- Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.
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- Chea Sim
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- Beth Edmonds
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- Manny Villar
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- James Metzen
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- Richard Baker
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- John Garamendi
A fast track medical school plan was presented by Lt. Gov. John Garamendi last month. Without a lower-cost alternative, Garamendi said it was likely the Merced medical school would be delayed and perhaps never opened at all as the state's budget crisis mounts. Garamendi is also an ex-officio member of the Board of Regents; his son, John Garamendi Jr . , works as the vice chancellor for University Relations at UC Merced.
- John Kitzhaber
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- Ellen Gracie Northfleet
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- Robert McClelland
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- Ted Gatsas
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- Alan Lasee
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- Nwafor Orizu
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- Alberto Cabero
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- Alfred Delbello
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- Taito Waqavakatoga
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- Pedro Opazo
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- Stan Lundine
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- Herman Stump
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- Burton M. Cross
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- Kinijoji Maivalili
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- Inoke Takiveikata
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- Michael J. Williams
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- Nathaniel M. Haskell
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- Horace A. Hildreth
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- Harry Johnston
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- Lansdale Sasscer
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- John Grant Chapman
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- Tevita Vakalalabure
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- Melvin Steinberg
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- Aaron Burr Jr.
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- Garret Hobart
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- Henry Wallace
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- Edmond Mansoor
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- Brad Owen
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- Joseph R. Distefano
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- Bill Ratliff
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- Nicholas Russel
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- Ezekiel A. Straw
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- Henning Scherf
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