Pepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's 830 acres (335.9 ha) campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, near Malibu, is the location for Seaver College, the School of Law, the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, the Graziadio School of Business and Management, and the School of Public Policy. Courses are taught in Malibu, at six graduate campuses in southern California

Southern California

Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...

, and at international campuses in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, Italy

Italy

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, China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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, and Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

.

Early years

In February 1937, against the backdrop of the Great Depression

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...

, George Pepperdine founded the university as a Christian liberal arts college in the city of Los Angeles. On September 21, 1937, 167 new students from 22 different states and two other countries entered classes on a newly built campus on 34 acres (13.8 ha) at West 79th Street and South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles, referred to later as the Vermont Avenue campus. By April 6, 1938, George Pepperdine College was fully accredited by the Northwest Association.

Pepperdine had built a fortune founding and developing the Western Auto Supply Company

Western Auto

Western Auto Supply Company was a specialty retail chain of stores that supplied automobile parts and accessories. It operated approximately 1200 stores across the United States. It was started in 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri, by George Pepperdine, who later founded Pepperdine University...

, which he started with a $5 investment, but his prosperity led to his greater ambition to discover "how humanity can be helped most with the means entrusted to [his] care. [He] consider it wrong to build up a great fortune and use it selfishly." Mr. Pepperdine voiced his twofold objective for the college that bore his name, "First, we want to provide first-class, fully accredited academic training in the liberal arts ... Secondly, we are especially dedicated to a greater goal—that of building in the student a Christ-like life, a love for the church, and a passion for the souls of mankind."

Move to Malibu

By the 1960s, the young college faced serious problems. The area around the Vermont Avenue campus developed issues with crime and urban decay; tensions also arose due to the Civil Rights Movement

African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)

The African-American Civil Rights Movement refers to the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring voting rights to them. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1955 and 1968, particularly in the South...

 and attempts to circumvent it such as California Proposition 14, which challenged federal fair housing

Fair housing

In the United States, the fair housing policies date largely from the 1960s. Originally, the terms fair housing and open housing came from a political movement of the time to outlaw discrimination in the rental or purchase of homes and a broad range of other housing-related transactions, such as...

 laws. The situation exploded in the 1965 Watts Riots

Watts Riots

The Watts Riots or the Watts Rebellion was a civil disturbance in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California from August 11 to August 15, 1965. The 5-day riot resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, and 3,438 arrests...

. In 1969 activists in the Watts area threatened to burn down the campus; however, they were talked out of it after all-night negotiations by then-President M. Norvel Young. In addition, the Vermont Avenue campus was running out of room to expand.

In 1967, the school put forth a multi-campus idea that would move the undergraduate campus to an alternative location; a committee formed and looked at numerous locations, including sites in Valencia, Orange County

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

, Ventura County

Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It is located on California's Pacific coast. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country...

 and Westlake Village. Pepperdine favored the Westlake Village location until the Adamson-Rindge family, who owned hundreds of acres in Malibu, offered 138 acres (55.8 ha) of Malibu land; despite concerns over building costs on the mountainous site, the school decided to move forward based on its prime location and potential for raising donation. On April 13, 1971, the university broke ground to commence construction and in September 1972 the Malibu campus opened for student enrollment.

(The old Pepperdine University campus was sold to Crenshaw Christian Center

Crenshaw Christian Center

The Crenshaw Christian Center is a ministry in South Los Angeles, California, founded by pastor Frederick K. C. Price. It is located on the site of the old Pepperdine University campus, which was sold to Crenshaw Christian Center. Price, oversaw construction of the "FaithDome" on the site, the...

, whose pastor, Frederick K.C. Price, then oversaw construction of the "FaithDome," the largest domed-church in the United States, seating over 10,000).

School of Law

Pepperdine gained university status in 1971 when the school of law

Pepperdine University School of Law

The Pepperdine University School of Law is a law school located on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.The school placed 54th among the nation's "Top 100" law schools according to the 2011 U.S. News and World Report rankings and is the third highest ranked law school in...

 was added and the business and education departments became separate schools. In the 1980s, Pepperdine rose to prominence as one of the United States' leading centers of conservative

Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...

 politics, attracting many conservative-leaning professors from nearby UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

 and USC

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

. Prominent conservatives on the Pepperdine faculty have included Bruce Herschensohn

Bruce Herschensohn

Stanley Bruce Herschensohn is an American political commentator and senior fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy in Malibu, California....

, Ben Stein

Ben Stein

Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein is an American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...

, Kenneth Starr

Kenneth Starr

Kenneth Winston "Ken" Starr is an American lawyer and educational administrator who has also been a federal judge. He is best known for his investigation of figures during the Clinton administration....

, Arthur Laffer

Arthur Laffer

Arthur Betz Laffer is an American economist who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board . Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, an illustration of the theory that there exists some tax rate between 0% and 100% that will...

, Douglas Kmiec

Douglas Kmiec

Douglas W. Kmiec is an American legal scholar, author, and former U.S. ambassador. He is the Caruso Family Chair and Professor of Constitutional Law at Pepperdine University School of Law. Kmiec came to prominence during the United States presidential election, 2008 when, although a Republican, he...

, and Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes is an American historian, writer, and political commentator. He is the founder and director of the Middle East Forum and its Campus Watch project, and editor of its Middle East Quarterly journal...

.

Brushfires

In 1993 and 1996, massive brushfires threatened the campus with destruction, but firefighters succeeded in protecting almost all structures. On October 21, 2007, fast-moving wildfires forced campus residents to relocate and shelter in the Firestone Field house and Cafeteria, plus evacuations of local homes and businesses. Similarly, another November 2007 fire in Corral Canyon, accidentally set off by a group of Los Angeles youths, caused an evacuation of the Drescher Campus. However, most students were off-campus for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Campus

The main campus is located among several ridges that overlook the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

 and the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. The main campus entrance road ascends a steep, well-groomed grassy slope past a huge stylized cross, known as the Phillips Theme Tower, symbolizing the university's dedication to its original Christian mission. Most buildings were constructed in a typical 1980s-style reinterpretation of classic Californian and Mediterranean architecture

Mediterranean Revival Style architecture

The Mediterranean Revival was an eclectic design style that was first introduced in the United States about the end of the nineteenth century, and became popular during the 1920s and 1930s...

