List of San Jose State University people

The following is a list of notable persons (students, alumni, faculty or academic affiliates) associated with San José State University, located in the American city of San Jose, California.

Notable alumni

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Academia

• Bettina Aptheker — author, professor, political activist[1]
• Marshall Drummond — former chancellor, California Community College System[2]
• Harry Edwards — Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley; author of The Revolt of the Black Athlete[3]
• Mary Lyons — President, University of San Diego[4]
• Henry Suzzallo — former president, University of Washington[5]
• Jennifer Wilby — Director of the Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull[6]
• Hamza Yusuf — Islamic scholar[7]

Artists and musicians

• Amber Aguirre — American ceramic sculptor[8]
• Bernd Behr — artist[9]
• Mary Blair — artist and illustrator who helped create Disney's Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953)[2]
• Lindsey Buckingham — musician best known for Fleetwood Mac (attended SJSU, but did not graduate)[10]
• Doug Clifford — rock drummer best known for his work as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival[11]
• Stu Cook — bass guitarist best known for his work with Creedence Clearwater Revival (attended SJSU, but did not graduate)[11]
• Irene Dalis — New York Metropolitan Opera star and founder of Opera San Jose[12]
• Allan Graham — visual artist (studied at SJSU; graduated from University of New Mexico)[13]
• Robert Graham — internationally acclaimed sculptor whose work includes the Olympic Gateway in Los Angeles (attended SJSU before transferring to San Francisco Art Institute)[2]
• Tom Johnston — rock guitarist and vocalist best known for his work as a founding member of The Doobie Brothers[14]
• Paul Kantner — rock guitarist best known for his work as a founding member of Jefferson Airplane[14]
• David Kuraoka — ceramic artist[15]
• Sal Maccarone — nationally acclaimed woodworker and sculptor whose work includes "The Spirit of Tenaya" in Yosemite National Park [2]
• Bryan "Brain" Mantia — drummer, Primus, Guns N' Roses, Tom Waits, Buckethead[16]
• Ann Millikan — musician and composer[17]
• Stevie Nicks — musician best known for Fleetwood Mac [18]
• Larry Norman — Christian rock musician, singer and songwriter; founding member of the '60s rock band People! (attended SJSU, but did not graduate)[19]
• Fred H. Roster — sculptor[20]
• Patrick Simmons — rock guitarist and vocalist best known for his work as a founding member of The Doobie Brothers[21]
• Gordon Smedt – pop artist and painter (studied graphic design and illustration at SJSU from 1982–1984; graduated from Art Center College of Design)[22]
• Wayne Thiebaud — painter (studied at SJSU from 1949–1950; graduated from Sacramento State University)
• Cal Tjader — Grammy Award-winning jazz musician (studied at SJSU; graduated from San Francisco State University)[23]
• Michael Whelan — artist and illustrator specializing in imaginative realism; Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee[24]

Authors

• Lorna Dee Cervantes — poet, Pulitzer Prize nominee[2]
• William J. Craddock — novelist, author of Be Not Content and Twilight Candelabra[25]
• Carmen Giménez Smith — poet, American Book Award winner[26]
• James D. Houston  — co-author of Farewell to Manzanar; author of Continental Drift, Snow Mountain Passage, and others; Lurie Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at SJSU in Spring 2006[27]
• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston — co-author of Farewell to Manzanar[28]
• Jayne Ann Krentz — New York Times bestselling author[29]
• Ella Leffland — novelist (Rumors of Peace) and short story writer (Last Courtesies and Other Stories)[30]
• Edwin Markham — poet[2]
• Patricia A. McKillip — novelist[31]
• Sandra McPherson — poet[2]
• Robert Scoble — blogger, author, and social media pioneer[32]
• Amy Tan — novelist; author of The Joy Luck Club[2]

Aviation

• Jason Dahl — airline pilot and United Airlines Flight 93 captain who died in the September 11 attacks[33]

