Celebrities & Notable Alumni - Bay Area Sports Stars

Celebrities & Notable Alumni
(Note: Names of some Celebrities & Notables who first gained fame as athletes will be found in the high school sports section)
(Note: Some Celebrities & Notables attended, but did not graduate from the high school shown)
Name High School City Occupation & Example of Work
Architects
Arthur Brown Jr. Oakland Oakland Architect/ SF City Hall, Opera House, Coit Tower
Charles Dickey Oakland Oakland Architect/ Oakland High School/ many Hawaii buildings
Julia Morgan Oakland Oakland Architect/Hearst Castle, Asilomar, Berkeley City Club
Astronauts & Aviators
Yvonne Cagle Novato Novato NASA Astronaut
Greg Chamitoff Blackford San Jose NASA Astronaut
Leroy Chiao Monte Vista Danville NASA Astronaut
Megan McArthur St. Francis Mountain View NASA Astronaut
John J. Montgomery St. Joseph’s Academy Oakland Made first manned, controlled glider flight, 1883
Carlos Noriega Wilcox Santa Clara NASA Astronaut
Stephan Robinson Campolindo Moraga NASA Astronaut made space walk to repair Discovery
Lt. Thomas Selfridge Lowell San Francisco First man killed in airplane accident, 1908
Steven Smith Leland San Jose NASA Astronaut
Beauty Queens, Models & Bodybuilders
Ellen Chapman Valley Christian San Jose Miss California 2004/ Miss USA 2004
Charlene Dallas Arroyo San Lorenzo Miss California 1966/ Miss America runner-up 1966
Jackie Geist Vacaville Vacaville Miss California 2008/ Miss Hollywood 2008
Jennifer Glover Castro Valley Castro Valley Miss California 2002/ Miss Contra Costa County 2002
Fay Lanphier Oakland Oakland Miss California 1924 & 1925/ Miss America 1925
Jimmy Payne Alameda Alameda Bodybuilder/ Mr. America (pro) 1950
Jone Pedersen Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Miss California 1949/ Miss Santa Rosa 1949
Steve Reeves Castlemont Oakland Bodybuilder/Actor/Mr. Universe 1948 & 50 /“Hercules”
Maria Remenyi El Cerrito El Cerrito Miss Oakland 1965/Miss California 1966/Miss USA 66
MaryAnne Sapio Ursuline Santa Rosa Miss California 1999
Christy Turlington Monte Vista Danville Model/ Calvin Klein 1987-2007, Maybeline & Chanel
Cartoonists & Animators
Bill Amend Burlingame Burlingame Syndicated Newspaper Cartoonist/”Fox Trot”
Reuben “Rube” Goldberg Polytechnic & Lowell San Francisco Syndicated Newspaper Cartoonist/ Pulitzer Prize Winner
Ollie Johnston Palo Alto Palo Alto Academy Award Winning Animator “Snow White”
Marty Links Lowell San Francisco Syndicated Newspaper Cartoonist/ “Bobby Sox”
Joe Murray Leland San Jose Animator “Rocko’s Modern Life”/ “Camp Lazio”
Robert Ripley Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Cartoonist/ Creator of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not”
Peter Shin Cupertino Cupertino Animator “The Simpsons”/Director “Rug Rats” Movie
Paul Terry Polytechnic San Francisco Founder Terrytoons cartoon studio/ “Mighty Mouse”
Morrie Turner McClymonds/Berkeley Oakland/Berkeley Cartoonist/ Creator of first integrated strip, “Wee Pals”

Civil Rights
Melba Pattilo Beals Montgomery Santa Rosa One of the Little Rock 9 who integrated Central High
Dolores “Del” Martin Washington San Francisco Lesbian Rights Activist/ Founder of Daughter of Bilitis
William L. Patterson Tamalpais Mill Valley Civil Rights Attorney/ Tam’s first Black graduate
Comedians
Gracie Allen Star of the Sea San Francisco Comedienne/wife of George Burns/ “Burns & Allen”
Diane Amos Washington San Francisco Comedienne/ Pine Sol Lady
Morey Ansterdam Commerce San Francisco Comedian/Radio/Movies /TV/”Dick Van Dyke Show”
Rod Becker Pioneer San Jose Comedian/Actor/”Defending the Caveman” show
Lunelle Campbell Castro Valley Castro Valley Comedian/Actress/Borat’s girlfriend/wife in “Borat”
Dana Carvey Carlmont Belmont Comedian/Actor/ “Saturday Night Live”
Margaret Cho Lowell/School of the Arts San Francisco Comedienne
Will Forte Acalanes Lafayette Comedian/ “Saturday Night Live”
Adam Gass Las Lomas Walnut Creek Comedian/ “Kung Fu Panda” & “Shallow Hal”
Pat Morita Armijo Fairfield Comedian/Actor/ “Karate Kid” & “Happy Days”
Pat Paulsen Tamalpais Mill Valley Comedian/ “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”
Kevin Pollak Pioneer San Jose Comedian/Actor/”A Few Good Men”/Celebrity Poker”
Jeff Richards Las Lomas Walnut Creek Comedian/ “Saturday Night Live”
Andy Samberg Berkeley Berkeley Comedian/ “Saturday Night Live”/ movie “Hot Rod”
Bob Sarlatte St. Ignatius San Francisco Comedian/Actor/San Francisco 49ers field announcer
Ronnie Schell Richmond Richmond Comedian/Actor/ “The Jim Nabors Hour”
Rob Schneider Terra Nova Pacifica Comedian/Actor/ “Saturday Night Live” & “The Animal”
Robin Williams Redwood Larkspur Comedian/Actor/ “Mork” & “Good Morning, Vietnam”
Crime & Punishment
Susan Atkins Leigh San Jose Convicted of Murder as Member of the Manson Family
Ralph “Sonny” Barger Oakland Oakland Hell’s Angels Founder/4 years prison on bomb charges
Michael Bortin Lowell San Francisco Member Symbionese Liberation Army/ Imprisoned
Patty Hearst Crystal Springs-Upland Hillsborough Heiress Kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
John Walker Linde Tamalpais Mill Valley Imprisoned after fighting for Taliban in Afghanistan
Johannes Mehserle New Technology Napa BART officer convicted of killing Oscar Grant 2009
Nancy Ling Perry Montgomery Santa Rosa Member Symbionese Liberation Army/ killed by police
Dan White Riordan/Wilson San Francisco Assassin of SF Mayor George Mosconi & Supervisor
Education
Harvey Milk
Brother Mel Anderson St. Mary’s Berkeley President St. Mary’s College
Rev. Charles Dullea, SJ St. Ignatius San Francisco President University of San Francisco/ Bellarmine Prep
Delaine Eastin Carlmont Belmont State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1995-2003
Sidney Ehrman Lowell San Francisco Attorney/ University of California Regent 1930-48
Mortimer Fleishhacker Boys San Francisco Business Leader/Univ of California Regent 1918-50
David Gardner Berkeley Berkeley President University of California-Berkeley, 1983-92
Walter Hoadley Mission San Francisco Economist/University of California Regent
Richard Levin Lowell San Francisco Yale University President
Rev. John LoSchiavo, SJ St. Ignatius San Francisco University of San Francisco President
Judah Magnes Oakland Oakland President Hebrew University of Jerusalem
William Merchant Wilmerding San Francisco Architect/ University of California Ex-Officio Regent