 (red tile roofs, white stuccoed walls, large tinted windows). There are views of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island

Santa Catalina Island, California

Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of the U.S. state of California. The island is long and across at its greatest width. The island is located about south-southwest of Los Angeles, California. The highest point on the island is...

, Palos Verdes Peninsula

Palos Verdes

Palos Verdes is a name often used to refer to a group of coastal cities in the Palos Verdes Hills on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, within southwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S...

, Long Beach

Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

 and the westside of Los Angeles from numerous points. Graduations take place at Alumni Park, a broad expanse of lawn overlooking Pacific Coast Highway and the Pacific Ocean. The main academic plaza for undergraduate programs of Seaver College lies just above Alumni Park and includes Stauffer Chapel, Tyler Campus Center, Payson Library, and the Ahmanson Fine Arts Center. Undergraduate housing and athletic facilities sit to the north/northwest of the academic complex. The Law School exists even higher above these areas. The central campus is surrounded by a loop road consisting of Seaver Drive, Huntsinger Circle, and John Tyler Drive. Banowsky Boulevard separates Alumni Park from the main academic complex and is named in honor of William S. Banowsky, the 4th president of Pepperdine.

Spur roads to the east of the central part of campus lead to faculty housing. To the northwest, Via Pacifica winds uphill to the Drescher Graduate Campus, completed in 2003 and home to the School of Public Policy, the Villa Graziadio conference center, as well as the fulltime programs of the Graziadio School of Business and Management and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Housing for graduate students, undergraduate honors students, and faculty are also located here.

Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art

Recent noteworthy exhibitions in the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art include:


Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist. During the 1960s his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City and along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist and others he became a leading figure in the new art movement...

: January - March, 2011


David Gallup: Channel Islands: May 2011

Graduate campuses

The Graziadio School of Business and Management

Graziadio School of Business and Management

The Graziadio School of Business and Management, or more commonly, the Graziadio School, is the graduate business program at Pepperdine University. It is one of the largest graduate business schools in Southern California, and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business...

, School of Public Policy, and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology are headquartered in West Los Angeles

West Los Angeles (region)

The Los Angeles Westside is an urban region in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. It has no official definition, but, according to the Los Angeles Times, it comprises , encompassing 18 districts in the city of Los Angeles and two unincorporated neighborhoods, plus the cities of...

 at the Howard Hughes Center next to Interstate 405

Interstate 405 (California)

Interstate 405 is a major north–south Interstate Highway in Southern California. It is a bypass of Interstate 5, running along the western areas of the Greater Los Angeles Area from Irvine in the south to near San Fernando in the north...

. These two schools also offer programs at graduate campuses in Encino

Encino, Los Angeles, California

Encino is a hilly district of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. Specifically, it is located in the central portion of the southern San Fernando Valley and on the north slope of the Santa Monica Mountains...

, Irvine

Irvine, California

Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...

, Santa Clara

Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the...

, and Westlake Village

Westlake Village, California

Westlake Village is a planned community that straddles the Los Angeles and Ventura county line. The eastern portion is the incorporated city Westlake Village, located on the western edge of Los Angeles County, California. The city, located in the region known as the Conejo Valley, encompasses half...

. International programs of the University's various schools have taken place in London

London

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, Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

, Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

, Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...

, Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

.

Academics

Frank R. Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences

Seaver College is named for Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Seaver, the principal benefactors of Pepperdine's Malibu Campus. The college offers undergraduates a liberal arts education, and each candidate for a Bachelor's Degree must complete a series of general education courses crossing disciplinary lines. Seaver College students attend classes at the Malibu main campus and study abroad courses are offered at the University's permanent international campuses in Germany, England, China, Italy, Switzerland, and Buenos Aires. Rick Marrs is the current dean.

Seaver College comprises 8 divisions and offers 40 majors (listed below), as well as 37 minors:

Business Division:
Accounting
Business Administration
International Business

Communication Division:
Advertising
Integrated Marketing Communication
Journalism
Public Relations
Media Production
Communication

Fine Arts Division:
Art,
Art History,
Music,
Theatre Arts,
Theatre & Music,
Theatre & Media Production

Humanities and Teacher Education Division:
Creative Writing
English
Film Studies
History
Liberal Arts
Philosophy

International Studies and Languages Division:
French
German
Hispanic Studies
International Studies
Italian

Natural Science Division:
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science/Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Nutritional Science
Physics
Sports Medicine
Natural Science- Engineering 3/2 Program

Religion Division:
Religion

The Religion Division offers undergraduate and graduate education in ministry, administers a Center for Faith and Learning and an Office of Church Relations, and publishes Leaven: A Journal of Christian Ministry.

Social Science Division:
Economics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology

In addition, the college offers the following graduate degrees: Master of Arts in American studies, Master of Arts in Communication, Master of Science in Communication, Master of Arts in Religion, Master of Divinity, and Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Screen & Television. Seaver students can also earn both single-subject and multiple-subject teaching credentials.

Pepperdine has six international branch campuses located in Heidelberg, Germany; London, England; Florence, Italy; Lausanne, Switzerland; Shanghai, China; and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Graziadio School of Business and Management

Pepperdine University's George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management

Graziadio School of Business and Management

The Graziadio School of Business and Management, or more commonly, the Graziadio School, is the graduate business program at Pepperdine University. It is one of the largest graduate business schools in Southern California, and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business...

 enrolls approximately 2,000 students in its full-time and part-time degree programs. The school was founded in 1969, and has since graduated over 30,000 alumni. Dr. Linda Livingstone has served as dean since 2002. In 2011, US News ranked Pepperdine 75th out of 437 business programs in the United States.

School of Law

The Pepperdine University School of Law

Pepperdine University School of Law

The Pepperdine University School of Law is a law school located on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.The school placed 54th among the nation's "Top 100" law schools according to the 2011 U.S. News and World Report rankings and is the third highest ranked law school in...

 is located adjacent to the Seaver College Campus, and enrolls about 670 students who come from all parts of the country. It is fully approved by the American Bar Association

American Bar Association

The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...

 and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools

Association of American Law Schools

The Association of American Law Schools is a non-profit organization of 170 law schools in the United States. Another 25 schools are "non-member fee paid" schools, which are not members but choose to pay AALS dues. Its purpose is to improve the legal profession through the improvement of legal...

