Notable alumni List of Claremont Graduate University people

1 notable alumni

1.1 government, politics, , international organizations
1.2 academia , science
1.3 business , industry
1.4 fine arts
1.5 literature , performing arts
1.6 religion
1.7 others

notable alumni
government, politics, , international organizations

gerald w. bush (ma 1959) - director of training far east; special assistant first director of peace corps, sargent shriver; professor @ brandeis university
stephen cambone (ph.d. 1982) - first u.s. under secretary of defense intelligence
william a. cohen (ma/ph.d. 1978/79) - president of institute of leader arts; instructor @ university of southern california , cgu; major general, u.s. air force
enid h. douglass (ma 1959) - city council member; mayor of claremont, california 1982-1986; oral historian
david dreier (ma 1976) - republican member of u.s. house of representatives representing california s 26th congressional district.
mansour farhang (ph.d. 1980) - former iranian ambassador united nations; professor in international relations
frank farner (ma/ph.d. 1957/60) - administrator of graduate scholarship program , principal human resources economist, world bank; founding president, federal city college
jonathan d. farrar (ma) - chief of mission of united states interests section in havana, cuba
kenneth j. hagan (ph.d. 1970), american naval historian
steven f. hayward (ph.d./ma) - author, political commentator, aei policy scholar
teresa patterson hughes (ph.d. 1973) - professor of education @ california state university, los angeles; california state assembly member (1975–1992); california state senator (1993–2000)
sherry bebitch jeffe (ph.d. 1980) - senior fellow @ university of southern california , political analyst
susan m. leeson (ph.d. 1971) - associate justice of oregon supreme court
ronald f. lehman (ph.d. 1975) - director of center global security research, lawrence livermore national laboratory; director of u.s. arms control , disarmament agency; assistant secretary of defense international security policy; department of state s u.s. chief negotiator on (start i); , deputy assistant president national security affairs
mary parker lewis (ma) - political consultant
philippe maystadt (ma 1973) - former belgian minister economic affairs, minister of finance, , deputy prime minister current president of european investment bank, luxembourg, belgium
brian mcgowan, (ph.d./ma) - deputy assistant secretary of commerce
paul o neill (ma in economics, 1961) - united states secretary of treasury; chairman of rand corporation
susan orr (ph.d. 92) - head of office of population affairs , united states children s bureau
verne orr (ph.d. 2005) - 14th secretary of air force
robert reilly (ma 1978) - director, voice of america
terry t. saario (ph.d. 1970) - special assistant president carter s assistant women s affairs; deputy assistant secretary in department of education; program officer of ford foundation
peter w. schramm (ph.d. 1981) - professor of political science; executive director of ashbrook center public affairs
jack scott (ph.d. 1970) - california state senator; chancellor, california community colleges
jerry silverman (ph.d. 1967) - regional manager , principal institutional development specialist, world bank
miguel hakim simón (ph.d. 1988) - former mexican deputy foreign minister (as title under-secretary in mexico); secretary ibero-american cooperation of segib; coordinator of international affairs , migrant protection government of state of puebla
michael uhlmann (ph.d. 78) - visiting professor of government in department of politics , policy @ claremont graduate university , claremont mckenna college; assistant attorney general in gerald ford administration; special assistant president ronald reagan
jerry voorhis (ma) - democratic house of representatives california
diane watson (ph.d. 1988) - member of u.s. house of representatives representing california s 33rd congressional district.
panpree pahitranukorn (th:ปานปรีย์ พหิทธานุกร) (ph.d. in public administration) - former thai trade representative, thailand s ex-deputy commerce minister, board member of ptt public company limited
abdulla yameen - president of maldives, elected in 2013

academia , science

joyce appleby (ph.d. 1966) - historian @ ucla; president of organization of american historians , american historical association
josé aybar (ph.d. 1978) - president of richard j. daley college
sacvan bercovitch (ph.d. 1965) - americanist, literary , cultural critic; powell m. cabot research professor @ harvard university; visiting faculty member @ school of criticism , theory @ dartmouth college
angelo codevilla (ph.d. 1973) - professor emeritus of international relations @ pardee school of global studies, boston university
david cordray (ph.d. 1979) - professor of public policy , psychology @ vanderbilt university; has worked u.s. congress
nicholas cummings (ma) - psychologist , former president of american psychological association
jack cuzick (ph.d. 1974) - john snow professor of epidemiology @ wolfson institute, queen mary university of london
stephen t. davis (ph.d.) - philosopher, claremont mckenna college
jacqueline powers doud (ph.d. 1976) - president of mount st. mary s college
william n. dunn (ma/ph.d. 1966/69) - associate dean , professor, graduate school of public , international affairs, university of pittsburgh
john c. eastman (ph.d.) - donald p. kennedy chair in law , former dean @ chapman university school of law; politician
david h. french (ma 1940) - anthropologist , linguist
edmond haddad (ph.d. 1982) - president, middle east university in beirut, lebanon
donald hossler (ph.d. 1979) - vice chancellor , professor, indiana university
arthur janov (ph.d. in psychology) - psychologist, psychotherapist, , creator of primal therapy
robert erwin johnson (ph.d. 1956) - professor of history , considered 1 of finest scholars of nineteenth century u.s. navy , u.s. coast guard
david keirsey (ph.d. 1967) - psychologist
robert e. kennedy (ph.d.) - president of california polytechnic state university
marjorie dean lewis (ph.d. 1992) - president of cypress college
earl maize (ma/ph.d. 1977/81) - deputy program manager , manager spacecraft operations cassini-huygens mission saturn @ nasa s jet propulsion laboratory, pasadena, ca
munir mandviwalla (ph.d. 1995) - founding chair, department of mis, temple university
christopher manfredi (ph.d. 1987) - dean of faculty of arts , professor of political science @ mcgill university in montreal
eugene s. mills (ph.d. 1952) - president, university of new hampshire, 1974-79
warren montag (m.a. 1981, ph.d. 1989) - brown family professor in literature , english, occidental college
carlos muñoz, jr. (ph.d. 1973) - professor emeritus, ethnic studies, university of california, berkeley
vincent phillip muñoz (ph.d. 2001) - associate professor, political science, university of notre dame
franklin patterson - first president of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts
tomas j. philipson (m.a. 1985) - daniel levin chair in public policy @ university of chicago
césar piña (ms 1987) - director of information sciences institute’s metal oxide semiconductor implementation service (mosis), university of southern california
margaret r. preska (ph.d. 1969) - president, minnesota state university, mankato (1979–92); ceo , provost, immanuel kant state university of russia (1998–99)
judy b. rosener (ph.d. 1979) - professor, university of california, irvine
kathleen ross (ph.d.) - founding president of heritage university
mark rupert (ph.d 1987) - professor , chair, political science, syracuse university
daniel scoggin (ph.d.) - founding ceo, great hearts academies
f. jay taylor (ma 1950) - president of louisiana tech university in ruston, 1962-1987
laurence thompson (ma 1947) - usc professor of east asian/taiwanese languages , cultures
william van cleave (ma/ph.d. 1965/67) - advisor president ronald reagan, department of defense, , department of state; founder of program of defense , strategic studies @ university of southern california , missouri state university
donald v. weatherman (ph.d) - president, lyon college
eileen wilson-oyelaran (ph.d. 1977) - president of kalamazoo college