Business

• Terry Alderete — businesswoman[34]
• Helder Antunes — Senior Director, Cisco Systems; Chairman of the Board, OpenFog Consortium
• James F. Boccardo — trial lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist[35]
• Finis Conner — founder, Conner Peripherals and co-founder of Seagate Technology[36]
• Ron Conway — angel investor, co-founder and former CEO of Altos Computer Systems[37]
• Robert Frankenberg — former CEO, Novell[38]
• Carl Guardino — President and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group[39]
• Omid Kordestani — Senior Vice President, Google[2]
• Brian Krzanich — CEO, CDK Global and former CEO, Intel Corporation[36][40]
• Jenny Ming — CEO, Charlotte Russe; former CEO of Old Navy[41]
• Gordon Moore — co-founder, Intel Corporation (studied two years at SJSU; graduated from U.C. Berkeley)[2]
• Louis Nguyen — Chairman and CEO, Saigon Asset Management[42]
• Ed Oates — co-founder, Oracle Corporation[2]
• Daniel R. Scoggin — founder and CEO, TGI Fridays
• Mike Sinyard — founder and CEO, Specialized Bicycle Components[43]
• James E. Thompson — founder and chairman, Crown Worldwide Group[44]

Film, theatre, and TV

• Coby Bell — actor; best known for his role as NYPD officer Tyrone Davis, Jr. on the NBC drama Third Watch[45]
• Danny Lee Clark  — actor, writer and producer; played Nitro on American Gladiators[46]
• Rosanna DeSoto  film actress, best for her role of Connie Valenzuela in the 1987 film La Bamba
• Debrah Farentino — film and television actress; model (attended SJSU; transferred to UCLA)[47]
• Jerry Juhl — head writer and producer for The Muppets and Fraggle Rock[2]
• Omar Benson Miller — actor[2]
• Steve Silver — founder of Beach Blanket Babylon, a popular cabaret show in San Francisco[2]
• Kurtwood Smith — actor, best known for the role of Red Forman on That '70s Show[48]
• The Smothers Brothers — comedians[2]
• Bobbi Starr — pornographic actress[49]
• Luis Valdez — playwright and director[2]Grant Brisbee
• Yousef Erakat — Actor, Comedian, Vlogger [2]

Journalism

• Chauncey Bailey — Oakland Post editor-in-chief; murdered in 2007[50]
• Grant Brisbee — San Francisco Giants writer for The Athletic[51]
• Kim Komenich — photojournalist, filmmaker and teacher; Pulitzer Prize winner (1987)[52]
• John Kouns — photojournalist during the Civil Rights Movement
• Tony Kovaleski — broadcast journalist (KNTV-TV); multiple Emmy awards; winner of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award (2010)[53]
• Steve Lopez — newspaper columnist, Los Angeles Times; novelist[54]
• Dave Meltzer —editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter[55]
• Anacleto Rapping — photojournalist and teacher; three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
• Steve Starr — photojournalist; Pulitzer Prize winner (1970)[56]
• Julie Tilsner, journalist for Businessweek
• David Willman — reporter; Pulitzer Prize winner (2001)[2]

Miscellaneous

• Christopher Darden — prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder case[57]
• Dirk Dirksen — godfather of San Francisco punk; tour manager for The Doors, Iron Butterfly, The Supremes and Ray Charles; owner of the Mabuhay Gardens punk club in San Francisco (attended SJSU, but did not graduate)[58]
• Rob Janoff — creator of the Apple logo
• Harry W. Jenkins — Major General, U.S. Marine Corps[59]
• Jessica McClintock — fashion designer[2]
• Anthony Poshepny, aka Tony Poe — legendary CIA paramilitary officer[60]
• Edward Soriano — Lieutenant General, United States Army;[61] As of April 2009, highest ranking Filipino American in the United States military[62]