. The school of law recently has attained membership in the prestigious Order of the Coif

Order of the Coif

The Order of the Coif is an honor society for United States law school graduates. A student at an American law school who earns a Juris Doctor degree and graduates in the top 10 percent of his or her class is eligible for membership if the student's law school has a chapter of the...

. Pepperdine's Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution is consistently ranked as the number one dispute resolution program in the country, offering LL.M., master's and certificate programs. Some of its other newer degree offerings include the juris doctor/master of divinity in conjunction with Pepperdine's Seaver College. Other joint degree programs include the JD/MBA, JD/MPP, and JD/MDR. The school offers both a summer session and a fall semester in London, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. Thomas G. Bost is the interim dean.
The school placed 54th among the nation's "Top 100" law schools by the 2011 U.S. News and World Report rankings and is the third highest ranked law school in Southern California. It is known for its entertainment law

Entertainment law

Entertainment law or media law is a term for a mix of more traditional categories of law with a focus on providing legal services to the entertainment industry. The principal areas of Entertainment Law overlap substantially with the well-known and conventional field of intellectual property law...

, and also its dispute resolution program, which is currently ranked No. 1 in the nation.

Graduate School of Education and Psychology

With a focus on collaborative learning, leadership and academic excellence, the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) offers both masters and doctorate programs in education, educational technology, education administration, leadership, organizational change, organizational leadership, school counseling, psychology, and clinical psychology. Margaret Weber is the current dean.

School of Public Policy

Approximately 120 graduate students are enrolled in the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

Pepperdine School of Public Policy

The Pepperdine University School of Public Policy is a Master of Public Policy degree program, located in Malibu, California. It is one of five graduate schools at Pepperdine University with specializations in American politics, economics, international relations, and state and local policy.The...

, which offers a two-year masters of public policy degree. Not simply the study of government, public policy

Public policy

Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...

 is the study of how governments, non-profits, and even individuals and businesses address problems of public concern. Students specialize in economics, international relations, American politics, or local/regional policy in addition to their core studies and are required to complete a policy-related internship.

Joint degree programs include the MPP/Juris Doctor degree in conjunction with the School of Law

Pepperdine University School of Law

The Pepperdine University School of Law is a law school located on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.The school placed 54th among the nation's "Top 100" law schools according to the 2011 U.S. News and World Report rankings and is the third highest ranked law school in...

, the MPP/Masters of Dispute Resolution degree in conjunction with the School of Law's number one ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution  and the MPP/MBA degree in conjunction with the Graziadio School of Business and Management.

Notable faculty at the School of Public Policy include: Ted McAllister, James Q. Wilson

James Q. Wilson

James Q. Wilson is an American academic political scientist and an authority on public administration. He is a professor and senior fellow at the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College....

, James Prieger (Senior Economic Advisor, FCC), Joel Fox, Angela Hawken, Gordon Lloyd and Robert Kaufman.

Notable graduates include at least one former member of the Bush Administration: Eryn Witcher, Director of Television.

The current dean of the Public Policy School is James R. Wilburn.

Presidents

• Batsell Baxter
  Batsell Baxter
  Batsell Baxter was one of the most important leaders and educators in the Churches of Christ in the first half of the 20th century.-Biography:...
  
   (1937–39)
• Hugh M. Tiner (1939–57)
• M. Norvel Young (1957–71)
• William S. Banowsky (1971–78)
• Howard A. White (1978–85)
• David Davenport (1985–2000)
• Andrew K. Benton (2000–Present)

Athletics

Pepperdine University participates in the West Coast Conference

West Coast Conference

The West Coast Conference is an NCAA collegiate athletics conference consisting of nine member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington....

, a conference made up exclusively of religiously affiliated schools. Appropriate for its location adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, Pepperdine's teams are known as the Waves.

Pepperdine University was recently ranked by the Sears Cup

NACDA Director's Cup

The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics...

 as having the most successful athletic program for non-football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 Division I schools. (Stanford was ranked the most successful Division I athletic program with football.) Pepperdine University sponsors fourteen NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 Division I intercollegiate athletics teams: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, volleyball and water polo teams for men; and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis and volleyball for women. There are also a number of intercollegiate sports clubs such as men's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, surf team, Ultimate Frisbee and men's rugby.

Pepperdine's Men's Rugby

Rugby football

Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

 Team, despite the small size of the school, has enjoyed great success since it was first initiated in 1955. The recently storied 2010-2011 season is one their best seasons. Under the helm of Robert Joseph Ahola, the team went undefeated in the fall pre-season and established itself as a contender for the national tournament. During the spring cup season, The Waves lost only one controversial match to Cal State Fullerton, whom they had beaten earlier to become the 2011 Southern California Division 2 Champions. The team qualified for the national championships tournament in San Diego where they beat the top D2 school from Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 and nationally 9th ranked Rice University

Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...

 in the sweet 16. Despite not winning the national championship, The Waves finished among the top 8 at nationals--a first for the historic Rugby club.

NCAA Division I Team Championships:

• Baseball (1992)
• Men's Golf (1997)
• Men's Tennis (2006)
• Men's Volleyball (1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2005)
• Water Polo
  Water polo
  Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
  
   (1997)

NCAA Division I Individual Titles:

• Robbie Weiss
  Robbie Weiss
  Robbie Weiss is a former tour professional tennis player and NCAA Division 1 singles champion. The resident of Atlanta, GA achieved a career-high ATP ranking in singles of World No. 85, which he reached on the heels of winning his only ATP Tour event, the 1990 Sao Paulo Grand Prix...
  
   (1988 Tennis - Singles)
• Carlos Di Laura
  Carlos di Laura
  Carlos di Laura is a former tennis player from Peru.Di Laura participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics for his native country. The left-hander won three tour doubles titles during his profeesional career....
  
   & Kelly Jones (1985 Tennis - Doubles)
• Jerome Jones & Kelly Jones (1984 Tennis - Doubles)

Academia

• Michael Shermer
  Michael Shermer
  Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The Skeptics Society currently has over 55,000 members...
  
