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This list of Cal Poly Pomona people includes notable matriculating students, and alumni that have graduated or are non-matriculating students of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, a public university, and one of the 23 general campuses of the California State University located in Pomona, California.

Kellogg horse ranch, the first building to be erected on campus

Athletics[edit]

Business[edit]

Education[edit]

Alumni Notability Relationship to Cal Poly Pomona Citation
Stewart Donaldson Author, psychologist, evaluation research scientist Student (B.A. Behavioral Science 1984)
Alan Haskvitz National Teacher’s Hall of Fame educator Student (B.A. Education 1972) [26]

Entertainment[edit]

Government[edit]

Faculty[edit]

Active faculty[edit]

Faculty Notability
Gabriel Georgiades Professor of aerospace engineering and author; has been the Regional Chair, Chair-Elect, VC of Education and Advisory Committee representative; former “Evolution of Flight” Program Officer for the San Gabriel Valley Region of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics[46]
Christoph Kapeller Architecture lecturer;[47] founding member of Norwegian firm Snohetta; design leader for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt[48]
Thomas Keith American filmmaker, educator, and anti-sexist activist.
Nancy Kyes Adjunct theater lecturer;[49] American former actress. A frequent collaborator of filmmaker John Carpenter
Renford Reese Professor of Political Science; author; founder and director of the “Colorful Flags” program aimed at reducing ethnic and racial tensions, servicing 17 school districts and a variety of law enforcement, social service, and other agencies in Southern California[50]
Louis Rosenberg Entrepreneur, author, screenwriter, inventor, and professor
Hilda Solis Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Democratic United States Secretary of Labor under President Barack Obama; former member of the United States House of Representatives; scholar-in-residence starting in 2014[51]
Michael Woo Dean of the College of Environmental Design; former Los Angeles city councilman; in 1993 became the first Asian American to run for mayor of a major city; garnered 46 percent of the vote but lost the race for mayor of Los Angeles to Richard Riordan

Retired, deceased, and former faculty[edit]

Faculty Notability
Virginia Hamilton Adair
(deceased) 		Poet, author of Ants on the Melon
Aaron Betsky Served as visiting instructor in the Department of Architecture[52]
Paul Caligiuri Head soccer coach and National Soccer Hall of Fame player whose 1990 “Goal Heard Round the World” (sic) launched the United States into the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 40 years; resigned as head coach after the 2008 season[53]
Craig Ellwood Lecturer at the Department of Architecture; influential Mid Century Modern architect
Ray Kappe Former faculty; founding Chair of the Department of Architecture; later founded the Southern California Institute of Architecture
Saul Landau Director of digital media programs, noted internationally for his films and writing on domestic policy and cultural issues; recipient of a 1980 Emmy
John T. Lyle Professor of landscape architecture;[54] namesake of the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona and the Lyle plaza at the entrance to Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at Oberlin College[55]
Thom Mayne Former professor in the Department of Architecture; principal of Morphosis; Pritzker Prize laureate; co-founder of Southern California Institute of Architecture
Ronald Muldrow
(deceased) 		Jazz guitarist and former member of the music faculty
Richard Neutra Lecturer in the early days of the Department of Architecture;[56] influential Mid Century Modern architect featured on the cover of Time magazine
Donald H. Pflueger Historian, educator, prolific author of local stories; a founding member of the Glendora Historical Society and Pomona Valley Historical Society; served on the board of directors of the Historical Society of Southern California
James Pulliam Modernist, instructor and campus architect; designed the bookstore, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Art Gallery, and student union building (Bronco Student Center)[57]
Michele Saee Visiting instructor in the Department of Architecture, 1998–1999
Raphael Soriano Noted modernist architect who experimented with steel in residential construction; appointed Special Sessions Instructor[58]
Takeo Uesugi

(deceased)

Professor emeritus in Landscape Architecture noted for his work in Japanese gardens; designed the garden at The Washington Center in Washington, D.C., among other notable landmarks
Martín Vásquez Assistant association football (soccer) coach in 1999 and 2000; head coach of C.D. Chivas USA, in Major League Soccer (MLS)[59]
Richard Saul Wurman Former Dean of the College of Environmental Design, founder of the TED conference, credited with coining the term “information architect”[60]
Bernard Zimmerman Modernist architect, architecture instructor for over 30 years, helped co-found the department along with Ray Kappe[61]

University presidents[edit]

The following people have served as presidents of Cal Poly Pomona:

Honorary degrees[edit]

Cal Poly Pomona has conferred 25 honorary doctorate degrees since 1969.[68]

Name Degree Year Notes Citation
Emory W. Morris Doctor of Humane Letters 1969 Philanthropist [69]
Gwynna M. Morris Doctor of Humane Letters 1969 Philanthropist [69]
Russell G. Mawby Doctor of Science 1989 Philanthropist [69]
Bill Cosby Doctor of Humane Letters 1992 Actor, Rescinded 18 November 2015 [70]
James A. Collins Doctor of Humane Letters 1992 Businessman and philanthropist [69]
Michi Nishiura Weglyn Doctor of Humane Letters 1993 Author
Charles Brown Voorhis (posthumous) Doctor of Laws 1995 Philanthropist
Norman Williamson Jr. Doctor of Letters 1995 Philanthropist and descendant of W.K. Kellogg
Charles R. Oliver Doctor of Science 1996 Philanthropist [69]
W.K. Kellogg (posthumous) Doctor of Humane Letters 1998 Founder of Kellogg’s and philanthropist [69]
Will Keith Kellogg II Doctor of Humane Letters 1998 Philanthropist [69]
Julia Child Doctor of Humane Letters 2000 Chef, author, and television personality, host of The French Chef [71]
Jack Dangermond Doctor of Humane Letters 2005 Business executive and environmental scientist, co-founder of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) [69]
Stuart Sperber Doctor of Science 2007 Businessman, co-founder of Valley Crest Tree Company
Andrew Cherng Doctor of Humane Letters 2008 Founder and chairman of the board for Panda Express Restaurant Group [72]
Richard N. Frank Doctor of Humane Letters 2009 Entrepreneur, chairman of Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc.[73] [74]
Sarah L. Ludwick Doctor of Humane Letters 2010 Philanthropist [75]
Arthur J. Ludwick Doctor of Science 2010 Philanthropist [76]
Don B. Huntley Doctor of Science 2009 Businessman, farmer, owner of Huntley Moore Farms [77]
Ronald R. Simons Doctor of Humane Letters 2012 Cal Poly Pomona administrator [78]
Joan Robinson-Berry Doctor of Science 2019 Philanthropist and vice president of engineering, modifications and maintenance for Boeing Global Services [79]
Ronald W. Gregoire Doctor of Humane Letters 2014 Philanthropist [80]
Eddy W. Hartenstein Doctor of Science 2014 Businessman and alumnus [81]
Paul Anka Doctor of Fine Arts 2013 Singer, songwriter, and actor [82]
Hae Park Doctor of Humane Letters 2013 Philanthropist [83]
Diane G. Miller Doctor of Science 2019 Director of Global Cyber Education and Workforce Development at Northrop Grumman [84]
Bob Weis Doctor of Humane Letters 2021 President of Walt Disney Imagineering [85]
Violet Palmer Doctor of Humane Letters 2022 NBA Referee and alumnus [86]
Larry Gates Doctor of Science 2022 Philanthropist and alumnus [87]
Clark D. Rucker Doctor of Science 2023 Retired Boeing executive and alumnus [88]
Sean Yu Doctor of Humane Letters 2023 Businessman, philanthropist and alumnus [89]

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