List of Santa Clara University people

This article is a list of notable encyclopedic persons, students, alumni, faculty, and academic affiliates associated with Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California United States.

University presidents

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Rev. Aloysius Varsi, SJ president 1868–76
 
Rev. John Pinasco, SJ president 1880–83 & 88–93

Board of trustees

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Leon Panetta, former Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton
 
Mike Carey, NFL Referee

Notable alumni

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Academics

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Academia

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Frank Cepollina, inventor and NASA official
 
Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript

Engineering

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Science

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Clay M. Greene, playwright
 
Andy Devine, film and television actor
 
Jorma Kaukonen, Jefferson Airplane guitarist
 
Anya Marina, singer-songwriter
 
Reza Aslan, author and commentator
 
Khaled Hosseini, author

Arts and literature

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Artists

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Film and television

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Journalism

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Music

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Writers

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Justices

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U.S. State and Territorial Supreme Court Justices

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Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judges and State Courts of Appeal Justices

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U.S. Federal District Court Judges

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U.S. State Judges

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Entrepreneurs and business leaders

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Jerry Brown, Governor of California
 
Leon Panetta, current U.S. Secretary of Defense, former Director of the CIA, and Clinton Chief of Staff
 
Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security
 
Mike Epsy, former Secretary of Agriculture
 
Zoe Lofgren, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
 
Gavin Newsom, Lt. Governor of California, Former Mayor of San Francisco
 
Sam Farr, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
 
Stephen White, early state senator
 
Bob Miller, Former Governor of Nevada

Politics and government

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Cabinet members

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United States Senators

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

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Governors

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Lieutenant Governors

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U.S. statewide officials

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Other U.S. political officials

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Other non-U.S. political officials

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Public service

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Other
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  • Eileen Kato (J.D. 1980), Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington District and former President of the Washington State District and Municipal Judges Association
  • Murlene Randle (J.D. 1980), Director of the Office of Criminal Justice for San Francisco

Military

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BG James F. Smith

Other

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Frank Arellanes, early baseball player
 
Hal Chase, early baseball player
 
Randy Winn, retired professional baseball player
 
Steve Nash, professional basketball player, NBA MVP
 
Kurt Rambis, retired professional basketball player

Athletes

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Baseball

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Basketball

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American football

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Santa Clara University has had a number of notable American football players. The following list includes former Santa Clara University football players who have become professional players. On February 2, 1993, the university announced its discontinuation of American football.

 
Dan Pastorini, professional football player
 
Joe Cannon, professional soccer goalkeeper
 
Leslie Osborne, professional soccer player
 
Steve Cronin, professional soccer goalkeeper

Soccer

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Other athletics

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Notable faculty

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The Montgomery Evergreen glider in flight in 1911

References

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  1. ^ Devlin, Vince (2013-07-17). "Gordon Belcourt remembered as advocate for Indian Country". The Missoulian. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
  2. ^ "Daniel Nava Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  3. ^ #22 John Savage Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, UCLABruins.com, 2010
  4. ^ "Home". kurtrambis.com.
  5. ^ Santa Clara Magazine – Winter 2003 – former SCU professor and flight pioneer enters Hall of Fame