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Pepperdine University is a private university of higher learning affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu
Malibu, California

Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population is 12,575....
 in unincorporated Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, United States
United States

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ebruary 1937, against the backdrop of despair and pessimism of the Great Depression
Great Depression

File:International depression.pngThe Great Depression was a worldwide economic Recession starting in most places in 1929 and ending at different times in the 1930s or early 1940s for different countries....
, George Pepperdine founded the University as a Christian liberal arts college in the city of Los Angeles.






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Pepperdine University is a private university of higher learning affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu
Malibu, California

Malibu is an incorporated city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population is 12,575....
 in unincorporated Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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History


Early years

In February 1937, against the backdrop of despair and pessimism of the Great Depression
Great Depression

File:International depression.pngThe Great Depression was a worldwide economic Recession starting in most places in 1929 and ending at different times in the 1930s or early 1940s for different countries....
, 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 at West 78th Street and South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Knolls neighorbood 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 chain of auto part stores. 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 two-fold 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 reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racism against African Americans and restoring suffrage in Southern states....
 and attempts to circumvent it such as California Proposition 14
California Proposition 14

California Proposition 14 was a 1964 California that amended the California U.S. state constitution, nullifying the Rumford Fair Housing Act. It was overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1967 in Reitman v....
, 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 advertising, mortgage lending, homeown...
 laws. The situation exploded in the 1965 Watts Riots
Watts Riots

The term Watts Riots of 1965 refers to a large-scale race riot which lasted 6 days in the Watts, Los Angeles, California List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles of Los Angeles, California, in August 1965....
. 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 Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
, Ventura County
Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a Counties of the United States in the southern part of the U.S. state of California . It is located on California's Pacific Ocean coast, and forms the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area....
 and Westlake Village. Pepperdine favored the Westlake Village location until the Adamson-Rindge family, who owned hundreds of acres in Malibu, offered 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....
, 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 in Malibu, California, located on the campus of Pepperdine University. The school offers a Juris Doctor , Master of Laws in dispute resolution, and joint degrees with J.D./M.B.A., J.D./Master of Divinity, J.D./Master of Public Policy, and J.D./Master of Dispute Resolution....
 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 term whose meaning has changed in different countries and time periods, but which usually indicates support for the status quo or the status quo ante....
 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 Westwood, Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
 and USC
University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private university, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park, Los Angeles, California neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
. Prominent conservatives on the Pepperdine faculty have included Bruce Herschensohn
Bruce Herschensohn

Bruce S. Herschensohn is an American conservative political Pundit and senior fellow at the Pepperdine_University#School_of_Public_Policy near Malibu, California, California....
, Ben Stein
Ben Stein

Benjamin Jeremy Stein is an United States actor, writer, Conservatism in the United States political and economic commentator, and attorney. He gained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford....
, Kenneth Starr
Kenneth Starr

Kenneth Winston Starr is an United States lawyer and former judge and solicitor general who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the suicide death of the deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater controversy land transactions by U.S....
, Arthur Laffer
Arthur Laffer

Arthur Betz Laffer , is a supply-side economics economist who became influential during the Ronald Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board ....
, Douglas W. Kmiec, and Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes is an United States writer and political commentator who focuses on the Middle East and Islam.Pipes has taught at Harvard University, University of Chicago, and Pepperdine University, served as a member of the board of the U.S....
.

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 nestled among several ridges that overlook the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 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

Mediterranean Revival Style Architecture is an eclectic design style that was first introduced in the United States around the turn of the nineteenth century, and came into prominence in 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....
, Palos Verdes Peninsula
Palos Verdes

Palos Verdes is a name often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwestern Los Angeles County, California in California....
, Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
 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.

Graduate Campuses

The Graziadio School of Business and Management and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology are headquartered in West Los Angeles
West Los Angeles (region)

The Westside comprises the Los Angeles city communities of Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California, Beverlywood, Los Angeles, California, Century City, Los Angeles, California, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, California, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Los Angeles, California, Rancho Park...
 at the Howard Hughes Center next to Interstate 405
Interstate 405 (California)

Interstate 405 is one of the principal north-south Interstate Highways in Southern California, and the major bypass of Interstate 5 in California running through the Greater Los Angeles Area....
. 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, 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 an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s....
, Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
, Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
, Santa Clara
Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, California , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in the U.S. state of California....
, and Westlake Village
Westlake Village, California

Westlake Village is a community which straddles the Ventura and Los Angeles County line, encompassing all of the area surrounding the lake at Westlake, and neighborhoods north of the 101 Freeway as well....
. International programs of the University's various schools take place in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, Heidelberg
Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. As of 2006, over 140,000 people live within the city's area. The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own....
, Florence
Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
, Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
, Lausanne
Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....
, Johannesburg
Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Joburg, is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the province Capital of Gauteng the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa....
, Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa is the capital city of Honduras and is also the country's largest city. Tegucigalpa is also the capital of Honduras's Francisco Moraz?n, Honduras....
, Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, and Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
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Academics

Pepperdine University

Frank R. Seaver College of Letters, Arts and Science

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 the Bachelor's Degree must complete a series of general education courses crossing disciplinary lines. Rick Marrs is the current dean.

