Cornell) — 1976 silver medalist
  • '72 Michael Jon Rothwell
    Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
    Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

     — 1976 silver medalist

Swimming

  • '24* Mariechen Wehselau Jackson
    Mariechen Wehselau
    Mariechen M. Wehselau was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics....

     — 1924 gold and silver medalist (attended 1912-23)
  • '25* Warren Kealoha
    Warren Kealoha
    Warren Daniels Kealoha was an American swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics.In the 1920 Olympics he won a gold medal in 100 m backstroke event....

     — 1920 gold medalist (youngest male US gold in swimming), 1924 gold medalist (attended 1920-22)
  • '27 Buster Crabbe
    Buster Crabbe
    Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.-Birth:...

     (Southern Cal) — 1928 bronze medalist, 1932 gold medalist (see also below)
  • '47 Richard Cleveland (Hawaii, Ohio State) — 1952, four-time world record holder, International Swimming Hall of Fame
    International Swimming Hall of Fame
    The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around...

  • '67 Brent Thales Berk (Stanford) — 1968
  • '76 Chris Woo
    Chris Woo
    Christopher W.T. "Chris" Woo is an Hawaiian swimmer best known for reaching an Olympic final in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke in the Montreal Olympics won by his teammate John Hencken. He also won a gold medal as part of the US Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay team...

     (Indiana) — 1976 gold medalist

Volleyball

  • '66 Miki Briggs McFadden (USC) — 1968
  • '69 Dodge Parker (Long Beach) — 1968
  • '92 Mike Lambert (Stanford) — 1996, 2000
  • '98 Lindsey Berg
    Lindsey Berg
    Lindsey Napela Berg is a volleyball player from the United States.Berg was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was three-time All-Big Ten selection at the University of Minnesota, where she graduated in December 2001....

     (Minnesota) — 2004, 2008 silver medalist.

Water polo

  • '84 Christopher Duplanty
    Christopher Duplanty
    Christopher David Duplanty is a former water polo goalkeeper from the United States, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country...

     (UC Irvine) — silver medalist 1988, silver medalist 1992, 1996, 2000
  • '97 Sean Kern
    Sean Kern
    Sean Kern is an American water polo player. His position is center forward . During his water polo career, Kern was a four-time All-American, two-time National Player of the Year, two-time NCAA champion and three-time UCLA scoring leader. After his 1999 season, Kern was honored as the first-ever...

     (UCLA) — 2000
  • '99 Brandon Brooks
    Brandon Brooks (water polo)
    Brandon Brooks , who played water polo as a goalie for UCLA and the 2004 and 2008 United States National teams, is now the head coach of the women's water polo team at UCLA. The women's team won the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, and one of his players, Courtney Mathewson,...

      (UCLA) — 2004, 2008 silver medalist

Other world champion athletes and recent All-Americans

  • '65 Fred Hemmings
    Fred Hemmings
    Fred Hemmings is a world-known surfer who served as a Republican member of the Hawaii Senate from the 25th District. Elected in 2000, he served as Senate Minority Leader from 2002 to 2010. Previously he was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1984 through 1990...

    , Jr. — 1968 world surfing champion, Hawaii state senator, Republican minority leader
  • '75 Jay Anderson (Pepperdine) — 1977, 1978, 1979 All-American in volleyball
  • '75 Mark Rigg (Pepperdine) — 1977 All-American in volleyball
  • '77 Peter Ehrman (UCLA)— All-American in volleyball
  • '82 Matt Rigg (Pepperdine) — 1985, 1986 All-American in volleyball
  • '84 Doug Rigg (Pepperdine) — 1988 All-American in volleyball
  • '99 Elisa Au
    Elisa Au
    Elisa Au-Fonseca is an Asian-American martial arts instructor and karate practitioner.- Biography :Elisa Au was born on May 29, 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Gary and Jane Au. With the encouragement of her parents she began taking karate lessons at 5 years of age under the tutelage of shitō-ryū...

     (Hawaii) — 3-time World Karate Federation
    World Karate Federation
    The World Karate Federation, or WKF, was formed in 1990 from former WUKO members and is the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 130 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than ten million members...

     World Champion, Black Belt Magazine
    Black Belt Magazine
    Black Belt is an American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports founded in 1961 by Mitoshi Uyehara. During the early years of the publication, Uyehara was a hands-on owner and publisher...

     Hall of Fame, 2005 best amateur athlete Sullivan Award
    James E. Sullivan Award
    The James E. Sullivan Award, presented by the American Amateur Athletic Union , is awarded annually in April to "the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States". Often referred to as the Oscar of sports awards, it was first presented in 1930. The award is named for the AAU's founder and past...

     finalist
  • '09 Manti Teʻo (Notre Dame) — 2009 Sporting News top defensive college football player in the nation, ESPN
    ESPN
    Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

     #2 best college football player at any position, Parade
    Parade (magazine)
    Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 500 newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by Advance Publications. The most widely read magazine in the U.S., Parade has a circulation of 32.2 million and a readership of nearly 70...

    and USA Today
    USA Today
    USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...

    All-American

Football

  • '27 Henry Thomas "Hank" "Honolulu" Hughes
    Hank Hughes
    Henry Thomas "Honolulu" Hughes, Jr. was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Boston Braves. He played college football at Oregon State University.-External links:*...

     (Oregon State) — original Washington Redskins
    Washington Redskins
    The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

     (Boston Braves) football player 1931-32 (10 games)
  • '48 Herman Clark
    Herman Clark
    Herman Piikea Clark is a former American football guard who played for the Chicago Bears in 1952 and from 1954–1957. He played college football at Oregon State University, and played in 52 games over five seasons for the Bears.-External links:*...

     (Oregon State) — Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears
    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

     offensive lineman 1952-57 (52 games)
  • '48 Jim Clark (American football player) (Oregon State) — Washington Redskins
    Washington Redskins
    The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

     offensive lineman 1952-53 (20 games) and Hawaii state senator
  • '49 Charley Ane
    Charley Ane
    Charles "Charley" Teetai Ane, Jr. was an American football offensive lineman.-High school:Ane excelled in baseball, basketball and track as well as football at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii...

    , Jr. (USC) — Detroit Lions
    Detroit Lions
    The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

     offensive lineman 1953-59 (83 games), team captain for two NFL championships and two-time Pro Bowl
    Pro Bowl
    In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...

     selection
  • '59* Ray Schoenke
    Ray Schoenke
    Raymond Frederick Schoenke is a gun owner, hunter, conservationist, and former American football player in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins...

     (Southern Methodist) — Dallas Cowboys
    Dallas Cowboys
    The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

     and Washington Redskins
    Washington Redskins
    The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

     offensive lineman 1963-75 (145 games), unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Maryland Governor, 1998, founding president of American Hunters and Shooters Association
    American Hunters and Shooters Association
    The American Hunters and Shooters Association , founded in 2005, was a small United States-based group, which has set itself apart from the much larger gun owner organization, the National Rifle Association, founded in 1871, by advocating further restrictions on 2nd Amendment rights...

     (attended 1956-58)
  • '64 Norm Chow
    Norm Chow
    Norman Chow is the offensive coordinator for the Utah Utes, a position he started on January 22, 2011. He previously held the same position with UCLA, the NFL's Tennessee Titans, USC, North Carolina State, and Brigham Young University....

     (Utah) — Former Tennessee Titans
    Tennessee Titans
    The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

     offensive coordinator, current Utah offensive coordinator.

  • '71 Arnold Morgado
    Arnold Morgado
    Arnold T. Morgado, Jr. was a professional football running back in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs. In 1994, he was inducted into the Punahou Athletic Hall of Fame...

    , Jr. (Hawaii) — Kansas City Chiefs
    Kansas City Chiefs
    The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

     running back 1977-80 (52 games), city councilman
  • '71 Charles "Kale" Ane III
    Charlie Ane
    Charles "Kale" Teetai Ane III is a former professional American football player who played Center for seven seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers in the NFL, and three seasons at Michigan State University.-Life:He is the son of former NFL player Charley Ane...

     (Michigan State) — offensive lineman for Kansas City Chiefs
    Kansas City Chiefs
    The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

     and Green Bay Packers
    Green Bay Packers
    The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

    , 1975-1981 (105 games)
  • '74 Mosi Tatupu
    Mosi Tatupu
    Mosiula Faasuka Tatupu was a National Football League special teamer and running back who during a fifteen year professional career played for the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams. His tenure with the Patriots lasted from 1978 to 1990...

     (USC) — New England Patriots
    New England Patriots
    The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

     running back 1978-91 (199 games), one Super Bowl
    Super Bowl
    The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

    , one Pro Bowl, college football Mosi Tatupu Award
    Mosi Tatupu Award
    The Mosi Tatupu Award was given annually to the College Football Special Teams Player of the Year by the Maui Quarterback Club and the Hula Bowl, from 1997 to 2006....

    , father of Lofa Tatupu
    Lofa Tatupu
    -Seattle Seahawks:Tatupu quickly established himself as one of the top defensive players in the league as a rookie in 2005, in which he was named to the Pro Bowl, while leading the NFC Champion Seahawks in tackles, with 104, en route to their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history...

  • '74 Keith Uperesa (USC) — offensive lineman rostered by Oakland Raiders
    Oakland Raiders
    The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     and Denver Broncos
    Denver Broncos
    The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     1978-1979, uncle of offensive lineman Dane Uperesa
    Dane Uperesa
    Dane Uperesa is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Hawaii....

     who was rostered by the Cincinnati Bengals
    Cincinnati Bengals
    The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

     and Indianapolis Colts
    Indianapolis Colts
    The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

    , but neither played in regular season games
  • '78 Mark Tuinei
    Mark Tuinei
    Mark Pulemau Tuinei was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys...

     (Hawaii) — Dallas Cowboys
    Dallas Cowboys
    The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

     offensive lineman 1983-97 (195 games), two Pro Bowls and three Super Bowls
  • '80 John Kamana III (USC) — Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons
    Atlanta Falcons
    The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

     running back (5 games)

Baseball

  • '81 Joey Meyer (baseball player)
    Joey Meyer (baseball player)
    Tanner Joe Meyer is a former Major League Baseball player. He played two seasons in the majors, and , for the Milwaukee Brewers. He also played one season in Japan for the Taiyo Whales in ....

    , Jr. (Hawaii) — Milwaukee Brewers
    Milwaukee Brewers
    The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...

     first baseman 1988-89 (156 games)
  • '96 Damon Yee (Vanderbilt) — drafted by the Houston Astros (three seasons in the minor leagues)
  • '97 Justin Wayne
    Justin Wayne
    Justin Morgan Wayne is a former American professional baseball pitcher. Wayne is from Honolulu, Hawaii, and an alumnus of Punahou School .-High school:...

     (Stanford) — Florida Marlins
    Florida Marlins
    The Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...

     pitcher 2002-04 (26 games)

Volleyball

  • '69 Linda Fernandez (Hawaii) — All-Pro 1976-79 for LA Stars, SB Spikers, and Seattle Smashers of International Volleyball Association
    International Volleyball Association
    The International Volleyball Association was a short lived co-ed professional volleyball league in the United States from 1975 to 1979. Like other major sports leagues in the United States, it had two geographic divisions. However, its teams were entirely in the west...

    ; Superstars
    Superstars
    Superstars is an all-around sports competition that pits elite athletes from different sports against one another in a series of athletic events resembling a decathlon....

     winner 1979 and 1980

Tennis

  • '65 Jim Osborne
    Jim Osborne
    James Henry "Jim" Osborne is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He spent his entire 13 year career with the Chicago Bears. Osborne retired in 1984, one year shy of the Bears Super Bowl win. He attended Southern University. He won the Brian Piccolo Award...

     (Utah) — 5-time Grand Prix tennis circuit doubles winner.

Golf

  • '67 Penelope Gebauer (Boise State) — 9-time LPGA
    LPGA
    The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

     top-10 finisher, founder of Women's Golf School
  • '97 Parker McLachlin
    Parker McLachlin
    Parker Nicholas McLachlin is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.McLachlin was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated from Punahou School in 1997 and UCLA in 2002 with a degree in sociology....

     (UCLA) — Winner on PGA Tour
    PGA Tour
    The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

    , 4-time top-10 finisher in 53 events (2001–2008)
  • '98 Bridget Dwyer
    Bridget Dwyer
    Bridget Dwyer is an American professional golfer, best known for her appearance on The Big Break, the Golf Channel's reality television series.Dwyer was born in Oahu, Hawaii, and is the youngest of six children....

     (UCLA) — #9 on LPGA
    LPGA
    The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

     Futures Tour
    FUTURES Tour
    The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...

    , #2 on The Big Break VI
  • '07 Michelle Wie
    Michelle Wie
    Michelle Sung Wie is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie would also become the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event...

     (Stanford) — LPGA
    LPGA
    The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

     winner, winning Solheim Cup
    Solheim Cup
    The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...

     team member, 5-time top-3 finisher

Surfing

  • '10 Carissa Moore
    Carissa Moore
    Carissa Kainani Moore is an Hawaiian surfer and the 2011 ASP Women's World Tour Champion.As of July 2011, Moore has won 6 ASP Women's World Tour events, 2 ASP WQS 6-Star events and an unprecedented 11 NSSA Titles....

     - 1 time ASP Women's World Tour Champion (2011); multiple ASP
    Association of Surfing Professionals
    The Association of Surfing Professionals is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best talent in a variety of progressive formats.- Predecessors to the ASP :...

     Elite victories; 2010 ASP Rookie of the Year and an unprecedented 11 National Scholastic Surfing Association
    National Scholastic Surfing Association
    The National Scholastic Surfing Association is a surfing association in the United States. It is the highest level for competitive amateur surfing in the country. Founded in 1978 by Chuck Allen, John Rothrock and Tom Gibbons, the association was formed with the purpose of uniting amateur surfers...

     (NSSA) Titles.

Professional society and government leaders

  • '27 Rodney T. West (Northwestern) — Naval Reserve MD at Attack on Pearl Harbor
    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941...

     and founding president of American College of Physician Executives
  • '29* Edwin D. Kilbourne, Jr. (UH) — founding chair of Microbiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an American medical school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, currently ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States. It was chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963....

    , influenza pandemic
    Influenza pandemic
    An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads on a worldwide scale and infects a large proportion of the human population. In contrast to the regular seasonal epidemics of influenza, these pandemics occur irregularly, with the 1918 Spanish flu the most serious pandemic in...

     expert at New York Medical College
    New York Medical College
    New York Medical College, aka New York Med or NYMC, is a private graduate health sciences university based in Westchester County, New York, a suburb of New York City and a part of the New York Metropolitan Area...

    , Washington Post's "We don't have enough if a pandemic happened tomorrow." (attended 1921-28) (scholar.google ~ 233)
  • '32 Colin McCorriston (Stanford) — one of the founders of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • '32 John Iorwerth Reppun (Harvard) — one of the organizers of Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Social responsibility
    Social responsibility is an ethical ideology or theory that an entity, be it an organization or individual, has an obligation to act to benefit society at large. Social responsibility is a duty every individual or organization has to perform so as to maintain a balance between the economy and the...

  • '45 Calvin C.J. Sia
    Calvin C.J. Sia
    Calvin C.J. Sia is a primary care pediatrician from Hawaii who developed innovative programs to improve the quality of medical care for children in the United States and Asia...

     (Dartmouth) — developer and leading advocate of the nationwide Medical Home concept for pediatric care and federal Emergency Medical Services for Children program, creator of Hawaii Healthy Start program to prevent child abuse and neglect, professor of Community Pediatrics at University of Hawaii and primary care pediatrician for almost 40 years (scholar.google ~ 1,240)
  • '45* William L. Morgan (Yale) — Master of the American College of Physicians
    American College of Physicians
    The American College of Physicians is a national organization of doctors of internal medicine —physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection, and treatment of illnesses in adults. With 130,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in...

