- Kenneth Starr
Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946) is an American lawyer and former judge who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the death of the deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater land transactions by President Bill Clinton. He later submitted to Congress the Starr Report, which led to Clinton's impeachment on charges arising from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
- George Reisman
George Gerald Reisman (born January 13 1937) is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pepperdine University and author of the massive 1,050-page volume "Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics" (1996). He is also the author of an earlier book, "The Government Against the Economy" (1979), contents of which are mostly subsumed in "Capitalism". Reisman was born in New York City and earned his Ph.D. from New York University under the direction of Ludwig von Mises.
- James Q. Wilson
James Q. Wilson (born May 27, 1931) in Denver, Colorado is the Ronald Reagan professor of public policy at Pepperdine University in California, and a professor emeritus at UCLA. From 1961 to 1987 he was a professor of government at Harvard University. He has a Ph.D. (1959) and masters degree (1957) from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from the University of Redlands (1952). He is a former Chairman of the White House Task Force on Crime (1966), …
- Christopher Parkening
Christopher Parkening is an American classical guitarist. Parkening was born in Los Angeles, California, and pursued music in part because of his cousin Jack Marshall, a studio musician in the 1960s. Marshall first introduced Parkening to the recordings of Andrés Segovia when he was 11, and encouraged Parkening to begin his guitar studies with classical guitar. By the time he was 19, he had won a number of competitions and was touring and recording extensively.
- Randy Wolf
Randy Wolf (born August 22, 1976 in Canoga Park, California) is a left handed pitcher on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Vance Walberg
Vance Walberg is the head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine University.
- Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal (born November 30 1950 in Torrance, California) is a former basketball player and coach in the NBA. A native of California, Westphal has had a storied career in the NBA, both as a player and as a head coach. He was most recently the head coach at Pepperdine University. Westphal is currently a studio analyst for Fox Sports Net West/Prime Ticket for Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers games, first joining them during the Clippers' 2006 playoff run.
- Tom Asbury
Tom Asbury is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Alabama. He was previously the head coach at Pepperdine University and Kansas State University.
- Dennis Johnson
Dennis Johnson (September 18 1954 - February 22 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player and coach.
- Noah Lowry
Noah Ryan Lowry (born October 10, 1980 in Ventura, California) is a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the San Francisco Giants since 2003. He was first drafted out of high school by the Texas Rangers in the 19th round of the 1999 amateur draft, but instead opted to attend Pepperdine University, where he roomed with Dan Haren. At Pepperdine, Lowry went 14-2 with a 1.71 ERA as a junior.
- Dan Haren
Daniel John ("Dan") Haren is a baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Oakland Athletics. He is, along with Chad Gaudin and Joe Blanton, part of the "New Big Three", a name given to the A's 3 new young star pitchers that replaced Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, and Mark Mulder—the A's Big Three from 2000–2004. His dominant 2007 season has earned him the nickname Dan "The Baron" Haren
- Jason Gore
Jason Gore (born May 17, 1974) is an American professional golfer. Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He attended Pepperdine University. Gore plays on the PGA Tour after moving from the Nationwide Tour midseason in 2005. Gore is 6'1" and weighs 235 pounds according to the PGA Tour website. Gore turned pro in 1997, and also played on the Walker Cup amateur team during the same year. Gore has a wife Megan, and a baby son named Jaxson.
- Edward Larson
Edward John Larson is an American historian and legal scholar. Now a law professor at Pepperdine University, he was formerly Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law and Richard B. Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia. He won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book "Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion".
- Tamera Mowry
Tamera Darvette Mowry (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained fame for her role opposite her identical twin sister Tia Mowry in the sitcom "Sister, Sister".
- Doug Christie
Douglas Dale Christie (born May 9, 1970, in Seattle, Washington) is an American basketball player who is currently a free agent. Christie attended Seattle's Rainier Beach High School and, in his senior year (1988), led the school's varsity boy's basketball team to RB's first-ever Washington State championship. He then went on to Pepperdine University where he gained national exposure. He was drafted 17th in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
- Pierre-Richard Prosper
Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Prosper was a career prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice where he served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division in 1999. From 1999 to 2001, Ambassador Prosper was detailed to the State Department where he served as the Special Counsel and Policy Adviser to the previous Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues.