   (B.S., 1976) - Founder of The Skeptics Society
  The Skeptics Society
  The Skeptics Society is a nonprofit, member-supported organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience, superstition, and irrational beliefs. The Skeptics Society was originally founded as a Los Angeles-area skeptical group to replace the defunct...
  
  
• Christopher Chetsanga
  Christopher Chetsanga
  Christopher J Chetsanga is a preeminent Zimbabwean scientist.- Education :* 1965 obtained a BSc degree at the University of California and Pepperdine University in California, USA...
  
   (1965), Professor at University of Zimbabwe
  University of Zimbabwe
  The University of Zimbabwe in Harare, is the oldest and largest university in Zimbabwe. It was founded through a special relationship with the University of London and it opened its doors to its first students in 1952. The university has ten faculties offering a wide variety of degree programmes...
  
   that discovered two DNA repair enzymes
• Victoria Pynchon
  Victoria Pynchon
  Victoria "Vickie" Pynchon is an American lawyer, attorney mediator, author and writer based in Los Angeles.-Early years:Victoria Pynchon grew up in La Mesa in San Diego County, graduating from La Mesa Junior High School, where she was valedictorian, then graduating in 1970 from Helix High...
  
   (Master of Law, 2006) - Writer, lecturer, mediator, adjunct law professor at Pepperdine University School of Law
• Paul Egertson
  Paul Egertson
  Paul Wennes Egertson was Bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from 1995 to 2001 and served as a Senior Lecturer at the California Lutheran University.-Biography:...
  
   (B.A., 1955) - Senior Lecturer and Adjunct Professor of Religion at California Lutheran University
  California Lutheran University
  California Lutheran University is a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Thousand Oaks, California.-Mission statement:The University's mission statement is as follows:...
  
  
• Mike Aamodt
  Mike Aamodt
  Michael G. Aamodt is an American industrial and organizational psychology professor at Radford University who has published more than 50 professional journal articles and presented more than 100 papers at professional conferences....
  
   - industrial and organizational psychology
  Industrial and organizational psychology
  Industrial and organizational psychology is the scientific study of employees, workplaces, and organizations. Industrial and organizational psychologists contribute to an organization's success by improving the performance and well-being of its people...
  
   professor at Radford University
  Radford University
  Radford University is one of Virginia's eight doctoral-degree granting public universities. Originally founded in 1910, Radford offers comprehensive curricula for undergraduates in more than 100 fields, and graduate programs including the M.F.A., M.B.A...
  
  
• Michael A. O'Donnell
  Michael A. O'Donnell (author)
  Michael A. O'Donnell is an author, researcher, and international lecturer with a Ph.D. from Kansas State University and is best known for his Adolescent Wellness Research Project, co-conducted with family strengths scholar Nick Stinnett, Ph.D., a professor with the University of Alabama...
  
   (1976-77), Ph.D., author, and former Professor of Family Studies at Abilene Christian University
  Abilene Christian University
  Abilene Christian University is a private university located in Abilene, Texas, affiliated with Churches of Christ. ACU was founded in 1906, as Childers Classical Institute...
  
  

Business

• Neil Clark Warren
  Neil Clark Warren
  In promoting his books he has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Focus on the Family, The 700 Club, Geraldo, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.-External links:*, eHarmony.com....
  
   (1956) - Chairman and Co-Founder of eHarmony.com http://www.eharmony.com/about/team/board
• Rod Menzies
  Rod Menzies
  Rodney William "Rod" Menzies is an Australian entrepreneur. In 1969 he founded Menzies International, a private company, which is one of Australia's 500 most profitable private companies...
  
   (MBA, 1988) - entrepreneur
• Robert Tchenguiz
  Robert Tchenguiz
  Robert Tchenguiz, born 9 September 1960, and his older brother, Vincent Tchenguiz, are British businessmen.Vincent Tchenguiz, a British entrepreneur born in October 1956, is a native of Tehran. He hails from an Iraqi-Jewish background. His family left Iraq in 1948 and settled in Iran...
  
   (LL.B., 1982) - London-based Property Tycoon

Entertainment

• Lisa-Marie Kohrs - Miss World
  Miss World
  The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
  
   USA 2009
• Todd Matthew Burns - American film producer
• Marshall Colt
  Marshall Colt
  Marshall N. Colt is a marriage, family, and life enhancement therapist in San Diego, California, who was an actor of film and television from 1976 to 1995...
  
   - Actor, McClain's Law
  McClain's Law
  McClain's Law is an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC during the 1981-1982 season. New episodes ended on March 20, and rebroadcasts continued until August 24, 1982.-Summary:...
  
  ; later marriage and family therapist in San Diego
  San Diego, California
  San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
  
  
• Chace Crawford
  Chace Crawford
  Christopher Chace Crawford , better known as Chace Crawford, is an American actor. He currently portrays Nate Archibald on the CW television drama Gossip Girl.-Early life:...
  
   - Actor, Gossip Girl
  Gossip Girl
  Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
  
   (TV series)
• Kim Fields
  Kim Fields
  Kim Victoria Fields is an American actress and television director. She is known for her roles as Tootie Ramsey on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life, and as Regine Hunter on the Fox sitcom Living Single...
  
   (1995) - actress, U.S. TV sitcoms The Facts of Life
  The Facts of Life (TV series)
  The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious...
  
   and Living Single
  Living Single
  Living Single is an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 29, 1993 to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone.Throughout its run, Living...
  
  
• Kimberly Forsyth
  Kimberly Forsyth
  Kimberly Forsyth is a beauty queen from Cabot, Arkansas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Forsyth won the Miss Arkansas USA title in a state pageant held in Conway, Arkansas in late 2005...
  
   - Miss Arkansas USA
  Miss Arkansas USA
  The Miss Arkansas USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss USA pageant.The state pageant was directed by Premier Pageants from 2002 to 2007 before becoming part of the Vanbros organization in 2007...
  
   2006
• Madison Hildebrand
  Madison Hildebrand
  Madison Hildebrand is an American realtor and media personality specializing in the luxury real estate market located in Malibu, California. A broker with Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Hildebrand co-stars the Bravo television series Million Dollar Listing, alongside Josh Altman and Josh Flagg...
  
   - Star of Bravo Channel's "Million Dollar Listing
  Million Dollar Listing
  Million Dollar Listing is an American reality series that first aired on the Bravo television network. The show follows real estate agents based in Hollywood and Malibu, California selling high-end properties. The series, presented in one-hour episodes, gives viewers an inside look at the world of...
  