    , Clinical Approach to the Patient, William L. Morgan Professorship in Medicine (University of Rochester) (attended 1939-44) (scholar.google ~ 105)
  • '50 Richard Ikeda (Harvard) — Chief Medical Consultant to Medical Board of California (scholar.google ~ 90)
  • '53 Carol Kasper (Chicago) — Emerita Professor of Medicine at USC; VP of World Federation of Hemophilia (scholar.google ~ 581)
  • '56 Anne Angen Gershon (Smith) — Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia U, President of Infectious Diseases Society of America
    Infectious Diseases Society of America
    The Infectious Diseases Society of America is a medical association representing physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. As of 2010, IDSA had approximately 9,000 members...

     (scholar.google ~ 489)
  • '62 Ernest T. Takafuji (UH) — Colonel
    Colonel
    Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

     and Director of Biodefense at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health , an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services...

    , Director of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
    Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
    This article is about the U.S. Army medical research institute . Otherwise, see Walter Reed .The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is the largest biomedical research facility administered by the U.S. Department of Defense...

     (scholar.google ~ 147)
  • '65 Darwin R. Labarthe (Princeton) — Professor of Epidemiology at U Texas, Director of Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, CDC
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...

     (scholar.google ~ 306)

Other prominently published medical researchers and research faculty

  • '36* Harrison Latta (UCLA) — Emeritus Professor of Pathology at UCLA (scholar.google ~ '39) (attended 1928-33)
  • '51 William P. Tunell (Notre Dame) — Professor and Chief of Pediatric Surgery, University of Oklahoma (scholar.google ~ 138)
  • '53 John Maesaka (Harvard) — Emeritus Director of Nephrology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center shares the title of clinical and academic hub of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. It is an 827-bed voluntary, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital serving the greater New York metropolitan area. The campus is east of Manhattan, on the border of Queens...

     and Winthrop University
    Winthrop University
    Winthrop University is a public, four-year liberal arts university in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA. In 2006-07, Winthrop University had an enrollment of 6,292 students. The University has been recognized as South Carolina's top-rated university according to evaluations conducted by the South...

     (scholar.google ~ 254)
  • '65 W. Jonathan Lederer (Harvard) — Professor of Physiology at Maryland (scholar.google ~ 1175)
  • '66 Earl R. Shelton (Stanford) — Researcher at Syntex
    Syntex
    Laboratorios Syntex SA was a pharmaceutical company formed in Mexico City in 1944 by Russell Marker to manufacture therapeutic steroids from the Mexican yam....

     (scholar.google ~ 287)
  • '69 Dale T. Umetsu (Columbia) — Endowed Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard (scholar.google ~ 749)
  • '70 Dean T. Yamaguchi (Northwestern) — Clinical Investigator of Cancer at VA Medical Center, LA (scholar.google ~ 142)
  • '71 Jan H. Wong (Stanford) — Professor of Surgery at UCLA (scholar.google ~ 2665)
  • '73 James D. Oliver III (Naval Academy) — Major
    Major
    Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

     and Fellow of Nephrology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
    Walter Reed Army Medical Center
    The Walter Reed Army Medical Center was the United States Army's flagship medical center until 2011. Located on 113 acres in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the military...

     (scholar.google ~ 233)
  • '75 Nelson L. Michael (UCLA) — Colonel and Director of Retrovirology at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (scholar.google ~ 400)
  • '75 Lance S. Terada (Amherst) — Professor of Internal Medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is one of the biomedical research institutions of the University of Texas System, incorporating three degree-granting institutions, four affiliated hospitals, including Parkland Memorial, the teaching hospital, and biomedical research...

     (scholar.google ~ 203)
  • '77 Hyo-Chun Yoon (Harvard) — Department of Radiological Sciences at UCLA (scholar.google ~ 97)
  • '78 Raymond T. Chung (Harvard) — Professor of Medicine at Harvard (scholar.google ~ 998)
  • '79 Theodore R. Cummins (Swarthmore) — Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Indiana (scholar.google ~ 296)
  • '79 Mahesh Mankani (Stanford) — Professor of Surgery at UCSF (scholar.google ~ 621)
  • '79 Arno J. Mundt (Stanford) — Chair of Radiation Oncology at UCSD (scholar.google ~ 151)
  • '79 Annabelle A. Okada (Harvard) — Fulbright Scholar, Professor of Medicine at Kyorin U (Tokyo), Practical Manual of Ocular Inflammation (scholar.google ~ 187)
  • '79 Karen K. Takane (Michigan) — Research Professor of Medicine at U Pittsburgh (scholar.google ~ 138)
  • '79 Hal F. Yee (Brown) — Head of Gastroenterology and Interim Chief of Medicine at UCSF (scholar.google ~ 251)
  • '79 Alan R. Yuen (Berkeley) — Professor of Medicine at Stanford Medical (scholar.google ~ 391)
  • '80 Daniel C. Chung (Harvard) — Professor of Medicine at Harvard (scholar.google ~ 814)
  • '84 Jason T. Kimata (Carleton) — Professor of Microbiology at Baylor (scholar.google ~ 211)

Other clinical faculty at top medical schools or clinically notable M.D.'s

  • '32 Andrew S. Wong (Yale) — Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Yale (scholar.google ~ 27)
  • '37* M. Neil MacIntyre (Michigan) — Professor of Anatomy and Human Genetics at Case Western (attended 1931-35) (scholar.google ~ 50)
  • '50 Ray Maesaka (Harvard) — Director of Dentistry at Indiana, Maesaka Award (Indiana University School of Dentistry)
  • '52 Wilfred Morioka (Princeton) — Professor of Surgery at UCSD, President of Otolaryngologic Society, and Marine Corps Captain (scholar.google ~ 39)
  • '57* Cordelia Hartwell Puttkammer (Tufts) — Professor at Howard University, Working with Substance-exposed Children and My Motor Baby (attended 1951-54)
  • '63 William R. Sexson (Air Force Academy) — Clinical Dean and Professor of Pediatrics at Emory (scholar.google ~ 116)
  • '64 Stephen W. Wong — Professor of Ophthalmology at Temple
  • '69 Clifford W. Lo (UCLA) — Fulbright Scholar, Director of Human Nutrition and Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard (scholar.google ~ 133)
  • '72 Nancy Morioka-Douglas (Stanford) — Chief of Family Medicine at Stanford (scholar.google ~ 23)
  • '75 Michelle Y. Braunfeld (Michigan) — Professor of Anesthesiology at UCLA (scholar.google ~ 33)
  • '77 Sidney Ontai (Harvard) — Professor of Family Medicine at USC
  • '78 Martha Stricklin Heppard(Harvard) — martha.md, Acute Obstetrics
  • '78 Dimitri Voulgaropoulos (Harvard) — Professor of Anaesthesiology at Arizona (scholar.google ~ 36)
  • '79 Scott Oishi (Washington STL) — Professor of Surgery at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (scholar.google ~ 50)
  • '80 Elizabeth Blair (Creighton) — Professor of Surgery at U Chicago (scholar.google ~ 56)

Other leading educators and researchers

Administrators and General Subjects

  • '28* Arthur P. Richardson (Stanford) — Dean of Medical School at Emory (attended 1920-24)
  • '40 Frederic B. Withington, Jr. (Harvard) — Headmaster at Morgan Park Academy
    Morgan Park Academy
    Morgan Park Academy is a coeducational, college preparatory, independent Pre-Kindergarten-12th grade day school located in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1863, Morgan Park Academy was formerly known as Mt...

     and Friends Academy
    Friends Academy
    Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old Gideon Frost for "The children of Friends and those...

    , Principal at Sidwell Friends School
    Sidwell Friends School
    Sidwell Friends School is a Quaker private school located in Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, D.C., offering pre-kindergarten through secondary school classes. Founded in 1883 by Thomas Sidwell, its motto is "Eluceat omnibus lux" , alluding to the Quaker concept of inner light...

    ; Distinguished Flying Cross
    Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
    The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight, subsequent to November 11, 1918." The...

    , Flight to Black Hammer
  • '42 Pamela Lei Strathairn (Stanford) — Associate Director of Athletics at Stanford, Strathairn Award
  • '66* George Barnett Forsythe (West Point) — President of Westminster College (MO), Brigadier General, Academic Dean of West Point US Military Academy (attended 63-65)
  • '70 Robert J. Spitzer (Gonzaga) — President of Gonzaga College
    Gonzaga College
    Gonzaga College is a private Roman Catholic boys' secondary school in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland , under the trusteeship of the Society of Jesus . Founded in 1950, the curriculum is traditional, with a broad general programme of subjects including Latin and Greek at junior cycle and the opportunity...

    , books on ethics, leadership, and religion
  • '74 Christine Hughes (Dartmouth) — VP and General Counsel of Emerson College
    Emerson College
    Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...

    ; counsel for Harvard and U Washington
  • '74 Marie Mookini (Stanford) — Director of Undergraduate admissions at Stanford and MBA Admissions at Stanford GSB
  • '85 Arnold L. Longboy (Hamilton) — Director of Corporate Relations at U Chicago School of Business

Law and business

  • '31 Ronald B. Jamieson (Harvard) — Emeritus Lecturer of Law at U Washington who certified United States presidential election, 1960
    United States presidential election, 1960
    The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th American presidential election, held on November 8, 1960, for the term beginning January 20, 1961, and ending January 20, 1965. The incumbent president, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible to run again. The Republican Party...

     for Kennedy after close recounts, cited in Bush v. Gore
    Bush v. Gore
    Bush v. Gore, , is the landmark United States Supreme Court decision on December 12, 2000, that effectively resolved the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush. Only eight days earlier, the United States Supreme Court had unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v...

     decision
  • '48 Isaac Shapiro (Columbia) — Professor of Law at NYU and Columbia, Working but Poor: America's Contradiction, The Soviet Legal System (scholar.google ~ 125)
  • '54 Robert M. Seto (Saint Louis U) — Emeritus Professor of Law at Regent University
    Regent University
    Regent University is a private coeducational interdenominational Christian university located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The school was founded by the American televangelist Pat Robertson in 1978 as Christian Broadcasting Network University. A satellite campus located in...

    , federal patent and contracts judge
  • '60 Evan L. Porteus (Claremont) — Endowed Professor of Business at Stanford, Foundations of Stochastic Inventory Theory (scholar.google ~ 635)
  • '61 William Ouchi
    William Ouchi
    William G. Ouchi is an American professor and author in the field of business management.Bill Ouchi was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He earned a B.A. from Williams College , an MBA from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Chicago...

     (Williams) — Endowed Professor of Business at UCLA, U Chicago, and Stanford, Theory Z
    Theory Z
    Theory Z is a name applied to three distinctly different psychological theories. One was developed by Abraham H. Maslow in his paper Theory Z and the other is Dr. William Ouchi's so-called "Japanese Management" style popularized during the Asian economic boom of the 1980s. The third was developed...

    and Making Schools Work, Chief of Staff of LA Mayor Richard Riordan
    Richard Riordan
    Richard J. Riordan is a Republican politician from California, U.S.A. who served as the California Secretary for Education from 2003–2005 and as the 39th Mayor of Los Angeles, California from 1993–2001...

     (scholar.google ~ 2657)
  • '70 Taimie L. Bryant (Bryn Mawr) — Professor of Law at UCLA, animal rights
    Animal rights
    Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...

     leader with Bob Barker
    Bob Barker
    Robert William "Bob" Barker is a former American television game show host. He is best known for hosting CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history, and for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975.Born...

     funding, involved in foie gras controversy
    Foie gras controversy
    The production of foie gras involves the controversial force-feeding of birds with more food than they would eat in the wild, and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically...

  • '70 Andrea L. Peterson (Stanford) — Professor of Law at UC Berkeley
  • '72 Linda Hamilton Krieger (Stanford) — Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and UH, Reinterpreting Disability Rights (scholar.google ~ 85)
  • '74 Warren R. Loui (MIT) — Professor of Law at USC
  • '82 Ian Haney-Lopez (Washington STL) — Professor of Law at UC Berkeley, The Chicano Fight for Justice and The Legal Construction of Race (scholar.google ~ 444)

Science

  • '33* Daniel F. Rex (MIT) — Lieutenant Commander
    Lieutenant Commander
    Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...

     at ONR
    ONR
    ONR can mean:* Ontario Northland Railway in Ontario, Canada* Office for Nuclear Regulation in the United Kingdom* Office of Naval Research of the U.S...

     and NCAR, Mount Rex
    Mount Rex
    Mount Rex is an isolated mountain which rises above the interior ice surface of Palmer Land about 55 miles south-southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs. It was discovered and photographed from the air on 23 November 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth...

     (Antarctica)
    , Troposphere and Stratosphere (scholar.google ~ 182) (attended 1929-30)
  • '42* John Killeen (Berkeley) — Emeritus Professor of Physics at UC Davis, founding director of National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
    National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
    The ', or NERSC for short, is a designated user facility operated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Energy. It contains several cluster supercomputers, the largest of which is...

    , Computational Methods for Kinetic Models of Magnetically Confined Plasmas (scholar.google ~ 823) (attended 1934-36)
  • '42* Lawrence P. Richards (Berkeley) — Emeritus Professor of Biology at Eastern Michigan University
    Eastern Michigan University
    Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...

    , also Idaho State and U Arizona (scholar.google ~ 45) (attended 1936-40)
  • '46 Alison Kay
    E. Alison Kay
    E. Alison Kay was a malacologist, environmentalist, and professor at the University of Hawaii. She was born in Eleele and grew up on the island of Kauai in the Territory of Hawaii, graduated from Punahou School in 1946, and obtained her first B.A. from Mills College in 1950. She then went on to...

     (Mills) — malacologist and Fulbright scholar, Shells of Hawaii, Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands (scholar.google ~ 146)
  • '54* Michael J. Holdaway (Yale) — Emeritus Professor of Geology at Southern Methodist University
    Southern Methodist University
    Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...

    ; holdawayite in List of minerals F-J (complete) (scholar.google ~ 844) (attended 1943-48)
  • '54 David W. Steadman (Harvard) — Director of Art and Natural History Museums, expert on birds and extinctions, e.g. IMAX film Galapagos (scholar.google ~ 360)
  • '61 Herbert M. Austin (Grove City) — Professor of Marine Biology at William & Mary (scholar.google ~ 53)
  • '64 Henry W. Lawrence, Jr. (Yale) — Professor of Geosciences at Edinboro University, City Trees
  • '64 Lynn A. Sherretz (St. Olaf) — Chief Meteorologist at NOAA, Preliminary Study of Ocean Waves
  • '66 J. Vann Bennett (Stanford) — Endowed Professor of Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Neuroscience at Duke University (scholar.google ~ 774)
  • '69 John W. Newport (Reed) — Professor of Cell Biology at UCSD (scholar.google ~ 355)
  • '71 Marcy Uyenoyama (Stanford) — Professor of Biology at Duke (scholar.google ~ 201)
  • '71 Howard W. Walker (UH) — Naval research chemist, seven patents on silicon processes (scholar.google ~ 28)
  • '74 Shannon Crowell Atkinson (UH) — Professor of Marine Biology at U Alaska
  • '74 William D. Thacker (MIT) — Professor of Physics at Saint Louis University
    Saint Louis University
    Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the...

     (scholar.google ~ 157)
  • '79 Laura S. L. Kong (Brown) — Director of International Tsunami Information Center (scholar.google ~ 76)
  • '79 Jonathan V. Selinger (Harvard) — Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of Chemical Physics at Kent State University
    Kent State University
    Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...

    , Assoc. Editor of Physical Review E (scholar.google ~ 106)

Logic, philosophy, mathematics, computing and engineering

  • '59* Robert M. Harnish (Berkeley) — Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Arizona, twenty books, including Linguistics and Minds, Brains, Computers (scholar.google ~ 944) (attended 1954-57)
  • '62 John Stephen Walther (MIT) — Hewlett Packard developer of CORDIC
    CORDIC
    CORDIC is a simple and efficient algorithm to calculate hyperbolic and trigonometric functions...

     (scholar.google ~ 572)
  • '63 Stephen R. Olson (Annapolis) — Director at Raytheon
    Raytheon
    Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...

    , Modeling and Simulation in Systems Engineering (see Systems Engineering
    Systems engineering
    Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...

     references) (scholar.google ~ 26)
  • '65 Lynn Sumida Joy (Harvard/Radcliffe) — Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame, book on Pierre Gassendi
    Pierre Gassendi
    Pierre Gassendi was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician. With a church position in south-east France, he also spent much time in Paris, where he was a leader of a group of free-thinking intellectuals. He was also an active observational scientist, publishing the...