Seaver College comprises 8 divisions and offers 38 majors (listed below), as well as 36 minors:

Business Division: Accounting, Business Administration, International Business

Communication Division: Advertising, Communication, Integrated Marketing Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Telecommunications

Fine Arts Division: Art, Art History, Music, Theatre Arts, Theatre and Television

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

International Studies and Languages Division: French, German, International Studies, Spanish

Natural Science Division: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science/Mathematics, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Natural Science (3/2 Engineering), Nutritional Science, Physics, Sports Medicine

Religion Division: Religion

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.

Seaver College students attend classes at the Malibu main campus. Study abroad courses are offered at the University's permanent international campuses in Heidelberg, Germany; London, England; Florence, Italy; Lausanne, Switzerland; and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Graziadio School of Business and Management

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

Pepperdine University's George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management's Masters in Organizational Development is ranked #1 in the world.

School of Law

The Pepperdine University School of Law
Pepperdine University School of Law

The Pepperdine University School of Law is a law school in Malibu, California, located on the campus of Pepperdine University. The school offers a Juris Doctor , Master of Laws in dispute resolution, and joint degrees with J.D./M.B.A., J.D./Master of Divinity, J.D./Master of Public Policy, and J.D./Master of Dispute Resolution....
 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 association bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States....
 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....
. 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 Order....
. 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

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Kenneth Starr
Kenneth Starr

Kenneth Winston Starr is an United States lawyer and former judge and solicitor general who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the suicide death of the deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater controversy land transactions by U.S....
 is the current dean.

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 School of Public Policy
Pepperdine School of Public Policy

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

Public policy can be generally defined as the course of action or inaction taken by government entities with regard to a particular issue or set of issues....
 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.

The School of Public Policy was recently given a generous grant by former Congressman Jack F. Kemp to establish an institute of political economy. Notable figures scheduled to lecture and join an advisory committee are: James A. Baker III (former Secretary of State), William J. Bennett, Edwin Fuelner (President, Heritage Foundation), Steve Forbes (CEO and Chairman, Forbes, Inc.), Larry Kudlow, Edwin Meese III (75th Attorney General of the United States), and Michael Novak.

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....
, James Prieger (Senior Economic Advisor, FCC), Gordon Lloyd and Robert Kaufman.

Notable graduates include at least two current members of the Bush Administration: Eryn Witcher, Director of Television, and Troy Senik, Speechwriter for the President.

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 Church of Christ in the first half of the 20th century. He received his early education from David Lipscomb and James A....
     (1937–1939)
  • Hugh M. Tiner (1939–1957)
  • M. Norvel Young (1957–1971)
  • William S. Banowsky (1971–1978)
  • Howard A. White (1978–1985)
  • 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association list of college athletic conferences consisting of eight member schools across the states of California, Oregon, and Washington....
, a conference made up exclusively of religiously affiliated schools in which it is the only member that is not Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
. 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 List of prizes, medals, and awards 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, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
 schools. (UCLA 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 voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University 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, Ultimate Frisbee and ice hockey.

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 (1997)


NCAA Division I Individual Titles:
  • Robbie Weiss (1988 Tennis - Singles)
  • Carlos DiLaura & Kelly Jones (1985 Tennis - Doubles)
  • Jerome Jones & Kelly Jones (1984 Tennis - Doubles)


Notable alumni


Academia

  • Christopher Chetsanga
    Christopher Chetsanga

    Christopher J Chetsanga is a preeminent Zimbabwean scientist....
     (1965), Professor at University of Zimbabwe
    University of Zimbabwe

    The University of Zimbabwe in Harare, is the oldest and largest Universities of Zimbabwe 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....
     that discovered two DNA repair enzymes
  • Robert Landeros (1978) - Professor of Management at Western Michigan University
    Western Michigan University

    Western Michigan University is a public university established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo. When the school first opened, it was known as the Western State Normal School but was renamed Western State Teachers College in 1927 and Western Michigan College of Education in 1941....
    -
  • Robert Warrior - Professor and Director of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois
  • Laura Skandera Trombley
    Laura Skandera Trombley