  "
• Darby Hinton
  Darby Hinton
  Darby Hinton is an American actor and filmmaker initially cast in commercials when he was six months old. From 1964–1970 he portrayed Israel Boone, a son of American pioneer Daniel Boone, on the NBC adventure series Daniel Boone, with Fess Parker in the title role...
  
   - Actor, Daniel Boone
  Daniel Boone (TV series)
  Daniel Boone is an American action/adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Native American friend, for the...
  
  
• Adam Housley
  Adam Housley
  Adam Housley joined Fox News Channel in 2001 as a Los Angeles-based correspondent.-Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami:...
  
   - Fox News Channel
  Fox News Channel
  Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
  
   Los Angeles correspondent, former Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   and Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
   baseball player
• Ashley Jones
  Ashley Jones
  Ashley Aubra Jones is an American actress. She is probably most recognized for her roles as Daphne on HBO's critically acclaimed drama True Blood, and as Dr...
  
   - American actress
• Montell Jordan
  Montell Jordan
  Montell Jordan is a former American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. Jordan became the main solo male artist on its Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003. Of his live performances it is often regarded that he is a rock oriented musician, with Jordan even going as far as to...
  
   - R&B recording artist famous for his hit 1990s single, "This is How We Do It"
• Tahj Mowry
  Tahj Mowry
  Tahj Dayton Mowry , is an American actor, dancer, and singer, mostly known for his role of T.J. Henderson on the hit sitcom Smart Guy and Wade on Kim Possible.-Personal life:...
  
   - Television actor best known for his role on the WB
  The WB Television Network
  The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
  
  's Smart Guy
• Tia Mowry
  Tia Mowry
  Tia Dashon Mowry-Hardrict is an American actress. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tia Landry on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister...
  
   - Television actress best known for her role on ABC and The WB's Sister, Sister
  Sister, Sister (TV series)
  Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom about identical twin girls Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell , who were separated and adopted at birth, when one day they come face-to-face after 14 years apart....
  
   and the BET's The Game
• Tamera Mowry
  Tamera Mowry
  Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley is an American actress. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister...
  
   - Television actress best known for her role on ABC's Sister, Sister
  Sister, Sister (TV series)
  Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom about identical twin girls Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell , who were separated and adopted at birth, when one day they come face-to-face after 14 years apart....
  
   and Lifetime Television's Strong Medicine
  Strong Medicine
  Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...
  
  
• Porntip Nakhirunkanok
  Porntip Nakhirunkanok
  Porntip Bui Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip Bui Simon is a Thai beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 1988. She became the second woman from Thailand to win the Miss Universe crown, the first being Apasra Hongsakula in 1965.-Biography:Nakhirunkanok was born in Chacheonsao, Thailand...
  
   - Miss Universe 1988
• Brandy Norwood
  Brandy Norwood
  Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu....
  
   - R&B artist and actress
• Eric Christian Olsen
  Eric Christian Olsen
  Eric Christian Olsen is an American actor. He currently portrays Detective Marty Deeks on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early life:...
  
   - American actor
• George Schlatter
  George Schlatter
  George Schlatter is an American television producer and director, best known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and founder of the American Comedy Awards....
  
   - Emmy-winning American television producer and director, best known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...
  
  
• Matt "Money" Smith - Southern California sports radio personality
• Clayton Snyder
  Clayton Snyder
  Clayton Travis Snyder is an American actor who played Ethan Craft in Lizzie McGuire and The Lizzie McGuire Movie, where he starred alongside Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Ashlie Brillault, Lalaine, and Jake Thomas.-Biography:...
  
   - Actor, on sitcom Lizzie McGuire
  Lizzie McGuire
  Lizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom which premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001 and ended February 14, 2004. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents...
  
  
• Bill Weir
  Bill Weir
  William Francis Weir is an American television journalist and co-anchor of Nightline on ABC. Before Nightline, he was a co-host of the weekend edition of Good Morning America from 2004 to 2010.-Career:...
  
   - Co-anchor of ABC News
  ABC News
  ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
  
   Nightline
  Nightline
  Nightline, or ABC News Nightline is a late-night news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. It airs weeknights, usually for 31 minutes. Created by Roone Arledge, the program featured Ted Koppel as its main...
  
  
• Les Baxter
  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...
  
   - Soundtrack and exotica composer
• Kelly Hu
  Kelly Hu
  Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress and former fashion model. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.-Early life:Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during...
  
   - Miss Teen USA 1985 and Actress
• Cami Edwards - Cast member, Laguna Beach'
• Brittany Dawn Brannon
  Brittany Dawn Brannon
  Brittany Dawn Brannon is a beauty pageant contestant and current Miss Arizona USA 2011. The pageant took place on November 21, 2010 at the Mesa Arts Center, Ikea Theater in Mesa, Arizona. She competed in the Miss USA 2011 pageant and placed in the Top 16...
  
   - Miss Teen America 2007
• D.J. Caruso - Film Director

Media

• Adam Housley
  Adam Housley
  Adam Housley joined Fox News Channel in 2001 as a Los Angeles-based correspondent.-Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami:...
  
   (B.A. 1994) -National Correspondent Fox News Channel, Emmy Winner
• Anna Song
  Anna Song (journalist)
  Anna Song Canzano is an American broadcast journalist who works at KATU-Television in Portland, Oregon. She previously worked at Los Angeles' ABC NewsOne and held an internship at KABC-TV in Los Angeles....
  
   (B.A., 1999) - KATU
  KATU
  KATU, virtual channel 2, also known as K2, is an ABC-affiliated television station broadcasting on digital channel 43 in Portland, Oregon, USA. It has been owned by Fisher Communications of Seattle, Washington, which has been the owner of the Seattle's ABC affiliate KOMO-TV, ever since it began...
  
   investigative reporter, weekend anchor (1999–present), 2007 Emmy for Human Interest News Series, 2007 Regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting.

Politics and Government

• Rod Blagojevich
  Rod Blagojevich
  Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...
  