  • '69 John P. Richardson, Jr. (Harvard) — Professor of Philosophy at NYU, four books including Nietzsche
  • '72 Bruce M. Ikenaga (MIT) — Professor of Mathematics at Case Western and Millersville University
  • '72 Patricia Sullivan Kale (Berkeley) — Lawrence Livermore
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...

     computer scientist, one of the many co-authors of "Finished Sequence of the Human Genome", Nature
    Nature (journal)
    Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...

  • '72 Michael C. Loui (Yale) — IEEE Fellow
    IEEE Fellow
    An IEEE member is elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow for "unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest"...

    , Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at U Illinois (scholar.google ~ 211)
  • '72 Phillip M. Smith (Cornell) — IEEE Fellow
    IEEE Fellow
    An IEEE member is elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow for "unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest"...

    , Director and Engineering Fellow at BAE Systems
    BAE Systems
    BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is among the world's largest military contractors; in 2009 it was the...

     (scholar.google ~ 78)
  • '74 John Bear (New Mexico) — SRI International
    SRI International
    SRI International , founded as Stanford Research Institute, is one of the world's largest contract research institutes. Based in Menlo Park, California, the trustees of Stanford University established it in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. It was later...

     computational linguist (scholar.google ~ 214)

  • '79 Ronald Loui
    Ronald Loui
    Ronald Prescott Loui is an American computer scientist and philosopher identified as "Frederick" in U.S. President Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father memoir, the first student the ten year-old Obama meets at Punahou School...

     (Harvard) — Professor of Computer Science at Wash U, patent holder on packet processing hardware, Knowledge Representation and Defeasible Reasoning and Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (scholar.google ~ 316)
  • '81 Robert C. Zak, Jr. (MIT) — patent holder on variable-refresh DRAM
    Dram
    Dram or DRAM may refer to:As a unit of measure:* Dram , an imperial unit of mass and volume* Armenian dram, a monetary unit* Dirham, a unit of currency in several Arab nationsOther uses:...

    , other computing architectures (scholar.google ~ 527)
  • '82 Chau Wen Tseng (Harvard) — Professor of Computer Science at U Maryland, Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing and Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (scholar.google ~ 731)
  • '89 Herbie K. H. Lee III (Yale) — Professor of Statistics at UC Santa Cruz, Multiscale Modeling and Bayesian Nonparametrics (scholar.google ~ 31)

Social science


  • '23 Laura M. Thompson (Mills) — Anthropologist who taught at UNC, NC State, CCNY, CUNY, SIU, SFU, and UH; Malinowski
    Malinowski
    Malinowski is a Polish surname. It may refer to the following:People:*Bronisław Malinowski , a Polish anthropologist.*Bronisław Malinowski , a Polish athlete.*Donald Malinowski , a Catholic priest and politician....

     Award and honorary LLD from Mills College
    Mills College
    Mills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded...

    , Toward a Science of Mankind and Secret of Culture, spouse of Indian Affairs Commissioner John Collier (reformer)
    John Collier (reformer)
    John Collier was an American social reformer and Native American advocate. He served as Commissioner for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, from 1933-1945...

     (scholar.google ~ 83)
  • '31*(?) Paul Linebarger, a.k.a. Cordwainer Smith
    Cordwainer Smith
    Cordwainer Smith – pronounced CORDwainer – was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare...

     — Instructor in Government at Harvard, Professor of Political Science at Duke and Johns Hopkins, fifteen books of science fiction, five nonfiction works including Psychological Warfare, Bronze Star
    Bronze Star Medal
    The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration that may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service. As a medal it is awarded for merit, and with the "V" for valor device it is awarded for heroism. It is the fourth-highest combat award of the...

    , Army Major, helped form Office of War Information, advisor to CIA and John Kennedy, buried at Arlington National Cemetery
    Arlington National Cemetery
    Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Lee, a great...

     (attended 1919-20) (scholar.google ~ 72)
  • '43 Joyce Lebra
    Joyce Lebra
    Joyce Lebra, also known as Joyce Chapman Lebra, is an American historian of Japan.Lebra spent her childhood in Honolulu and received her B.A.and M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of Minnesota. She received a Ph.D.in Japanese History from Harvard/Radcliffe, and was the first woman Ph.D...

     Chapman (Minnesota) — Fulbright Scholar, Emerita Professor of History at Colorado, nine books on women and Asia (scholar.google ~ 39)
  • '62 Elise Kurashige Tipton (Wellesley) — Professor and Chair of Japanese Studies, University of Sydney (Australia), Modern Japan, Japanese Police State, etc. (scholar.google ~ 28)
  • '63 Jonathan M. Chu (Penn) — Fulbright Scholar, Professor of History at U Massachusetts Boston, Neighbors, Friends, or Madmen
  • '63 Christine Hamilton Rossell (UCLA) — Endowed Professor of Political Science, Boston University, five books including School Desegregation in the 21st Century (scholar.google ~ 175)
  • '65 Frederick E. Hoxie (Amherst) — Endowed Professor of History at U Illinois, twenty books on Native American peoples (scholar.google ~ 179)
  • '66 Ellen Lenney (UH) — Professor of Psychology at U Maine Orono, early researcher on gender roles, oft cited, e.g., Women Don't Ask (scholar.google ~ 451)
  • '68 E. Mark Cummings III (Johns Hopkins) — Endowed Chair in Psychology at Notre Dame U, five books on child development (scholar.google ~ 632)
  • '68 Patrick Vinton Kirch
    Patrick Vinton Kirch
    Patrick Vinton Kirch is an archaeologist who studies Oceanic and Polynesia prehistory. He is the Class of 1954 Professor Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. He also serves as Curator of Oceanic Archaeology in the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, and was director of...

     (Penn) — Endowed Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley, elected to American Philosophical Society
    American Philosophical Society
    The American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743, and located in Philadelphia, Pa., is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications,...

    , nine books on oceanic and Polynesian prehistory (scholar.google ~ 366)
  • '68 Patricia A. Roos (UC Davis) — Professor of Sociology at Rutgers, Explaining Women's Inroads into Male Occupations, and Gender and Work, VP of American Sociological Association
    American Sociological Association
    The American Sociological Association , founded in 1905 as the American Sociological Society , is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society.The ASA holds its...

     (scholar.google ~ 666)
  • '70 James J. Moore (Stanford) — Professor of Anthropology at UCSD (scholar.google ~ 372)
  • '78 John Lie
    John Lie
    John Lie is Class of 1959 Professor of sociology and Dean of International and Area Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. His principal academic interests are social theory, political economy, social identity, and East Asia....

     (Harvard) — Endowed Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley and U Illinois, Dean of International Studies, six books on Korea, Japan, and two textbooks on sociology (scholar.google ~ 158)
  • '83 Jennifer Hickson Frankl (Princeton) — Professor of Economics at Williams College
  • '84 Hugh C. Crethar (Oklahoma) Associate Professor of Counseling and Counseling Psychology at Oklahoma State University and co-author of Inclusive Cultural Empathy (scholar.google ~ 68)
  • '89 Adria L. Imada (Yale) — Professor of Ethnic Studies at UCSD
  • '89 Devah Pager (Wisconsin) — Associate Professor of Sociology at Princeton University (scholar.google ~ 351)

Arts and humanities

  • '55 Elizabeth Bennett Johns (Birmingham-Southern) — Emerita Professor of Art History at Penn, Pitt, Maryland, and Holy Cross; Guggenheim Fellow; books on Thomas Eakins
    Thomas Eakins
    Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator...

     and Winslow Homer
    Winslow Homer
    Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in American art....

  • '57 Arthur H. Okazaki (Swarthmore) — Chair in Fine Arts and Endowed Professor of Fine Art Photography at Tulane
  • '60 Marilyn Wong-Gleysteen (Mt. Holyoke) — Professor of Art History at Columbia
  • '68 Leslie K. Hankins (Duke) — Professor of English at Cornell College
    Cornell College
    Cornell College is a private liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Originally called the Iowa Conference Seminary, the school was founded in 1853 by Reverend Samuel M. Fellows...

    , Virginia Woolf and the Arts
  • '73 Christin J. Mamiya (Yale) — Endowed Professor of Art History at U Nebraska, current edition of Gardner's Art Through the Ages
    Gardner's Art Through the Ages
    Gardner's Art Through the Ages is an American textbook on art history, with the 2004 edition by Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya. The 2001 edition was awarded both a McGuffey award for longevity and the "Texty" Award for current editions by the Text and Academic Authors Association...

  • '73 John B. Roeder (Harvard) — Professor of Music at U British Columbia (Canada)
  • '76 Claire C. Sanford (California Arts) — Metals Faculty at Massachusetts College of Art
    Massachusetts College of Art
    Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a publicly-funded college of visual and applied art, founded in 1873. It is one of the oldest art schools, the only publicly-funded free-standing art school in the United States, and was the first art college in the United States to grant an artistic degree...

  • '78 Gwen Griffith-Dickson (London) — Chair in Divinity and Gresham Professor of Divinity
    Gresham Professor of Divinity
    The Professor of Divinity at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596/7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors.The...

     at Gresham College
    Gresham College
    Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in central London, England. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham and today it hosts over 140 free public lectures every year within the City of London.-History:Sir Thomas Gresham,...

     (UK), The Philosophy of Religion
  • '82 Eric Selinger (Harvard) — Professor of English at DePaul University
    DePaul University
    DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...

  • '89 Valerie Weinstein (Harvard) — Professor of German at University of Nevada, Reno
    University of Nevada, Reno
    The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...


Civil rights leaders

  • 1859 Samuel C. Armstrong
    Samuel C. Armstrong
    Samuel Chapman Armstrong was an American educator and a commissioned officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

     (Williams) — defeated Pickett's Charge
    Pickett's Charge
    Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Its futility was predicted by the charge's commander,...

     at Battle of Gettysburg
    Battle of Gettysburg
    The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...

     and commanded 8th U.S. Colored Troops, founding president of Hampton University
    Hampton University
    Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...

     and mentor of Booker T. Washington
    Booker T. Washington
    Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African-American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915...

    , honorary LLD from Harvard; subject of Educating the Disenfranchised and Armstrong: A Biographical Study; Armstrong High School (Richmond, Virginia)
  • '14 Elbert Tuttle
    Elbert Tuttle
    Elbert Parr Tuttle , one of the "Fifth Circuit Four", and a liberal Republican from Georgia, was chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1960 to 1967, when that court became known for a series of decisions crucial in advancing the civil rights of African-Americans...

     (Cornell) — Chief Judge of US Court of Appeals 1954-68 appointed by Dwight Eisenhower, leader of the Fifth Circuit Four
    Fifth Circuit Four
    The "Fifth Circuit Four" were four judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit who, during the late 1950s, became known for a series of decisions crucial in advancing the civil rights of African Americans; in this they were opposed by fellow fifth-circuit judge Ben Cameron,...

     ruling on Southern desegregation
    Desegregation
    Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in...

     cases, Presidential Medal of Freedom
    Presidential Medal of Freedom
    The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with thecomparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States...

    , honorary LLD from Harvard, subject of book Unlikely Heroes, inductee of Civil Rights Walk of Fame (Atlanta), oldest serving federal judge at 98, Brigadier General
    Brigadier General
    Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...

    , Bronze Star, Purple Heart
    Purple Heart
    The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...

    , and Legion of Merit
    Legion of Merit
    The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements...

    , Elbert Parr Tuttle US Court of Appeals and Anti Defamation League's Elbert P. Tuttle Jurisprudence Award
  • '29* John W. Gardner
    John W. Gardner
    John William Gardner, was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson. During World War II he served in the United States Marine Corps as a captain. In 1955 he became president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and, concurrently, the Carnegie Foundation for...

     (Stanford) — subject of PBS
    Public Broadcasting Service
    The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

     documentary Uncommon American, Presidential Medal of Freedom
    Presidential Medal of Freedom
    The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with thecomparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States...

    , Secretary of HEW
    Hew
    Hew is a masculine given name, and may refer to the following:* Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick , Scottish judge and politician* Hew Dalrymple Ross , British soldier* Hew Fraser , British field hockey player...

     1965-68 under Lyndon Johnson, launched Medicare
    Medicare (United States)
    Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...

    , Common Cause
    Common Cause
    Common Cause is a self-described nonpartisan, nonprofit lobby and advocacy organization. It was founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner, a Republican former cabinet secretary under Lyndon Johnson, as a "citizens' lobby" with a mission focused on making U.S. political institutions more open and...

    , Corporation for Public Broadcasting
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting
    The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress, funded by the United States’ federal government to promote public broadcasting...

    , Urban Coalition, Model UN, and White House Fellows
    White House Fellows
    The White House Fellows program was established by President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. President Johnson articulated that the mission of the program was "to give the Fellows first hand, high-level experience with the workings of the federal government and to increase...

     Program, Marine Corps Captain at Office of Strategic Services
    Office of Strategic Services
    The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency...

    , head of Carnegie Foundation
    Carnegie Corporation of New York
    Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American foundations...

    , Professor at Mount Holyoke College
    Mount Holyoke College
    Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...

     and Stanford, offered Robert Kennedy's vacated Senate seat (declined), author of seven books including speeches and papers of John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy
    John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

    , John W. Gardner Center (Stanford University) and John W. Gardner Leadership Award (scholar.google ~ 786) (attended 1920-22)

United States Presidents

  • '79 Barack Obama
    Barack Obama
    Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

     (Columbia) — 44th President of the United States
    President of the United States
    The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

    , Democratic US Senator from Illinois 2004-2008, lecturer at U Chicago Law School, Nobel Prize
    Nobel Prize
    The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...

    winner, Grammy Award
    Grammy Award
    A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

     winner

US Congressional representatives

  • 1889 Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole (St. Matthews) — Hawaiian prince, Delegate to the US House of Representatives from Hawaii 1903–22
  • 1891* Henry Alexander Baldwin
    Henry Alexander Baldwin
    Henry Alexander Baldwin or Harry Alexander Baldwin was a sugarcane plantation manager, and politician who served as Congressional Delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Territory of Hawaii...

     (MIT) — Republican Delegate to US Congress from Hawaii 1921–23 (attended 1886-88)
  • 1892 Hiram Bingham
    Hiram Bingham III
    Hiram Bingham, formally Hiram Bingham III, was an academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician from the United States. He made public the existence of the Quechua citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 with the guidance of local indigenous farmers...

     (Yale) — Republican US Senator from Connecticut 1924-33, discoverer of Machu Picchu
    Machu Picchu
    Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for...

    , lecturer at Harvard and Princeton, Professor of History at Yale, spouse to the Tiffany
    Tiffany
    -People:* Tiffany * Tiffany * Tiffany , an American pop artist* Tiffany , a K-pop artist* Charles Comfort Tiffany, American Episcopal clergyman* Charles Lewis Tiffany, a founder of Tiffany & Co....

     fortune heiress, buried at Arlington National Cemetery, possible inspiration for Indiana Jones
    Indiana Jones
    Colonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...

  • '15 Joseph Farrington (Wisconsin) — Republican US Congressman from Hawaii 1943-54
  • '39* Otis Pike (Princeton) — Democratic US Congressman from New York 1961-79, decorated USMC World War II pilot, known for work on environment, Pike Committee investigations of Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

    's intelligence abuses, Otis G. Pike Wilderness Area (Long Island, New York) (attended 1927-29)
  • '87 Charles Djou
    Charles Djou
    Charles Kong Djou is the former U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district...

     (Penn) — Republican US Congressman from Hawaii 2010 (finishing Neil Abercrombie
    Neil Abercrombie
    Neil Abercrombie is the 7th and current Governor of Hawaii. He was the Democratic U.S. Representative of the First Congressional District of Hawaii which comprises urban Honolulu. He served in Congress from 1986 to 1987 and from 1991 to 2010 when he resigned to successfully run for governor...

    's term, and Captain in the Army Reserve

Presidential appointees

  • 1864 Sanford Dole (Williams) — appointed first Territorial Governor of Hawaii and Federal Judge by William McKinley
    William McKinley
    William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

  • 1881 Walter Frear (Yale) — appointed third Territorial Governor of Hawaii and Federal Judge by Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

  • 1896 William Castle, Jr. (Harvard) — Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Japan under Calvin Coolidge
    Calvin Coolidge
    John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

    , Undersecretary of State for Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...