Politics and government

• Richard C. Baldwin — Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court[63]
• James T. Beall Jr. — California Assemblyman, 24th district, and former Santa Clara County Supervisor[2]
• Lee P. Brown — former Mayor of Houston; former Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy[2]
• Ben Nighthorse Campbell — former U.S. Senator from Colorado[2]
• Albert E. Carter — former U.S. Congressman[2]
• David C. Casas  — former mayor of Los Altos and Los Altos city council member[64]
• Cindy Chavez — former member of San Jose City Council and former vice mayor of San Jose[2]
• Judy Chirco  — San José City councilmember, District 9[2]
• Carole Ward Allen  — former BART board director, District 4; former Oakland port commissioner[2]
• William Clark, Jr. — former U.S. Ambassador to India[65]
• Michael Deaver — Deputy White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan[2]
• Robert Doerr — former Mayor of San Jose, California (1956–1958)[66]
• Paul Fong — California Assemblyman, 22nd district[67]
• Robert "Bob" Foster — Mayor of Long Beach, California; former President, Southern California Edison; former CSU Trustee[2]
• Mike Honda — U.S. Representative from California[2]
• Lou Henry Hoover — former First Lady of the United States[2]
• Johnny Khamis — Councilmember on the San Jose City Council[68]
• Linda J. LeZotte  — San Jose City councilmember, District 1[2]
• Gus Morrison — Mayor of Fremont, California (1985–1989; 1994–2004; since January 2012)[69]
• Gaylord Nelson — former U.S. Senator; Governor of Wisconsin; founder of Earth Day[2]
• Lyn Nofziger — White House advisor to presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan[2]
• Ed Rollins — National Campaign Director for Reagan–Bush (1984) and Mike Huckabee (2007); regular guest political analyst on CNN (attended SJSU; graduated from CSU Chico)[2]
• Jim Silva — California State Assemblyman; former mayor of Huntington Beach[70]
• Laurie Smith — Sheriff, Santa Clara County; first female county sheriff in the history of the state of California[2]
• Fernando Torres-Gil — first assistant secretary for aging at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Clinton Administration; associate dean of the School of Public Affairs at UCLA[2]
• Joe Trippi — presidential campaign manager for Howard Dean (2004)[71]
• Sim Tze Tzin — Malaysian politician[72]
• Kent Wiedemann — former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia[73]
• Ken Yeager — politician, member of Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

Science and technology

• Barbara Bekins – hydrologist and Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering[74]
• Daniel W. Bradley — co-discoverer of Hepatitis C[75]
• Ray Dolby — engineer, founder of Dolby Laboratories (studied two years at SJSU; graduated from Stanford University)[2]
• Dian Fossey — ethologist and gorilla expert[2]
• Charles Ginsburg — engineer, inventor of the videocassette recorder; National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee[76]
• Jan Koum — Ukrainian entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of WhatsApp; managing director at Facebook, Inc. (attended SJSU, but did not graduate)[77]
• Gordon Moore — scientist, author of Moore's Law[2]
• Roger Wakimoto — atmospheric scientist, tornado expert, director of NCAR and NSF[78]

Sports

Baseball

• Jeff Ball — former Major League Baseball player, San Francisco Giants[79]
• Aaron Bates — Major League Baseball player, Boston Red Sox[79]
• Mike Brown — former Major League Baseball player, California Angels and Pittsburgh Pirates[79]
• Ken Caminiti — former Major League Baseball player, Houston Astros et al.[79]
• Anthony Chavez — former Major League Baseball player, California Angels[79]
• Chris Codiroli — former Major League Baseball player, Oakland Athletics[79]
• Kevin Frandsen  — Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies[79]
• Gary Hughes — former Major League Baseball assistant coach, Chicago Cubs[79]
• Pat Hughes — play-by-play radio broadcaster for Chicago Cubs[79]
• Jason Jimenez — former Major League Baseball player, Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays[79]
• Randy Johnson — former Major League Baseball player, Atlanta Braves[79]
• Brad Kilby — Major League Baseball player, Oakland Athletics[79]
• Hal Kolstad — former Major League Baseball player, Boston Red Sox[79]
• Mark Langston — former Major League Baseball player, Seattle Mariners, California Angels, et al.[79]
• Larry Lintz — former Major League Baseball player, Montreal Expos et al.[79]
• John Oldham — former Major League Baseball player, Cincinnati Reds[79]
• Jason Simontacchi — former Major League Baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals[79]
• Anthony Telford — former Major League Baseball player, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, et al.[79]
• Carlos Torres — Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox[79]

