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University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Famous Alumni
Name Significant Accomplishment(s) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar NBA's all-time scoring leader; Six-time MVP Troy Aikman Quarterback of three-time Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys Linda Alvarez TV journalist and anchorwoman Army Archerd Veteran entertainment columnist and broadcaster John A. Arguelles Former Assoc. Justice, California Supreme Court Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. (d.) First African American to win Wimbledon tennis title; Human rights activist Donald Barksdale (d.) First African American Olympic basketball gold medalist Gary Beban Heisman Trophy winner; President of CB Commercial Harve Bennett Writer/Producer/Director, notably of "Star Trek" films Corbin Bernsen Actor, most notably "L.A. Law", "Major League" and "Major League Part II" Tom Bradley Former Mayor, City of Los Angeles Lloyd Bridges Film and television actor Ralph J. Bunche (d.) 1950 Nobel Peace Prize laureate; Former Under-Secretary General to the United Nations Yvonne B. Burke L.A. County Board of Supervisors Carol Burnett Actress, Emmy Award Winner Mark Canton Former Chair, Columbia and TriStar Pictures Benjamin Cayetano Governor of Hawaii Sylvia Chase Emmy Award-winning TV journalist Francis Ford Coppola Six-time Academy Award-winning movie producer (The Godfather I, II, III) Dean Cundey Academy Award-winning director of photography (Back to the Future trilogy, Jurassic Park, Apollo 13) Walter Cunningham NASA Astronaut; Apollo VII crew member Marilyn McCoo Davis Seven-time Grammy Award winner (Fifth Dimension) James Dean (d.) Film actor, most notably "Rebel Without A Cause" Agnes G. de Mille (d.) Tony Award-winning choreographer Terry Donahue Winningest football coach in Pac-10 and UCLA history Thomas Everhart President of Caltech Anna Lee Fisher NASA astronaut-Discovery shuttle Mark Harmon Television and movie actor; Former UCLA football quarterback Sam Iacobellis, Sr. Chief executive officer, Rockwell International Rafer L. Johnson 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medalist, President, California Special Olympics; 1984 Olympic torchbearer Jackie Joyner-Kersee Three-time Olympic track & field gold medalist; Businesswoman Robert Glenn Ketcham Noted wildlife photographer Jill Kinmont U.S. ski champion; subject of film The Other Side of the Mountain James E. Lu Valle (d.) Inventor, chemist, 1936 Olympic medalist Waldo K. Lyon Director of the first sub-Arctic North Pole voyage of the Polaris submarine R. Bruce Merrifield 1 1984 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Ann Meyers Member of Basketball Hall of Fame; Sports broadcaster James F. Montgomery CEO, Great Western Financial Corp. Rev. Donn Moomaw Football All-American, Former pastor, Bel Air Presbyterian Church Steven Muller President emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University; Rhodes Scholar Dorothy Wright Nelson Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit David Neuman President, Walt Disney Television Randy Newman Composer/Singer Michael Ovitz Former Executive, The Walt Disney Company; Head of UCLA Medical Center fund-raising campaign Corey Pavin Professional golfer, 1995 U.S. Open champion Rob Reiner Actor/Director/Producer, actor in "All in the Family," producer of "American President," director of "A Few Good Men" Gene Reynolds Six-time Emmy-winning Producer/Director (M*A*S*H) Tim Robbins Actor/Producer/Director, produced "Dead Man Walking" Jackie Robinson (d.) UCLA's only four-sport letterman; First African American to play Major League Baseball; Former Dodgers great; Hall of Famer John Rubinstein 1980 Tony Award-winning actor and composer Nobutada Saji President, Suntory, Ltd. William Sharpe Co-recipient of 1990 Nobel Prize in Economics David Silverman Animator, supervising director of "The Simpsons" George Takei Actor, most notably as Mr. Sulu in "Star Trek" Tritia Toyota TV journalist and anchorwoman Bill Walton NCAA and NBA champion; College Player of the Year; Television commentator; Member, Basketball Hall of Fame Michael Warren Actor, most notably "Hill Street Blues;" Basketball All-American Kenny Washington (d.) Football All-American; First African American to play in NFL Fred L. Whipple Astronomer; Dir. NASA Optical Satellite Tracking Project Natalie Williams Pac-10 Female Athlete of the Decade in basketball and volleyball John Williams 27-time Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award-winning composer ("Star Wars") Zev Yaroslavsky Los Angeles County Supervisor, District 3 d.-deceased.