- Neil Clark Warren
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is chairman and co-founder of the online dating service eHarmony. He is a former dean and psychologist at Fuller Theological Seminary. Warren holds a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University, a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Chicago in 1967. In 2007 Neil and his wife Marilyn moved to Kennebunkport, Maine. They still keep a residence in Pasadena, California.
- Kim Fields
Kim Victoria Fields (born May 12, 1969 in New York, New York) is an American actress. She was one of the first successful African American child actresses on television. Fields was discovered by an acting agent for the sitcom "The Facts of Life" after appearing in a commercial for Mrs. Butterworth's pancake syrup. From 1979 to 1988, she played Tootie Ramsey on the program. This was Field's most notable role.
- Alex Acker
Alex Acker (born January 21 , 1983 in Compton, California) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for AXA F.C. Barcelona of the ACB League (Spanish 1st division). Acker attended Pepperdine University and was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the last pick in the second round (60th overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft . He was assigned to the NBA Development League's Fayetteville Patriots on February 27 , 2006.
- Allen Fox
Dr. Allen E. Fox (born June 25, 1939, in Los Angeles, California) was a tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to be a college coach and author. He was ranked as high as # 4 in the U.S. (in 1962). Between 1961 and 1968, he ranked among the top 10 men in the U.S. five times.
- Don Knabe
Donald R. Knabe (born October 15, 1943 in Illinois) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District, a crescent shaped district that covers the coastline from Marina Del Rey southward to Long Beach, and southeastern Los Angeles County to Diamond Bar. Knabe attended Graceland University and graduated with a degree in business administration. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy, Knabe and his new wife, the former Julie Gillbreath, …
- Lorenzo Romar
Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958 in South Gate, California, United States) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington. Romar also played basketball for the University of Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, Romar was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years in the NBA. After the NBA, Romar played and coached for Athletes in Action.
- Matt Fong
Matt Fong is a Republican political leader from California and former state treasurer. Fong, the adopted son of former Democratic California Secretary of State March Fong Eu, graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1975, Pepperdine University MBA in 1982 and from law school at the Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles in 1985.
- Ashley Jones
Ashley Jones (born September 3, 1976 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American television soap opera actress from Memphis, Tennessee She rose to fame on the long-running CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless", playing Megan Dennison Viscardi from 1997 to 2000 and returned for a visit in 2001. During her time on the soap, she earned two Daytime Emmy nominations for the role. She currently plays Dr.
- Carrie Hamilton
Carrie Hamilton (December 5, 1963 in New York City - January 20, 2002, in Los Angeles) was an American actress, singer, and playwright. She was the daughter of comedienne/actress Carol Burnett and the late producer Joe Hamilton, and the god-daughter of British actress Julie Andrews. Hamilton worked in a number of productions for stage, film, video, and television.
- Andy Lopez
Andy Lopez is currently the head baseball coach at the University of Arizona. He is a veteran coach who has compiled an 855-541-7 record in his 24 seasons as a head baseball coach. In six seasons as the head baseball coach at Arizona, he has put the Wildcats back on the national map. He has had four straight Top 10 recruiting classes, as well as three straight Post-Season tournaments. In his five seasons, he has compiled a 168-123-1(.597) record.
- Bob Ctvrtlik
Robert ("Bob") Jan Ctvrtlik (born July 8, 1963 in Long Beach, California) is an American volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist, businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee. Ctvrtlik is a 1985 graduate of Pepperdine University. His name is pronounced
- Brandon Armstrong
Brandon Simone Armstrong (born June 16 1980 in San Francisco, California) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He played college basketball at Pepperdine University, and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 23rd overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, but was traded, along with fellow Rockets draft picks Richard Jefferson and Jason Collins to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for the draft rights to New Jersey's Eddie Griffin.