Basketball

• Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean)  — former NBA player (Sacramento Kings)[2]
• Ricky Berry — former NBA player (Sacramento Kings)[80]
• Coby Dietrick — former NBA player (San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors)[80]
• Dick Groves — former NBA player (San Diego Rockets)[80]
• Darnell "Dr. Dunk" Hillman — former NBA player (Indiana Pacers, New Jersey Nets et al.)[80]
• Ed Hughes — former BAA player (Washington Capitols)[80]
• Stu Inman — former NBA player and coach (Chicago Stags, Portland Trail Blazers, et al.)[80]
• Wally Rank — former NBA player (San Diego Clippers)[80]
• Sid Williams — former NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers)[80]

Football

• Courtney Anderson — former NFL tight end, Atlanta Falcons and Oakland Raiders[81]
• Stacey Bailey — former NFL wide receiver, Atlanta Falcons[82]
• Keith Birlem — former SJSU quarterback, NFL player, member of San Jose State Hall of Fame
• Kim Bokamper — former NFL linebacker, Miami Dolphins[82]
• John Broussard — NFL wide receiver, Jacksonville Jaguars[82]
• Gill Byrd — former NFL defensive back, San Diego Chargers; two NFL Pro Bowl appearances[82]
• Jim Cadile — former NFL guard, Chicago Bears[82]
• Sheldon Canley — former NFL running back, San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets[83]
• Matt Castelo — former NFL linebacker, Seattle Seahawks; former CFL linebacker, Hamilton Tiger-cats[84]
• Steve Clarkson — nationally renowned quarterbacks coach; founder of Steve Clarkson Dreammaker quarterback camp[85]
• Sherman Cocroft — former NFL defensive back, Kansas City Chiefs[82]
• Clarence Cunningham — former AFL wide receiver, defensive back, running back, and kick returner; former AF2 starter, Stockton Lightning; IFL free safety, Catania Elephants[86]
• Neal Dahlen — former SJSU quarterback, NFL manager and scout; holds the record for the most earned Super Bowl rings at seven[87]
• Rashied Davis — NFL wide receiver, Chicago Bears[88]
• Yonus Davis — CFL running back, BC Lions[89]
• Steve DeBerg — former NFL quarterback, Dallas Cowboys[82]
• David Diaz-Infante — former NFL and CFL offensive guard, San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles, and Sacramento Gold Miners[81]
• Oscar Donahue — former NFL wide receiver, Minnesota Vikings[81]
• Terry Donahue — UCLA head football coach; College Football Hall of Fame inductee (attended SJSU for one year)[90]
• Leon Donohue, former NFL offensive lineman, San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys[82]
• Carl Ekern — former NFL linebacker, Los Angeles Rams; one NFL Pro Bowl appearance[82]
• David Fales -NFL quarterback, New York Jets[82]
• Mervyn Fernandez —former NFL wide receiver, Los Angeles Raiders[82]
• Coye Francies  — NFL defensive back, Cleveland Browns[81]
• Jeff Garcia — NFL quarterback, San Francisco 49ers et al.; four NFL Pro Bowl appearances[82]
• Trestin George — CFL defensive back, BC Lions[91]
• Jarron Gilbert – NFL defensive tackle, Chicago Bears[82]