    Laura E. Skandera Trombley is the fifth president of Pitzer College....
     (M.A., 1983) - President of Pitzer College
    Pitzer College

    Pitzer College is a highly selective, private Residential college Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Claremont, California, a college town approximately east of downtown Los Angeles....
  • Paul L. Edmiston (B.S., 1993) - Associate Professor of Chemistry at The College of Wooster
  • E. Andrew Stenhouse (Ed.D., 1999) - Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at Vanguard University of Southern California
    Vanguard University of Southern California

    Vanguard University of Southern California is located in Costa Mesa, California, United States on 55 Fair Drive, across the street from the Orange County Fairgrounds....
  • Lynn Clemons (M.A., 1981) - Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership at Mercer University
    Mercer University

    Mercer University is an independent, private university, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia ....
  • Mark LeBar (M.B.A., 1988) - Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ohio University
    Ohio University

    Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest college in Ohio, first in the Northwest Territory, and ninth oldest public university in the United States....
  • Harmon M. Hosch (M.A., 1968) - Professor and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso
    University of Texas at El Paso

    The University of Texas at El Paso, popularly known as UTEP, is a state university , co-education university, and it is a member of the University of Texas System....
  • Scott A. Quatro (B.A., 1990) - Associate Professor of Management at Covenant College
    Covenant College

    Covenant College is a four-year Christian college that emphasizes the liberal arts. Founded in 1955 in Pasadena, California, California, the college moved its campus to St....
  • R. Brandon Pratt (B.S., 1998) - Assistant Professor of Biology at California State University, Bakersfield
    California State University, Bakersfield

    California State University, Bakersfield is a public university located in Bakersfield, California and was founded in 1965. CSUB opened in 1970 on a 375 acre campus, becoming the 19th school in the California State University system....
  • Keith Sheldon (B.A., 1974) - Professor of business/marketing, California State University, Chico
  • Dwayne D. Simmons (B.S., 1980) - Professor of Physiological Science at UCLA
  • Philip Molebash (B.S., 1993) - Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Utah
    University of Utah

    The University of Utah is a public university research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of ten institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education and Utah's premier research school currently enrolls 21,526 undergraduate and 6,684 graduate student students and has 1,419 regular Faculty members....
  • Bryan Vila (B.S., 1972; M.P.A., 1974) - Professor of Criminal Justice at Washington State University, Spokane
  • Alexander C. Diener (B.A., 1991) - Assistant Professor of Geography at Pepperdine University
  • Janet Kerr (J.D., 1975; S.L., 1978) - Professor of Law at Pepperdine University
  • Steven Dimse (B.S., 1980) - Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Miami
    University of Miami

    The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 in the city of Coral Gables, Florida, Florida, United States, a historic suburb of Miami, Florida....
  • James M. McGoldrick, Jr. (B.A., 1966) - Professor of Law at Pepperdine University
  • 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 currently serves as a Senior Lecturer at the California Lutheran University....
     (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, California....
  • Sharon K. Deberry( MBA. 1970)Senior Instructor and Nursing Professor at WVOC, American Career College
  • Jeff Nessler (B.S., 1997) - Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at California State University San Marcos


Business

  • Robert E. Dudley (Ph. D., 1975) - President and CEO, Anagen, Inc
  • James Edinski (1983) President of Salt on Demand, Inc.
  • Adam Firestone (J.D., 1993) - CEO, Firestone Vineyard
    Firestone Vineyard

    A family-owned estate winery specializing in fine wines from California?s Central Coast. Firestone Vineyard was founded in 1972 as Santa Barbara County?s first estate winery....
  • Kim Fields Freeman (1990) - President, Victory Entertainment
  • Carl Lambert (1978) - President, Lambert Investments
  • John Lewis (business) (1983) - President, Eugene Lewis & Assoc.
  • Robert S. Moore (1984) - Vice Chairman, Paramount Pictures
    Paramount Pictures

    Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
  • Joe Rokus (1976) - Chairman, Reid Plastics
  • Aaron Phillips (2002) - Founding Partner, Phillips & Sullivan}}
  • John R. Hall (B.A. 1997; MBA, 2002) - CEO, Greenwood & Hall
    Greenwood & Hall

    Greenwood & Hall is a customer relationship management firm that provides outsourced contact center, logistics, order fulfillment, and consulting services to several key industries, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and governmental agencies....
     