    , Harvard Board of Overseers
  • 1905 Lawrence M. Judd
    Lawrence M. Judd
    Lawrence McCully Judd was a politician of the Territory of Hawaii, serving as the seventh Territorial Governor. He was devoted to the Hansen's Disease-afflicted residents of Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai.-Life:...

     (Penn) — appointed Seventh Territorial Governor of Hawaii by Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...

  • 1908 William Charles Achi, Jr.
    William Charles Achi, Jr.
    William Charles Achi, Jr. was a Hawaiian attorney and territorial judge, as well as composer.William Charles Achi, Jr. was born July 1, 1889 in Honolulu...

     (Stanford) — appointed Territorial Judge by Woodrow Wilson
    Woodrow Wilson
    Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

  • '33 Samuel Pailthorpe King
    Samuel Pailthorpe King
    Samuel Pailthorpe King was an American lawyer and judge. Since 1972 he served as judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.-Life:...

     (Yale) — appointed Federal Judge by Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

  • '47 John M. Steadman (Yale) — appointed DC Appeals Federal Judge by Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

  • '50 Alan Cooke Kay
    Alan Cooke Kay
    Alan Cooke Kay is an American lawyer and judge. He serves as judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.-Life:...

     (Princeton) — appointed Federal Judge by Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

  • '62 Wendy Lee Gramm
    Wendy Lee Gramm
    Wendy Lee Gramm is an American economist and a distinguished senior scholar at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, a free-market think tank based in Washington D.C. She is also the wife of former United States Senator Phil Gramm...

     (Wellesley) — Head of Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates futures and option markets....

     for Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

    , his "favorite economist", disgraced Enron
    Enron
    Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...

     board member, spouse of Texas Republican Senator Phil Gramm
    Phil Gramm
    William Philip "Phil" Gramm is an American economist and politician, who has served as a Democratic Congressman , a Republican Congressman and a Republican Senator from Texas...

  • '62 Terrence O'Donnell (Air Force Academy) — Deputy Special Assistant to Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

     and Special Assistant to Gerald Ford
    Gerald Ford
    Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...

    , General Counsel, Department of Defense
    United States Department of Defense
    The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

    , Executive VP of Textron
    Textron
    Textron is a conglomerate that includes Bell Helicopter, E-Z-GO, Cessna Aircraft Company, and Greenlee, among others. It was founded by Royal Little in 1923 as the Special Yarns Company, and is headquartered at the Textron Tower in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.With total revenues of...

  • '64 Jonathan Jay Healy (Williams) — Massachusetts state legislator and State Commissioner of Food and Agriculture, appointed USDA regional director by Barack Obama
    Barack Obama
    Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

  • '65 Robert G. Klein (Stanford) — Hawaii Supreme Court Judge appointed Federal Judge by Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton
    William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

     (withdrawn)
  • '66 Nanci Langley (USC) — Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, appointed by George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

  • '68 Christopher Ryan Henry (Annapolis) — VP of Science Applications International Corporation
    Science Applications International Corporation
    SAIC is a FORTUNE 500 scientific, engineering and technology applications company headquartered in the United States with numerous federal, state, and private sector clients...

     and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....


  • '71 Michael Liu (Stanford) — HUD Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing (2001–2005) appointed by George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

  • '75 Robert Stephen Silberman (Dartmouth) — Assistant Secretary of the Army for George H. W. Bush
    George H. W. Bush
    George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...

    , President of CalEnergy, CEO of Strayer Education

Local officials, other representatives and appointees

  • 1858 Albert Francis Judd
    Albert Francis Judd
    Albert Francis Judd was a judge of the Kingdom of Hawaii who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court through its transition into part of the United States.-Life:...

     (Yale) — Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii
    Kingdom of Hawaii
    The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government...

  • '23 Rhoda V. Lewis (Stanford) — early woman state Supreme Court Judge considered for federal bench according to Time
    Time (magazine)
    Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...

    magazine, "Her honor takes the bench"
  • '54 Patricia Hudson Birdsall — Councilwoman, served as Mayor of Temecula 1992 and 1997, Patricia H. Birdsall Sports Park (Temecula, California)
  • '56* Jana Gilpin Haehl (San Francisco) — Mayor of Corte Madera 1975-1979, environmental activist, member of Barbara Boxer
    Barbara Boxer
    Barbara Levy Boxer is the junior United States Senator from California . A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives ....

    's staff (attended 1947-49)
  • '57 Henry S. Richmond (Williams) — US Consul General for Durban
    Durban
    Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

     (Saudi Arabia) and Nagoya (Japan)
  • '59* David A. Pabst (Dartmouth) — US Consul General for Osaka
    Osaka
    is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

    Kobe
    Kobe
    , pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

     (Japan) (attended 1954-56)
  • '59 Stephen Yamashiro — Mayor of Hawaii County from 1992 to 2000
  • '61 Peter J. Levinson (Brandeis) — US House of Representatives Legal Counsel, majority counsel during impeachment of Bill Clinton
    Impeachment of Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton, President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice on December 19, 1998, but acquitted by the Senate on February 12, 1999. Two other impeachment articles, a second perjury charge and a charge of abuse of...

  • '62 Ronald E. Cox (West Point) — Presiding Chief Judge, Washington State Court of Appeals
  • '64* James F. Lawrence (Jr.?) (North Carolina) — Department of State Director of Weapons Removal and Abatement (attended 1960-63)
  • '75 Mary Fairhurst
    Mary Fairhurst
    Justice Mary E. Fairhurst of Olympia, Washington has been a member of the Washington State Supreme Court since her election in 2002. She won her re-election in 2008 against Michael J. Bond....

     (Gonzaga) — Justice of Washington State Supreme Court
  • '76 David Jesmer (West Point) — US Embassy Military Attaché
    Military attaché
    A military attaché is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission . This post is normally filled by a high-ranking military officer who retains the commission while serving in an embassy...

     to Syria
  • '96 E. Peter Giambastiani III (Annapolis) — chief policy advisor to Republican US Congressman Jeff Miller
    Jeff Miller
    Jefferson B. "Jeff" Miller is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes all of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, and Washington Counties....

     from Florida (son of Edmund Giambastiani
    Edmund Giambastiani
    Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr. is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the seventh Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2005 to 2007.He retired in 2007, completing over 37 years of military service.-Military career:...

     II, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff)

Army

  • '05 Paul Withington
    Paul Withington
    -External links:...

     (Harvard) — MD in World War I, Silver Star
    Silver Star
    The Silver Star is the third-highest combat military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States armed forces for valor in the face of the enemy....

    , Legion of Merit, and French Croix de guerre, U Wisconsin football coach and college quarterback
  • '13 Farrant Turner — Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant colonel
    Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...

     first in command of U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion
    U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion
    The 100th Infantry Battalion was a unit within the US Army's 34th Infantry Division during World War II. The primarily Nisei battalion was composed largely of former members of the Hawaii Army National Guard...

     Nisei
    Nisei
    During the early years of World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from their homes in the Pacific coast states because military leaders and public opinion combined to fan unproven fears of sabotage...

    , unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Hawaii in 1958.
  • '14* Edward W. Timberlake (West Point) — Brigadier General commanded 49th AAA at Omaha Beach
    Omaha Beach
    Omaha Beach is the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II...

     and Battle of the Bulge
    Battle of the Bulge
    The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...

     early commander of Women's Army Corps
    Women's Army Corps
    The Women's Army Corps was the women's branch of the US Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps on 15 May 1942 by Public Law 554, and converted to full status as the WAC in 1943...

    (attended 1910-13)
  • '20* Russell "Red" Reeder, Jr. (West Point) — Colonel and Regiment leader at Utah Beach
    Utah Beach
    Utah Beach was the code name for the right flank, or westernmost, of the Allied landing beaches during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, as part of Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944...

     on D-Day
    D-Day
    D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...

    , Distinguished Service Cross
    Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
    The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...

    , West Point Distinguished Graduate, thirty-five books including The Long Gray Line
    The Long Gray Line
    The Long Gray Line is a 1955 American drama film directed by John Ford based on the life of Marty Maher. Tyrone Power stars as the scrappy Irish immigrant whose 50-year career at West Point took him from dishwasher to non-commissioned officer and athletic instructor.Maureen O'Hara, one of Ford's...

    (ghost writer), Born at Reveille (autobiography), and the "Clint Lane
    Clint Lane
    Clint Lane was a fictional baseball and football star that attended the United States Military Academy from California, and who was later commissioned as an officer in the United States Army....

     stories" (attended 1916-17)
  • '22* Donald Prentice Booth
    Donald Prentice Booth
    Donald Prentice Booth was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. During World War II he was the US Army's youngest theater commander. After World War II he was known for his commands of the 28th Infantry Division, the 9th Infantry Division and the Fourth United States Army...

     (West Point) — High Commissioner
    High Commissioner
    High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...

     of Okinawa 1958-61, Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General is a military rank 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 battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

    , Commander of Fourth United States Army, Persian Gulf Commander, buried at Arlington National Cemetery (attended 1912-17)
  • '22* Walter M. Johnson (West Point) — Brigadier General, commanded 117th infantry in Battle of Normandy
    Operation Overlord
    Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings...

    , a unit known as "The Workhorse of the Western Front" and "Roosevelt's SS Troops" (reorganized as 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment) (attended 1911-15)
  • '23 Archie Chun-Ming (Columbia) — World War II Lieutenant Colonel in Army Medical Corps, Bronze Star
  • '28* Stephen O. Fuqua, Jr. (West Point) — Brigadier General, Director at Bureau of International Security Affairs, son of Stephen O. Fuqua, Chief of Infantry (attended 1921-24)
  • '29 Alex Earl McKenzie (USC) — Lieutenant Colonel, commanded 442nd Regimental Combat Team (United States) Nisei, the Purple Heart Battalion
  • '31 John Alexander Johnson (UH) — Major, commanded company of U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion Nisei, Killed in Action
    Killed in action
    Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...

     at Cassino
    Cassino
    Cassino is a comune in the province of Frosinone, Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio.Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Rapido and Liri rivers...

    , John A. Johnson Hall (University of Hawaii)
  • '33 Stanley R. Larsen (West Point) — Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General is a military rank 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 battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

    , commanded 8th Infantry Division 1962-64, commanded I Field Force, Vietnam
    I Field Force, Vietnam
    I Field Force, Vietnam was a Corps-level command of the United States Army during the Vietnam War.Activated on 15 March 1966, it was the successor to Field Force Vietnam, a provisional corps command created 15 November 1965 for temporary control of activities of U.S. Army ground combat units...

     1966-67, commanded 6th Army, deputy commander in chief and chief of staff U.S. Army Pacific at Fort Shafter, featured in book Touched with Fire: the Land War and author of US Army text, Allied Participation in Vietnam
  • '34 Benjamin Franklin Dillingham II (Harvard) — Lieutenant Colonel, Bronze Star in World War II, unsuccessful Republican candidate for US Senator from Hawaii
  • '35 Richard P. Scott (West Point) — Brigadier General and Commandant of Cadets, West Point US Military Academy
  • '35 Francis B. Wai
    Francis B. Wai
    Francis Brown Wai was a captain in the United States Army and received the Medal of Honor for actions during the recapture of the Philippines from Japan in 1944....

     (UCLA) — Captain in World War II, Medal of Honor
    Medal of Honor
    The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...

     for actions in Battle of Leyte Gulf
    Battle of Leyte Gulf
    The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the "Battles for Leyte Gulf", and formerly known as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea", is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.It was fought in waters...

    , Killed in Action
    Killed in action
    Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...

  • '38 George Cantlay (West Point) — Deputy Chairman of NATO Military Committee, Lieutenant General, commanded 2nd Armored Division, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, four Legion of Merit, Distinguished Service Medal
    Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
    The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-valorous military and civilian decoration of the United States military which is issued for exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United...

    , and Defense Distinguished Service Medal
    Defense Distinguished Service Medal
    The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a United States military award which is presented for exceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to national security or defense of the United States...

  • '38 Frederick A. Schaefer, III (Cornell) — Brigadier General, Distinguished Service Cross with 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning) at Battle of Guadalcanal
  • '38 Thurston Twigg-Smith
    Thurston Twigg-Smith
    -Biography:Twigg-Smith is a fifth generation Hawaii resident. He was born in 1921 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of William and Margaret Thurston Twigg-Smith , making him the great-great grandson of Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston as well as Lorrin Andrews — who were pioneer missionaries to the...

     (Yale) — Lieutenant Colonel in National Guard Artillery, Bronze Star, leading critic of Hawaiian sovereignty movement
    Hawaiian sovereignty movement
    The Hawaiian sovereignty movement is a political movement seeking some form of sovereignty for Hawai'i. Generally, the movement's focus is on self-determination and self-governance, either for Hawaiʻi as an independent nation, or for people of whole or part native Hawaiian ancestry, or for...

  • '60 Peter E. Gleszer (West Point) — Captain in Vietnam War
    Vietnam War
    The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

    , Bronze Star (heroism), 25th Infantry Division
  • '64 Michael G. MacLaren (West Point) — Colonel in Gulf War
    Gulf War
    The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...

    , The New Yorker
    The New Yorker
    The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...

    s testifier of "turkey shoot"
  • '67 Stephen D. Tom (Michigan) — Major General United States Army Reserve, Chief of Staff United States Pacific Command Camp Smith
  • '72 George L. Topic (Claremont) — Major and Department of Army Inspector General
    Inspector General
    An Inspector General is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is Inspectors General.-Bangladesh:...

    , Deputy Director at Joint Chiefs of Staff
    Joint Chiefs of Staff
    The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President on military matters...

  • '74 Thomas D. Farrell (UH) — Colonel in Army Intelligence
    Army Intelligence
    Army Intelligence may refer to:* The intelligence component of a given nation's army.* In the United States, Army Intelligence is usually referred to as Military Intelligence .-Further reading:...

    , Bronze Star and Legion of Merit during Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • '79 Mark E. Solomons (Chico) — Lieutenant Colonel and Executive Officer for the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Navy

  • '25* Frederick M. Reeder (Annapolis) — Rear Admiral
    Rear Admiral
    Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...

    , directed Naval Flight School (attended 1916-23)
  • '29* Gordon Chung-Hoon (Annapolis) — Rear Admiral, survivor, Commanded World War II destroyer , Silver Star and Navy Cross
    Navy Cross
    The Navy Cross is the highest decoration that may be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and the second highest decoration given for valor. It is normally only awarded to members of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, but can be awarded to all...

    , destroyer , Sports Illustrated
    Sports Illustrated
    Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...

     featured football star (attended 1923-28)
  • '58 Robert T. Guard (USC) — commanded swiftboat and aggressive minesweeper, Bronze Star
  • '65 Christopher H. Johnson (Stanford) — commanded escort frigate
  • '69 Thomas G. Kyle (Stanford) — commanded attack submarine, investigated Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision
    Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision
    The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision was a ship collision between the United States Navy submarine USS Greeneville and the Japanese fishery high school training ship Ehime Maru on 9 February 2001, about off the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii, United States...

  • '76 Dennis A. Schulz (Marquette) — commanded Tactical Air Group One
  • '77 Thomas H. Copeman III
    Thomas H. Copeman III
    Thomas H. Copeman III is an officer in the United States Navy.In mid 2009 he was appointed commandant of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.-References:...

     (Creighton) — Rear Admiral, commanded , Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Training, and Readiness, appointed to reform the internment camp at Guantanamo Bay
  • '79 Paul Siegrist (Annapolis) — Commander of ballistic missile submarine and program manager for Navy unmanned surface vehicles

Marines

  • '37 Ross T. Dwyer
    Ross T. Dwyer
    Ross T. Dwyer is a United States Marine Corps major general who retired in 1974 after over 32 years of service. MajGen Dwyer served in combat in World War II, the Korean War, and in the Vietnam War. His commands included the 5th Marine Division and the 1st Marine Division.-Biography:Ross T. Dwyer...