• Charlie Harraway — former NFL running back, Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns[82]
• Paul Held — former NFL quarterback, Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers[82]
• Willie Heston — former SJSU halfback; College Football Hall of Fame inductee (attended SJSU from 1898–1900; graduated from University of Michigan)[92]
• James Hodgins — former NFL fullback, St. Louis Rams et al.[82]
• Duke Ihenacho — NFL safety, Denver Broncos[82]
• Johnny Johnson — former NFL running back, New York Jets; one NFL Pro Bowl appearance; consensus choice for Rookie of the Year (1990)[82]
• Cody Jones — NFL defensive tackle, Los Angeles Rams; one NFL Pro Bowl appearance[82]
• James Jones — NFL wide receiver, Oakland Raiders[82]
• Rick Kane — former NFL running back, Detroit Lions[82]
• Bob Ladouceur — among winningest high school football coaches in U.S. history; coached De La Salle High Spartans to 151 consecutive wins from 1992–2003[93]
• Bill Leavy — NFL referee; officiated Super Bowl XL
• Dwight Lowery — NFL defensive back, New York Jets and two-time All-American at SJSU[82]
• Joe Nedney — NFL kicker, San Francisco 49ers[88]
• William Yaw Obeng — Arena Football League lineman, San Jose Sabercats
• Chris Owens — NFL defensive back, Atlanta Falcons[81]
• Tom Petitthome — former AFL player, San Jose Sabercats
• Art Powell — NFL wide receiver, Oakland Raiders; Raiders' 7th all-time leading receiver[82]
• Waylon Prather — former NFL punter, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals[94]
• Jim Psaltis — former NFL defensive back[95]
• David Richmond — NFL wide receiver, Cincinnati Bengals
• Scott Rislov — AFL quarterback, San Jose Sabercats
• Al Saunders — former NFL head coach for the San Diego Chargers[96]
• Rufus Skillern — CFL and NFL wide receiver, BC Lions and Baltimore Ravens
• Gerald Small — former NFL defensive back, Miami Dolphins[82]
• Carl Sullivan — former NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers[82]
• Adam Tafralis — CFL quarterback, Hamilton Tiger-Cats[97]
• Tyson Thompson —NFL kick returner, Dallas Cowboys[82]
• Bob Titchenal — former NFL linebacker, Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Dons; one Pro Bowl appearance; former head football coach, University of New Mexico and SJSU[82]
• Paul Varelans  - retired professional MMA fighter formerly with the UFC[98]
• Dick Vermeil — NFL head coach; winning coach, Super Bowl XXXIV[2][99]
• Bill Walsh — NFL head coach; winning coach, Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XIX, and Super Bowl XXIII; Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee[2][100]
• Gerald Willhite — former NFL running back, Denver Broncos[82]
• Billy Wilson — former NFL receiver, San Francisco 49ers; six NFL Pro Bowl appearances[82]
• Louis Wright — former NFL defensive back, Denver Broncos; 1st round NFL draft pick; five NFL Pro Bowl appearances[82]
• Roy Zimmerman — former NFL quarterback, Washington Redskins; one Pro Bowl appearance[82]

