- 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. - 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 - Yakhouba Diawara
Yakhouba Diawara (born August 29 1982 in Paris) is a French professional basketball player currently with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.<br> He is 6 ft 7 in and 225 lbs (102.1 kg). Stared his carreer with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first season as pro went college, first at Junior College of Southern Idaho and after two years transfered to Pepperdine. He went undrafted after graduating from Pepperdine and signed with JDA Dijon again. - Alva Duer
Alva O. Duer was a college basketball coach and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and United States Olympic Committee administrator and is a member of the NAIA and Basketball Halls of Fame. He went to Stafford High School in Stafford, Kansas and was captain of the basketball team all four years he attended. He graduated from high school in 1923. He coached college basketball at Pepperdine College (Los Angeles, CA) from 1939-1948. - 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. - Jennifer Lacy
Jennifer Lacy (born March 21 1983) is a professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Lacy graduated from Agoura Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California in 2001. She played college basketball at Pepperdine, although she was recruited by Arizona, California, UC Santa Barbara, and Washington. She joined the WNBA in 2006. She is 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. Lacy's father, Lee Lacy, is a former Major League Baseball player. - Glenn Bassett
Glenn Bassett was an American tennis player in the mid-20th century who later would be one of the most successful college tennis coaches of all time. Bassett was the co-captain (with Herb Flam) of the University of California at Los Angeles tennis team that won the NCAA championship 1950. Also that year, he won the singles title at the Cincinnati Masters, defeating Hamilton Richardson, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the final. - 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. - Dennis Johnson
Dennis Johnson (September 18 1954 - February 22 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player and coach. - 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), … - 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. - 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. - 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. - Eliot Teltscher
Eliot Teltscher (born March 15, 1959, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California) is a right-handed former tennis player from the United States. Teltscher reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 7, 1982, when he became World # 6. - 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. - Les Baxter
Les Baxter was an American musician and composer. Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular music as a singer. At the age of 23 he joined Mel Tormé's Mel-Tones, singing on Artie Shaw records such as "What Is This Thing Called Love". - Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA) is a self-titled writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician. He is married to author Tananarive Due. The couple live in Los Angeles. Barnes has a daughter, Lauren Nicole (born March 16, 1986) from his first marriage and a son, Jason, from his current marriage. Mr. Barnes has had a varied education, including a secondary education at Los Angeles High School. - 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. - Sam Schmidt
Sam Schmidt (born August 15, 1964 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is a former Indy Racing League driver and current IRL and Indy Pro Series team owner. After graduating from Pepperdine University, he became a successful businessman, eventually purchasing his father's parts company in 1989 at the age of 25. He raced at a competitive amateur level, supported by his business income, but dreamed of someday driving in the Indianapolis 500. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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, … - 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, … - Dwayne Polee
Dwayne L. Polee (born March 2 1963, in Los Angeles, California) is an American former professional basketball player. He graduated from Pepperdine University in 1986. Polee originally attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas after graduating from Manual Arts High School in 1982. He played in one game for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers during the 1986-87 season. Polee, a 6-5 swingman, was the 1981 Los Angeles player of the year at Manual Arts. - 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. - Parvin Darabi
Dr. Parvin Darabi is an Iranian born American activist, writer and an internationally recognized defender of women’s rights. She studied at California State University Northridge, University of Southern California and Pepperdine University, and California Coast University. Parvin worked as an electronic systems engineer, program manager, company president, and engineering consultant until 1994. From 1985-1990 she owned and operated her own Company PT enterprises, … - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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). - Andrew Sznajder
Andrew Sznajder (pronounced: shnigh-der) (born May 25, 1967 in Preston, Lancashire) is a former Canadian professional tour tennis player. A native of Oakville, Ontario, Sznajder achieved a career-high singles ranking of World # 46 in September 1989. - Tony Adams
Tony Adams was an Irish film producer and theatrical producer. He produced six "The Pink Panther" films, "10" and "Victor/Victoria", the latter for stage and screen. He was born Anthony Patrick Adams in Dublin, Ireland and attended the Eblana Avenue Christian Brothers Secondary school in his native town, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. There, at the age of 16, he was the Chief Reporter and co-founder of the school magazine, ARK. - 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. - 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., … - 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. - Anthony Frederick
Anthony Frederick (born December 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, California - May 29, 2003) was an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the 6th round (133rd overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft. A 6'7" forward from Santa Monica College and Pepperdine University, Frederick played in three NBA seasons. He played for the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Hornets. - Austin Peralta
Austin Peralta (born October 25, 1990 -) is a musician and composer, son of the legendary Z-Boy skateboarder and award winning film director Stacy Peralta. He is a piano player, devoted to music from his very young years when he started taking piano lessons at age 6, and continued his music studies with Eleanor Lindboe and Sara Banta at Pepperdine University. When talking about influences, he refers to John Coltrane, Chopin, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, and Kenny Garrett. - 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 - Theodore Kanavas
Theodore "Ted" Kanavas (born April 29, 1961) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the state's thirty-third district. He is a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Kanavas was raised in Brookfield, Wisconsin and graduated from Brookfield East High School. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1983. While attending the school, Kanavas worked as an aide to Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner.
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