LACC: More Notable Alumni

Economics

• Lawrence Klein, Ph.D., economist, Nobel Prize recipient in Economics

Entrepreneurs

• Gene Bramson, real estate investor
• John Hope Bryant (AKA John Bryant Smith), founder of Bryant Group Companies
• John Crean, founder of Fleetwood Enterprises
• Brian Edwards, founder of ETI
• Steven Lebowitz, business executive and philanthropist
• Leonard Roth, investment consultant
• Harry D. Schultz, investment advisor
• Steven Markoff, educator and businessman
• Richard Pink, attorney, MBA
• Harvey Englander, Political Consultant

• Pete Arbogast, radio announcer
• Murray Fromson, broadcast journalist
• Herbert G. Klein, newspaper executive
• Paul Olden, radio announcer
• Leonard Probst, drama critic
• Ted Sobel, sports journalist
• Tony Valdez, broadcast journalist
• Clifton W. Winston, KJLH 102.3 FM Radio Air Personality

• Florence Avognon, 2012 California Teacher of the Year
• James Williams, Ph.D., Community College District Chancellor; Community College President
• Joseph A. Bagnall, educator, author, writer, producer, and documentarian
• Lowell Bean, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology and author
• Edward Diller, educator and author
• Jack Ericson Eblen, Ph.D., Professor of History and author
• Maulana (Ron) Karenga, Ph.D., Professor of Black Studies, activist and founder of Kwanzaa
• Simon Karlinsky, Ph.D., Professor of Slavic languages and literature, author
• Margaret Martin, Ph.D., Harmony Project Founder and Recipient of President’s Citizens Medal
• Michael Schreiber, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Communications, author and fitness expert
• Dr. Rosalyn S. Heyman, Educator and Philanthropist

Performance

• Bob Arbogast, radio broadcaster and voice actor
• Alan Arkin, actor, Academy Award ® recipient
• Billy Barty, actor and founder, Little People of America
• Brenda Benet, actor
• Barbara Billingsley, actor
• Tommy “Butch” Bond, actor
• Sufe Bradshaw, actress
• Albert Brooks, actor, comedian and director
• Charles D. Brooks, III, actor, director and playwright
• Diana Canova, actor
• Ralph Carter, actor
• Dean Chekvala, actor
• James Coburn, actor, Academy Award ® recipient
• Clint Eastwood, actor; producer, Academy Award ® recipient; director
• Mike Evans, actor
• Laurence Fishburne, actor
• Al Freeman, Jr., actor, Emmy ®
• Morgan Freeman, actor, Academy Award® recipient;
• Don Grady, actor
• Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, actor, Tony Award ® recipient
• Deidre Hall, actor
• Mark Hamill, actor
• Earl Hammond, actor, voice actor
• Michael Harris, actor
• Linda Hart, actor
• Allen “Farina” Hoskins, actor
• Jackie Joseph, actor
• Margaret Kerry, actor
• Sally Kellerman, actor, Academy Award® nominee
• Shin Koyamada, actor, martial artist
• Wallace Langham, actor
• Ruta Lee, actor
• Tony Maggio, actor
• Whitman Mayo, actor
• Angela McEwan, actor
• James Mitchell, actor and dancer
• Dickie Moore, actor
• Wayne Morris, actor, WWII ace
• Shelley Morrison, actor
• Stephen Nichols, actor
• Jeanette Nolan, actor
• Hugh O’Brian, actor, Golden Globe Award ® recipient
• Edward Padilla, actor
• Rosie Perez, actor and choreographer
• Donna Reed, actor, Academy Award ® recipient
• Maggie Roswell, actor
• Alexis Smith, actor, Tony Award ® recipient
• Louise Sorel, actor
• Roy Thinnes, actor
• Irene Tsu, actor
• Robert Vaughn, actor, Emmy ® Award recipient
• Stuart Whitman, actor
• Cindy Williams, actor and producer
• Esther Williams, actor, Golden Globe Award ® recipient
• Mykelti Williamson, actor
• Paul Winfield, actor, Emmy ® Award recipient
• Jo Anne Worley, actor
• Aron Kader, comedian
• Victoria Vetri, actress and model
• Don Grady, actor
• Alex Henteloff, actor
• Celia Kaye, actress
• Mira del Sol, actress, entrepreneur, civic-leader, philanthropist
• Joseph Stern, actor
• Irene Tsu, actor
• David White, actor
• Tony Young, actor
• Elliot Lewis, actor and director