   (J.D., 1983) - Former Governor of Illinois
  Illinois
  Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
  
  , 2003–2009
• Henry Burns
  Henry Burns
  Henry Lee Burns is a freshman Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 9 in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. He also owns and operates the Wooden Spoon bakery in Bossier City and is a thoroughbred owner and breeder...
  
  , (M.A.) - Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
  Louisiana State Legislature
  The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
  
   since January 14, 2008
• Talis Colberg (J.D., 1983) - Attorney General, State of Alaska
• James Hahn
  James Hahn
  James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn is an American politician. Hahn was elected the 40th Mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005, at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election...
  
   (J.D., 1975) - Los Angeles
  Los Ángeles
  Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
  
   Mayor, 2001–2005
• Janice Hahn
  Janice Hahn
  Janice Kay Hahn is the U.S. Representative from California's 36th congressional district and a member of the Democratic Party. She was previously a Los Angeles City Councilwoman representing the 15th district from 2001 to 2011...
  
   - U.S. Congresswoman from California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
  , since July 19, 2011
  California's 36th congressional district special election, 2011
  A 2011 special election in California's 36th congressional district filled the vacancy in California's 36th congressional district after the resignation of incumbent Jane Harman on February 28, 2011, who vacated her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to become head of the Woodrow Wilson...
  
  
• Theodore Kanavas
  Theodore Kanavas
  Theodore "Ted" Kanavas is an American politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the state's thirty-third district. He is a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin....
  
   - Wisconsin State Senator, 33rd District
• Joel Kleefisch
  Joel Kleefisch
  Joel Kleefisch is a Wisconsin politician and former television reporter. His wife, Rebecca Kleefisch, is also in state politics as the current Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin....
  
  , 1993, Wisconsin State Assembly
• Jami Miscik
  Jami Miscik
  Judith A. "Jami" Miscik rose from the analytic ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency to become Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Agency's seniormost analytic post. In 2005 she left CIA to become Global Head of Sovereign Risk for the now-bankrupt financial services firm Lehman Brothers....
  
   (1980) - Director of the Office of International Affairs, CIA
• Bernard C. Parks
  Bernard C. Parks
  Bernard C. Parks is an American politician. He is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles. He served as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from August 1997 to May 2002...
  
   - Los Angeles City Councilman, 8th District, former Los Angeles Police Chief
• Todd Russell Platts
  Todd Russell Platts
  Todd Russell Platts is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district is located in south-central Pennsylvania, encompassing all of York and Adams Counties, and a large portion of Cumberland County...
  
   (J.D., 1991) - U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  , 2001–Present
• Amb. Pierre-Richard Prosper
  Pierre-Richard Prosper
  Pierre-Richard Prosper is an American lawyer, prosecutor and former government official. He served as the second United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues under President George W...
  
   (J.D., 1989) - United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
• Robin Sax
  Robin Sax
  Robin Ann Sax is an author, legal analyst, victim advocate, radio host, and a former prosecutor for the State of California, County of Los Angeles and Riverside County District Attorney's Office.-Education:...
  
   {J.D., 1997}- Author, legal analyst, victim advocate, former prosecutor for Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
• Arthur K. Snyder
  Arthur K. Snyder
  Arthur K. Snyder, also known as Art Snyder, was a Los Angeles, California, City Council member between 1967 and 1985 and later engaged in a private law practice.-Biography:...
  
  , Los Angeles City Council member, 1967–85
• Michelle Park Steel
  Michelle Park Steel
  Michelle Eunjoo Park Steel is the Vice Chair of the California Board of Equalization, the Republican member representing the Board's 3rd District. She is currently the highest ranking Korean American officeholder in the United States....
  
   - Board Member, California Board of Equalization, 2006–Present

Sports

• Alex Acker
  Alex Acker
  Alex Maurice Acker is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for Le Mans in France....
  
   (2005) – Professional basketball player (2005–06; 2008–09 Detroit Pistons
  Detroit Pistons
  The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...
  
  , Los Angeles Clippers
  Los Angeles Clippers
  The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
  )
• Brandon Armstrong
  Brandon Armstrong
  Brandon Simone Armstrong is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA.He played college basketball at Pepperdine University, and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 23rd overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, but was traded, along with fellow Rockets draft picks Richard...
  
   (2001) – Former professional basketball player (2001–04; New Jersey Nets
  New Jersey Nets
  The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
  
  )
• Dain Blanton
  Dain Blanton
  Dain Blanton is an American beach volleyball player won the gold medal in Beach Volleyball in the 2000 Olympic Games, with partner Eric Fonoimoana. He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece with partner Jeff Nygaard, becoming the first and only two-time U.S...
  
   (1994) – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist in Beach Volleyball
• Paul Carroll
  Paul Carroll
  Paul Carroll was an American poet and the founder of the Poetry Center of Chicago. A professor for many years at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Professor Emeritus, his books include Poem in Its Skin and Odes. While a student, he was an editor of Chicago Review...
  
   (2009) – Australian Men's National Volleyball Team
• Doug Christie
  Doug Christie (basketball)
  Douglas Dale Christie is a retired American basketball player.-Early life:Christie is the son of John Malone and Norma Christie...
  
   (1992) – Retired professional basketball player (1992–2007; Los Angeles Lakers
  Los Angeles Lakers
  The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
  
  , New York Knicks
  New York Knicks
  The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
  
  , Toronto Raptors
  Toronto Raptors
  The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...
  
  , Sacramento Kings
  Sacramento Kings
  The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
  , Orlando Magic
  Orlando Magic
  The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...
  
  , Dallas Mavericks
  Dallas Mavericks
  The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association , and the reigning NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.According to a 2011...
  
   & Los Angeles Clippers
  Los Angeles Clippers
  The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
  )
• Ricardo Brown
  Ricardo Brown
  Ricardo Brown is a Cuban-born television journalist who lives in Miami, Florida.Currently, he hosts El Factor Brown, a nightly news commentary hourly show broadcast by WGEN-TV, Channel 8, in Miami....
  
  (1980) – basketball player drafted in 1979 by Houston Rockets; Southern California Player of the Year in 1979; Played professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association (1983–90); member of PBA Hall of Fame (2009) and Pepperdine University Hall of Fame (1995)
• Bob Ctvrtlik
  Bob Ctvrtlik
  Robert Jan Ctvrtlik born July 8, 1963 in Long Beach, California) is an American volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist, businessman and former member of the International Olympic Committee. Ctvrtlik is a 1985 graduate of Pepperdine University....
  