William Rewak Bellarmine San Jose President Santa Clara University 1977-88
Josiah Royce Lowell San Francisco Philosopher/Head-Royce High in Oakland honors him
Robert Gordon Sproul Mission/Oakland San Francisco/Oakland University of California at Berkeley Chancellor
Millicent Shinn Washburn Oakland Oakland First woman to win University of California PhD Degree
Jurisprudence
Frank Angellotti Boy’s San Francisco California Supreme Court Chief Justice
Charles Beardsley Campbell Campbell Attorney/ President California & American Bar Assocs
Stephen Breyer Lowell San Francisco U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Consuelo Maria Callahan Mission San Jose Fremont California Appealate Court Justice
Maxine Kurtz Chesney Burlingame Burlingame U. S. District Court Judge
Ming Chin Bellarmine San Jose California Supreme Court Associate Justice
Nate Cohn Galileo, Poly, Lowell San Francisco Attorney/ colorful S. F. defense lawyer 1947-2000
Christopher Darden Kennedy Richmond Attorney/Prosecutor O. J. Simpson trial
Alfred Delucchi Technical Oakland Alameda County Superior Judge/ Scott Peterson Trial
Frederick Henshaw Oakland Oakland Associate Justice California Supreme Court 1894-1918
Thomas Lynch Bellarmine San Jose S. F. District Attorney/ State Attorney General 1964-71
Henry Melvin Oakland Oakland California Supreme Court Associate Justice 1908-20
John Molinari Lowell San Francisco California Appealate Court Presiding Justice
William Newsom St. Ignatius San Francisco California Appealate Court Justice/ father of S. F. Mayor
Gavin Newsom
Nat Schmulowitz Lowell San Francisco Attorney/ Gave Collection of Wit & Humor to SF Library
Tony Serra Lincoln San Francisco Civil Rights Lawyer/ Subject of movie “True Believer”
Raymond Sullivan St. Ignatius San Francisco California Supreme Court Associate Justice
Alan Tieger Del Mar San Jose Chief Prosecutor for International War Crimes Tribunal
Mathew Tobriner Lowell San Francisco California Supreme Court Justice
Laurence Tribe Lincoln San Francisco Attorney/Writer/ “God Bless This Honorable Court”
Military
Allan Bonnalie Polytechnic San Francisco World War I pilot decorated by U. S. & Great Britain
Admiral Daniel Callaghan St. Ignatius San Francisco Medal of Honor Winner/ killed in action World War II
Capt. Reginald Desiderio Gilroy Gilroy Medal of Honor Winner in Korean War
Paul Foster San Mateo San Mateo Medal of Honor Winner in Vietnam War
Livingston Gilson Irving Berkeley Berkeley World War I Pilot/ Lafayette Escadrille & 103rd Aero
Capt. Mel Moore Burlingame Burlingame Navy pilot was Prisoner of War in View Nam for 6 years
1st Lt. James Swett San Mateo San Mateo Medal of Honor Winner/ Marine pilot World War II
Miscellaneous
David Brower Berkeley Berkeley Environmentalist/President Sierra Club
Edwin de Golia Oakland Oakland First person killed on Bay Bridge 1937
Vivian Moore Hallinan Girls San Francisco Activist/ wife of Vincent & mother of Terence Hallinan
Noah Jefferson Campolindo Moraga Professional poker player
Nan Schlesinger Kempner Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco Party-Hosting, Fund Raising New York Socialite
Anton LaVey (Howard Levey) Tamalpais Mill Valley Founder Church of Satan
Joe Sebok Palo Alto Palo Alto Professional poker player
Adolph Spreckels So. Cosmopolitan Grammar San Francisco Founder Palace of the Legion of Honor/race horse
owner/Sugar Magnate
Jim Trimingham Amador Valley Pleasanton One of Stanford’s 1930 “Immortal 21,” who grabbed

the “Big Game” Axe from Cal students after 31 years
Fred Van Dyke Lincoln San Francisco Surfer/ Founder Surfer Magazine/ Author surfing books
Eric Vettel Silver Creek San Jose Executive Director Woodrow Wilson Presidential
Musicians - Big Band Leader
Library
Sal Carson (Carcione) University Oakland Band Leader/ Trumpet / 49ers Games & SF Hotels
Carl Ravazza Alameda Alameda Band Leader / Vocalist/ Violin/ Hotel Band ‘30s to 1960
Walt Tolleson Lincoln San Francisco Band Leader/Composer/ Walt Tolleson Big Band
Musicians - Instrumental
Greg Adams Westmoor Daly City Trumpeter/Arranger Tower of Power
Peter Apfelbaum Berkeley Berkeley Drummer/Founder Hieroglyphics Ensemble
Jim Armstrong Cupertino Cupertino Guitarist/Papa Doo Run Run surf band
Abe Battat Lincoln San Francisco Jazz musician/composer/bandleader
Phil Bennett Northgate Walnut Creek Keyboardist/ Starship rock band
Terry Bozzio Sir Francis Drake San Anselmo Drummer/ “Mothers of Invention” & “Missing Persons”
rock bands
Modesto Briseno James Lick San Jose Jazz Musician with Benny Goodman, Harry James Bands
Dave Brubeck Mount Diablo Concord Jazz Pianist/Dave Brubeck Quartet/”Take Five”
Dave Buckner Vacaville Vacaville Drummer/ Papa Roach band
Cliff Burton Castro Valley Castro Valley Bassist/Metallica rock band
Joie Calio Saratoga Saratoga Bass Guitarist/Dada rock band
Torrance Castellano Palo Alto Palo Alto Drummer/The Donnas punk rock band
Ron Chaney Pioneer San Jose Bassist/Count Five rock band/ “Psychotic Reaction”
John Cipollina Tamalpais Mill Valley Guitarist/Quicksilver Messenger Service rock band
Pete Clute Tamalpais Mill Valley Ragtime Pianist/ Turk Murphy & Natural Gas jazz bands
Paul Desmond Polytechnic San Francisco Dave Brubeck Quartet saxophonist/composer “Take
Mike Pritchard Dirnt Pinole Valley Pinole Guitarist /Green Day rock band
John Dote Carlmont Belmont Drummer/TV Show Music Arranger/ “Dynasty”
Five”
George Duke Tamalpais Mill Valley Jazz Pianist/Keyboardist
Ron Elliot St. Ignatius San Francisco Guitarist/Composer/Beau Brummels/”Just a Little”
Dave Ellis Berkeley Berkeley Saxophonist
John Fogerty St. Mary’s/El Cerrito Berkeley/El Cerrito Musician/Credence Clearwater Revival
Tom Fogerty St. Mary’s Berkeley Credence Clearwater Revival/brother of John Fogerty
Maya Ford Palo Alto Palo Alto Bass Guitarist/The Donnas punk rock band
Bobby Freeman Mission San Francisco Songwriter / “Do You Wanna Dance?”
Jerry Garcia Balboa/Analy San Francisco/Sebastopol Musician/Co-Founder Warlocks & Grateful Dead
Brad Gillis Alameda Alameda Guitarist for Night Ranger rock band
Keith Godchaux Mount Diablo Concord Keyboardist/Grateful Dead
Larry Graham McClymonds Oakland Musician/Bassist/Sly & The Family Stone
Benny Green Berkeley Berkeley Jazz Pianist/ Art Blakeley Jazz Messemgers
Vince Guaraldi Lincoln San Francisco Jazz Pianist/Grammy Award winning composer
Michael Gurley Saratoga Saratoga Guitarist/Dada rock band
John Handy McClymonds Oakland Saxophonist/ Bill Graham Lifetime Achievement Award
Ayn Inserto Clayton Valley Concord Jazz Artist/ Composer /Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra
Chuck Jones Washington San Francisco Drummer/ Big Brother & The Holding Company band
Stanley Jordan Gunn Palo Alto Jazz Guitarist