     (Stanford) — Major General, Commanded 1st Marine Division and I Marine Amphibious Force, USMC Aide to Secretary of the Navy, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star
  • '50 Wallace M. Greene III (Annapolis) — Lieutenant Colonel and author, son of Commandant of the Marine Corps
    Commandant of the Marine Corps
    The Commandant of the Marine Corps is normally the highest ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

     Wallace M. Greene, Jr.
  • '61 Gene Smedley McMullen (Penn State) — Lieutenant
    Lieutenant
    A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...

     Killed in Action
    Killed in action
    Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...

     in the Vietnam War
    Vietnam War
    The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

  • '63* Benjamin F. Dillingham, III (Harvard) — leading gay and human rights benefactor in San Diego, Bronze Star for service in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps (attended '53-59)

Air Force

  • '28 Benjamin Jepson Webster (West Point) — Lieutenant General, Commander of Allied Airforces, Southern Europe (AIRSOUTH)
  • '30 Charles Barnard Stewart (West Point) — Brigadier General, Legion of Merit, vice commander of Air Force Special Weapons Center (Kirtland Air Force Base
    Kirtland Air Force Base
    Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland...

    ), director at Atomic Energy Commission
    United States Atomic Energy Commission
    The United States Atomic Energy Commission was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by Congress to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S...

  • '35* William Brewster Morgan (Columbia) — Eagle Squadron
    Eagle squadron
    The Eagle Squadrons were 3 fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force formed during World War II with volunteer pilots from the United States...

     pilot, subject of movie, The Great Escape
    The Great Escape (film)
    The Great Escape is a 1963 American film about an escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough...

    , Commander of Hawaii National Guard
    Hawaii National Guard
    The Hawaii National Guard consists of the Hawaii Army National Guard and the Hawaii Air National Guard. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. In fact, the National Guard is the only United States military force empowered...

     (attended 1925-30)
  • '40* Ben Cassiday, Jr. (West Point) — Brigadier General and Commandant of AFROTC, Silver Star (attended 1934-36)
  • '59* Karl Polifka, Jr. — Deputy Director of Intelligence US Central Command, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross
    Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
    The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight, subsequent to November 11, 1918." The...

    , son of Karl "Pop" Polifka, pioneer in air reconnaissance (attended 1954-58)
  • '61 Michael H. Tice (Oregon) — Major General Commanded 154th Wing
    154th Wing
    The United States Air Force 154th Wing is the operational component of the Hawaii Air National Guard. It is stationed at Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.-Overview:...

  • '66* Gregory S. Martin
    Gregory S. Martin
    General Gregory S. Martin was a U.S. Air Force general and Commander, Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Martin was a command pilot with more than 4,600 flying hours in various aircraft, including the F-4, F-15, C-20 and C-21...

     (Air Force Academy) — General
    General
    A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

     and Commander at Wright-Patterson AFB, Commander of Allied Airforces, Northern Europe (AIRNORTH); Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal
    Defense Superior Service Medal
    The Defense Superior Service Medal is a senior United States military decoration of the Department of Defense, awarded to members of the United States armed forces who perform "superior meritorious service in a position of significant responsibility."...

    , Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross
    Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
    The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight, subsequent to November 11, 1918." The...

     (attended 1962-65)
  • '72 Gregory B. Gardner (UH) — Air National Guard
    Air National Guard
    The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and...

     Major General, Kansas National Guard
    Kansas National Guard
    The Kansas National Guard, is the component of the United States National Guard in the U.S. state of Kansas. It comprises both the Kansas Army National Guard and the Kansas Air National Guard. The Governor of Kansas is Commander-in-Chief of the Kansas National Guard when in state use...

     Adjutant General
    Adjutant general
    An Adjutant General is a military chief administrative officer.-Imperial Russia:In Imperial Russia, the General-Adjutant was a Court officer, who was usually an army general. He served as a personal aide to the Tsar and hence was a member of the H. I. M. Retinue...

     and Director of Homeland Security for Kansas, commanded B1 bomber 184th Wing
  • '79 Dean Avary (Stanford) — Captain and fighter pilot appearing in Disavow: A CIA Saga of Betrayal, and Explosive Secrets of Covert CIA Companies

Musicians and composers

  • '12 Robert Alexander Anderson
    Robert Alexander Anderson (composer)
    Robert Alexander Anderson was an American composer who wrote many popular Hawaiian songs within the Hapa haole genre including "Lovely Hula Hands" and "Mele Kalikimaka" , the latter the best known Hawaiian Christmas song.-Background:Anderson was born in Honolulu, Hawaii...

     (Cornell) — World War I downed pilot, subject of film The Dawn Patrol
    The Dawn Patrol
    The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It was directed by Howard Hawks and won the Academy Award for Best Story for John Monk Saunders.-Plot:...

    , composer of Hawaiian standards Mele Kalikimaka
    Mele Kalikimaka
    "Mele Kalikimaka" is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song that takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase, "Mele Kalikimaka," meaning "Merry Christmas." The phrase is borrowed directly from English, but, since Hawaiian has a different phonological system "Mele Kalikimaka" is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas...

    , Lovely Hula Hands
  • '52* Dave Guard
    Dave Guard
    Donald David "Dave" Guard was an American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist. Along with Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, he was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio.Guard was educated in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Punahou School in what was then the pre-statehood U.S....

     (Stanford) — Kingston Trio founder (attended 1946-51)
  • '52 Bob Shane
    Bob Shane
    Bob Shane is an American singer and guitarist and, with Nick Reynolds' passing in October 2008, the only surviving founding member of The Kingston Trio. In that capacity, Shane became a seminal figure in the revival of folk and other acoustic music as a popular art form in the U.S...

     (Menlo) — Kingston Trio founding guitarist
  • '55 Joy Davidson (Occidental) — mezzo-soprano
    Mezzo-soprano
    A mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...

    , Carmen
    Carmen
    Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...

     in Miami, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and NYC
  • '59 Robin Luke
    Robin Luke
    Robin Luke is an American rockabilly singer who is best known for his 1958 song, "Susie Darlin". He has been enshrined in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.-Biography:...

     (Pepperdine) — early rockabilly
    Rockabilly
    Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...

     singer, Rockabilly Hall of Fame
    Rockabilly Hall of Fame
    The Rockabilly Hall of Fame was established on the internet on March 21, 1997, to present early rock and roll history and information relative to the artists and personalities involved in this pioneering American music genre....

    ,
    Susie Darlin #5 hit, then Professor and Head of Marketing, Southwest Missouri State University
  • '67 Henry 'Kapono' Kaaihue — member Cecilio & Kapono
    Cecilio & Kapono
    Cecilio & Kapono are a Hawaiian music duo formed in 1973, comprising Henry Kapono Ka’aihue and Cecilio David Rodriguez, who have released 14 albums to date...

  • '71 Audy Kimura (Hawaii) — popular composer, singer and music producer in Hawaii and Japan, winner of eight Na Hoku Hanohano awards .
  • '73 Henry Akina (Tufts) — co-founder, Berliner Kammeroper (Berlin Chamber Opera)
  • '77 Conrad Herwig
    Conrad Herwig
    Conrad Herwig is a jazz trombonist from New York City in the United States. He has recorded 20 albums as a leader.-Biography:He began his career in Clark Terry's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson Sextet, Tom Harrell’s Septet and Big Band, and the Joe...

     (N Texas State) — Grammy Award-nominated jazz trombonist, recorded 17 albums as leader, Professor of Jazz at Rutgers
  • '77 Bruce Uchimura (Juilliard) — Professor of Music, Western Michigan University
    Western Michigan University
    Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....

    , cello
  • '97 Tim Fagan — Indie pop rock artist formerly with Colbie Caillat
    Colbie Caillat
    Colbie Marie Caillat is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. She debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly", "Realize", and "The Little Things". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her...

    , co-wrote grammy winning song Lucky
    Lucky (Jason Mraz song)
    "Lucky" is a song by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat. It is the third single from Mraz's third studio album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The song has been on the Billboard charts as well as on the other music charts worldwide....

  • '00 Melody Ishikawa "melody.
    Melody.
    , better known by her stage name melody. is a Japanese-American pop singer and TV host. She debuted on February 19, 2003 with the song "Dreamin' Away", under Toy's Factory. In October 2008, melody. announced on her blog that she will end her career as a music artist and instead focus on pursuing...

    " — J-pop
    J-pop
    , an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

     artist, albums hit #3, #5, and #6 in Japan

Broadway stage and dance performers

  • '33* Jean Erdman
    Jean Erdman
    Jean Erdman is a dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director.-Early years:Erdman was born on February 20, 1916 in Honolulu, Hawaii...

     (Sarah Lawrence) — one of Martha Graham
    Martha Graham
    Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.She danced and choreographed for over seventy years...

    's first dancers, founded her own NYC dance company; spouse of religion and mythology author Joseph Campbell
    Joseph Campbell
    Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...

     (attended 1921-32)
  • '39 Helen Duryea Dietz (Dominican Convent) — Martha Graham dancer, surfing champion, reporter for New York Times
  • '69 Bonnie Oda Homsey (Juilliard) — principal dancer
    Principal dancer
    A principal dancer is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company....

     for Martha Graham, co-founder of LA-based American Repertory Dance Company,
    Perspectives of a healthy dancer,
  • '75 Angela Leilani Jones (actress)
    Leilani Jones (actress)
    Leilani Jones is an American actress who first came to the world's attention in the original production of Little Shop of Horrors.-Biography:...

     (UH) — actress in
    Little Shop of Horrors
    Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
    Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...

    , Tony Award
    Tony Award
    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

     for
    Grind
  • '76 Willy Falk (Harvard) — Tony Award nominee for Miss Saigon
    Miss Saigon
    Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...

    ; Marius in Les Misérables
    Les Misérables (musical)
    Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....

    on Broadway
  • '81 Ann Harada
    Ann Harada
    Ann Harada is an American New York-based actress who is best-known for the musical Avenue Q in which she originated the role of Christmas Eve, the heavily-accented Japanese therapist.-Early life:...

     (Brown) — original cast main actress, Tony Award-winning
    Avenue Q
    Avenue Q
    Avenue Q is a musical in two acts, conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The book was written by Jeff Whitty and the show was directed by Jason Moore and produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, and Jeffrey Seller...

  • '86 Carrie Ann Inaba
    Carrie Ann Inaba
    Carrie Ann Inaba is an American dancer, choreographer, actress, game show host, and singer.She started her career as a singer in Japan, but became best known for her dancing, first introducing herself to American audiences as one of the original Fly Girls on the sketch comedy series In Living Color...

     (Irvine) — choreographer and judge,
    Dancing with the Stars
    Dancing with the Stars
    Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...

    , actress, Austin Powers in Goldmember
    Austin Powers in Goldmember
    Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy comedy film and the third installment of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The movie was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles of Dr. Evil, Goldmember,...

    , Flygirl
    Flygirl
    Flygirl is a super-heroine published by Archie Comics.Kim Brand was an actress rescued by The Fly from a fall from a hotel window in issue #13 of The Adventures of the Fly. Kim fell in love with the superhero...

     dancer on
    In Living Color
    In Living Color
    In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series, which originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote, and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century...

  • '87 Rachel Factor
    Rachel Factor
    Rachel Factor is an Orthodox Jewish singer, dancer, actress, and performing-arts instructor.-Early life and career:...

    , née Christine Horii (Colorado) — Broadway actress, Rockettes dancer, one person show 
    JAP
  • '96 Amanda Schull
    Amanda Schull
    Amanda Schull is an American professional ballet dancer and actress.-Life and career:Schull was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She attended Punahou School and trained at Hawaii State Ballet under the instruction of John Landovsky. As shown in her biographies, she attributes her training to Ballet...

     (Indiana) — lead actress in
    Center Stage
    Center Stage
    Center Stage is a 2000 American drama film, directed by Nicholas Hytner, about a group of young dancers from various backgrounds who enroll at the fictitious American Ballet Academy in New York City...

    , dancer for San Francisco Ballet
    San Francisco Ballet
    The San Francisco Ballet is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the first professional ballet company in the United States...

  • '98 Jacqueline Dowsett (Southern Methodist) — dancer, Radio City Music Hall
    Radio City Music Hall
    Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city...

     Rockettes

TV and film performers

  • '25* Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    Rose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for five decades as Joan Blondell.After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career...

     (North Texas) — leading actress for 52 years in films and on stage, Hollywood Walk of Fame
    Hollywood Walk of Fame
    The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...

     star, nominated for Academy Award best actress (attended 1914-15)
  • '27 Buster Crabbe
    Buster Crabbe
    Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.-Birth:...

     (USC) — athlete and leading actor, Tarzan
    Tarzan
    Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...

    , Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash...

    , and Buck Rogers
    Buck Rogers
    Anthony Rogers is a fictional character that first appeared in Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories. A sequel, The Airlords of Han, was published in the March 1929 issue....

    1933-50
  • '27 Leslie Vincent, née Leslie Fullard-Leo, Jr. — actor, Pursuit to Algiers
    Pursuit to Algiers
    Pursuit to Algiers is the twelfth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes movies. Elements in the story pay homage to an otherwise unrecorded affair mentioned by Watson at the beginning of The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, notably the steamship Friesland.-Plot:About to...

    , Paris Underground
    Paris Underground (film)
    Paris Underground is a 1945 film directed by Gregory Ratoff and based on the book by Etta Shiber.It starred Constance Bennett and Gracie Fields as an American and an Englishwoman trapped in Paris when Nazi Germany invades in 1940, who rescue British airmen shot down in France and help them escape...

    , Deadline for Murder
  • '54 Al Harrington
    Al Harrington (actor)
    Al Harrington is an American television actor. He is best known as his role as "Det. Ben Kokua" on the CBS television series Hawaii Five-O, He had previously appeared in five episodes of the series as other characters Al Harrington (born Tausau Ta'a on December 12, 1935 in Pago Pago, American...

     (Stanford) — athlete and actor,
    Hawaii Five-O
    Hawaii Five-O
    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,...

  • '66 Gerry Lopez
    Gerry Lopez
    Gerry Lopez , aka Mr. Pipeline, is an American surfer, shaper, journalist, and film actor.-Early life:Lopez was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, grew up in East Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii and attended Punahou School. He frequented the semi secret reefs in and around Aina Haina as well as better known surf...

     (UH) — surfer and main actor, Subotai in
    Conan the Barbarian
  • '79 Teri Ann Linn
    Teri Ann Linn
    Teri Ann Linn is an American actress and singer who was also popular in Finland and Italy. She pioneered the role of Kristen Forrester Dominguez on The Bold and the Beautiful, a role she played from 1987-1994. She returned for a guest appearance from April to September 1997...

     (Pepperdine) — Miss Hawaii
    Miss Hawaii
    The Miss Hawaii competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss America pageant. Hawaii has twice won the Miss America title.- Winners :- External links :*...

     1981, singer and main actress, Kristen Forrester Dominguez in
    The Bold and the Beautiful
    The Bold and the Beautiful
    The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....

    , gold cd Teri on the European charts
  • '80 Kelly Preston
    Kelly Preston
    Kelly Preston is an American actress and former model.- Early years :Preston was born Kelly Kamalelehua Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother, Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center, and her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was three years old...

    , née Kelly Smith (also Kelly Palzis) — leading actress, 50+ films including
    For Love of the Game
    For Love of the Game (film)
    For Love of the Game is a 1999 American drama sports film based on the novel of the same title by Michael Shaara...

    , Jerry Maguire
    Jerry Maguire
    Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding, Jr. It was written, co-produced, and directed by Cameron Crowe...

    , Addicted to Love
    Addicted to Love (film)
    Addicted to Love is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Griffin Dunne, starring Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Tchéky Karyo, and Kelly Preston...

    , Twins, Only You
    Only You (1992 film)
    Only You is a 1992 film starring Andrew McCarthy, Kelly Preston, and Helen Hunt.- Plot :Clifford Godfrey is a doll house designer who is dumped by his fiance a few hours before they are to depart for a vacation in Mexico. Clare Enfield, a travel agent, informs Godfrey that his tickets are...

    , Waiting to Exhale
    Waiting to Exhale
    Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 romance film starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett, directed by Forest Whitaker. The movie was adapted from the 1992 novel of the same name by Terry McMillan. Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Beach, Gregory Hines, Donald Faison and Mykelti...

    ; spouse of actor John Travolta
    John Travolta
    John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...