   (1985) – 1988 Olympic Gold Medal Volleyball Team Member, Member of International Olympic Committee
• Richard Cho – Former General Manager of Portland Trail Blazers.
• Yakhouba Diawara
  Yakhouba Diawara
  Yakhouba Diawara is a French professional basketball player.He is a 6 ft 7 in and 225 lb shooting guard/small forward. He started his career with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first season in the European League, Diawara decided to attend college in the United States...
  
   (2005) – Power Forward for the Miami Heat
  Miami Heat
  The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
  
  
• Barry Enright
  Barry Enright
  Barry Ryan Enright is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher currently on the Arizona Diamondbacks active roster....
  
   (2007) – Pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
  Arizona Diamondbacks
  The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...
  
  .
• Jim Everett
  Jim Everett
  James Samuel Everett III is a retired professional American football quarterback who played for twelve seasons in the National Football League ....
  
   - Former NFL QB. Received his MBA from Pepperdine.
• Mike Fetters
  Mike Fetters
  Michael Lee Fetters is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for eight teams during his sixteen year career from to...
  
   – Former professional baseball player (1989–2004; California Angels
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
  
  , Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
  , Oakland Athletics
  Oakland Athletics
  The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
  
  , Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
  , Los Angeles Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
  , Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
  , Arizona Diamondbacks
  Arizona Diamondbacks
  The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...
  
   & Minnesota Twins
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
  )
• Greg Genske
  Greg Genske
  Gregory B. Genske is a sports agent who became the lead agent of LS Legacy Sports Group after Jeff Moorad departed from the agency in 2004. Moorad elected to depart from the agency business so that he could become the CEO and part owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks...
  
   – sports agent
• Brad Gilbert
  Brad Gilbert
  Brad Gilbert , is an American tennis coach, a television tennis commentator, an author and former professional tennis player. He was born in Oakland, California and graduated from Piedmont High School ....
  
   (1982) – Former professional tour tennis player; prominent coach, of Andre Agassi's
  Andre Agassi
  Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
  
  , Andy Murray
• Jason Gore
  Jason Gore
  Jason William Gore is an American professional golfer.Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He first attended the University of Arizona before transferring to Pepperdine University. While at Pepperdine, he was part of their NCAA Division I Championship team in 1997. He also played on the...
  
   (2000) – Professional golfer
• Dan Haren
  Dan Haren
  Daniel John Haren is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.- High-school and college career :...
  
   – Professional baseball player; 2007 A.L. All Star Starting Pitcher (Arizona Diamondbacks
  Arizona Diamondbacks
  The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...
  
  )
• Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen
  Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen
  Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen is a former American women's professional tennis player, who is considered to be perhaps the greatest player to ever come out of Minnesota. She reached her highest singles ranking on January 2, 1995, when she became the No. 29 in the world. In doubles, she reached No...
  
   – Former professional tennis player who holds the all-time match winning percentage at Pepperdine
• Adam Housley
  Adam Housley
  Adam Housley joined Fox News Channel in 2001 as a Los Angeles-based correspondent.-Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami:...
  
   (1994) – Former professional minor league baseball player. Drafted by the Montreal Expos
• Katherine Hull
  Katherine Hull
  Katherine Hull is an Australian professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the ALPG Tour.-Amateur career:...
  
   (2003) – Professional golfer
• Daniel Johnson
  Daniel Johnson (basketball)
  Daniel Johnson is an Australian professional basketball player currently playing for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League...
  
   (2008) - Professional basketball player (Adelaide 36ers
  Adelaide 36ers
  The Adelaide 36ers are Adelaide's men's professional basketball team, established as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the National Basketball League in 1982. The Adelaide 36ers tally of four championships is equal with the Melbourne Tigers and second behind the Perth Wildcats as the most...
  
  , Australian NBL
  National Basketball League (Australia)
  The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....
  
  )
• Dennis Johnson
  Dennis Johnson
  Dennis Wayne Johnson nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics and coach of the Los Angeles Clippers...
  
   (1976) – Former professional basketball player (1977–90; Seattle Supersonics
  Seattle SuperSonics
  The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
  
  , Phoenix Suns
  Phoenix Suns
  The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association and the only team in their division not to be based in California. Their home arena since 1992 has been the US...
  
   & Boston Celtics
  Boston Celtics
  The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
  
  )
• Chad Kreuter
  Chad Kreuter
  Chadden Michael "Chad" Kreuter is a former catcher in Major League Baseball and the former head coach of the USC Trojans baseball team....
  
   – Former professional baseball player (1988–2003; Texas Rangers
  Texas Rangers (baseball)
  The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
  
  , Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
  , Seattle Mariners
  Seattle Mariners
  The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...
  
  , Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
  , Anaheim Angels
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
  
  , Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
   & Los Angeles Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
  )
• Jennifer Lacy
  Jennifer Lacy
  Jennifer Lacy is an American professional basketball player in 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...
  
   – Female Professional Basketball Player Phoenix Mercury
  Phoenix Mercury
  The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
  
   & Atlanta Dream
  Atlanta Dream
  The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
  
  
• Martin Laurendeau
  Martin Laurendeau
  Martin Laurendeau is a former touring professional tennis player, and present coach and captain of the Canadian Davis Cup team....
  
   – Former professional tour tennis player
• Mike Leach – Texas Tech head football coach 2000–2009
• Noah Lowry
  Noah Lowry
  Noah Ryan Lowry is a free agent left-handed starting pitcher formerly of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.-College and the MLB Draft:...
  
   – Professional baseball player (San Francisco Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
  )
• Glenn Michibata
  Glenn Michibata
  Glenn Michibata is a former professional tennis player and current head coach of the Princeton University Tigers collegiate tennis team.-As a pro singles player:...
  
   – Former professional tour tennis player
• Merrill Moses
  Merrill Moses
  Merrill Moses is an American water polo player.Moses was a goalkeeper on the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary. He was named to the Olympic all-star team.In December 2010,...
  
   (2000) – Water polo goalie for USA National Team (2008 Olympic Silver Medalist)
• David Newhan
  David Newhan
  David Matthew Newhan is a former Major League Baseball player. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed...
  