- Jim Tracy
James Edwin ("Jim") Tracy (born December 31, 1955 in Hamilton, Ohio) is the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates Prior to joining the Pirates, Tracy was manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2001 to 2005 (4 winning seasons out of 5), compiling a 427-383 record. With Tracy as manager, the Dodgers won the National League West division in 2004 but lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Division Series.
- C. David Baker
C. David Baker is the 4th commissioner of the Arena Football League. David Baker started in the league as the owner of the Anaheim Piranhas. He relinquished his ownership stake of the team when he was named Commissioner. One of his more imposing features is his size - 6 feet 9 inches tall and around 350 pounds, making him, literally, the biggest commissioner in American sports.
- Jim Harrick
Jim Harrick (born July 25, 1938 in Charleston, West Virginia) is a former college basketball head coach who coached at Pepperdine University, UCLA, the University of Rhode Island and the University of Georgia. Harrick graduated in 1960 from Morris Harvey College, now known as the University of Charleston. He is of Lebanese ancestry.
- James Tabor
James D. Tabor is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he has taught since 1989. He previously held positions at Ambassador College (1968-70 while a student), the University of Notre Dame (1979-85) and the College of William and Mary (1985-89).
- Bernard C. Parks
Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. from Pepperdine University, and holds a Masters in public administration from the University of Southern California. Appointed Chief of Police on August 12, 1997, …
- Kelly Jones
Kelly Jones (born March 31 1964, in Fort Gordon, Georgia) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was ranked the World No. 1 men's doubles player in 1992. Jones played varsity tennis at Pepperdine University from 1982 to 1985, where he won the NCAA Division 1 doubles title in 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the US Olympic tennis team in 1984. Jones joined the professional tour in 1986. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1987 at Auckland.
- Tom Burnett
Thomas Edward Burnett (May 29, 1963 - September 11, 2001), was the vice president and COO of a Pleasanton, California, medical devices company, Thoratec Corporation. At the time of his death, Mr. Burnett resided in San Ramon, California. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson Senior High School in Bloomington, Minnesota in 1981 after leading the football team to the state semi-finals as their starting quarterback.
- Will Ohman
William McDaniel Ohman (born August 13, 1977 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Chicago Cubs. Ohman made his major league debut in 2000 and also pitched in 2001, but had elbow surgery in 2002, and recovered from it in the 2002-2003 seasons. In 2004 he pitched for the minor league Iowa Cubs and in the following offseason, he was added to the 40-man roster.
- Todd Russell Platts
Todd Russell Platts (b. March 5, 1962) is a politician from the state of Pennsylvania, currently representing the state's 19th Congressional district in the U.S. House since 2001. Platts was born in York, Pennsylvania and he graduated from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and the Pepperdine University School of Law. Platts began his career as an elected official when he was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1992.
- Michael F. Adams
Michael F. Adams (B.A., speech and history, David Lipscomb College, 1970; M.A., communication research methodologies, Ohio State University, 1971; Ph.D., political communication, Ohio State University, 1973) is the president of the University of Georgia. Adams began his career in education as faculty at Ohio State University 1973-1975. He later served as vice president for university affairs at Pepperdine University 1982-1988.
- Clayton Snyder
Clayton Travis Snyder (born September 9, 1987) is an American actor who played Ethan Craft in "Lizzie McGuire" and "The Lizzie McGuire Movie", where he starred alongside Hilary Duff (with whom he had a hot-and-cold relationship off the set), Adam Lamberg, Ashlie Brillault,Lalaine, and Jake Thomas Snyder was born in Los Angeles, California to Glenda Pack and Steve Snyder. He has two older brothers, Devin and Doug, …
- Batsell Baxter
Batsell Baxter (1886 Sherman, Texas - 1956 Nashville, Tennessee) was one of the most important leaders and educators in the Church of Christ in the first half of the 20th Century. He received his early education from David Lipscomb and James A. Harding at the Nashville Bible School (later known as David Lipscomb College). He also obtained degrees from Abilene Christian College (B.A.), University of Southern California (M.A., …