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Tommie Smith (left), ‘05 Honorary Doctorate, Dr. Harry Edwards, ’64 Sociology, ’16 Honorary Doctorate and John Carlos, ‘69 Social 科学, ‘05 Honorary Doctorate gathered at 菠菜网lol正规平台 in 2018 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Olympics.

Distinguished Alumni

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玛丽布莱尔

‘31 Fine Arts - San José State College
Artist, graphic designer and illustrator who helped create Disney's Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953).

Ben Nighthorse.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

‘57 Physical 教育 and Fine Arts 
Former Colorado senator (1993-2005), first Native American in the U.S. Senate, member of first US Olympic judo team (1964).

查尔斯W. 戴维森.

查尔斯W. "Chuck" 戴维森

‘57 工程, ‘14 Honorary Doctorate
Bay Area home builder, founding chair of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 Tower Foundation, 查尔斯W. 戴维森 College of 工程 named after him.

Lou (Henry) Hoover.

Lou Henry Hoover

1893, Teaching credential from San José State Normal School
First lady to Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. 总统.

Titus Kaphar.

Titus Kaphar

‘01 Art/Pictorial Arts
Artist, recipient of 2018 MacArthur Fellow, art graced June 4, 2020 cover of Time 杂志.

Kim Komenich.

Kim Komenich

‘79 Journalism/Photojournalism
1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the fall of Ferdinand Marcos.

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珍妮明

‘77 首页 Economics, Honorary Doctorate ‘12
Former president, Old Navy; Board Member, Levi Strauss & Co.

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爱德华一个. “Ed”欧茨

‘68 Mathematics
Co-founder of Oracle.

谭恩美.

谭恩美

‘73 English and Linguistics 
Novelist, author of The Joy Luck Club, The B一个setter's Daughter, and The Opposite 命运的.

Yosh田.

Yosh田

‘47 Biological 科学, ‘04 Honorary Doctorate
菠菜网lol正规平台 judo coach, coached first US Olympic judo team in 1964, entrepreneur.

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Peter Ueberroth

'59 业务
Former Major League Baseball Commissi一个r; head of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; Time Man of the Year for 1984.

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比尔·沃尔什

‘54 Physical 教育, MA ‘58 Physical 教育
1993 Pro Football Hall of Fame; former head coach and general manager/vice president of the San Francisco 49ers; former head coach of Stanford football team.