  • Teri Rokus (J.D., 1976) - Vice President, Reid Plastics
  • Tara Lawrence (B.A., 2004) - Founder/President, Hats Off For Cancer, Inc.


  • Linda Ruffin (1987) - President, Opportunities Plus
  • Rick J. Caruso (J.D., 1983) - CEO of Caruso Affiliated, former President of the Los Angeles Police Commission
  • Robert Tchenguiz
    Robert Tchenguiz

    Robert Tchenguiz is an Iraqi / Iranian businessman. He is the son of an Iraqi Jew.The Tchenguiz family is originally from Iraq but the family emigrated to Iran in 1948 to escape persecution....
     (LL.B., 1982) - London-based Property Tycoon
  • Michael A. Yoshikami (M.B.A., 2005) - Founder, President, Chief Investment Strategist, YCMNET, Inc.


Entertainment

  • Meagan Winings- Miss Nebraska USA, 2009
  • Karl Brauer - Editor-in-Chief, edmunds.com
    Edmunds.com

    Edmunds.com is a provider of automotive information via Web sites, books, and other media. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and maintains an office outside of Detroit, Michigan....
  • Chace Crawford
    Chace Crawford

    Christopher Chace Crawford is an United States actor best known for his role as Nate Archibald in Gossip Girl on The CW Television Network....
     - Actor, Gossip Girl
    Gossip Girl

    Gossip Girl is a series of novels for teenagers created by Cecily von Ziegesar and written by herself as well as by an unknown Ghostwriter. The name of the Gossip Girl , Gossip Girl, is also the nom de plume of the narrator....
     (TV series)
  • Kim Fields
    Kim Fields

    Kim Victoria Fields is an United States actor. She is best known for her roles as List of characters from The Facts of Life#Tootie Ramsey on the long-running 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 United States sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to September 13, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' original premise focused on the character, Edna Garrett , as she becomes housemother to seven girls at the fictional Eastland School, a pres...
     and Living Single
    Living Single

    Living Single is an United States television Situation comedy which aired for five seasons on the Fox network television network from August 1993 until January 1998....
  • 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 2002-2007 before becoming part of the Vanbros organization in 2007....
     2006
  • Madison Hildebrand - Star of Bravo Channel's "Million Dollar Listing
    Million Dollar Listing

    Million Dollar Listing is an United States show that first aired on the Bravo television network on August 29, 2006. The show follows real estate agents based in Hollywood and Malibu, California selling high-end properties....
    "
  • Adam Housley
    Adam Housley

    Adam Housley joined Fox News Channel in 2001 as a Los Angeles, California-based correspondent. Most recently, Housley was seen in Nicaragua and El Salvador reporting on the war against drugs and scoring an exclusive interview with Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega....
     - Fox News Channel
    Fox News Channel

    Fox News Channel is a US Cable News 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, commonly referred to as "The Brew Crew" or simply "The Crew" by sports writers and fans, are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League....
     and Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers

    The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit, Michigan in ....
     baseball player
  • Ashley Jones
    Ashley Jones

    Ashley Aubra Jones is an United States television soap opera actress....
     - American actress
  • Montell Jordan
    Montell Jordan

    Montell Jordan is an United States Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. Jordan was the second R&B artist signed to the Def Jam label and became the main male artist on its Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003....
     - 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 and singer. He played varsity football and basketball at Westlake High School in California and Savannah State University....
     - Television actor best known for his role on the WB
    The WB Television Network

    The WB Television Network or simply The WB, was a television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture of Tribune Broadcasting and Warner Bros....
    's Smart Guy
  • Tia Mowry
    Tia Mowry

    Tia and Tamera Mowry redirects here, for her twin sister see Tamera Mowry.Tia Dashon Mowry also known professionally as Tia Mowry Hardrict is an NAACP Image Award winning American actor....
     - Television actress best known for her role on ABC and The WB's Sister, Sister
    Sister, Sister (TV series)

    Sister, Sister is an United States television program sitcom about identical twin girls , separated and adoption at birth, who one day come face-to-face after 14 years apart....
     and the CW's The Game
  • Tamera Mowry
    Tamera Mowry

    Not to be confused with her twin sister Tia Mowry.Tamera Darvette Mowry is an NAACP Image Award winning United States actor. She first gained fame for her role opposite her identical twin sister Tia Mowry in the situation comedy Sister, Sister ....
     - Television actress best known for her role on ABC's Sister, Sister
    Sister, Sister (TV series)

    Sister, Sister is an United States television program sitcom about identical twin girls , separated and adoption at birth, who one day come face-to-face after 14 years apart....
     and Lifetime Television's Strong Medicine
  • Porntip Nakhirunkanok
    Porntip Nakhirunkanok