Paul Kantner St. Mary’s Berkeley Founder Jefferson Airplane/Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame
Ed Kelly McClymonds Oakland Jazz Pianist/Laney Music Teacher 25 years
Robbie Krieger Menlo School Atherton Guitarist/ The Doors
Kris Kristofferson San Mateo San Mateo Musician/Actor/ “Help Me Make It Through The Night”
Stephan Kupka Berkeley Berkeley Saxophone / Tower of Power/ model for Muppets player
Phil Lesh Berkeley Berkeley Bassist/Grateful Dead
Larry Vuckovich Lincoln San Francisco Jazz Pianist & Composer
Rudy Madrid Overfelt San Jose Guitarist/ Leader “Rudy and The Cruisers”
David Margen Berkeley Berkeley Bassist/ Santana
Dennis Marcelino Lowell San Francisco Musician/Elvis Bishop/Sly & Family Stone/The Tokens
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan Palo Alto Palo Alto Organist & Harmonicist/ Grateful Dead
Ron Meagher Oakland Oakland Bassist/Beau Brummels rock band
Joseph Meyer Lowell San Francisco Song Writer/ “California, Here I Come”
John Michalski Pioneer San Jose Guitarist/Count Five rock band/ “Psychotic Reaction”
Peter Mintun Berkeley Berkeley Pianist/ Interpreter of music between the World Wars
David Murray St. Mary’s Berkeley Jazz Saxophonist/Grammy Award Winner 1988
Brent Mydland Antioch Antioch Keyboardist/ Grateful Dead
Everett Nourse Oakland Oakland Theater Organist/ Paramount, Fox, Diamond, Parkway
Kenny Ortega Sequoia Redwood City Rock Artist/The Tubes rock band
John Ottman Gunderson San Jose Music Composer / “The Cable Guy” & “Public Access”
Lenny Pickett Berkeley Berkeley Saxophone player / Tower of Power band
Joshua Redman Berkeley Berkeley Jazz Saxophonist and Composer/ Grammy nominee
Allison Robertson Palo Alto Palo Alto Bass Guitarist/The Donnas punk rock band
Wally Rose Castlemont Oakland Ragtime Pianist/Lu Watters & Turk Murphy Jazz Bands
Jim Rush Cupertino Cupertino Bassist/Vocalist/Papa Doo Run Run surf band
Jeremy “Jerry” Russell San Rafael Military Ac. San Rafael Co-Founder “Blue Cheer” first heavy metal band
Raphael Wiggins Saadig Castlemont Oakland Co-Founder Tony!Toni!Tone! & Lucy Pearl groups
Carlos Santana Mission San Francisco Musician/Founder Santana/Rock “n” Roll Hall of Fame
Salvador Santana School of the Arts San Francisco Keyboardist/ son of musician Carlos Santana
David Shallock Tamalpais Mill Valley Guitarist/ Big Brother & The Holding Company band
Jim Shippey Cupertino Cupertino Drummer/Papa Doo Run Run surf band
Calvin Simmons Balboa San Francisco Conductor Oakland Symphony/ 1st Black to conduct
major U.S. orchestra
Isaac Stern Conservatory of Music San Francisco Concert Violinist/Campaigned to preserve Carnegie Hall
Sly Stone Vallejo Vallejo Musician/Founder Sly and The Family Stone
Cal Tjader San Mateo San Mateo Jazz Xylophonist
Lazar “Larry” Vukovich Lincoln San Francisco Jazz Pianist/Composer “Blue Balkan”
Mark Ward Cupertino Cupertino Guitarist/Papa Doo Run Run surf band
Bob Weir Menlo-Atherton Atherton Musician/Co-Founder Warlocks & Grateful Dead
Dwayne Wiggins Castlemont Oakland Co-Founder Tony! Toni!Tone!/Raphael Saadig’s brother
Joseph Stanley Williams Athenian School Danville Member Toto Rock Band/composer John Williams’ son
Don Zirelli Cupertino Cupertino Keyboardist/Vocalist/Papa Doo Run Run surf band
Musicians - Vocal
Brett Anderson Palo Alto Palo Alto Vocalist/The Donnas punk rock band
Billy Joe Armstrong Pinole Valley/John Swett Pinole/Crockett Founder/Lead Singer/ Green Day rock band
Joan Baez Palo Alto Palo Alto Singer/Activist/ “Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word”
Don Baskin Camden San Jose Vocalist-Guitarist/ Syndicate of Sound/ “Little Girl”
Lindsey Buckingham Menlo-Atherton Atherton Singer/Fleetwood Mac/brother of Greg Buckingham

Stanley Burrell Fremont/McClymonds Oakland “M.C. Hammer”/Rapper/”You Can’t Touch This”
Cedric Cannon San Mateo San Mateo Opera Singer
Bill Champlin Tamalpais Mill Valley Singer & Keyboardist Sons of Champlin rock band
Irene Dalis San Jose San Jose Opera Singer
Lars Dapello (Frederiksen) Westmont Campbell Guitarist/Vocalist/ Rancid punk rock band
Coby Dick Vacaville Vacaville Vocalist/ Papa Roach band
Adam Duritz Head-Royce Oakland Singer/ Counting Crows rock band
Sheila Escobedo Oakland Oakland “Sheila E” / Latin Singer/ Daughter of Pete Escobedo
Mimi Farina Palo Alto Palo Alto Folk Singer/Founder Bread & Roses/sister of Joan Baez
Bob Gonzales Camden San Jose Vocalist-Guitarist/ Syndicate of Sound/ “Little Girl”
Tramaine Hawkins Berkeley Berkeley Gospel Singer/Grammy Award
Dan Hicks Montgomery Santa Rosa Band Leader/ Singer/ Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Stephan Jenkins Gunn Palo Alto Vocalist/Third Eye Blind rock band
Ferran “Coco” Lee Wallenberg San Francisco Chinese-American pop singer, songwriter, actress
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Campolindo/Berkeley Moraga/Berkeley Opera Singer
Tom Luce St Lawrence Aca/St Francis Santa Clara/Mnt View Founder/Singer/Luce rock band
Eric Martin Foothill Pleasanton Lead Vocalist/ 415, EMB & Mr. Big rock bands
Tony Martin (Alvin Morris) Technical Oakland Popular Singer/ “I Get Ideas” & “La Vie En Rose”
Guy Mitchell (Al Cermak) Mission San Francisco Singer/ “My Heart Cries for You” & “Singin’ the Blues”
Jim Morrison Alameda Alameda Singer/ Poet/ Songwriter/ “The Doors”
Tim Murphy Leigh San Jose Country Singer/ “Bottom of the Fifth”
Jacqui Naylor Mitty San Jose Jazz Vocalist
Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks Menlo-Atherton Atherton Singer/Fleetwood Mac rock band
Johnny (Valliotis) Otis Berkeley Berkeley R&B Singer/”Hogjaws”/”Alimony Boogie”
Chantelle Paige Valley Christian San Jose Singer/ Flipsyde R&B Band/ child model
John Patton El Cerrito El Cerrito Opera Singer/ Actor “The Color Purple”
Anita, June, Ruth Pointer Technical Oakland The Pointer Sisters/Singers/ “I’m So Excited” & “Jump”
Malvina Milder Reynolds Lowell San Francisco Protest Singer/ “Turn Around” & “Little Boxes”
Dawn Robinson Oakland Oakland Singer/En Vogue
Tupac Shakur Tamalpais Mill Valley Rapper/Actor /“Brenda’s Got A Baby”/“Above The Rim”
Todd Shaw Fremont Oakland “Too Short” /Rapper/ “Playboy Short” & “Mack Attack”
Grace Wing Slick Palo Alto/Castilleja Palo Alto Rock Vocalist/ Great Society/Jefferson Airplane &
Jefferson Starship
Maude Fay Symington Girls San Francisco Wagnerian Opera Singer
Talise Trevigne Los Altos Los Altos Opera Coloratura Soprano
Vienna Teng Saratoga Saratoga Singer/Pianist/Songwriter
Linda Tillery Lowell San Francisco Jazz Vocalist
Sal Valentino (Spampinato) Sacred Heart San Francisco Vocalist Beau Brummels rock band/ “Sad Little Girl”
Gary Young James Lick San Jose Broadway Tenor/ “Fiddler on the Roof”
Stan Wilson Berkeley Berkeley Folk Singer & Song Writer/ “Jane, Jane, Jane”
News Media - Print
Harold Abend Washington San Francisco S. F. Bay Area Sportswriter/ Prep Coorespondent
Amy Alexander Lincoln San Francisco S. F. Chronicle/Fresno Bee/Miami Herald Reporter
Carolyn Anspacher Girls San Francisco S. F. Chronicle Crime & Trial Reporter
Chauncey Bailey Hayward Hayward Oakland Post editor-in-chief murdered 2007
Dick Barrett Santa Clara Santa Clara S. J. Mercury-News Columnist
Dave Beronio Vallejo Vallejo Vallejo Times Herald Sports Editor
Harvey “Bud” Boyd Galileo San Francisco S. F. Chronicle Outdoor Writer