Production

• Ray Aghayan, costume designer, Emmy ® Award recipient
• Rudy Behlmer, director and author
• True Boardman, screenwriter and actor
• Dan Bootzin, film editor, Emmy ® Award recipient
• Lee Broda, producer
• Charles Burnett, director and writer
• Charles Campbell, sound engineer, Academy Award ® recipient
• Victor DuBois, editor, Emmy ® Award nominee
• Robert Elswit, cinematographer, Academy Award ® recipient
• F. Gary Gray, director and producer
• Maggie Greenwald, director and writer
• Nick Grippo, caterer and author
• Ray Harryhausen, producer, director and special effects artist; special Academy Award ® recipient
• Albert Hughes, director, producer, screenwriter
• Bruce Kimmel, director, producer, writer, actor and composer
• Mimi Leder, director, Emmy ® Award recipient
• Michael Lembeck, director, Emmy ® Award recipient; actor
• William McCloud, camera operator, Emmy ® Award recipient
• John Milius, screenwriter, producer and director
• Karen Moncrieff, director
• Sharon Oreck, producer and author
• Gene Roddenberry, producer and screenwriter
• Tarsem Singh, director
• Gary Stockdale, composer for television shows
• Kevin Tent, editor, Academy Award ® nominee
• José Quintero, director
• Zev Buffman, Broadway producer
• Tamra Davis, producer
• Ron Ellis, Academy Award winning filmmaker

Art

• Don Bachardy, artist
• Billy Al Bengston, painter and sculptor
• Dianne Dillon, illustrator
• Melvin Edwards, sculptor
• Cristian Gheorghiu, contemporary artist and painter
• Jason Laure, photographer and author
• John Lees, artist and painter
• Evangeline Juliet Montgomery, print-maker, metal smith and weaver
• Ruth Orkin, photographer and filmmaker
• John Riddle, commercial artist, sculptor and painter
• Hisako Terasaki, artist and etcher
• H.C. Westermann, printmaker and sculptor
• Robert Williams, painter and cartoonist
• Kerry James Marshall, artist
• Daniel Marlos, LACC Visual and Media Arts Vice Chair
• Doyle Lane, ceramist

Dance

• Alvin Ailey, dancer and choreographer
• Maria Bermudez, Flamenco dancer
• Janet Collins, ballerina

Design

• Frank Gehry, architect, Pritzker Architecture Prize recipient
• Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer

Music

• David Alpert, musician
• Roy Ayers, jazz musician
• Chesney Henry “Chet” Baker, Jr., trumpeter and vocalist
• Robert Bradley, blues musician
• Stanley K. Burell aka M.C. Hammer, R&B musician
• Jose “Pepe” Carlos, accordionist and requinto, Grammy ® recipient
• Eric Dolphy, jazz musician
• Jean Fenn, opera singer
• Bob Florence, composer, band leader and educator
• Don Friedman, jazz pianist
• Jerry Goldsmith, composer, Academy Award ® recipient
• Irene “DJ Irene” Gutierrez, electronic music DJ
• Marisol Hernandez, singer, Grammy ® recipient
• Earl Kim, composer
• Leon Kirchner, composer
• Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, songwriters and Hall of Fame producers, Grammy ® recipients
• George London, opera singer and administrator
• Lebo M, composer
• Les McCann, jazz pianist and singer
• Charles Mingus, jazz musician
• Lennie Niehaus, composer
• Marnie Nixon, vocalist
• Odetta, folk singer
• Dianne Reeves, jazz singer, Grammy ® recipient
• Howard Rumsey, jazz musician
• Robin Russell, drummer
• Russ Titelman, music producer, Grammy ® recipient; songwriter
• Jack Sheldon, jazz musician
• Leonard Slatkin, conductor, National Medal of Arts recipient
• John Williams, composer, Academy Award ® recipient
• La Monte Young, composer
• Pamela Courson, singer
• Herb Geller, jazz musician
• David Liebe Hart, outsider musician, street performer, artist, actor, puppeteer
• Florence LaRue, leader singer of “The 5th Dimension”
• Howard Leese, rock musician and producer
• Ed Thigpen, jazz drummer
• Michele Zukovsky, principal and solo clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Photography