    Porntip "Bui" Nakhirunkanok aka Porntip "Bui" Simon is a Thai people 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....
     - Miss Universe 1988
  • Brandy Norwood - R&B artist and actress
  • Eric Christian Olsen
    Eric Christian Olsen

    Eric Christian Olsen is an United States actor....
     - American actor
  • Nayo Abidoye - Nigerian artist
  • George Rowe
    George Rowe

    George Alexander Rowe - One of the earliest successful South African Bowler , George Rowe was born in Grahamstown, South Africa on June 15, 1874 and died near Cape Town, South Africa on January 8, 1950, aged 75....
     (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1995) - Rocketown Records Christian recording artist
  • George Schlatter
    George Schlatter

    George Schlatter is an Emmy-winning 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 was an United States sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968 to May 14, 1973....
  • 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....
     - Actor, on sitcom Lizzie McGuire
    Lizzie McGuire

    Lizzie McGuire is a List of Disney Channel series that aired on the Disney Channel from 2001 to 2004. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescence....
  • Bill Weir
    Bill Weir

    Bill Weir is co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend Edition on American Broadcasting Company. He became news presenter when the show began on September 4, 2004....
     - Host of the ABC News
    ABC News

    ABC News is a division of United States television and radio network American Broadcasting Company, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin....
     Good Morning America Weekend Edition
    Good Morning America Weekend Edition

    Good Morning America Weekend Edition is a weekend edition of American Broadcasting Company morning show Good Morning America. It is filmed in the Times Square Studios in New York, New York Times Square, as is its weekday counterpart....
  • Les Baxter
    Les Baxter

    Les Baxter was an United States musician and composer.Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles, California for further studies at Pepperdine University....
     - Soundtrack and exotica composer
  • Kelly Hu
    Kelly Hu

    Kelly Ann Hu is an American Actor and former model who held the Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993 titles....
     - Miss Teen USA 1985 and Actress
  • Brittany Brannon - Miss Teen America 2007


Media

  • Stanley Cloud (1968) - Washington Bureau Chief of Time Magazine, author of "A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II"
  • Patty McConahay (B.A., 1976) - Television newscaster and talk show host
  • Jack Mulkey (B.A., 1974) - Copy Desk Chief, South Bay Daily Breeze (Los Angeles)
  • Scott Ostler (1970) - Sports columnist, San Francisco Chronicle
  • David Ottalini (M.A., 1975) - CNN news producer, 1980-2003; Media relations officer, University of Maryland, 2003-present
  • Chris Preimesberger (B.A., 1975) - Editor/Columnist, eWEEK, and sports correspondent, The Associated Press; IT blogger
  • Bob Rose
    Bob Rose

    Bob Rose may refer to:*Bob Rose , Collingwood Football Club player and coach in the Victorian Football League*Bob Rose , Canadian politician, Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1995...
     (B.A., 1975) - Media Relations Chief, Oakland A's
  • Bridget Waldman (2003) - News Producer KLAS-TV CBS, Emmy winner 2005
  • Adam Housley
    Adam Housley

    Adam Housley joined Fox News Channel in 2001 as a Los Angeles, California-based correspondent. Most recently, Housley was seen in Nicaragua and El Salvador reporting on the war against drugs and scoring an exclusive interview with Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega....
     (B.A. 1994, B.A. 1994) -National Correspondent Fox News Channel, Emmy Winner
  • Alyce Alston (M.B.A.) - President, Health & Wellness, Home & Garden, The Reader's Digest Association, Ltd.
  • Natasha Stenbock (B.A., 1999) - KFMB-TV
    KFMB-TV

    KFMB-TV is the local CBS television affiliate of San Diego. Its transmitter is located atop Mount Soledad above La Jolla, California broadcasting over the air in digital on channel 8....
     weather anchor (2005-present) and one time The Dating Game
    The Dating Game

    The Dating Game is an American Broadcasting Company television show that first aired on December 20, 1965 and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s in television through the 1980s in television....
     contestant 1999.
  • Anna Song
    Anna Song (journalist)

    Anna Song is an United States broadcast journalist who works at KATU in Portland, Oregon. She previously worked at Los Angeles, California ABC NewsOne and held an internship at KABC-TV in Los Angeles....
     (B.A., 1999) - KATU
    KATU

    KATU is a television station broadcasting on channel 2 in Portland, Oregon, USA. It has been owned by Fisher Communications of Seattle, Washington, owner of the Seattle American Broadcasting Company affiliate KOMO-TV, since its inception and is currently affiliated with the ABC Television Network....
     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