  • '81 Jennifer Nicholson (USC) — actress; daughter of Jack Nicholson
    Jack Nicholson
    John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for an Academy Award twelve times, and has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice: for One Flew Over the...

  • '82(?) Scott Coffey
    Scott Coffey
    Scott Coffey is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter. His acting credits include films such as Shag, Some Kind of Wonderful, Dream Lover, and Mulholland Drive...

     — actor, male lead in
    Shag and director of films starring Naomi Watts
    Naomi Watts
    Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Watts began her career in Australian television, where she appeared in series such as Hey Dad..! , Brides of Christ , and Home and Away . Her film debut was the 1986 drama For Love Alone...

     and Julia Roberts
    Julia Roberts
    Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...

     (attendance is claimed in imdb.com, but not in the alumni directory under this name; possibly is using a stage name)
  • '91 Matt Corboy
    Matt Corboy
    Matt Corboy is an American actor.Corboy was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and grew up there, before leaving to attend Colorado State University, where he earned a degree in business....

     (Colorado State) — actor,
    The Shield
    The Shield
    The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...

  • '95 Sarah Wayne Callies
    Sarah Wayne Callies
    Sarah Wayne Callies is an American actress who is best known for her role as Sara Tancredi in the American television series Prison Break. She now plays Lori Grimes in The Walking Dead.- Early life :...

     (Dartmouth) — actress, female lead in
    Prison Break
    Prison Break
    Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...

  • '00 Jason Tam
    Jason Tam
    Jason Tam is an actor and dancer. His most notable roles include Markko Rivera on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, Paul in the 2006 revival of the Broadway musical A Chorus Line and Shoe on the teen drama Beyond the Break...

     — actor, Markko Rivera
    Markko Rivera
    Geraldo "Markko" Rivera is a fictional character on ABC's daytime drama One Life to Live. He has been portrayed by Jason Tam since May 21, 2007. Tam last aired as Markko on November 10, 2010 when he left town to continue studying at UCLA...

     on
    One Life to Live
    One Life to Live
    One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

    and Beyond the Break
    Beyond the Break (TV series)
    Beyond the Break is an American drama series set in Hawaii, that debuted on The N in June 2006.-Synopsis:The series focuses on four women in the sport of professional surfing. Birdie Scott , Lacey Farmer , Dawn Preston , and Kai Kealoha must overcome their differences in order to capture surf...

  • '06 Asia Ray Smith
    Asia Ray Smith
    Asia Ray Smith is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Sierra Hoffman on The Young and the Restless.-Private life:She attended Punahou School on the island of Oahu in Hawaii....

     — actress, Sierra Hoffman on
    The Young and the Restless
    The Young and the Restless
    The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...


Other entertainment industry producers

  • '24 Mary Louise Love Schneeberger (Sorbonne) — Cine
    Çine
    Çine is a town and a district of Aydın Province, in the Aegean region of Turkey, from the city of Aydın, on the road to Muğla.- Geography :Formerly known as Kıroba, Çine is an attractive rural district in the southern part of the valley of the Büyük Menderes River, on the southern flank of Madran...

     Golden Eagle Award winner for
    A Child's Garden of Verses
    A Child's Garden of Verses
    A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions...

    1975
  • '26 J. Ken Peterson (Washington) — Disney animator and supervisor 1936-83, Snow White
    Snow White
    "Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...

    , 101 Dalmatians
    One Hundred and One Dalmatians
    One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith...

    , Sleeping Beauty
    Sleeping Beauty
    Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault or Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment, and a handsome prince...

    , The Sword in the Stone
    The Sword in the Stone (film)
    The Sword in the Stone is a 1963 American animated fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney and originally released to theaters on December 25, 1963...

  • '35* George "Buck" Henshaw (Stanford) — set decorator 1950-1987, Burns and Allen
    Burns and Allen
    Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.-Vaudeville:...

    , The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
    The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...

    , Black Widow
    Black Widow (1987 film)
    Black Widow is a 1987 film starring Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Nicol Williamson and Dennis Hopper.It is a crime drama about two women: one who murders wealthy men whom she marries for their money, and the other an agent with the Department of Justice who grows obsessed with bringing...

    (attended 1925-34)
  • '38 John Kneubuhl
    John Kneubuhl
    John Kneubuhl was an American Samoan screenwriter, playwright and Polynesian historian. He wrote for American television series such as The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Star Trek, The Invaders and Hawaii Five-O...

     (Yale) — writer for
    Wild, Wild, West, Star Trek
    Star Trek
    Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...

    , Mannix
    Mannix
    Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors...

    , The Fugitive
    The Fugitive (TV series)
    The Fugitive is an American drama series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor from the fictional town of Stafford, Indiana, who is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death...

    , Hawaii Five O, Ironside
    Ironside
    -Entertainment and literature:*Ironside , an American television series starring Raymond Burr*Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale, an urban fantasy novel by Holly Black-People:...

    , Gunsmoke
    Gunsmoke
    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....

    , Wagon Train
    Wagon Train
    Wagon Train is an American Western series that ran on NBC from 1957–62 and then on ABC from 1962–65...

    , etc.
  • '53 Allan Burns
    Allan Burns
    Allan Burns is an American screenwriter and television producer. Burns is best known for, alongside James L. Brooks, creating and writing for the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda.-Early life:...

     (Oregon) — 6-time Emmy Award
    Emmy Award
    An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

    -winning writer and creator 1961-96,
    The Munsters
    The Munsters
    The Munsters is a 1960s American family television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of monsters. It starred Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and popular family entertainment of the era,...

    , Get Smart
    Get Smart
    Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...

    , Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and the Cap'n Crunch
    Cap'n Crunch
    Cap'n Crunch is a product line of sweetened corn and oat breakfast cereals introduced in 1963 and manufactured by Quaker Oats Company. Quaker Oats has been a division of PepsiCo since 2001. The product line is heralded by a cartoon mascot named Cap'n Crunch, a sea captain .-Development:Pamela Low,...

     cereal character, animator of
    George of the Jungle
    George of the Jungle
    George of the Jungle was an American animated series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The character George was inspired by the legend of Tarzan. It ran for 17 episodes on Saturday mornings from September 9 to December 30, 1967, on the American TV...

  • '61 Bruce Bryant (Irvine) — 3-time Emmy Award-winning title designer for X-Files, Cheers
    Cheers
    Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...

    , Caroline in the City
    Caroline in the City
    Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...

  • '65 John I. Kjargaard II (UH) — volcano photographer and filmmaker, son of artist John Ingvard Kjargaard
    John Ingvard Kjargaard
    John Ingvard Kjargaard was an American painter, printmaker and collage artist. He was born in Denmark in 1902 and moved to the United States at an early age. He studied art at Cooper Union in New York City and continued his studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and later with Josef...

  • '69 Edgy Lee
    Edgy Lee
    Edgy Lee is an independent Hawaii-born filmmaker well known in Hawaii. She has also produced Shanachie Records artists as varied as Joe Higgs and The Wailers, and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama...

     (SF Art) — independent filmmaker
  • '69 Michael Wilson (UCSB) — developer of Maya
    Maya (software)
    Autodesk Maya , commonly shortened to Maya, is 3D computer graphics software that runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux, originally developed by Alias Systems Corporation and currently owned and developed by Autodesk, Inc. It is used to create interactive 3D applications, including video...

    , which won an Academy Award for computer-generated image software
  • '72 Phyllis S. K. Look (UH) — Berkeley Repertory Theatre
    Berkeley Repertory Theatre
    Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a regional theater company located in Berkeley, California. It was founded in 1968, as the East Bay’s first resident professional theatre. Michael Leibert was the founding artistic director, who was then succeeded by Sharon Ott in 1984. The company runs seven...

     producer and director
  • '74 Deborah Susan Rosen (USC) — Senior VP at Universal Studios
    Universal Studios
    Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....

    , Executive VP at Paramount Pictures
    Paramount Pictures
    Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

    , casting director Hill Street Blues
    Hill Street Blues
    Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...

    , second unit director Weird Science
    Weird Science (film)
    Weird Science is a 1985 American teen comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock...


  • '74 Jim Simpson (Boston) — Professor of Theater at Yale, Obie Award
    Obie Award
    The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...

    -winning director; spouse of actress Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...

  • '75 Sarah Robinson (California College of Arts) — Art Department for ten films including Casino Royale
    Casino Royale (2006 film)
    Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...

    , Die Another Day
    Die Another Day
    Die Another Day is the 20th spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth and last film to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond; it is also the last Bond film of the original timeline with the series being rebooted with Casino Royale...

    , The World Is Not Enough
    The World Is Not Enough
    The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond film series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It...

  • '78 Don King
    Don King (photographer)
    Don King is an American photographer, cinematographer, and film director. He is renowned worldwide for his photographic and cinematic images of ocean surface waves and surfing....

     (Stanford) — surfing
    Surfing
    Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

     photographer and cinematographer
  • '79 Tom Boyle (Oregon) — surfing
    Surfing
    Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

     cinematographer, director, and producer
  • '80 Rod Lurie
    Rod Lurie
    Rod Lurie is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter and former film critic.-Early life and career:The son of internationally syndicated cartoonist Ranan Lurie, he was born in Israel but moved to the United States at a young age, growing up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Honolulu,...

     (West Point) — creator of
    Commander in Chief
    Commander in Chief (TV series)
    Commander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen , the first female President of the United States, who ascends to the role from the Vice Presidency after the death of the sitting President from a sudden cerebral...

    , Line of Fire portraying the first Jewish U.S. president and the first woman U.S. President, and other shows
  • '80* Kevin McCollum
    Kevin McCollum
    Kevin McCollum is one of the leading producers on Broadway. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1984....

     (Cincinnati) — Broadway producer of Tony Award
    Tony Award
    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

    -winning
    Rent
    Rent (musical)
    Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...

    and Avenue Q, owner of production company claiming five Tony Award
    Tony Award
    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

    s, thirteen nominations, and Pulitzer Prize for Drama
    Pulitzer Prize for Drama
    The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918.From 1918 to 2006, the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes: during these years, the eligibility period for the drama prize ran from March 2 to March 1, to reflect the Broadway 'season' rather than the calendar year...

     (attended 1971-76)
  • '83 Tim Chun — Executive Producer Powder Blue
    Powder Blue
    Powder Blue may refer to:* Powder blue, a shade of blue* Powder Blue , written and directed by Timothy Linh Bui...

    , Patrick Swayze
    Patrick Swayze
    Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest...

    s last movie.

Major philanthropists

  • '33 Maude (Ackerman) Woods Wodehouse (UCLA) — philanthropist, America's #14 most-generous donor in 2003 according to Chronicle of Philanthropy ($80M in 2003)
  • '39 Charles Gates, Jr.
    Charles Gates, Jr.
    Charles Cassius Gates, Jr. was a businessman and philanthropist. His father, Charles Gates Sr., bought Colorado Tire & Leather for $3,500 in 1911. The company was renamed The Gates Rubber Company in 1919. It became world's largest non-tire rubber manufacturer. Charles Gates Jr. took over in 1961,...

     (MIT) — owner of Gates Rubber Company and Gates Corporation
    Gates Corporation
    Gates Corporation, based in Denver, Colorado USA, is one of the largest non-tire rubber companies in the world.In 1911, Charles Gates Sr. purchased the Colorado Tire and Leather Company located in southern Denver beside the South Platte River. He paid $3500 for a property that would soon become one...

     (owner of Learjet), often listed on Forbes 400
    Forbes 400
    The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest Americans is a list published by Forbes Magazine magazine of the wealthiest 400 Americans, ranked by net worth. The list is published annually in September, and 2010 marks the 29th issue. The 400 was started by Malcom Forbes in 1982 and treats those in the list like...

    , e.g., #186 in 1999, #209 in 2002, #222 in 2003, philanthropist through Gates Family Foundation ($147M over 60 years)
  • '48 Garner Anthony (William & Mary) — director of Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...

     and husband of Barbara Cox Anthony
    Barbara Cox Anthony
    Barbara Blair Cox Anthony was the youngest daughter of James M. Cox, a Democratic governor of Ohio, newspaper publisher and broadcaster. With her sister Anne Cox Chambers and brother James M. Cox, Jr., she inherited, via a trust, ownership and control of her father’s company, now called Cox...

     (see Anne Cox Chambers
    Anne Cox Chambers
    Anne Beau Cox Chambers is a media proprietor, who is primary owner of Cox Enterprises, a privately held media empire that includes newspapers, television, radio, cable television, and other businesses....

    , together ranked #45 in 2007 on Forbes 400
    Forbes 400
    The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest Americans is a list published by Forbes Magazine magazine of the wealthiest 400 Americans, ranked by net worth. The list is published annually in September, and 2010 marks the 29th issue. The 400 was started by Malcom Forbes in 1982 and treats those in the list like...

    ) founder of La Pietra: Hawaii School for Girls
    La Pietra: Hawaii School for Girls
    La Pietra: Hawaii School for Girls, also referred to as La Pietra or Hawaii School for Girls, is a private school for girls in grades 6–12 located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1964 by Lorraine Cooke, it moved to the current La Pietra campus in 1969. Barbara Cox Anthony has chaired the...

     who "gave half her income to charity, often anonymously"
  • '65* James C. Kennedy
    James C. Kennedy
    James Cox Kennedy is the chairman of Cox Enterprises, the media conglomerate founded by his grandfather, James M. Cox. According to the Forbes 400 list in 2008, he is the 49th richest person in the United States, through his $6.5 billion stake in the company....

     (Denver) — director of Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...

     and principal heir of the Barbara Cox Anthony estate, #49 in 2008 on Forbes 400
    Forbes 400
    The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest Americans is a list published by Forbes Magazine magazine of the wealthiest 400 Americans, ranked by net worth. The list is published annually in September, and 2010 marks the 29th issue. The 400 was started by Malcom Forbes in 1982 and treats those in the list like...

    , Atlanta philanthropist of the year 2003, conservation and education donor (attended '55-61)
  • '68* Blair Parry-Okeden — former schoolteacher, wealthiest person in Australia as principal heiress of the Barbara Cox Anthony Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...

     holdings, #110 in 2009 on Forbes world billionaires, philanthropist (attended '56-64)
  • '76 Steve Case
    Steve Case
    Stephen McConnell "Steve" Case is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online . Since his retirement as chairman of AOL Time Warner in 2003, he has gone on to build a variety of new businesses through his investment...

     (Williams) — co-founder and CEO of America Online and philanthropist, America's #19 most generous donor in 1999 according to Chronicle of Philanthropy ($40M in 1999)
  • '84* Pierre Omidyar
    Pierre Omidyar
    Pierre Morad Omidyar is a French-Iranian American entrepreneur and philanthropist/economist, and the founder/chairman of the eBay auction site...

     (Tufts) — founder of eBay
    EBay
    eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...

     and philanthropist, America's #20 in 2002, #13 in 2003, #7 in 2004, #9 in 2005, and #29 most-generous donor in 2006 according to Chronicle of Philanthropy ($403M, 2002–06) (attended 1979-81

Other charitable and development business leaders

  • '34 Richard Tam (Stanford) — Las Vegas developer, honorary LLD from UNLV, Richard Tam Alumni Center (UNLV) named for him
  • '52 Hugh T. Murphy (Berkeley) — Director at IRRI, Trustee of AsiaRice USA, development banker at World Bank
    World Bank
    The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...

  • '52 John Bowman O'Donnell (Stanford) — decorated USAID official, nonprofit fundraising
  • '56* W. Robert Warne (Princeton) — President of Korea Economic Institute of America (attended 1953-55)
  • '63 Christopher T. Prukop (Middelbury) — Leadership Gifts Officer, World Society for the Protection of Animals
    World Society for the Protection of Animals
    The World Society for the Protection of Animals is an international non-profit animal welfare organization and also a federation of such organisations and active in over 150 countries with more than 1000 member societies.- Organization :...

  • '65 Erik Holtedahl (Oslo) — Chairman of Scanteam, Norwegian NGO international development consultants
  • '67 Suzanne M. Sato (Harvard/Radcliffe) — VP of AT&T Foundation and VP for Arts and Culture at Rockefeller Foundation
    Rockefeller Foundation
    The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...