Dan Brown Rancho Cotate Rohnert Park S. J. Mercury-News Sportswriter
David Bush Hayward Hayward S. F. Chronicle Sportswriter
L.A. Chung Homestead San Jose S. J. Mercury News Feature Columnist
Will Connolly St. Ignatius San Francisco S. F. Chronicle Sports Columnist
Win Currier Alameda Alameda Sportswriter Alameda Times Star/Announcer Oakl Oaks
Philip Elwood Berkeley Berkeley “Dean of West Coast Jazz Critics”/radio announcer
Mark Fainaru (Wada) Redwood Larkspur S. F. Sportswriter/ “Game of Shadows” steroids book
Steve Fainaru Redwood Larkspur Sports writer/International reporter/ Pulizer Prize winner
Ted Fang Lowell San Francisco S. F. Independent & Examiner Publisher
Harry Farrell San Jose San Jose S. J. Mercury-News/Political Editor/Columnist
Bill Feist St. Joseph’s San Jose S. J. Mercury-News/Sportswriter/S. J. News Sports Editor
Peter Fimrite McAteer San Francisco S.F. Chronice Reporter/ son of Ron Fimrite
Ron Fimrite Berkeley/San Leandro Berkeley/San Leandro S. F. Chronicle Columnist/Sports Illustrated Writer
Jim Freeman Emery Emeryville Sportswriter
Chris Haft Menlo School Atherton S. J. Mercury Sportswriter
Marguerite Higgins Anna B. Head School Berkeley Pulitzer Prize winning Korean War correspondent
Art Hoppe Lowell San Francisco S. F. Chronicle Humor Columnist
Dan Hruby Santa Clara Santa Clara S. J. Mercury-News Sports Editor
Bob Hughes Fremont Oakland S. F. Chronicle Sportswriter/ Lawyer/ Bankruptcy Judge
Tim Hunt Amador Valley Pleasanton Tri-Valley Herald/Sports Editor/Editor/Asst. Publisher
Rich Jaroslovsky Montgomery Santa Rosa Wall Street Journal Washington Political Editor
Tim Kawakami Mills Millbrae S. J. Mercury-News Sports Columnist/SI.Com Writer
Bill Keller Serra San Mateo Pulitzer Prize Winner 1989; NY Times Executive
Dave Kellogg Woodside Woodside Monterey Peninsula Herald Sports Editor
Tim Keown Justin-Sienna Napa S. F. Chronicle, ESPN The Magazine Sportswriter
Dave Kiefer St. Francis Mountain View S. F. Mercury-News Giants beat & preps/ Prepfeed.com
Editor
Ann Killion Tamalpais Mill Valley S. J. Mercury-News Sports Columnist
Markos Kounalakis Lowell San Francisco Reporter Newsweek/ Publisher Washington Monthly
Melvin Lane Palo Alto Palo Alto Publisher Sunset Magazine/Coastal Commission Chair
Jack Lauch Sacred Heart San Francisco Photographer/ Feature Writer Scripps Howard chain
Harry Lutgens Sonoma Valley Sonoma Publisher Sebastopol Times/San Rafael Independent
Robert Marcus Mission San Francisco S. F. Chronicle Horse Race Picker (byline Marc Roberts)
Fred Matthes Washington San Francisco S. J. Mercury-News & NFL Photographer
Terry McDonnell Del Mar San Jose Sports Illustrated Editor
Ed Montgomery Burlingame Burlingame S. F. Examiner Reporter/ 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner
Celice Granice Murphy Sonoma Valley Sonoma Editor/Co-Publisher Sonoma Valley Index 1915-49
Brian Murphy Tamalpais Mill Valley SF Chron Golf Writer; KNBR Morning Show Host
Dave Newhouse Menlo-Atherton Atherton Oakland Tribune Sports Columnist
Keith Peters Gunn Palo Alto Palo Alto Weekly Sports Editor
Jeanne Phillips Burlingame Burlingame “Dear Abby” column writer
Ray Ratto St. Joseph’s Alameda S. F. Examiner & Chronicle Sports Columnist
Bob Ray Technical Oakland L. A. Times Sportswriter/Columnist
Jack Rosenbaum Polytechnic San Francisco S.F. Call-Bulletin, News, Examiner, Progess Columnist
Al Santoro Fremont Oakland Oakland Post-Enquirer & L. A. Times Sports Editor
Eric Schmitt Redwood Larkspur N. Y. Times reporter/ worked on Wikileaks story
Mark Schoofs Campolindo Moraga Pulitizer Prize-winning Village Voice reporter 1999
Joel Selvin Berkeley Berkeley S. F. Chronicle Music Critic
Harry B. Smith San Jose San Jose S. F. Chronicle Sportswriter/Sports Editor
Jack Smith Hayward Hayward Haward Review & S. F. Chronicle Sports Writer

Dick Sparrer Los Gatos Los Gatos Weekly newspaper sportswriter in Santa Clara County
Julia Prodie Sulek Presentation San Jose S. J. Mercury-News Reporter
Prescott Sullivan Polytechnic San Francisco S. F. News, Call-Bulletin & Examiner Sports Columnist
Marcus Thompson Technical Oakland Contra Costa Times Sportswriter
Kiyoshi Togasaki Lowell San Francisco Tokyo Times President
Ben Fong-Torres Oakland Oakland Rolling Stone Magazine/S. F. Chronicle writer
Jose Antonio Vargas Mountain View Mountain View Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter
Bob Valli Galileo San Francisco Oakland Tribune Sportswriter/ Sports Editor 1964-93
Steven Vincent Homestead Cupertino Free lance reporter/ first from U. S. assassinated in Iraq
Floyd “Bucky” Walter Lowell San Francisco S. F. Examiner Sports Columnist
Rachel Wettergreen Santa Teresa San Jose S. J. Mercury Sports Editor
Merla Burstein Zellerbach Lowell San Francisco S. F. Chronicle Columnist
News Media - Radio, TV & Internet
Robert Bazell San Mateo San Mateo NBC Chief Science & Health Coorespondent
Donn Bernstein Lowell San Francisco SID UC Santa Barbara/ University of Washington/
publicist ABC television’s college football coverage
Roxy Bernstein Pinewood Los Altos Hills Radio play-by-play announcer Cal basketball
Carol Bland Piedmont Hills San Jose Sacramento Channel 3 Evening News Anchor
Brodie Brazil Castro Valley Castro Valley High School Sports Focus/ Comcast Sports Net Reporter
Robert Braunstein Leland San Jose Creator/Host “High School Sports Focus” TV Program
Stan Bunger Leigh San Jose KCBS Radio News Anchor/ Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame
Steve Centanni Los Altos Los Altos KRON-TV & Fox Reporter/Kidnapped in Palestine
Rigo Chacon San Jose San Jose KGO-TV South Bay Bureau Chief
Juju Chang Wilcox Santa Clara KGO-TV Reporter/ Good Morning America News Anchor
Anna Chavez Peterson Sunnyvale KGO-TV News Anchor
Keith Conning Lincoln San Francisco Author “The Conning Tower,” internet T&F blog
Elaine Corral Westmoor Daly City KTVU News Anchor/Actress
Belva Davis Berkeley Berkeley Television Journalist
Diane Dwyer Burlingame Burlingame KTVU & KNTV News Anchor
Stephanie Elam Saratoga Saratoga CNN Business Correspondent
Doug Greenwald Wallenberg San Francisco Fresno/SF Giants broadcaster; son of Hank Greenwald
Joannie Greggains Lincoln San Francisco Host Radio & TV Exercise Shows
Ted Griggs Moreau Hayward General Manager Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Amy Gutierrez Casa Grande Petaluma Comcaset Sports Bay Area Reporter
Brad Hicks Palo Alto Palo Alto KNTV News Anchor/“Wine Country” Host
Adam Housley Vintage Napa TV Reporter/ KTXL Sacramento/ Fox News Channel
Sherry Hu Oakland Oakland Television Reporter & Bureau Chief/KPIX Channel 5
Mark Ibanez San Rafael/Petaluma San Rafael/Petaluma KNTV Sportscaster
Mark Litke Lincoln San Francisco Chief Asia Correspondent ABC TV News
Terry Lowry Lincoln San Francisco Television Newscaster/Talk Show Hostess
Bruce Macgowan Redwood Larkspur KNBR Radio Sports Reporter & Talk Show Host
Rachel Maddow Castro Valley Castro Valley Air America Radio Host / MSNBC Talk Show Host
Raj Mathai Los Altos Los Altos KNTV Sports Anchor/San Diego Chargers staffer
Mike McCurry Ravenswood East Palo Alto President Clinton’s Press Secretary/CNN Analyst
Dave McElhatton Fremont Oakland KCBS Radio 25 years/ KPIX TV Anchor 20-plus years
Ross McGowan Cupertino Cupertino KLIV DJ/Host KNTV “Mornings On Two”
Nannette Miranda Moreau Hayward KGO-TV Reporter/ Sacramento BureauChief
Christine Nubla Hillsdale San Mateo High School Sports Focus TV Co-Anchor