  • Henry Burns
    Henry Burns

    Henry Lee Burns is a freshman Republican Party member of the Louisiana State Legislature from District 9 in northwestern Louisiana. He also owns and operates the Wooden Spoon bakery in Bossier City, Louisiana 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
  • James Hahn
    James Hahn

    James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn is an United States politician from the Democratic Party , best known for having served a single term as the Mayor of Los Angeles....
     (J.D., 1975) - Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles

    Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
     Mayor, 2001–2005
  • Janice Hahn
    Janice Hahn

    Janice Hahn is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 15th district. Hahn was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005, running unopposed....
     - Los Angeles City Councilwoman, 15th District
  • Bernard C. Parks
    Bernard C. Parks

    Bernard C. Parks is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles, and is the former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department....
     - Los Angeles City Councilman, 8th District
  • 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....
     (1980) - Director of the Office of International Affairs, CIA
  • Rod Blagojevich
    Rod Blagojevich

    Milorad "Rod" R. Blagojevich is a politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. Blagojevich was the second Serbian American elected governor in the United States....
     (J.D., 1983) - Governor of Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , 2003-2009
  • Todd Russell Platts
    Todd Russell Platts

    Todd Russell Platts is a politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, currently representing the state's Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district in the U.S....
     (J.D., 1991) - U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
    , 2001-Present
  • Theodore Kanavas
    Theodore Kanavas

    Theodore "Ted" Kanavas is an United States politician currently serving as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the state's thirty-third district....
     - Wisconsin State Senator, 33rd District
  • Michelle Park Steel
    Michelle Park Steel

    Michelle Eunjoo Park Steel is a Republican Party member of the California State Board of Equalization and is currently the highest ranking Korean American officeholder in the United States....
     - Board Member, California Board of Equalization, 2006-Present
  • Amb. Pierre-Richard Prosper
    Pierre-Richard Prosper

    Pierre-Richard Prosper is an United States 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
  • Andre Birotte Jr. (J.D., 1991) - Inspector General for the Los Angeles Police Commission
  • Gregory D. Totten (J.D., 1982) - District Attorney of Ventura County
  • Hon. Eileen C. Moore (J.D., 1978) - Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District
  • Colleen P. Graffy - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy
  • Talis Colberg (J.D.) - Attorney General, State of Alaska
  • Stephen P. Beeler (M.A., 1974) - Best Selling Author, The Firestone Syndrome
  • Steven Baldwin (B.A., 1979) - Council for National Policy Executive Director.
  • Mark J. Caruso (B.S., 1979) (J.D., 1982)--State Representative, New Mexico Legislature 1991-1995


Sports

  • Alex Acker
    Alex Acker

    Alex Maurice Acker is an United States professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association .Acker attended Pepperdine University and was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the last pick in the second round of the 2005 NBA Draft....
     (2005) - Professional basketball player (2005-2006; 2008- Detroit Pistons
    Detroit Pistons

    The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills....
    )
  • Brandon Armstrong
    Brandon Armstrong

    Brandon Simone Armstrong is an United States 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 Jefferson and Jason Collins to the New...
     (2001) - Former professional basketball player (2001-2004; New Jersey Nets
    New Jersey Nets

    The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference 's Atlantic Division ....
    )
  • Dain Blanton
    Dain Blanton

    Dain Blanton is an American beach volleyball player, who attended Pepperdine University where he was an All-American and guided The Waves to a National Volleyball Championship in 1992 as a sophomore....
     (1994) - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist in Beach Volleyball
  • Doug Christie
    Doug Christie (basketball)

    Douglas Dale Christie is an United States basketball player who is currently a free agent....
     (1992) - Former professional basketball player (1992-2007; Los Angeles Lakers
    Los Angeles Lakers

    The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association....
    , New York Knicks
    New York Knicks

    The New York Knickerbockers are a professional basketball team based in New York City. The team plays 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 ....
    , Sacramento Kings
    Sacramento Kings

    The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings are members 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 the professional basketball team of the National Basketball Association based in Dallas, Texas.Founded in 1980, the Dallas Mavericks have won two division titles and one conference championship....
     & Los Angeles Clippers
    Los Angeles Clippers

    The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the National Basketball Association and are members of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division ....
    )
  • Bob Ctvrtlik
    Bob Ctvrtlik

    Robert Jan Ctvrtlik is an United States volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist, businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee....
     (1985) - 1988 Olympic Gold Medal Volleyball Team Member, Member of International Olympic Committee
  • Yakhouba Diawara
    Yakhouba Diawara