  • '86 Melinda Tuan (Harvard) — Sr. Fellow at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Other founders and CEOs

  • 1908 Stanley C. Kennedy, Sr. (Stanford) — founder of Hawaiian Airlines
    Hawaiian Airlines
    Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a major airline of the United States. It is the largest airline based in the State of Hawai'i, and is the 11th largest commercial airline in the country. Based in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, the airline operates its main hub at Honolulu International...

     and chairman, 1929–63, Silver Star as World War I pilot
  • '33 John Magoon, Jr. (Berkeley) — majority owner and chairman of Hawaiian Airlines
    Hawaiian Airlines
    Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a major airline of the United States. It is the largest airline based in the State of Hawai'i, and is the 11th largest commercial airline in the country. Based in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, the airline operates its main hub at Honolulu International...

    , 1964–89
  • '48 D. Kenneth Richardson (Tufts) — President and COO of Hughes Aircraft Company
  • '65 Stuart E. Wolfe (Michigan State) — President and CEO of Graymont
  • '67 Jeff Hakman — world surfing champion and founder of Quiksilver
    Quiksilver
    Quiksilver, Inc. , is an American company based in Huntington Beach, California, one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment...

     in the U.S. and in Europe
  • '70 Constance Lau (Yale) — President and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Company
  • '71 Lloyd Kunimoto (Stanford) — CEO at CalGen, Epicyte (now Biolex
    Biolex
    Biolex Therapeutics is a biotechnology firm in the Research Triangle of North Carolina. The company focuses on formation of difficult to synthesize proteins in Lemna, a duckweed. The duckweeds are a family of small aquatic plants that can be grown in sterile culture. Biolex has developed...

    ), and Galileo Pharmaceuticals, VP of Monsanto Company and Exelixis
    Exelixis
    Exelixis is a genomics-based drug discovery company located in South San Francisco, Ca. It works on the development of anti-cancer therapies. Exelixis has several compounds in various stages of FDA approval including :...

  • '73 Derek T. Morikawa (MIT) — CEO at Vision Robotics, CEO at Wavetek, President of RD Instruments
  • '74 David D. Parker (Stanford) — CEO of SeeRun and Enlighten Software, founder of Quintus, President of WebLogic
  • '74 William S. Price III (Stanford) — Founding partner of Texas Pacific Group
    Texas Pacific Group
    TPG Capital is one of the largest private equity investment firms globally, focused on leveraged buyout, growth capital and leveraged recapitalization investments in distressed companies and turnaround situations. TPG also manages investment funds specializing in growth capital, venture capital,...

     (e.g., Seagate Technology
    Seagate Technology
    Seagate Technology is one of the world's largest manufacturers of hard disk drives. Incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology, Seagate is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland and has its principal executive offices in Scotts Valley, California, United States.-1970s:On November 1, 1979...

    , Petco
    PETCO
    PETCO is a chain of retail stores that offers pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training. Founded in 1965 and incorporated in Delaware, it is headquartered in San Diego, California...

    , MGM, Neiman Marcus
    Neiman Marcus
    Neiman Marcus, formerly Neiman-Marcus, is a luxury specialty retail department store operated by the Neiman Marcus Group in the United States. The company is headquartered in the One Marcus Square building in Downtown Dallas, Texas, and competes with other department stores such as Saks Fifth...

    ), VP of GE Capital
    GE Capital
    GE Capital is the financial services unit of General Electric, one of five major units. Its various divisions include GE Capital Aviation Services, GE Capital Real Estate, GE Energy Financial Services and GE Money....

  • '74 Carla Rayacich (Mills) — Founding President of Stanford Mortgage
  • '75 Dan H. Case III (Princeton) — CEO of Hambrecht & Quist
    Hambrecht & Quist
    Hambrecht & Quist was an investment bank based in San Francisco, California noted for its focus on the technology and internet sectors. H&Q was founded by William Hambrecht and George Quist in California, 1968....

     Capital, Rhodes Scholar, San Francisco Chronicle
    San Francisco Chronicle
    thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...

    's
    "Scholar of Venture Capitalism"
  • '75 Ron Higgins II — founder of Digital Island
    Digital Island
    Digital Island Communications is a 100% Kiwi owned business telecommunications provider based in Auckland, New Zealand. Winners of the Deloitte Fast 50 awards for "Fastest growing technology company" in 2008, and "Fastest growing telecommunications business" in 2007, Digital Island also placed...

  • '77 David T. Hamamoto (Stanford) — partner of Goldman Sachs
    Goldman Sachs
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...

     and CEO of Northstar Capital, e.g., Morgans Hotel Group
    Morgans Hotel Group
    Morgans Hotel Group is a hospitality company that owns & operates boutique hotels as well as acquiring and redeveloping in the United States and Europe....

  • '77 Michael W. Rogers (Berkeley) — CEO of Indevus, e.g. Histrelin
    Histrelin
    Histrelin acetate is a nonapeptide analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone with added potency. When present in the bloodstream, it acts on particular cells of the pituitary gland called gonadotropes. Histrelin stimulates these cells to release luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone...

    , NASDAQ Biotechnology Index
    NASDAQ Biotechnology Index
    The NASDAQ Biotechnology Index includes securities of NASDAQ-listed companies classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as either Biotechnology or Pharmaceuticals.- Criteria :...

    , Director of pSividia Limited
  • '78 Jordan W. Graham (USC) — CEO of TriStar Market Data; CEO of Electric Classifieds & Match.com; Managing Director Citigroup Global Transactions Services; Board Director - RLI Corp., former VP of Cisco
    Cisco
    Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...

  • '78 C. Malcolm Holland (Southern Methodist) — CEO of Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

     Texas Region
  • '79 J'amy Owens (Cal) — Inc. (magazine)
    Inc. (magazine)
    Inc. magazine, founded in 1979 and based in New York City, is a monthly publication focused on growing companies. The magazine publishes an annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., the "Inc...

    's "Diva of Retail", co-founder of Laptop Lane
  • '79 Peter Gordon (UCLA) — President of John Hancock Financial Group
    John Hancock Insurance
    John Hancock Financial is a loose term for a United States insurance company which existed, in various forms, from its founding on April 21, 1862, until its acquisition in 2004 by the Canadian insurance company Manulife Financial. It was named in honor of John Hancock, a prominent patriot...

  • '81 Richard von Gnechten (Tuck) — CEO of Ravon Corp., CFO of Sapere Wealth Management, former CFO of Hawaiian Electric Company
  • '85 Baron R. Ah Moo (Cornell) — CEO of Indochina Hotels and Resorts
  • '98* Jarin Udom — Founder of Robot Mode (attended 1985-1996)

Other business leaders

  • '30 David L. Livingston (Yale) — VP of City Bank and Trust (now Citibank
    Citibank
    Citibank, a major international bank, is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York...

    )
  • '37* Richard H. Ward (Stanford) — Chairman of the Board of Del Monte
    Del Monte Foods
    Del Monte Foods is an American food production and distribution company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Del Monte Foods is one of the country's largest producers, distributors and marketers of branded food and pet products for the U.S. retail market, generating approximately $3.6...

     (attended 1925-35)
  • '43* Thomas R. Hodge (Yale) — division manager for AT&T
    AT&T
    AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

    , subject of New York Times "Retired Executives Return as Volunteers" (attended 1933-42)
  • '43* Henry M. Morgan (MIT) — Partner of Innovative Capital (attended 1931-42)
  • '48 Thomas E. Warne (Cal) — VP of Dole Food Company
    Dole Food Company
    Dole Food Company, Inc. is an American-based agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Westlake Village, California. The company is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, operating with 74,300 full-time and seasonal employees who are responsible for over 300...

  • '59* E. Alan Holroyde (Stanford) — executive VP of Wells Fargo Bank (attended 1946-55)
  • '66 Carter Pruyn Reynolds (Endicott) — Managing Director of Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....

    , Senior VP at Bankers Trust
    Bankers Trust
    Bankers Trust was an historic American banking organization. The bank merged with Alex. Brown & Sons before being acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1998.-History:A consortium of banks created Bankers Trust to perform trust company services for their clients....

  • '67 Lloyd M. Oki (Northwestern) — VP at Pixsense, Senior VP at Clickmarks, Director of Sales at Compaq
    Compaq
    Compaq Computer Corporation is a personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest supplier of personal computing systems in the world, Compaq existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it was acquired for US$25 billion by Hewlett-Packard....

  • '68 J. Eric Greenwood (Rutgers) — VP of Goldman Sachs and trustee of Foreign Policy Research Institute
    Foreign Policy Research Institute
    The Foreign Policy Research Institute is an American neoconservative think tank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is "devoted to bringing the insights of scholarship to bear on the development of policies that advance U.S...

  • '70 Toni Shimura (Wellesley) — VP of Eaton Vance
    Eaton Vance
    Eaton Vance Corp. is one of the oldest investment management firms in the United States, with a history dating back to 1924. Eaton Vance and its affiliates offer individuals and institutions investment products and wealth management services....

  • '70 Jerene Yokoyama Wachtel (Mount Holyoke) — VP of Chemical Bank
  • '71 John G. Ripperton (U Redlands) — Senior VP of Radio Shack
    Radio shack
    Radio shack is a slang term for a room or structure for housing radio equipment.-History:In the early days of radio, equipment was experimental and home-built. The first radio transmitters used a noisy spark to generate radio waves and were often housed in a garage or shed. When radio was first...

    , Navy Commander
  • '72 John Q. Landers (Harvard) — Managing Director of Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....

  • '72 Gwen Paccaro (Lewis & Clark); Executive Director and Manager of Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....

  • '74 Penelope Van Niel Engle (Princeton) — VP of JPMorgan Chase
  • '74 Tedmund W. Pryor (UC Santa Cruz) — Senior VP of Capital Funding at GE Capital
    GE Capital
    GE Capital is the financial services unit of General Electric, one of five major units. Its various divisions include GE Capital Aviation Services, GE Capital Real Estate, GE Energy Financial Services and GE Money....

  • '76 Mary Machado-Schammel (Georgetown) — Senior VP of Standard Chartered Bank
    Standard Chartered Bank
    Standard Chartered PLC is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom with operations in more than seventy countries...

  • '77 Jeff Lum (Santa Clara) — Early VP and Director of Sales of Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

  • '77 Duncan MacNichol (Princeton) — VP of JP Morgan, Senior VP of NationsBank
    NationsBank
    NationsBank was one of the largest banking corporations in the United States, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1998, it acquired BankAmerica to become Bank of America.-Corporate history:...

  • '77 Charles (Chuck) Yort (Princeton) — VP of Plantronics
    Plantronics
    Plantronics is an electronics company producing audio communications equipment for business and consumers. Its' products provide unified communications, mobile use, gaming and music...

    , Venturi Wireless and Polyfuel
  • '78 Pamela Hamamoto (Stanford) — VP of Goldman Sachs
    Goldman Sachs
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...

  • '78 Paul David Rezents (U Washington) — Senior VP of Heitman Capital/Real Estate
  • '79 Robert W. Hong (Williams) — Managing Director, Salomon Smith Barney
  • '82 Janice L. Vorfeld (Dartmouth) — Senior VP at Charles Schwab
    Charles Schwab
    Charles Schwab may refer to:*Charles M. Schwab , American steel magnate*Charles R. Schwab , founder of the eponymous brokerage*Charles Schwab Corp., an American based brokerage firm...

  • '83 Rainer Michael Blair (Massachusetts) — Group VP (North America) of BASF
    BASF
    BASF SE is the largest chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Germany. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik . Today, the four letters are a registered trademark and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and Zurich Stock...

  • '84 Nina Ebert Labatt (Stanford) — CFO of Labrador Ventures (see List of venture capital firms)
  • '84 Tiffani Bova (Arizona State) — VP Research, Technology and Solution Providers, Gartner
    Gartner
    Gartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....

  • '96 Ed Byon (MIT) — Senior VP of Quantitative Analytics, Jefferies & Company

Authors, editors, and journalists

  • '39 Nancy Hartung Holmes — editor of Worth (magazine)
    Worth (magazine)
    Worth is an American wealth management magazine for high net worth individuals. It is published on a bi-monthly basis and circulated to over 110,000 recipients.-History:Worth was founded in 1992 as a wealth management magazine for high net worth individuals...

    , Town & Country (magazine)
    Town & Country (magazine)
    Town & Country, formerly the Home Journal and The National Press, is a monthly American lifestyle magazine. It is the oldest continually published general interest magazine in the United States.-Early history:...

    , photographer for Daily Mail
    Daily Mail
    The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...

    , model, and New York socialite
    Socialite
    A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....

    , author of best-seller Nobody's Fault
  • '44* Mary H. Davidson Swift (Vassar) — founding editor and chief photographer of Washington Review (attended 1940-42)
  • '53 Dorinda Stagner Nicholson (UH) — Pearl Harbor Child, Pearl Harbor Warriors, Remember World War II
  • '60* Christina Goodale Grof (Sarah Lawrence) — Psychedelic literature
    Psychedelic literature
    -The science of psychedelic drugs:*Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved: A Chemical Love Story by Alexander Shulgin and wife Ann Shulgin*Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved: The Continuation by Alexander Shulgin and wife Ann Shulgin...

     author, spouse and co-author of Stanislav Grof
    Stanislav Grof
    Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of analyzing, healing, and obtaining growth and insight into the human psyche...

     (attended 1951-58)
  • '63 David Boynton
    David Boynton
    David Boynton , was a leading expert on the natural history of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, especially on the Koke'e Forest and the Alakai Swamp and its wildlife...

     (UCSB) — photographer, naturalist, educator and author of Kauai Days, Kauai, NaPali: Images of Kauai's Northwest Shore, and several other photographic essays about Hawaii.
  • '64 Perrin Ireland (Randolph-Macon) — author of Ana Imagined and Chatter, arts leader with CPB
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting
    The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress, funded by the United States’ federal government to promote public broadcasting...

     and NEA
    National Endowment for the Arts
    The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...

  • '65* Stephen Eaton Hume (Trinity) — author of award-winning children's books, A Miracle for Maggie (attended 1953-55)
  • '65 Kathleen Norris
    Kathleen Norris (poet)
    for the novelist Kathleen Norris, see Kathleen NorrisKathleen Norris is a best-selling poet and essayist. She became known for her writings about Christian spirituality, especially after she became a Benedictine oblate and spent two extended periods at Saint John's Abbey in Minnesota...

     (Bennington) — best-selling Christian spiritual poet and essayist, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
  • '67 Gerald W. Sams (Georgia Tech) — AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta
  • '69* William J. Lambert III (Hillsdale) — author of at least twelve science fiction books under pseudonyms (attended 1956-65)
  • '71 Richard H.P. Sia (Harvard) — Senior Editor of Congress Daily, former defense correspondent at the Baltimore Sun
  • '72 David Ranada (Harvard) — editor of Stereo Review
    Stereo Review
    Stereo Review was an American magazine first published in 1958 by Ziff-Davis with the title HiFi and Music Review. It was one of a handful of magazines then available for the individual interested in high fidelity. Throughout its life it published a blend of record and equipment reviews, articles...

    and High Fidelity
  • '73 Kirby Wright
    Kirby Wright
    Kirby Wright is an American writer best known for his coming of age island novel PUNAHOU BLUES and the epic novel "MOLOKA'I NUI AHINA," which is based on the life and times of Wright's paniolo grandmother...

     (UH) — Punahou Blues, Molokai Ahi Nui
  • '74 Shannon Brownlee (Santa Cruz) — journalist, Associate Editor of US News & World Report, Science writing award
    Science writing award
    The American Institute of Physics institute their Science Writing Award to "promote effective science communication in print and broadcast media in order to improve the general public's appreciation of physics, astronomy, and allied science fields." The winner receives $3000, and an engraved...

  • '74 Robert S. Sandla (UH) — Editor in Chief, Symphony (magazine) and Stagebill (see Playbill
    Playbill
    Playbill is a monthly U.S. magazine for theatregoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most Playbills are printed for particular shows to be distributed at the door...

