List of Loyola Marymount University people

Here follows a list of notable alumni and faculty of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

Alumni

Film and television

• Bob Beemer – Academy Award-winning sound mixer, Speed, Gladiator, Ray, Dreamgirls
• Maria Blasucci – actress, writer "Mascots (film)", "Ghost ghirls"
• Barbara Broccoli – producer, the James Bond film series
• Tony Bui – film director, Three Seasons
• Linda Cardellini – actress, Scooby-Doo, ER, Freaks and Geeks
• Phillip Chbeeb – dancer, Top 20 of So You Think You Can Dance, season 5
• Mindy Cohn – actress, The Facts of Life
• Carson Daly (dropped out) – television personality, Total Request Live, Last Call with Carson Daly
• Bob Denver – actor, Gilligan's Island, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
• Clark Duke – actor, Greek, Clark and Michael
• Scott Eastwood - actor, Gran Torino, Fury; son of Clint Eastwood
• Chase Ellison - actor, Tooth Fairy, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
• David Mickey Evans – film and television director and writer, The Sandlot, Radio Flyer
• Lauren Froderman - dancer, winner of So You Think You Can Dance, season 7
• Mark Haapala (B.A. 2002) – television producer, director and actor, Entourage
• Jack Haley Jr. (B.A. English 1956) - Emmy-winning television and film writer, director, and producer; former president of Fox Television
• Colin Hanks – actor, Orange County
• Emily Harper – actress, Passions
• Brian Helgeland (M.A. 1986) – Academy Award-winning screenwriter and film director, L.A. Confidential, Mystic River
• Dwayne Hickman - actor, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
• Chris Kobin (LLS) – film and television writer and producer, The Girl Next Door
• Mila Kunis – actress, That '70s Show, Family Guy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Black Swan
• Francis Lawrence (B.A. 1991) – film director, I Am Legend
• Emma Lockhart, actress, Batman Begins, Ace Ventura, Jr.: Pet Detective
• Holly Madison – television personality, The Girls Next Door
• David Michael Maurer – Emmy-nominated television director, The Apprentice
• Stephen McEveety – film producer, Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ
• Sean McNamara – film and television director and producer, Bratz, That's So Raven
• Dave Meyers – film and music video director, The Hitcher
• Kate Micucci (B.A. 2003)- actress, singer, and songwriter, Garfunkel and Oates
• David Mirkin (B.A. 1978) – Emmy-winning television producer, The Simpsons
• Beverley Mitchell – actress, 7th Heaven
• Glen Morgan – Emmy-nominated television and film writer, director, and producer, The X-Files, The Final Destination
• Lance Mungia – film director, Six-String Samurai
• Taylour Paige - dancer, actress, Hit The Floor
• Van Partible – television writer, producer, Johnny Bravo
• Busy Philipps - actress, Freaks and Geeks, Dawson's Creek, White Chicks, Cougar Town
• Tony Plana – actor, Ugly Betty
• Jessica Rey – actress, Power Rangers: Wild Force^[1]
• Steve Rossi – actor, part of the Allen & Rossi comedy duo
• Devin Sarno (B.A. 1988) – composer, video producer
• Stassi Schroeder - participant in The Amazing Race 8, Queen Bees, and star of Vanderpump Rules
• Chris Sullivan (B.A. 2002) - actor, The Knick
• Daniel J. Travanti (M.A. 1978) – actor, Hill Street Blues
• Anton Vassil – film director, Marching Out of Time, Laurent et Safi
• Michael Wayne – film producer and son of John Wayne
• Patrick Wayne – actor and son of John Wayne
• Michael R. Williams – feature film line producer and creator of Think Crew
• James Wong – Emmy-nominated television and film writer, director, and producer, The X-Files, The Final Destination

Literature

• Luis Aguilar-Monsalve - writer and educator, Daryl R. Karns Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity^[2]

Music

• Vicki Calhoun, former backing vocalist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Eric Erlandson, former lead guitarist for alternative rock band Hole
• Kate Micucci, actress and member of comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates
• Michael Shuman, bass player for the Queens of the Stone Age
• Mark Volman, singer and songwriter for The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, and Flo & Eddie
• Noah Preston, Vice President, A&R at DefJam Records^[3]

Politics

• Bill Bogaard, mayor of Pasadena, California^[4]
• Bill Campbell, politician and former California State Assembly Republican Leader
• Benjamin Cayetano, former governor of Hawaii (1994–2002)^[5]
• Tony Coelho, former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from California and Democratic Majority Whip^[6]
• Bob Dornan, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California^[7]
• Rudy Sablan, former Lieutenant Governor of Guam (1975–1979)^[8]
• Helen Singleton, civil rights activist and Freedom Rider

