Thursday, May 6, 2010

Did you know? Famous USC Alumni

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Here are some alumni from USC that got by under the radar:

Barron Hilton (co-chair, Hilton Hotels)
Frank McCourt, Jr. (owner of the Dodgers)
Ed Roski (Co-owner Kings and Lakers)
Jonathan Kellerman (Best-Selling Novelist and Psychologist)
Dan Bane (Chairman/CEO, Trader Joe's)
Henry Caruso (Founder of Dollar Rent-a-Car)
Dick Cook (CEO of Walt Disney Studios)
Larry Flax (co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen)
Steve Goodall (President of J.D. Power and Associates)
Hyekyung "Shelly" Hwang (founder of Pinkberry's)
Paul Orfalea (founder of Kinko's)
Ronald Tutor (President/CEO, Tudor-Saliba)

John Carpenter (film director)
Brian Grazer (film and TV producer)
Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek)
David Wolper (Producer)
Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future)

Michael Tilson Thomas (Conductor)

James Dobson (Focus on the Family, evangelical leader)
Charles Elachi (Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Reza Pahlavi (son of the former Shah of Iran)


Others, not so surprising:

Frank Gehry, (World-known architect)
Neil Armstrong, (Astronaut, first man on the moon)
Bill Sharman, (NBA Hall of Fame)
Tex Winter (Inventor of the Triangle Offense)
Dr. Jerry Buss (Lakers Owner)

Aaron Boone (MLB)
Brett Boone (MLB)
Rod Dedeaux (Baseball coach/former Dodger)

Craig Stadler (Golf)
Kevin Stadler (Golf)

Buster Crabbe (Actor)
Ron Howard (Film Director, Actor)
John Wayne (Actor)
George Lucas
Sam Peckinpah

Herb Alpert
Marilyn Horne
Lee Rittenour


For a full list of noted almuni: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...people#Academia

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