SuChin Pak Logan Union City MTV News Reporter/ PBS Co-Host “Newton’s Apple”
Will Selva St. Ignatius San Francisco Sports Anchor/CNN Headline News/KRON-TV
Bob Shaw Campolindo Moraga KTVU Movie Critic
Mike Sklut Berkeley Berkeley High School Sports Focus TV Co-Anchor
Frank Somerville Berkeley Berkeley KTVU News Anchor
Tom Spencer Burlingame Burlingame Golf Reporter/CBS Sports/KNBR Radio
Don Tollefson Menlo School Atherton WTXF-TV, Philadelphia, Sports Anchor
Barry Tompkins Washington San Francisco Anchor/ TV Sports Play-By-Play Announcer
Mychael Urban Woodside Woodside Oakland A’s Reporter for mlb.com/Author of “Aces”
Nobel Prize Winners
Luis Alvarez Polytechnic San Francisco Nobel Prize Winner in Physics 1968
Eric Cornell Lowell San Francisco Nobel Prize Winner in Physics 2001
Joseph Erlanger Lowell San Francisco Physician/Nobel Prize Winner in medicine 1945
Dudley Herschbach Campbell Campbell Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 1986
Roger Kornberg Woodside Priory Woodside Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 2006
Willard Libby Analy Sebastopol Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 1960
Albert Michelson Boys San Francisco First U. S. Nobel Prize Winner 1907 in Physics
Politics & Public Service
Angela Alioto Convent of Sacred Heart San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor
Joseph Alioto Sacred Heart San Francisco San Francisco Mayor 68-76; father of Angela Alioto
John Baldwin San Ramon Valley Danville California State Senator
Jim Beall Bellarmine San Jose Santa Clara County Supervisor/ State Assemblyman
Edmund G. “Pat ”Brown Lowell San Francisco S. F. District Attorney/California Governor
George “Hank” Brown Menlo-Atherton Atherton Colorado Congressman 1981-91/ Senator 1991-97
Jerry Brown St. Ignatius San Francisco California Governor/Oakland Mayor/”Pat” Brown’s son
Kimiko Burton Lowell San Francisco First SF female Public Defender/John Burton’s daughter
Phillip Burton Washington San Francisco Congressman/John Burton’s brother
Joe Canciamilla Pittsburg Pittsburg California Assemblyman
Andy Casper Lincoln San Francisco S. F. Fire Chief 1976-82
George Christopher Galileo San Francisco San Francisco Mayor who lured New York Giants to city
Alan Cranston Mountain View Mountain View U. S. Senator
Jim Cunneen Gunn Palo Alto California Assemblyman
Robert Davila California School for Deaf Berkeley President Gallaudet University (serves deaf population)
Ron Delums Technical Oakland U. S. Congressman/ Oakland Mayor
John Doolittle Cupertino Cupertino U. S. Congressman
Jack Drago Balboa San Francisco Fire Chief / Councilman & Mayor South San Francisco
Fred Dutton San Mateo San Mateo Presidential Assistant to John F. Kennedy
Guy Earl Oakland Oakland State Senator 1892-95/ UC Regent 1902-30
Dianne Goldman Feinstein Convent of Sacred Heart San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor/ Mayor/ United States Senator
Melvin “Dutch” Flohr Petaluma Petaluma Police Chief 1940-74 was Santa Clara Univ.football star
Arlen Gregorio Burlingame Burlingame California State Senator 1970-78
Terence “Kayo” Hallinan Drake/Drew Prep San Anselmo/S. F. San Francisco District Attorney
Russell “Rusty” Hammer Del Mar San Jose Campbell Councilman 1972/ youngest ever in U. S. (18)
Joanne Hayes-White Mercy San Francisco First Female S. F. Fire Chief
Mike Honda San Jose San Jose San Jose Councilman/ U. S. Congressman
Richard Hongisto Washington San Francisco S. F. Sheriff, Supervisor, Assessor, Police Chief 1971-92
Florence Prag Kahn Girls San Francisco U. S. Congresswoman 1925-37/ First Jewess in Congress

Fred Keeley Cupertino Cupertino California Assemblyman
Joseph Knowland Hopkins Academy Oakland U. S. Congressman/ Oakland Tribune Publisher 1915-66
William F. Knowland Alameda Alameda U. S. Senator/ Oakland Tribune Publisher/son of
Joseph Knowland
Franklin Lane Oakland/Lowell Oakland/San Francisco Secretary of Interior for President Wilson 1913-20
Sam Liccardo Bellarmine San Jose San Jose City Councilman
Zoe Lofgren Gunn Palo Alto U. S. Congresswoman
Stephan Mather Lowell San Francisco First National Parks Director/ Mather Field AFB
Yosuke Matsuoka Oakland Oakland Japan Foreign Minister 1940-45
Vincent Matthews McAteer San Francisco Superintendent Oakland & San Jose Unified Districts
Robert I. McCarthy St.Ignatius San Francisco Assemblyman 1954, State Senator 1954-57, DMV Head
William McCracken Oakland Oakland Mayor of Oakland 1937
Robert McNamara Piedmont Piedmont U. S. Secretary of Defense 1961-68
Edwin Meese Oakland Oakland U. S. Attorney General 1985-88
Frank Merriam Oakland Oakland California Governor 1934-39
George Miller Alhambra Martinez U. S. Congressman
Norm Mineta San Jose San Jose S. J. Mayor/U. S. Congressman/Clinton & Bush Cabinets
George Moscone St. Ignatius San Francisco San Francisco Mayor/ assassinated by Dan White 1978
Eugene Mullin Riordan San Francisco South S. F. Councilman/ State Assemblyman 2002-08
James Needham San Jose San Jose Congressman 1899-1913; Superior Judge 1919-35
Wendy Nelder Lincoln San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor & President of the Board
Gavin Newsom Redwood Larkspur San Francisco Mayor/ Santa Clara U. baseball player
Huey Newton Technical Oakland Co-Founder with Bobby Seale of Black Panther Party
Dr. George Pardee Oakland Oakland California Governor 1903-07/ Pardee Dam honors him
Don Perata St. Joseph Alameda California State Senator
Nicholas Petris McClymonds Oakland State Assembly/ Senate/ co-author bills to save SF Bay
James Phelan St. Ignatius San Francisco San Francisco Mayor 1897-1902/U. S. Senator
John Reading Fremont Oakland Oakland Mayor 1966-77
Tony Ribera Washington San Francisco San Francisco Police Chief 1992-96
Rosa Rios Moreau Hayward U. S. Treasurer
James Rolph Mission San Francisco S.F. Mayor 1912-31/California Governor 1931-34
Pierre Salinger Lowell San Francisco Chronicle Reporter/JFK’s Press Secretary/U. S. Senator
Mark Schneider Antioch Antioch Director Peace Corps 1999-01
Bobby Seale Oakland Oakland Co-Founder with Huey Newton of Black Panther Party
John “Jack” Shelley Mission San Francisco State Senator/U.S. Congressman/San Francisco Mayor
Kevin Shelley St. Ignatius San Francisco California Secretary of State/ son of Jack Shelley
Joe Simitian Palo Alto Palo Alto California Assemblyman & California Senator
Timothy Smith Terra Linda San Rafael U. S. Congressman/ Marin County Supervisor
Kevin Starr St. Ignatius San Francisco State Librarian 1994-2004; SF Examiner Columnist
Greg Suhr St.Ignatius San Francisco San Francisco Police Chief, 2011-
Charles Lee Tilden Lowell San Francisco Creator of Tilden Park in Oakland foothills
Joseph Tinney St. Ignatius San Francisco SF County Supervisor 61-66/SF Assessor 66-79
Tom Torlekson Mount Diablo Concord California Assemblyman & State Senator
Joe Trippi Moreau Hayward Stratigist for Jerry Brown/Alan Cranston/Tom Bradley
John Vasconcellos Bellarmine San Jose California Assemblyman & State Senator
Jerome Waldie Antioch Antioch California Assemblyman & Congressman led
impeachment of President Richard Nixon
Kathryn Walt-Hall Berkeley Berkeley Ambassador to Austria
Casper “Cap” Weinberger Polytechnic San Francisco California Assemblyman/ U. S. Secretary of Defense