    )
  • '78* Gale Pryor (Cornell) — author of Nursing Mother, Working Mother and current edition coauthor of Nursing your Baby with mother Karen Pryor (attended 1972-76)
  • '83 Nora Okja Keller
    Nora Okja Keller
    Nora Okja Keller is a Korean American author. Her 1997 breakthrough work of fiction, Comfort Woman, and the 2002 sequel, Fox Girl, focus on multigenerational trauma resulting from Korean women's experiences as sex slaves, euphemistically called comfort women, for Japanese troops during World War...

     (Hawaii) — Pushcart Prize
    Pushcart Prize
    The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....

    , 1995, for "Mother Tongue", from Comfort Woman; American Book Award
    American Book Award
    The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...

    , 1998
  • '85 Allegra Goodman
    Allegra Goodman
    Allegra Goodman is an American author based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her most recent novel, The Cookbook Collector, was published in 2010. Goodman wrote and illustrated her first novel at the age of seven. -Early years and family:...

     (Harvard) — author of award-winning The Family Markowitz
    The Family Markowitz
    The Family Markowitz is a 1996 novel, made up of a series of linked short stories written by Allegra Goodman.-Plot summary:Centred around a middle-class American Jewish family, The Family Markowitz touches on themes ranging from religiosity to ageing and from homosexuality to intermarriage...

  • '91 Nancy Cordes
    Nancy Cordes
    Nancy Cordes, née Weiner, is the CBS News Congressional Correspondent based in Washington, D.C. She is a regular contributor to allCBS News broadcasts and platforms...

    , née Weiner (Penn) — CBS
    CBS
    CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

     and ABC
    American Broadcasting Company
    The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

     NY and Washington, D.C. news correspondent

Other cultural notables

  • 1869 Alexander Cartwright III — early player of baseball with Punahou classmates; son of baseball's inventor, Alexander Cartwright
    Alexander Cartwright
    Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr. is one of several people sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball". Cartwright is thought to be the first person to draw a diagram of a diamond shaped baseball field, and the rules of the modern game are based on the Knickerbocker Rules developed by Cartwright...

    , Jr.
  • 1875* Lorrin A. Thurston
    Lorrin A. Thurston
    Lorrin Andrews Thurston was a lawyer, politician, and businessman born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawaii. The grandson of two of the first Christian missionaries to Hawaii, Thurston played a prominent role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom that replaced Queen Liliuokalani with the...

     — leader of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, owner of Honolulu Advertiser
    Honolulu Advertiser
    The Honolulu Advertiser was a daily newspaper published in Honolulu, Hawaii. At the time publication ceased on June 6, 2010, it was the largest daily newspaper in the American state of Hawaii. It published daily with special Sunday and Internet editions...

    , early player of baseball with Cartwrights
  • 1883* Sun Yat-Sen
    Sun Yat-sen
    Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

     — founding president of the Republic of China
    Republic of China
    The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

    , founder of the Kuomintang
    Kuomintang
    The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

     (attended 1882-83)
  • '27 Ellery Chun (Yale) — creator of the Aloha Shirt
    Aloha shirt
    The Aloha shirt commonly referred to as a Hawaiian shirt is a style of dress shirt originating in Hawaii. It is currently the premier textile export of the Hawaii manufacturing industry. The shirts are printed, mostly short-sleeved, and collared. They usually have buttons, sometimes as a complete...

  • '34 Stanley Livingston, Jr. (Yale) — America's Cup
    America's Cup
    The America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...

     Hall of Fame inductor
  • '41 William M. C. Lam (MIT) — Lam Partners architectural lighting, e.g., Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
    Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
    The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovial, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The...

  • '48 Samuel Van Culin (Princeton) — Canon Ecumenist at Washington National Cathedral
    Washington National Cathedral
    The Washington National Cathedral, officially named the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Of neogothic design, it is the sixth-largest cathedral in the world, the second-largest in...

    , Canon of Canterbury Cathedral
    Canterbury Cathedral
    Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....

    , England and St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem
    St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem
    thumb|rightSt. George's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Jerusalem, established in 1899. It is the seat of the Bishop of Jerusalem of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East....

  • '55* Ron Jacobs
    Ron Jacobs (broadcaster)
    Ron Jacobs is an American broadcaster, author, record producer and concert promoter. He is best known as the program director of KHJ radio in Los Angeles during its ground-breaking "Boss Radio" period , and as co-creator of the countdown show American Top 40, and the seminal radio program The...

     — co-creator of American Top 40
    American Top 40
    American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...

  • '57 Abe P. Takahashi (Michigan State) — Bureau Director of Michigan State Police
    Michigan State Police
    The Michigan State Police is the state police agency for the state of Michigan. The MSP is a full service law enforcement agency with its sworn members having full police powers statewide....

  • '58 Jerry Berman (Berkeley) — Chief Legislative Counsel of ACLU, director of Electronic Frontier Foundation
    Electronic Frontier Foundation
    The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...

     and co-founder of Center for Democracy and Technology
    Center for Democracy and Technology
    The Center for Democracy & Technology is a Washington, D.C. based 501 non-profit public-interest group that works to promote an open, innovative and free Internet....

  • '61 Henry Y. H. Kim (Annapolis) — US Forest Service pilot Killed in Action
    Killed in action
    Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...

    ; Henry Y. H. Kim Aviation Facility (Prescott National Forest
    Prescott National Forest
    The Prescott National Forest is a 1.25 million acre United States National Forest located in north central Arizona in the vicinity of Prescott. The forest is located in the mountains southwest of Flagstaff and north of Phoenix in Yavapai County, with a small portion extending into southwestern...

    )
  • '62 Charles L. Veach
    Charles L. Veach
    Charles Lacy Veach was a NASA astronaut.-Personal data:Veach was born in Chicago, Illinois, but considered Honolulu, Hawaii, to be his hometown. Married to Alice Meigs Scott of Waycross, Georgia, he had two children. He enjoyed surfing, bicycling, reading and activities with his family. His...

     (Air Force Academy) — astronaut, two shuttle missions; Distinguished Flying Cross
    Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
    The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight, subsequent to November 11, 1918." The...

    , Purple Heart, Air Force Commendation Medal
  • '65 Charlie Wedemeyer
    Charlie Wedemeyer
    Charlie Wedemeyer was a high school teacher and football coach, famous for continuing to teach and coach after contracting Lou Gehrig’s disease. He died on June 3, 2010, from pneumonia, a complication caused by a recent surgery. He was 64 years old.Charlie was the last of nine children born to...

     (Michigan State) — medical survivor celebrated in Emmy Award
    Emmy Award
    An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

    -winning film, Quiet Victory
  • '66 Gary R. Weidner (Wisconsin) — Chancellor's Award-winning booster at University of Wisconsin Green Bay
  • '67 Susan M. Sandlin (American U) — American Kennel Club
    American Kennel Club
    The American Kennel Club is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. Beyond maintaining its pedigree registry, this kennel club also promotes and sanctions events for purebred dogs, including the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, an annual event which predates the official...

     judge of Maltese, Shih Tzu
    Shih Tzu
    The Shih Tzu is a breed of dog weighing with long silky hair. The breed originated in China and is among the earliest breeds. Shih Tzu were officially recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1969...

    , and Yorkshire Terriers
  • '72 Nainoa Thompson
    Nainoa Thompson
    Charles Nainoa Thompson is a Native Hawaiian navigator and the executive director of the Polynesian Voyaging Society...

     (UH) — navigator of the Hōkūlea
    Hokulea
    Hōkūlea is a performance-accurate full-scale replica of a waa kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. Launched on 8 March 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, she is best known for her 1976 Hawaii to Tahiti voyage performed with Polynesian navigation techniques, without modern...

    establishing Polynesian diaspora, Chairman of Board of Trustees, Kamehameha Schools
    Kamehameha Schools
    Kamehameha Schools , formerly called Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate , is a private co-educational college-preparatory institution that specializes in Native Hawaiian language and cultural education. It is located in Hawaii and operates three campuses: Kapālama , Pukalani , and Keaau...

  • '75 Lindy Vivas
    Lindy Vivas
    -Career:*1972 Punahou Volleyball team*1979 UCLA Assistant Coach 1 season*1979 to 1980 San Jose Diablos, Professional Volleyball player*1980 to 1983 Texas A&M Aggies associate coach*1983 Texas Magic, Professional Volleyball player...

     (UCLA) — Fresno State women's volleyball coach, plaintiff awarded largest compensation for retaliation under Title IX
    Title IX
    Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a United States law, enacted on June 23, 1972, that amended Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2002 it was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, in honor of its principal author Congresswoman Mink, but is most...

     discrimination statute
  • '76 Judi Andersen — Miss Hawaii
    Miss Hawaii
    The Miss Hawaii competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss America pageant. Hawaii has twice won the Miss America title.- Winners :- External links :*...

     and runner-up Miss Universe
    Miss Universe
    Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

  • '79 Quentin Kawananakoa
    Quentin Kawananakoa
    Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa , is the head of the House of Kawānanakoa. His claim to the throne of the lapsed Kingdom of Hawaii was supported by the native Hawaiian community, who refer to him as Prince Kawānanakoa. He is a politician of the State of Hawaii, serving as minority leader in the Hawaii...

     (USC) — current claimant to head of Hawaiian kingdom, Hawaii state representative, Republican minority leader
  • '80 Kevin Edward Brown (Washington & Lee) — Project manager of CloudSat
    CloudSat
    CloudSat is a NASA Earth observation satellite, which was launched on a Delta II rocket on 28 April 2006. It uses radar to measure the altitude and properties of clouds, adding to information on the relationship between clouds and climate in order to help resolve questions about global warming...

     and CALIPSO
    CALIPSO
    CALIPSO is a joint NASA and CNES environmental satellite, built in the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center, which was launched atop a Delta II rocket on April 28, 2006. Its name stands for Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations...

    , NASA Exceptional Service Medal
    NASA Exceptional Service Medal
    The NASA Exceptional Service Medal is an award granted to U.S. government employees for significant sustained performance characterized by unusual initiative or creative ability that clearly demonstrates substantial improvement in engineering, aeronautics, space flight, administration, support, or...

  • '81 Scott Seetow (Arizona) — Division Director for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice...

  • '86 Richard Y. Lee (Yale) — college defensive tackle, internet executive, casualty of September 11, 2001 attacks
    September 11, 2001 attacks
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  • '87 Heather Malia Ho (Boston) — executive pastry chef at Windows on the World
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    , North Tower 107th Floor, casualty of September 11, 2001 attacks
    September 11, 2001 attacks
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  • '89 Adriana Yvonne Iwalani Spray — Paris model under Elite Model Management
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  • '89* Brook Mahealani Lee — Miss Hawaii USA
    Miss Hawaii USA
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     and Miss Universe
    Miss Universe
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     1997 (attended 1981-1987)
  • '95 Candes Gentry (UH) — Miss Hawaii USA
    Miss Hawaii USA
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     1999
  • '95 Kealoha
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     (MIT) — Performance poet (ranked 8th out of over 350 poets at the 2007 National Poetry Slam) and Hawaii's SlamMaster
  • '96* Ehren Watada
    Ehren Watada
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     (HPU) — Army Lieutenant involved in Iraq War court-martial
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     mistrial over command responsibility
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     (attended 199?-93)
  • '96* Lena Yada
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     — professional wrestler and actress (attended 1992-1996)
  • '97 Jennifer Fairbank
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     (Loyola Marymount) — Miss Hawaii USA
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     2004
  • '02* Kiwi Camara
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     (HPU) — youngest matriculate of Harvard Law School, catalyst for racial scandal (attended 1990-95?)

Notable former faculty and staff

  • Nick Bozanic — former English teacher, winner of Anhinga Prize for Poetry for The Long Drive Home
  • Edward Lane-Reticker — former Latin and Greek teacher, directed banking and law centers at Boston University
  • Tom Haine — coach, 1968 US Olympic volleyball captain
  • Henry Wells Lawrence — former Computing teacher, commanded 339th Fighter Squadron in World War II, one of the first US pilots in the air during Attack on Pearl Harbor; Distinguished Flying Cross
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     and Purple Heart
  • Queenie B. Mills — former Director of Kindergarten, University of Illinois Head of Human Development Department, helped design the Head Start Program and programs for animal visits to nursing home residents
  • Duncan Macdonald — coach, 1976 Olympian
  • Susan Tolman Mills
    Susan Tolman Mills
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     — former principal, founder of Mills College
  • Barbara Perry — 1968 teacher, Olympian
  • Sharon Peterson — coach, 1964, 1968 Olympian
  • Lillian "Pokey" Watson (Richardson)
    United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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     — trustee, 1964 Olympic gold medalist (youngest female US gold in swimming), 1968 gold medalist
  • Willard Warch
    Willard Warch
    Willard Warch was a schoolmaster at Punahou School in Honolulu, HI, first cello with the Honolulu Symphony and a Professor of Music and Theory at Oberlin College for 30 years.-Life:...

     — former schoolmaster, Professor of Music at Oberlin College
    Oberlin College
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    , author of texts such as Music for Study and Beethoven's Use of Intermediate Keys, World War II Army Air Corps Band

Additional references

The main reference for this page is the Punahou School Alumni Directory 1841-1991 Harris Publishing, New York, 1991.

Further reading

  • Jack Bass, "Death of Judge Tuttle: A Hero of Desegregation", Atlanta Journal and Constitution, June 25, 1996. Page A-09 quotes a New York Times writer, Claude Sitton, "Those who think Martin Luther King desegregated the South don't know Elbert Tuttle and the record of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals."
  • Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe, The World's Most Mysterious Castles, Dundum Press, 2005. Page 107 describes Hiram Bingam (III) as "a real-life Indiana Jones."
  • Richard Goldstein, "Russell Reeder, 95, Leader In Invasion on D-Day, Dies", New York Times, March 1, 1998. "Col. Russell P. (Red) Reeder, who accumulated six demerits in his first two hours as a cadet at West Point, but went on to become one of its most beloved graduates... ."
  • Loch K. Johnson, Secret Agencies: U.S. Intelligence in a Hostile World, Yale University Press, 1996. Page 91 has Otis Pike as "an able and fair-minded person, but his committee ran amuck nonetheless, pulled in a dozen different directions ... by an overzealous staff."
  • William Kubey, Creating Television: Conversations with the People Behind 50 Years of American TV, Erlbaum, 2004. Page 175 quotes Allan Burns: "All the best comedy writers come from Honolulu, you know. It's a hotbed of comedy writers. ... You know, the hostility of it and everything. Plus the bad climate."
  • Robert D. McFadden, "John W. Gardner, 89, Founder of Common Cause and Advisor to Presidents, Dies", New York Times, February 18, 2002. Common Cause President, Scott Harshbarger, is quoted: "When Americans attend open meetings or read their government's documents, or take part in our battered but resilient public finance system for presidential elections, there is a memorial to John Gardner."
  • Cody Monk, Legends of the Dallas Cowboys, Sports Publishing, 2004. Page 124 says "Mark Tuinei, Bill Bates, and Too Tall are the only players ever to play 15 seasons in Dallas."
  • "The honor of Judge Elbert Tuttle", New York Times, June 26, 1996. "He made the court the leading edge in the fight against segregation."
  • Richard M. Rollins and Archibald Rutledge, Eyewitness Accounts at the Battle of Gettysburg, Stackpole Books, 2005. Page 312 details the "brave action, which aided in the great victory secured", of Captain Sam Armstrong.
  • Bill Stevenson, "Principle, conviction, and fate in the remarkable career of Judge Elbert Tuttle", Southern Changes 10, number 6, 1988. Quotes Tuttle: "I just recognized that this man had been convicted and sentenced to death without due process of law."
  • Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, Doubleday, Page, and Company, 1907. Page 54 describes General Samuel Armstrong as "the noblest, rarest human being it has ever been my privilege to meet."
  • Erik Weihenmayer, Touch the Top of the World, Plume, 2002. Page 113 describes Hiram Bingham (III) "who must have been the inspiration behind the fictional character Indiana Jones... ."
  • Michael Winerip, "The Lives They Lived: Russell P. (Red) Reeder; Born at Reveille", New York Times January 3, 1999. Colonel Reeder "turned down an offer to play pro baseball with the New York Giants (at triple the salary) for a military career. In 1944, at 42, he led his soldiers ashore at Utah Beach on D-Day, and by dusk Red Reeder's regiment was the farthest inland."
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