• Kenneth E. Washington

Writing

• Byron Barton, author and illustrator
• Kurt Boone, author and poet
• Charles Bukowski, poet and author
• Ed Bullins, playwright, Obie Award recipient
• Carlos Casteneda, author
• Alvaro Cardona-Hine, poet, composer and author
• Joanne de Longchamps, poet and artist
• Charles Eastman, playwright and screenwriter
• Charles Gordone, playwright, Pulitzer Prize recipient; actor, Obie Award recipient; director
• Jim Harmon, author and producer
• Michael S. Harper, poet, former Poet Laureate of Rhode Island
• Bryan Malessa, author
• Diane Redfield Massie, author and illustrator
• Terry McMillan, author
• David Meltzer, poet, musician and educator
• Alejandro Murguía, poet, current Poet Laureate of San Francisco
• Pat Parker, poet and activist
• Carolyn See, Ph.D., author and educator
• Justin Tanner, playwright
• Quincy Troupe, poet; former Poet Laureate of California
• Leonard Buschel, writer and substance abuse counselor

• Lula Ballton, lawyer and professor
• John Branca, entertainment attorney
• Albert L. Gordon, lawyer and gay rights advocate
• Howard Weitzman, entertainment attorney

Armed Forces

• Lieutenant Susan Ahn Cuddy, U.S. Navy, First Asian-American Female Navy Officer, First Female gunnery officer, WWII
• Joseph A. Czyzyk, U.S. Navy Veteran and Aviation Executive
• Major General Eugene L. Hudson (Ret.), U. S. Air Force
• Lieutenant General Herbert R. Temple, Jr (Ret.), Chief of the National Guard Bureau

Elected Officials

• The Honorable Jo Anne Darcy, Santa Clarita Mayor and City Council member (Ret.)
• Hal Bernson, Los Angeles City Council member
• Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles City Council member
• Louis R. Nowell, Los Angeles City Council member (former)
• Bernard C. Parks, Los Angeles City Council member and former Chief of Police
• Arthur K. Snyder, Los Angeles City Council member, lawyer
• The Honorable Diane E. Watson, Member of Congress
• Howard Caldwell, City Manager of Compton, CA

Judiciary

• The Honorable Lourdes Baird, U. S. District Court (Ret.)
• The Honorable Leo Holt, Cook County (IL) Circuit Court (Ret.)
• The Honorable Vaino Hassan Spencer

Nonprofit

• Ruben Hernandez, founder, Unification of Disabled Latin Americans

• Sheik Qazi Asad, LAPD chaplain
• Robert Sirico, Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Acton Institute

Aerospace

• Dean Chapman, Ph.D., NASA, Director of Astronautics
• Jovita Jenkins, software designer for missile, communications and space systems
• Robert Leighton, Ph.D., Astrophysicist, Rumsford Prize and James Craig Watson Medal Recipient
• Seymour ‘Sy’ Liebergot, former NASA Flight Controller during the Apollo program

Chemistry

• Thomas Bruice, Ph.D., research bioorganic chemist, professor and author
• Starling Trimble, B.S., industrial chemist and patent holder
• Fred Wudl, Ph.D., research chemist, professor and author

Environmental

• Eugene Coan, Ph.D., environmental scientist and author

Hematology and Radiobiology

• Eugene Cronkite, M.D., research hematologist, professor and author

Horticulture

• Barbara Joe Hoshizaki, M.S., horticulturist, educator and author

Physics

• Lawrence Johnston, Ph.D., physicist

Baseball

• Don Buford, major league baseball player
• Larry Demery, major league baseball player
• Dennis Gilbert, LACC Hall of Fame baseball inductee, sports agent and entrepreneur
• Terry Humphrey, major league baseball player
• Kevin Millar, major league baseball player, sports journalist
• Ken Rudolph, major league baseball player
• Emmet Ashford, umpire

Basketball

• Larry Friend, professional basketball player
• Rico Harris, former Harlem Globetrotter

Football

• Don Bishop, professional football player
• Ron Botchan, football coach
• Milt Davis, professional football player
• Vince Evans, professional football player
• Reggie Haynes, professional football player
• Woodley Lewis, professional football player
• Raymond May, professional football player
• Willie Williams, football player
• Michael Douglass, professional football player
• Rod Martin, former all-pro player for the Oakland Raiders
• Harry Thompson, football player

Track

• Jeff Williams, sprinter

Wrestling

• Jose “Pepper” Gomez, professional wrestler and bodybuilder