Steve Westly Menlo-Atherton Atherton State Controler/ Candidate for Governor 2006
Science & Industry
Joseph Carrera Santa Clara Santa Clara Bank of America Chief Executive Officer
Vincent DeDominico Mission San Francisco Co-Creator Rice-A-Roni & Napa Valley Wine Train
Eugene de Sabla Lowell San Francisco Partner in power company that became PG&E
Ray Dolby Sequoia Redwood City Founder laboratory that developed digital movie sound
Debbie Fields Alameda Alameda CEO Mrs. Fields Cookies/Oakland A’s Ball Girl
Dian Fossey Lowell San Francisco Sacrificed life protecting gorillas/ “Gorillas in the Mist”
Sir John (Jean) Paul Getty St. Ignatius San Francisco Philanthropist son of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty
Dan Gordon Homestead Sunnyvale Founder Gordon Biersch Brewery
William Hewlitt Lowell San Francisco Co-Founder Hewlitt-Packard
Maurice Holloway San Leandro San Leandro CEO CornNuts Inc. snack food company.
Cyril Magnin Lowell San Francisco S. F. Businessman/Civic Leader/Chief of Protocol
David Mathis San Mateo San Mateo Chairman/CEO of the Kemper Corp.
George Millay St. Ignatius San Francisco Theme Park Creator/Sea World/Magic Mountain
Lurline Matson Roth Hamlin School San Francisco Matson Co. Heiress/ Steamship “Lurline” named for her
Carol Shelton San Mateo San Mateo Award-winning winemaker
Peter Shor Tamalpais Mill Valley Mathematician/ Creator of the “Shor Algorithm”
Tommy Toy Galileo San Francisco Owner Tommy Toy’s & Cuisine Chinoise restaurants
J. Craig Venter Mills Millbrae Biologist/ First person to sequence human genome
Science & Industry (High Tech)
Marc Benioff Burlingame Burlingame Founder salesforce.com
Steven Colley Mount Pleasant San Jose President & CEO NCube/developer super fast computers
Peter Giles Lincoln San Francisco CEO & President San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation
Brad Greenspan Menlo School Atherton Co-Founder My Space internet social networking site
Ted Griggs Monta Vista Cupertino Founder Internet Gaming Zone/CEO Syndeo Inc
William Hewlett Lowell San Francisco Inventor/Co-Founder Hewlett Packard Co.
Steve Jobs Homestead Cupertino Co-Founder of Apple computer with Steve Wozniak
Gordon Moore Sequoia Redwood City Co-Founder Fairchild Semiconductors & Intel Corp.
Robert Rieger Cupertino Cupertino Founder/President /Netscape/internet access company
Peter Thiel San Mateo San Mateo Co-Founder Pay Pal internet payment system
Steve Wozniak Homestead Cupertino Co-Founder of Apple computer with Steve Jobs
Jerry Yang Piedmont Hills San Jose Founder of Yahoo internet search engine
Stage, Screen & Radio - Performers
Dianna Agron Burlingame Burlingame Actress/ “Glee”
Aaron Albano Lincoln San Jose Stage Actor/”Bombay Dreams” & “Wicked”
Eddie Anderson Oakland Oakland Actor/Jack Benny’s know-it-all butler, “Rochester”,
Father of Bill Anderson, pro football player
Eve Arden Tamalpais Mill Valley Actress/”Our Miss Brooks” & “The Mother-in-Laws”
Adrienne Barbeau Del Mar San Jose Actress/ “Maude” on TV/ “Grease” on Broadway/ films
Blanche Bates Girls San Francisco Actress/Stage & early Silent Films
Bea Benaderet St. Rose Academy San Francisco Actress/ “Petticoat Junction” & “Beverly Hillbillies”
Bernice Berwin Berlin Technical Oakland Radio Actress/ “One Man’s Family”
Stephen Bishop Campolindo Moraga Actor/ minor leaguer was David Justice in “Moneyball”
Bill Bixby Lowell San Francisco Actor/ “The Incredible Hulk” & “My Favorite Martian”

Joan Blackman Lincoln San Francisco Actress / “Blue Hawaii” & “Bridget Jones’ Diary”
Carroll Borland Oakland Oakland Actress/ “Mark of The Vampire” with Bela Lugosi
Barry Bostwick San Mateo San Mateo Actor/ “Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Benjamin Bratt Lowell San Francisco Actor/ “Law & Order”
Lloyd Bridges Petaluma Petaluma Actor/ “Sea Hunt” and “Airplane”
Linda Bulgo Lincoln San Francisco Actress/“Beach Blanket Babylon” Dorothy/Snow White
Cheryl Burke Menlo-Atherton Atherton Dancer/“Dancing With The Stars” with Emmitt Smith
Raymond Burr San Rafael Military Ac. San Rafael Actor/ “Perry Mason” & “Ironside”
David Butler Lowell San Francisco Director/ Will Rogers, Shirley Temple, Bob Hope films
Dean Butler Piedmont Piedmont Actor/ “Little House of the Prairie”
Nicholas Coppala Cage Justin-Siena Napa Actor/ Academy Award Best Actor “Leaving Las Vegas”
Linda Cardellini St. Francis Mountain View Actor/ Nurse Samantha Taggert in “ER”
Carol Channing Lowell San Francisco Musical Comedy Actress/ “Hello Dolly”
Julia Child Branson Ross Television Chef
June Clyde Galileo San Francisco Actress appeared in 60 movies, 1929-57
Eric and Steve Cohen Gunn Palo Alto Identical Twin Dancers in “Ally McBeal” TV series
Brian Copeland Moreau Hayward Radio & TV host/ author “Not A Genuine Black Man”
Russ Coughlan Mission San Francisco Host KGO radio & KGO-TV talk shows/KGO-TV GM
Simon Rex Cutright Alameda Alameda “Simon Rex”/MTV VJ/TV Actor/ Mikey in “Jack & Jill”
Eric Dane Sequoia/San Mateo Redwood City/San Mateo Actor/ Dr. Mark Sloan on TV Series “Grey’s Anatomy”
Henrietta Davis Lincoln San Francisco Singer/Bess in Broadway’s “Porgy and Bess”
Olivia De Havilland Los Gatos/Notre Dame Los Gatos/Belmont Actress/ “Gone With The Wind”/sister of Joan Fontaine
Val Diamond Castro Valley Castro Valley Actress/ “Beach Blanket Babylon” 1978-2009
Clint Eastwood Piedmont/Technical Piedmont/Oakland Actor/Director/ “Dirty Harry” & “Unforgiven”
Aaron Eckhart Monta Vista Cupertino Actor/ “Thanks For Smoking”/ “The Dark Knight”
Barbara Huffman Eden Lincoln San Francisco Actress/ “I Dream of Jeannie”/Miss San Francisco 1951
Ralph Edwards Oakland Oakland TV Host/ “This Is Your Life”
Richard Egan St. Ignatius San Francisco Actor/ “Demetrius and the Gladiators” & “Untamed”
George Fenneman Polytechnic San Francisco Radio-TV Announcer/”You Bet Your Life” & “Dragnet”
Edna Fischer Berkeley Berkeley Singer on Bay Area Radio 1920s to 1950s
Joan Fontaine Los Gatos/Notre Dame Los Gatos/Belmont Actress/ “Suspicion”/sister of Olivia De Havilland
James Franco Palo Alto Palo Alto Actor/Golden Globe Winner 2002
Janet Gaynor Polytechnic San Francisco 1st Academy Award Actress 1929/”Seventh Heaven”
John Gilbert Hitchcock Military Ac. San Rafael Actor/ “The Big Parade” & “Flesh And The Devil”
Danny Glover Washington San Francisco Actor/ “The Color Purple” & “Lethal Weapon”
Michael Goorjian Bishop O’Dowd Oakland Actor/”Life Goes On” & “Party of Five”
Merv Griffin San Mateo San Mateo Singer/TV Talk Show Host
Jacory Gums Hogan Vallejo TV Actor/ “Days of Our Lives”/ “Arrested Development”
Charles Haid Palo Alto Palo Alto Actor/Director/ ”Andy Renko” in “Hill Street Blues”
Tom Hanks Skyline Oakland Actor/Oakland Coliseum peanut seller/ “Philadelphia”
Bruce Harmon Burlingame Burlingame Screenwriter/ Daytime Emmy Awards 1993, 95, 97-98
Teri Hatcher Fremont Sunnyvale Actress/ “Lois and Clark” & “Desperate Housewives”
Donna Kofnovec Hanover Fremont Sunnyvale Actress/Broadcast Journalist/Rudy Giuliani’s Wife
Harrison Holliway Lowell San Francisco First Announcer & Manager Radio Station KFRC
Adam Jacobs St. Ignatius San Francisco Actor/Singer/ “Les Miserables”/ “Cinderella”
Edgar Kennedy San Rafael San Rafael Actor/ Keystone Kops/ “slow burn” facial expression
Joanna Kerns Acalanes Lafayette Actress/sister of Olympic Swimmer Donna de Varona
Kelli Kirkland Vanden Fairfield TV Actress/ “Will and Grace” & “Star Trek: Voyager”
Steven Kloves Fremont Sunnyvale Screenwriter/ “Wonder Boys” & 4 “Harry Potter” film
Karen Kondazian Lincoln San Francisco Stage & TV Actress/Writer/ “The Rose Tattoo”