    Yakhouba Diawara is a France professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.He is a 6 ft 7 in and 225 lb shooting guard/small forward....
     (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 ....
  • Jim Everett
    Jim Everett

    James Samuel "Jim" Everett III is a former professional American football player, a quarterback for 12 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 . Fetters started his playing career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and also played with the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona...
     - Former professional baseball player (1989-2004; California Angels
    Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

    The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball based in Anaheim, California. The Angels are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
    , Milwaukee Brewers
    Milwaukee Brewers

    The Milwaukee Brewers, commonly referred to as "The Brew Crew" or simply "The Crew" by sports writers and fans, are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League....
    , Oakland Athletics
    Oakland Athletics

    The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
    , Baltimore Orioles
    Baltimore Orioles

    The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball based in Baltimore. They are a member of the American League East of Major League Baseball's American League....
    , Los Angeles Dodgers
    Los Angeles Dodgers

    The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, USA. The team is in the Western Division of the National League. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of names before becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers circa 1911....
    , Pittsburgh Pirates
    Pittsburgh Pirates

    The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They play in the National League Central of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions and played in the first one....
    , Arizona Diamondbacks
    Arizona Diamondbacks

    The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the National League West of Major League Baseball's National League....
     & Minnesota Twins
    Minnesota Twins

    The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The Twins are a member of the American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
    )
  • Brad Gilbert
    Brad Gilbert

    Brad Gilbert is an American tennis coach, a television tennis commentator, and former professional tennis player. He is the current coach of Britain's 2nd highest ranked tennis player, Alex Bogdanovic, as part of his contract with the Lawn Tennis Association....
     (1982) - Professional tennis player, Andre Agassi's
    Andre Agassi

    Andre Kirk Agassi is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional Armenian American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Tennis at the Summer Olympics gold medal in singles....
     coach
  • Jason Gore
    Jason Gore

    Jason William Gore is an United States professional golfer.Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He attended Pepperdine University. He was part of their NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships team in 1997....
     (2000) - Professional golfer
  • Dan Haller (2001) - National Player of the Year; shot opening round 77 at Franklin Invitational & took 4th. Also a world renowned architect.
  • Dan Haren
    Dan Haren

    Daniel John 'The Baron' Haren is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks....
     - Professional baseball player; 2007 A.L. All Star Starting Pitcher (Arizona Diamondbacks
    Arizona Diamondbacks

    The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the National League West of Major League Baseball's National League....
    )
  • Adam Housley
    Adam Housley

    Adam Housley joined Fox News Channel in 2001 as a Los Angeles, California-based correspondent. Most recently, Housley was seen in Nicaragua and El Salvador reporting on the war against drugs and scoring an exclusive interview with Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega....
     (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....
     (2003) - Professional golfer
  • Dennis Johnson
    Dennis Johnson

    Dennis Wayne Johnson , nicknamed "DJ", was an United States professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns and the Boston Celtics and coach of the Austin Toros of the National Basketball Association Development League....
     (1976) - Former professional basketball player (1977-1990; Seattle Supersonics
    Seattle SuperSonics

    The Seattle SuperSonics were an United States professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific Division and Northwest Division s of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008....
    , Phoenix Suns
    Phoenix Suns

    The Phoenix Suns are a Professional sports basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
     & Boston Celtics
    Boston Celtics

    The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
    )
  • Chad Kreuter
    Chad Kreuter

    Chadden Michael Kreuter is a former catcher in Major League Baseball and the current head coach of the USC Trojans baseball team.Kreuter played for seven different ballclubs during his career: the Texas Rangers , Detroit Tigers , Seattle Mariners , Chicago White Sox , Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim , Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Dod...
     - Former professional baseball player (1988-2003; Texas Rangers
    Texas Rangers (baseball)

    The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball based in Arlington, Texas, representing the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area. The Rangers are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
    , Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers

    The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit, Michigan in ....
    , Seattle Mariners
    Seattle Mariners

    The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
    , Chicago White Sox
    Chicago White Sox

    The Chicago White Sox are a Major North American professional sports teams baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox presently play in the American League's American League Central in Major League Baseball....
    , Anaheim Angels
    Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

    The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball based in Anaheim, California. The Angels are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American 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 American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
     & Los Angeles Dodgers
    Los Angeles Dodgers

    The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, USA. The team is in the Western Division of the National League. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of names before becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers circa 1911....
    )
  • Mike Leach
    Mike Leach