   – Professional baseball player (Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
  )
• Will Ohman
  Will Ohman
  William McDaniel Ohman is a left-handed pitcher, who is currently a member of the Chicago White Sox. He lives in Agoura Hills, California.-Chicago Cubs:...
  
   – Professional baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
  )
• Rob Picciolo
  Rob Picciolo
  Robert Michael Picciolo is a former Major League Baseball player who currently serves as the bench coach of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He played nine seasons in the major leagues, from 1977–1985, for the Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and California Angels, the predecessor of his...
  
   – Former professional baseball player (1977–85; Oakland Athletics
  Oakland Athletics
  The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
  
  , Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   & California Angels
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
  
  )
• Steve Rodriguez, major league infielder for the Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
  
   and Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
  , and a player and head coach for the Waves baseball team.
• Sean Rooney
  Sean Rooney
  Sean Michael Rooney is an American volleyball player, who plays as an outside hitter for the U.S. national team. He made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.-Early life:...
  
   (2004) – USA Men's National Volleyball Team (2008 Gold Medalist)
• Dane Sardinha
  Dane Sardinha
  Dane Kealoha A. A. Sardinha is an American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent.-College career:...
  
   – Professional Baseball Player (Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
  ).
• Mike Scott
  Mike Scott (baseball)
  Michael Warren "Mike" Scott is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in...
  
   – Former professional baseball player (1979–91; New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
   & Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
  ) & winner of the 1986 NL Cy Young Award
  Cy Young Award
  The Cy Young Award is an honor given annually in baseball to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball , one each for the American League and National League . The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955...
  
  
• Jesse A. Smith
  Jesse A. Smith
  Jesse A. Smith is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....
  
   USA Mens Water Polo Olympic Team 2000, 2004, 2008. (2008 Olympic Silver Medalist)
• Andy Stankiewicz
  Andy Stankiewicz
  Andrew Neal Stankiewicz in Inglewood, California, U.S. is a retired Major League Baseball middle-infielder, presently minor league field coordinator for the Seattle Mariners...
  
   – Former professional baseball player (1992–98; New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
  , Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
  , Montreal Expos
  Montreal Expos
  The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
  
   & Arizona Diamondbacks
  Arizona Diamondbacks
  The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...
  
  )
• Andrew Sznajder
  Andrew Sznajder
  Andrew Sznajder is a former Canadian professional tour tennis player.A native of Oakville, Ontario, Sznajder achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 46 in September 1989...
  
   – Former professional tour tennis player
• Derek Wallace
  Derek Wallace
  Derek Robert Wallace is a former professional baseball player who pitched two seasons in Major League Baseball. He attended college at Pepperdine. In 1996, he played for the New York Mets and in 1999 he played for the Kansas City Royals. Wallace compiled a career record of 2-4 in 27 games and an...
  
   – Former professional baseball player (1996–99; New York Mets
  New York Mets
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
  
   & Kansas City Royals
  Kansas City Royals
  The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
  
  )
• Robbie Weiss
  Robbie Weiss
  Robbie Weiss is a former tour professional tennis player and NCAA Division 1 singles champion. The resident of Atlanta, GA achieved a career-high ATP ranking in singles of World No. 85, which he reached on the heels of winning his only ATP Tour event, the 1990 Sao Paulo Grand Prix...
  
   – Former professional tennis player
• Randy Wolf
  Randy Wolf
  Randall Christopher Wolf is a left-handed pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. Randy's older brother Jim is a Major League umpire. Unlike his brother Jim and Houston Astros relief pitcher Ross Wolf, Randy is a boss...
  
   – Professional baseball player
• Danny Worth
  Danny Worth
  Daniel Weston Worth is an American professional baseball second baseman with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. Worth was born in Northridge, California....
  
   – Professional baseball player (Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
  )

Rankings and reputation

The Princeton Review ranked Pepperdine on the list of colleges with "Dorms Like Palaces" in 2004 and 2007 and #1 under "Most Beautiful Campus" in 2006 and 2007. Pepperdine also appeared on other lists including "Students Pray on a Regular Basis," and "High Quality of Life." Because of its Christian affiliation, some contend that the student body breeds a religious and politically conservative atmosphere. Princeton Review also ranked Pepperdine University #13 in its list "Alternative Lifestyles not an Alternative". In 2007 Pepperdine was named as "One of the Top Producing Colleges and Universities" by the Peace Corps of America. The 2005 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges has also noted Pepperdine as being one of the nation's largest conservative colleges. U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...

 (see “Pepperdine at Glance” in the external links section) has ranked Pepperdine as the 53rd best national university for undergraduate education. It is also ranked one of the 10 worst party schools in the county.

The School of Law

Pepperdine University School of Law

The Pepperdine University School of Law is a law school located on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.The school placed 54th among the nation's "Top 100" law schools according to the 2011 U.S. News and World Report rankings and is the third highest ranked law school in...

 placed 52nd among the nation's "Top 100" law schools by the 2011 U.S. News and World Report rankings and is the third highest ranked law school in Southern California. It is known for its entertainment law, and also its dispute resolution program, which is currently ranked No. 1 in the nation.

In 2010, US News ranked Pepperdine's business school tied with Santa Clara University at 82 in America. It ranked its part-time program 9th best in California. Forbes magazine has ranked the Graziadio School's Fully Employed MBA programs in the world's Top 20 based on ROI.
In 2008, the magazine In Tune for music educators named Pepperdine one of the 38 best music schools in the United States. In 2009, the Sustainable Endowments Institute awarded Pepperdine a "C" for its sustainability efforts in the annual College Sustainability Report Card.

The Nickelodeon series, Zoey 101

Zoey 101

Zoey 101 is an American television series that ran from January 9, 2005 to May 2, 2008 starring Jamie Lynn Spears as teenager Zoey Brooks, produced for Nickelodeon and syndicated worldwide. The show was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia,...

was shot on Pepperdine's Malibu campus. Pepperdine signs were covered with trendy, purple signs reading "Pacific Coast Academy", the name of the boarding school attended by the students on the show.

External links

• Official Website
• Official Pepperdine Athletics Website
• Pepperdine Review – U.S. News & World Report, “Pepperdine at Glance”
• Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management – Business Week Review