Dudley Manlove Oakland Oakland Child Actor/ Bay Area Radio Announcer/ TV Actor
Hal March Washington San Francisco TV Game Show Host/ “$64,000 Question”
Eli Marienthal French-American San Francisco Actor/ Voice Actor/ “Iron Giant”
Ormond McGill Palo Alto Palo Alto Hypnotist/Magician / “Dean of American Hypnotists”
Lee Ann Meriwether Washington San Francisco Miss America 1955/Actress/ “Batwoman”
Candi Milo Presentation San Jose Voice of 200+ TV cartoon characters/ “Maya & Miguel”
Rene Montaigne Cupertino Cupertino Co-Host/ National Public Radio “Morning Edition”
Richard Henry Morris Burlingame Burlingame TV, Stage & Film Writer/ “Thoroughly Modern Millie”
Deborah Mullowney Terra Linda San Rafael Actress/ Television/ Movies/ Soap Operas
Albert Nalbandian Washington San Francisco Character Actor/ “American Grafiti”/ “Tucker”/ “Jack”
Melissa Ng Mission San Francisco Actress/ Hong Kong television
Malou Nubla San Mateo San Mateo TV Co-Host/KPIX “Evening Magazine”
George O’Brien Polytechnic San Francisco Actor/ “The Iron Horse” & “Riders of the Purple Sage”
Frank Oz Technical Oakland Puppeteer/Movie Director/ voice of Miss Piggy
Linda Park Notre Dame San Jose Actress/ Ensign Hosi Satu on “Star Trek Enterprise”
Harold Peary San Leandro San Leandro Actor/ “The Great Gildersleeve”
Anna Maria Perea de Tagle Piedmont Hills San Jose Actress/ “Hannah Montana” & “Camp Rock”
Don Pitts Lincoln San Francisco Disc Jockey/KYA/KSFO/Theatrical Agent
Markie Post Las Lomas Walnut Creek Actress/ “Night Court”
Kathleen Quinlan Tamalpais Mill Valley Actress/”American Graffiti” & “Apollo 13”
Aldo Ray (Da Re) John Swett Crockett Actor/ “We’re No Angels”/”Miss Sadie Thompson”
Stafford Repp Lowell San Francisco TV Actor/ “Chief O’Hara” in “Batman” TV series
Rebecca Romijn Berkeley Berkeley Actress/Model/ “Femme Fatale” & “X-Men”
Katherine Ross Las Lomas Walnut Creek Actress/ “The Graduate” & “Butch Cassidy & the
Sundance Kid”
Winona Ryder Petaluma Petaluma Actress/ “The Age of Innocence” & “Girl, Interrupted”
Edie Sedgwick Branson School Ross Fashion Model featured in Andy Warhol movies
Don Sherwood Lowell/Lincoln/Gompers San Francisco KSFO Disc Jockey/ KTVU Late Night TV Show Host
Dave Sholin Westmoor Daly City KFRC Disc Jockey
Alicia Silverstone San Mateo San Mateo Actress/ “The Wonder Years” & “Clueless”
Carter B. Smith Lowell San Francisco Bay Area Radio Personality/KSFO/ KNBR/ KFRC/ KABL
Suzanne Sommers Mercy/Capuchino Burlingame/San Bruno Actress/ “Three’s Company”
Joe Spano Riordan San Francisco Actor “Hill Street Blues” & “NYPD Blue”
David Strathairm Redwood Larkspur Actor/Edward R. Murrow “Good Night and Good Luck”
Byron Stewart Redwood Larkspur Actor/ Coolidge in “White Shadow” & “St. Elsewhere”
Sally Streets Anna B. Head School Berkeley Ballet Dancer/ New York City, Pacific & Oakland Ballets
“Big Rick” Stuart Salesian Richmond Radio Disc Jockey/KITS/KFOG
Goro Suzuki (“Jack Soo”) Technical Oakland Actor/ “Flower Drum Song”/ TV’s “Barney Miller”
Jorma Taccone Berkeley Berkeley Actor/Writer/ “Saturday Night Live”/ movie “Hot Rod”
Jeffrey Tambor Lincoln San Francisco Actor/ “Larry Saunders Show”/“Arrested Development”
Aisha Taylor School of the Arts San Francisco Actress/Comediene/ “24” & “Charlie” in “Friends”
Courtney Thorne-Smith Menlo-Atherton/Tamalpais Atherton/Mill Valley Actress/ “Georgia” in “Ally McBeal” TV series
Michael Trucco Serra San Mateo Actor/ “Sam Anders” in “Battlestar Gallactica”
Lana Turner Washington San Francisco Actress/ “The Postman Always Rings Twice”
Karen Valentine Analy Sebastopol Actress/ “Gidget Grows Up” & “Room 222”
Jo Van Fleet Castlemont Oakland Oscar-Winning Actress/ “East of Eden”
Bernie Ward St. Ignatius San Francisco Bay Area Radio Talk Show Host/”God Talk”
Joan Weldon Galileo San Francisco Actress/Singer/ toured in “Music Man” & “Oklahoma”
Paul Jew Wing Palo Alto Palo Alto Dance Partner in Toy & Wing/ “Chinese Fred Astaire”