business , industry

min-shun diana chen (mba 1997) - chairperson/ceo, taipei world financial center (taipei 101)
michael crooke (ph.d., 2008) - professor of strategy pepperdine university , university of oregon, former navy seal, ceo of patagonia, inc. (1999-2006)
hashim djojohadikusumo - indonesian entrepreneur
nabeel gareeb, former ceo of memc electronic materials, inc.; sixth highest paid ceo in 2007 (with salary of $79.6 million)
rajiv dutta (mba 1982) - president of skype , paypal
charles c. emery (ma/ph.d. 1990/94) - senior vice president , chief information officer horizon blue cross blue shield of new jersey
j. michael fay (ph.d. 1974) - president , founder of claremont financial group, inc.
harold gault (ma/ph.d. 1968/75) - director of contracts @ l-3 communications ocean systems
sandy lerner (ma 1977) - co-founder, cisco systems; founder, urban decay cosmetics
ahmed m. metwalli (ma 1987) - president , chief operating officer, aerospace products international, inc.; former vice president of international operations, lockheed martin corporation
subramanyam murthy (ph.d. 1995) - chief information officer, quicklogic

fine arts

bas jan ader (ma 1967) - dutch conceptual artist, filmmaker, performance artist, , photographer
lewis baltz (ma 1971) - visual artist; professor photography @ european graduate school in saas-fee, switzerland
bennett bean (ma 1966) - ceramic artist
karl benjamin (ma 1960) - painter of vibrant geometric abstractions
greg colson (mfa 1980) - artist best known wall sculptures constructed of salvaged materials
kim dingle - contemporary artist working in paint, sculpture , installation
john frame (mfa 80) - sculptor, photographer, composer , filmmaker
william hemmerdinger (mfa 1975, ph.d.) - artist, writer, gallery owner, educator
ferne jacobs (mfa) - fiber artist , basket-maker
mary martz (ph.d. 1980) - director @ los angeles county museum of art
james strombotne (ma 1959) - painter
james turrell (ma 1973) - installation artist concerned light , space
claire van vliet (ma) - fine artist, illustrator , typographer
laura myntti (mfa 2017) - fine artist, painter

literature , performing arts

luis aguilar-monsalve - author , professor
ashleigh brilliant (ma 1958) - author , syndicated cartoonist
ian fowles (ma 2008) - musician , author
daniel lewis (ma 1951) - orchestral conductor , pedagogue; professor emeritus @ university of southern california
suzanne muchnic (mfa 1963) - art critic , art writer los angeles times; lecturer on art history , criticism @ cgu , university of southern california
edith pattou (ma 1979) - author
rachel pollack (ma) - science fiction author; comic book writer; expert on divinatory tarot
benjamin saltman (ph.d. 1967) - poet, professor of verse writing , contemporary american literature
michael shermer (ph.d. in history of science 1991) - founding publisher of skeptic magazine; monthly columnist scientific american; author of why darwin matters, science of , evil, , why people believe weird things
cornelius cole smith, jr. (ph.d.) - author, military historian , illustrator

religion

bhikkhu bodhi (ph.d. 1972) (civilian name jeffrey block) - buddhist monk, translator of important works in pāli canon, president , editor of buddhist publication society, chairman of yin sun foundation, chairperson of buddhist global relief
craig a. evans (ma/ph.d.) - theologian acadia divinity college
david ray griffin (ph.d. 1970) - professor of philosophy of religion , theology
nancy r. howell (ma/ph.d.) - professor of theology , philosophy of religion
marvin meyer (ph.d. 1979) - griset professor of bible , christian studies, chapman university
george f. regas (ph. d. 1972) - rector emeritus, saints episcopal church, pasadena, california
deepak shimkhada - adjunct professor, board of visitors of school of religion

others

carol baker tharp (ph.d. 2003)
john g. west (ph.d. 1992) - senior fellow @ seattle-based discovery institute; associate director , vice president public policy , legal affairs of center science , culture
bomani jones (ma 2006) - sports writer , commentator espn radio s right time.




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