Golf

• Ron Cerrudo — PGA golfer and tour winner[79]
• Bob Eastwood — PGA golfer and tour winner[79]
• Pat Hurst — LPGA golfer and tour winner; #16 on the all-time LPGA money list[2]
• Juli Inkster — LPGA golfer; two-time U.S. Women's Open winner (1999 and 2002); #4 on the all-time LPGA money list[2]
• Mark Lye — PGA golfer and tour winner[79]
• Roger Maltbie — PGA golfer and tour winner[79]
• Janice Moodie — LPGA golfer and tour winner[101]
• Arron Oberholser — PGA golfer; AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am winner (2006)[102]
• Patty Sheehan — LPGA golfer; two-time U.S. Women's Open winner (1992 and 1994)[2]
• Ken Venturi — PGA golfer; 1964 U.S. Open winner and Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year"[2]
• Mark Wiebe — PGA golfer and tour winner[79]

Olympic Games

• Charles Adkins — 1952 Olympian (boxing); gold medalist[103]
• Kevin Asano — 1988 Olympian (judo); silver medalist; USA Judo Hall of Fame inductee[103]
• Bob Berland — 1984 Olympian (judo); silver medalist[103]
• Felix Böhni — 1980 and 84 Olympian (pole vault)
• Colton Brown — 2016 Olympian (judo)[104]
• Ed Burke — 1964 and 1968 Olympian (track and field),[103] U.S.A. Flagbearer at the 1984 Opening Ceremonies in Los Angeles
• Ben Nighthorse Campbell — 1964 Olympian (judo)[103]
• Robin Campbell — 1984 Olympian (track and field – 800 metres)[105]
• John Carlos — 1968 Olympian (track and field – 200 meters); bronze medalist; best known for giving raised fist salute from the medalist's podium during the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City[103]
• Jim Doehring — 1992 Olympian (track and field – shot put); silver medalist[103]
• Lee Evans — 1968 Olympian (track and field – 4x400 meters and 400 meters); two-time gold medalist and world record holder[103]
• Jeff Fishback — 1964 Olympian (track and field)[103]
• George Haines — swim coach for seven U.S. Olympic teams; head swim coach at UCLA and Stanford University[2]
• Mike Hernandez — 1972 Olympian (soccer)[103]
• Mitch Ivey — 1968 and 1972 Olympian (swimming); silver and bronze medalist[103]
• Margaret Jenkins — 1928 Olympian (track and field)[103]
• Marti Malloy — 2012 Olympian (judo); bronze medalist[103]
• Ray Norton — 1960 Olympian (track and field)[103]
• Christos Papanikolaou — 1968 Olympian (track and field – pole vault); world record holder (first man over 18 feet)[106]
• John Powell — 1976 and 1984 Olympian (track and field – discus); two-time bronze medalist[103]
• Raju Rai — 2008 Olympian (men's singles badminton)
• Ronnie Ray Smith — 1968 Olympian (track and field athlete – 4 × 100 meters); gold medalist and world record holder[103]
• Tommie Smith — 1968 Olympian (track and field athlete – 200 meters); gold medalist; best known for giving raised fist salute from the medalist's podium during the 1968 Summer Olympic Games[103]
• Willie Steele —1948 Olympian (track and field – long jump); gold medalist[103]
• Jill Sudduth — 1996 Olympian (synchronized swimming): gold medalist[103]
• Mike Swain — 1988 Olympian (judo); bronze medalist; first American male to win the World Judo Championships[103]
• Lynn Vidali — 1968 and 1972 Olympian (swimming); silver and bronze medalist[103]
• Jim Zylker — 1972 Olympian (soccer)[103]

Other

• Isai Alvarado — professional Super Smash Bros. player[107]
• Joey Chestnut — competitive eater; world record holder[108]
• Krazy George Henderson — professional cheerleader and self-proclaimed inventor of the audience wave[109]
• Ryan Suarez — former MLS soccer player (Los Angeles Galaxy and Dallas Burn)[110]
• Yoshihiro Uchida — head coach, SJSU judo team; team coach, 1964 U.S. Olympic judo team; instrumental in developing organized intercollegiate judo competition in the U.S.[2]
• Peter Ueberroth — Major League Baseball Commissioner (1984 –1989); U.S. Olympic Committee chair; Time magazine's "Man of the Year"[2]
• Justin Willis — professional Mixed Martial Artist, current UFC Heavyweight[111]

Faculty and staff

• James J. Asher — Professor Emeritus of psychology; inventor of Total Physical Response (TPR)[112]
• Dwight Bentel — driving force behind the development of the SJSU School of Journalism and Mass Communications[113]
• Elbert Botts — former chemistry professor; California Department of Transportation employee; inventor of Botts dots[114]
• Celia Correas de Zapata — former Spanish professor; world expert on Latin American women's fiction; widely published author[115]
• Paul Douglass — English professor; renowned literary scholar; winner of the 2007 Elma Dangerfield award for his publication of new and original work related to the life and times of the poet Lord Byron; [116]
• Daniel Goldston — mathematics professor; developed breakthrough methods for proving there are arbitrarily large primes that are unusually close together[117]
• Lou Harrison — former composer-in-residence; world-renowned composer[118]
• Fred Iltis — Holocaust emigre and entomologist
• Jessica Mitford — former sociology professor; renowned muckraking journalist; author of The American Way of Death[119]
• Bruce Ogilvie — psychology professor; renowned sports psychologist[120]
• Rudy Rucker — former computer science professor; renowned science fiction author; often credited as a founding father of cyberpunk[121]
• Frederick Spratt  — art professor (1956–1989) and art department chair; known for his Color Theory paintings; founder of the Frederick Spratt Gallery in San Jose[122]
• Shelby Steele — former English professor; writer; documentary filmmaker; author of The Content of our Character; Emmy Award winner; National Book Critics Circle Award winner[123]
• Allen Strange — Professor Emeritus of music; renowned musician and composer; author of Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls, a key text on modular analog synthesis; author of other texts on modern music practices[124]
• Lloyd (Bud) Winter — track coach; produced over 100 All-Americans and nine Olympians at SJSU; coached SJSU track team to two NCAA national titles; National Track and Field Hall of Fame inductee; author of So You Want to be a Sprinter[125]

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