B. D. Wong Lincoln San Francisco Actor/ 1988 Tony Award for Best Actor/ “M. Butterfly
Gwendoline Yeo St. Ignatius San Francisco Miss Chinatown USA/Actress/ “Desperate Housewives”
Stage, Screen & Radio - Support
Tony Bui Fremont Sunnyvale Director/“Three Seasons”/Sundance Film Festival Award
Cheryl Burke Menlo-Atherton Atherton Dancer/ Winner “Dancing With The Stars” Seasons 2 & 3
David Butler Lowell San Francisco Director/”April in Paris” & “Lullaby of Broadway”
Peter Casey St. Ignatius San Francisco Co-Creator of TV Show “Frasier,” Producer of “Cheers”
George Cory Tamalpais Mill Valley Composed music for “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”
Walter Deleon Lowell San Francisco Screen Writer/ “Union Pacific” & “Tugboat Annie”
Arthur Dong Galileo San Francisco Filmmaker/ “Forbidden City, USA” & “Sewing Woman”
Carmen Dragon Antioch Antioch Composer/Arranger/Conductor, Oscar 1944 for “Cover
Girl”, Emmy Award 1964; Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Bob Fitzgerald Serra San Mateo KNBR talk-show host; GS Warriors TV play-by-play
Scott Frank Los Gatos Los Gatos Screenwriter/”Get Shorty” & “The Interpreter”
Paul Gemignani Oakland Oakland Musical Director/Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award
Sam Hellman Lowell San Francisco Screen Writer/Shirley Temple’s 1930s musicals
Charles “Doc” Herrold San Jose San Jose Radio Pioneer/Began broadcasting 1909 on what
became station KQW
Gregory Hoblit Berkeley Berkeley Film/TV Director/”LA Law”& Hill Street Blues”
Steven Kloves Fremont Sunnyvale Screenwriter/ “Wonder Boys” & 4 “Harry Potter” film
Frank Mandel Lowell San Francisco Playwright/Broadway Producer/ “No, No, Nanette”
Marsh McCall Gunn Palo Alto TV Writer/Producer/ “Just Shoot Me” TV Series
Lori McCreary Antioch Antioch Movie Producer/Co-Founder Revelations Productions
Steve McFeely St. Ignatius San Francisco Screenwriter/ “Chronicles of Narnia”/ “You Kill Me”
Lee Mendelson San Mateo San Mateo TV Producer/ “Peanuts” Cartoon Series
Artie Mitchell Antioch Antioch Co-Owner O’Farrell Adult Theater in San Francisco
Jim Mitchell Antioch Antioch Co-Owner O’Farrell Adult Theater in San Francisco
Kenny Ortega Sequoia Redwood City Director/choreographer “High School Musical”TV Series
Sam Peckinpaugh San Rafael Military Ac. San Rafael Movie Director/ “The Wild Bunch”
Walter Plunkett Oakland Oakland Academy Award Costume Design “An American In Paris”
Michael Ritchie Berkeley Berkeley Film Director/ “The Candidate” & “Bad News Bears”
Akiva Schaffer Berkeley Berkeley Writer/Director/ “Saturday Night Live”/ “Hot Rod”
Michael Semanick Antioch Antioch Film Sound Engineer/Oscar for Lord of the Rings
Tiffany Shlain Redwood Larkspur Independent filmmaker/ Founder of Webby Awards
Steve Silver Lowell San Francisco Producer/Director/ “Beach Blanket Babylon” stage show
Ed Solomon Saratoga Saratoga Screenwriter/Producer/ “Men in Black” & “Levity”
Steven Spielberg Saratoga Saratoga Movie Director/ “Jaws” & “Saving Private Ryan”
Sally Streets Anna B. Head School Berkeley Ballet Dancer/ New York City, Pacific & Oakland Ballets
“Big Rick” Stuart Salesian Richmond Radio Disc Jockey/KITS/KFOG
Samuel Taylor Lowell San Francisco Playwright/Screenwriter/”Vertigo” & “Topaz”
Alex Tse Lowell San Francisco Screen Writer/Showtime Network “Sucker Free City”
Luis Valdez James Lick San Jose Playwright/ “Zoot Suit”/ Father of Chicano Theater
Erin Cressida Wilson University San Francisco Playwright/Screenwriter/ “Hurricane”
Jessica Yu Gunn Palo Alto Documentary filmmaker/Academy Award Winner 1997
Visual Arts
Ansel Adams Home Schooled San Francisco Photographer; best known for landscapes

Howard Brodie Polytechnic San Francisco Sports & Combat Artist in WWII, Korea, Viet Nam
Alexander Calder Lowell San Francisco Sculptor/ Inventor of the Mobile
Elizabeth Charlestopn Miss Burke’s San Francisco Artist/ Impressionist flowers & landscapes
Walter de Maria Richmond Richmond Sculptor/”5 Continents”/Guggenheim Fellowship
Charles Ginnever San Mateo San Mateo Sculptor known for large, outdoor free form works
Galen Rowell Berkeley Berkeley Wilderness Photographer
Dale Perkins Commerce San Francisco Watercolor Artist
Richard Serra Lincoln San Francisco Sculptor/ Holocaust Museum’s Hall of Witnesses
Stephen Sharnoff Berkeley Berkeley Nature Photographer
Sylvia Duran Sharnoff Berkeley Berkeley Nature Photographer/wife of Stephen Sharnoff
Douglas Tilden California School for Deaf Berkeley Sculptor/ The Baseball Pitcher/ The Football Players
Writers & Poets
Maya Angelou Washington San Francisco Poet/Writer/ “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”
Gertrude Franklin Atherton Benicia Benicia Novelist/ “A Daughter On The Vine” & “Black Oxen”
Stephen Vincent Benet Hitchcock Military Ac. San Rafael Poet/Writer/ 1944 Pulitzer Prize for “Western Star”
Pamela Britton Pioneer San Jose Author/ Harlequin romance novels
Philip Dick Berkeley Berkeley Sci Fi Writer/Movies “Blade Runner” & “Total Recall”
Karen Joy Fowler Palo Alto Palo Alto Writer/ “The Jane Austen Book Club”
Ernest Gaines Vallejo Vallejo Writer/ “ The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman”
Erle Stanley Gardner Palo Alto Palo Alto Mystery Writer/Creator of “Perry Mason”
Elizabeth George St. Francis Mountain View Mystery Writer/ Creator of “Inspector Thomas Lindley”
Daniel Handler Lowell San Francisco Author Lemony Snicket/“Series of Unfortunate Events”
Robert Hass Marin Catholic Kentfield U. S. Poet Laureate/ University of California professor
Rebecca Heller Piedmont Piedmont Freelance Journalist/”Surf Like A Girl”
Khaled Hosseini Independence San Jose Author/ “The Kite Runner”
Sidney Howard Oakland Oakland Pulitzer Prize Drama “They Knew What They Wanted”/
Academy Award for Screenplay “Gone With The Wind”
James Houston Lowell San Francisco Novelist/“Gig” & “Snow Mountain Passage”
Shelly Jackson Berkeley Berkeley Author/ “Patchwork Girl”
Shirley Jackson Burlingame Burlingame Author/”The Lottery” & “The Haunting of Hill House”
Ron Jones Lincoln San Francisco Author/ “The Acorn People,” “The Wave” & “B-Ball”
Philip Lamantia Balboa San Francisco Surrealist Poet/ “Becoming Visible”
David Leavitt Gunn Palo Alto Author/ “The Lost Language of Cranes”
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin Berkeley Berkeley Sci Fi Author/ The “Earthsea” Series
John Lescroart Serra San Mateo Author/Legal & Crime Thrillers featuring Dismus Hardy
Oscar Lewis Berkeley Berkeley Writer-Historian/ “The Big Four” & “Silver Kings”
Jack London Oakland Oakland Author/ “White Fang” & “Call of the Wild”
Louise Campbell Marley Analy Sebastopol SciFi Writer/ “Sing The Light” & “The Child Goddess”
Rod McKuen Technical Oakland Poet/Singer/ “Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows”
Charles Norris Lowell San Francisco Novelist/ “Salt”/ husband of novelist Kathleen Norris
Frank Norris Belmont Academy/Boys Belmont/San Francisco Novelist/ “The Octopus”/ brother of Charles Norris
Bill Pronzini Petaluma Petaluma Mystery Writer/Nameless Detective series/”The Snatch”
Gertrude Stein Oakland Oakland Author/ “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas”
Irving Stone Lowell San Francisco Biographer/ “Lust for Life” & “Agony and the Ecstasy”
Steve Travers Redwood Latrkspur Author/”One Night, Two Teams” USC/Alabama football
Yoshiko Ushida Berkeley Berkeley Author/”The Road to Topaz” & “Jar of Dreams”
Thornton Wilder Berkeley Berkeley Pulitzer Prize Author/ “Bridge of San Luis Rey”
(book) & “Our Town” (play)

Naomi Wolf Lowell San Francisco Feminist Writer/ “The Beauty Myth” & “Fire With Fire”