Law

• Johnnie Cochran, attorney; defended O. J. Simpson (J.D. graduate of Loyola Law School)
• Lynn Compton, former prosecutor, Superior Court Judge, and Appellate Court Judge; lead prosecutor in the case against Sirhan Sirhan who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy; also was awarded a Silver Star while serving as a Second Lieutenant commanding the 2nd platoon of Easy Company in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division in World War II
• Mark Geragos, J.D. 1982, high-profile defense attorney (graduate of Loyola Law School)
• Tom Girardi, attorney, founding partner of Girardi & Keese, earned a reputation as L.A. County's king of the class action lawsuit
• Ronald S.W. Lew, attorney, judge
• Carmen Milano, Cleveland lawyer, eventually disbarred, later became a Mafia member
• Robert Shapiro, high-profile defense attorney; defended O. J. Simpson with Cochran (graduate of Loyola Law School)

Business

• John Edward Anderson, President of Topa Equities, Ltd.; ranked #189 in the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list
• Jerry Grundhofer, former CEO of US Bancorp; previously ranked as the second highest paid executive in the banking industry^[9]
• Wilfred Von der Ahe, co-founder of Vons supermarket chain
• Henry C. Yuen, co-founder, and former CEO and Chairman, of Gemstar-TV Guide International (graduate of Loyola Law School)
• Tom Mueller (M.S. '92), co-founder, and VP of rocket propulsion at SpaceX

Sports

Josh Whitesell

• Rick Adelman, former Head Coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves^[10]
• Billy Bean, former Major League Baseball outfielder^[11]
• Chris Donnels, retired Major League Baseball player (1991–2002)^[12]
• Hank Gathers, college basketball player who led NCAA division 1 in the 1988–1989 season in scoring and rebounding; died midgame in 1990 ^[13]
• Ty Kelly (born 1988), Major league baseball player
• Gregory "Bo" Kimble, NBA player from 1991 to 1993^[14]
• Tim Layana, late Major League Baseball pitcher and World Series Champion (1990)^[15]
• Dick Moje, National Football League player^[16]
• Pete Newell, hall of fame basketball coach^[17]
• Maury Nipp, NFL player
• Chris Pettit, Major League Baseball outfielder^[18]
• Keith Smith, retired basketball player^[19]
• Jeff Stevens, Major League Baseball pitcher.^[20]
• Billy Traber, Major League Baseball pitcher^[21]
• Josh Whitesell, Major League Baseball first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks^[22]
• C.J. Wilson, Major League Baseball pitcher^[23]
• Phil Woolpert, hall of fame basketball coach^[24]

Religion

• Most Reverend Gordon Bennett, S.J., D.D., Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville (Roman Catholic Church)
• Most Reverend Cirilo Flores, Bishop of San Diego (Roman Catholic Church)

Other

• Jorge E. Illueca Bonett, Ph.D., Assistant Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 1995-2002^[25]

Faculty

• Most Reverend Gordon Bennett, S.J., D.D., Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Peter Faber, S.J. Fellow in Pastoral Theology and Ignatian Spirituality
• Antonia Darder, Ph.D., Professor of Education and Leavey Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership
• Rev. William Fulco, S.J., Ph.D., Professor of Classics and Archeology, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies
• Amir Hussain, Ph.D., Professor of Theological Studies and Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
• Rev. Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., Ph.D., Professor of Theological Studies, T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology
• Chuck Rosenthal, Ph.D., Professor of English
• Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, D.Phil., Professor of Theological Studies—Old Testament, Chair of the Peace Studies Program
• Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, President's Marymount Professor
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Ph.D., Dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts; President's Professor of African-American Studies and History
• Hector Tobar, Adjunct Professor of Literature

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6. "COELHO, Tony, (1942 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
7. "DORNAN, Robert Kenneth, (1933- )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
8. Underwood, Robert (1995-08-02). "Tribute to the Late Lt. Governor Rudolph Guerrero Sablan". Congressional Record. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
9. "Jerry A Grundhofer, CEO of US Bancorp (USB), Earns $38.6 mil". Forbes.
10. "Richard Leonard Adelman (Rick)". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
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12. "Chris Donnels Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
13. http://www.espn.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/62
14. "Bo Kimble". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
15. "Tim Layana Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
16. "Dick Moje". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
17. Weber, Bruce (November 18, 2008). "Pete Newell, Basketball Coach and Innovator, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
18. "Christopher Michael Pettit". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
19. "Keith Smith". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
20. "Jeff Stevens Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
21. "Billy Traber Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
22. "Josh Whitesell Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
23. "C.J. Wilson Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
24. http://www.lmulions.com/sports/lmu100/mtt/woolpert_phil00.html
25. UNEP, Our Planet (Vol. 8, No. 3), p. 21.