    Michael C. Leach is the current head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. Regarded as one of the most innovative offensive minds in college football, Leach has had a winning season every year since his tenure began at Tech....
     - Texas Tech head football coach
  • Marcos "Marquinhos" Antônio Abdalla Leite - Basketball player; FIBA World Championship
    FIBA World Championship

    The FIBA World Championship is a world basketball tournament for men's national teams held wiktionary:quadrennial by the International Basketball Federation ....
    : 1970 runner-up & 1978 bronze; Olympian 1972, 1980 & 1984; Former teams: Fluminense Football Club
    Fluminense Football Club

    Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded on July 21, 1902. The word Fluminense derives from Latin flumen, "river", rio in Portuguese language....
    , Synudyne, Bradesco, Emerson Color, and EC Sírio
  • Noah Lowry
    Noah Lowry

    Noah Ryan Lowry is a Left-handed#Left-handers_in_sports starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.With only average velocity on his fastball, Lowry was not widely regarded as a top prospect, and did not make Baseball America's list of the team's 10 best prospects in either 2003 Major League Baseball season or...
     - Professional baseball player (San Francisco Giants
    San Francisco Giants

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    )
  • Carlos Luevano (B.A., 1977) -- Former professional baseball player, played in the U.S. minor leagues and the Mexican League, 1978-80.
  • Merrill Moses
    Merrill Moses

    Merrill Moses is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
     (2000) - Water polo goalie for USA National Team
  • David Newhan
    David Newhan

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     - Professional baseball player (Houston Astros
    Houston Astros

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    )
  • Will Ohman
    Will Ohman

    William McDaniel Ohman is a free agent left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball....
     - Professional baseball player (Atlanta Braves
    Atlanta Braves

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    )
  • Rob Picciolo
    Rob Picciolo

    Robert Michael Picciolo , is a former professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1977-1985. During his career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Oakland Athletics....
     - Former professional baseball player (1977-1985; Oakland Athletics
    Oakland Athletics

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    , Milwaukee Brewers
    Milwaukee Brewers

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     & California Angels
    Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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  • Steve Rodriguez, major league infielder for the Boston Red Sox
    Boston Red Sox

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     and Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers

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    , and a player and head coach for the Waves baseball team.
  • Dane Sardinha
    Dane Sardinha

    Dane K. A. A. Sardinha is a Major League Baseball catcher in the Detroit Tigers organization....
     - Professional Baseball Player (Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers

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  • Duke Sardinha - Professional Baseball Player (Colorado Rockies
    Colorado Rockies

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  • Terry Schroeder (D.C., 1981) - Water Polo Olympian 1988, 1992 & 1996, Olympic Water Polo Head Coach 2008 (Silver Medal)
  • Mike Scott
    Mike Scott (baseball)

    Mike Scott is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and — most notably — the Houston Astros....
     - Former professional baseball player (1979-1991; New York Mets
    New York Mets

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     & Houston Astros
    Houston Astros

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    ) & winner of the 1986 NL Cy Young Award
    Cy Young Award

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  • Andy Stankiewicz
    Andy Stankiewicz

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     - Former professional baseball player (1992-1998; New York Yankees
    New York Yankees

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    , Houston Astros
    Houston Astros

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    , Montreal Expos
    Montreal Expos

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     & Arizona Diamondbacks
    Arizona Diamondbacks

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  • Andrew Sznajder
    Andrew Sznajder

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     - Professional 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....
     - Former professional baseball player (1996-1999; New York Mets
    New York Mets

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     & Kansas City Royals
    Kansas City Royals

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    )
  • Randy Wolf
    Randy Wolf

    Randall Christopher Wolf is a Left-handedness pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers....
     - Professional baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers
    Los Angeles Dodgers

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    )


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, many 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

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 (see “Pepperdine at Glance” in the external links section) has ranked Pepperdine as the 54th best national university for undergraduate education, its law school is rated as 59th among the top 100 law schools in the country by U.S. News and World Reports, and the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution is currently ranked number 1 in the nation. The Graziadio School of Business & Management has been consistently ranked by BusinessWeek as having one of the world's Top 25 Executive MBA programs, and US News & World Report has ranked the Graziadio School's Fully-Employed MBA program in the world's Top 30 and its Full-Time MBA program in the world's Top 100. Financial Times magazine has ranked the Graziadio School's EMBA in the world's Top 50. In 2008, the magazine In Tune for music educators named Pepperdine one of the 38 best music schools in the United States.

External links

  • – U.S. News & World Report, “Pepperdine at Glance”
  • – Business Week Review