48 Notable alumni of California State Polytechnic University – Pomona
Updated: June 15, 2026 EliteDegrees
California State Polytechnic University – Pomona is ranked #1,314 in the world and #321 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from California State Polytechnic University – Pomona sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with California State Polytechnic University – Pomona won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Steve Ziem
1961-. (aged 65)
baseball player
Stephen Graeling Ziem is a former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Ziem pitched in two games in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves in 1987.
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2. Anthony Amaral
1930-1982 (aged 52)
writer
Anthony Amaral was an American West Historian and horse trainer. He wrote books and articles on movie and feral horses, as well a biography of Western novelist and artist Will James.
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3. David C. Fischer
David Charles Fischer was Special Assistant to President at the White House under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985. In this capacity Fischer managed the office of the President; liaison to departments and offices within the Executive branch.
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4. Robert Lawrence Balzer
1912-2011 (aged 99)
author
winemaker
journalist
Robert Lawrence Balzer was a wine journalist in the United States.
5. Ann Phong
1957-. (aged 69)
painter
Ann Phong is a Vietnamese American painter known for her paintings depicting her experience as a Vietnamese-American Woman and environmental issues.
6. Alan Fowlkes
1958-. (aged 68)
baseball player
Alan Kim Fowlkes is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants in 1982 and the California Angels in 1985.
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7. Mike Munoz
1965-. (aged 61)
baseball player
Michael Anthony Munoz, is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1989 to 2000.
8. Jonathan D. Farrar
1956-. (aged 70)
diplomat
Jonathan Don Farrar was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama from 2012 to 2015. He was previously the Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, from July 2008 to September 2011.
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9. Kye Palmer
1962-. (aged 64)
jazz musician
Kye Palmer is an American trumpet player who is a Los Angeles studio musician, most notable as a former member of The Tonight Show Band from 2006 to 2009. On April 10, 2006, Palmer replaced Lee Thornburg in The Tonight Show Band and was there for the last part of Kevin Eubanks's tenure with The Tonight Show. He has recorded...
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10. Travis Taijeron
1989-. (aged 37)
baseball player
Travis Nathaniel Taijeron is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets.
11. Wayne Gross
1952-. (aged 74)
baseball player
Wayne Dale Gross, is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) primarily as a third baseman from 1976-1986. Gross was named to the All-Star Game as a rookie in 1977 as a last-minute injury replacement for Vida Blue. As a rookie Gross belted 22 home runs on the year. On December 8, 1983, Gross...
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12. Jim Brulte
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
James L. Brulte is an American politician, former state legislator, and former chairman of the California Republican Party, having served from March 3, 2013 to February 24, 2019. Serving three consecutive terms as chairman, Brulte set the record for the longest tenure as chairman in the history of the state party. He was also the first, and currently remains the...
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13. Marie Royce
businessperson
politician
Marie Royce,, is an American businesswoman, diplomat, and educator. She was the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs from 2018 to 2021. She was nominated by President Donald Trump and was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate. Royce was succeeded by Lee Satterfield on November 23, 2021.
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14. Douglas E. Noble
Douglas E. Noble is an American architect and tenured professor at the USC School of Architecture. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and a Distinguished Professor of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. He is known for his work in four overlapping arenas: Architectural Computing, Building Science, Architecture Education, and Design Theories and Methods. He...
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15. Carol Vaness
1952-. (aged 74)
opera singer
music educator
Carol Theresa Vaness is an American lirico-spinto soprano and university professor.
16. Bob Lorenz
1963-. (aged 63)
television presenter
sports commentator
Robert Lorenz is an American television anchor. He is the primary studio host on the YES Network, and hosts the New York Yankees pregame and postgame shows on YES telecasts, as well as Brooklyn Nets pregame and postgame shows for cablecasts. Lorenz also hosts other shows on YES, including Yankees Hot Stove, a show that tracks the offseason movement of...
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17. Stevvi Alexander
singer
actor
singer-songwriter
Stephanie "Stevvi" Alexander is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. She was featured as an artist with the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience in 2017, alongside the show's composer Ramin Djawadi. She has also appeared in Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil.
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18. Richard Pombo
1961-. (aged 65)
co-founder
husbandry worker
politician
Richard William Pombo, GOIH is an American lobbyist for mining and water-management companies and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. Pombo lost a reelection bid to Democratic challenger Jerry McNerney on November 7, 2006.
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19. Geoffrey Okamoto
1985-. (aged 41)
economist
Geoffrey William Seiji Okamoto is an American economist and government official who served as first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Okamoto previously served as the acting assistant secretary for international finance and development in the United States Department of the Treasury. He was nominated for this position on January 1, 2019, by the White House and was...
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20. James T. Butts Jr
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
James Thurman Butts Jr. is an American politician, currently serving as the mayor of Inglewood, California. He rose through the ranks of law enforcement in Inglewood during the 1970s and 1980s, eventually becoming a Deputy Chief. He then worked as the Chief of Police in Santa Monica, California from 1991 to 2006. Butts then took a public safety position with...
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21. Matthew Ganuelas
1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Matthew Allen Ganuelas-Rosser is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He played for three franchises during his career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the NCAA Division II school Cal Poly Pomona. He was recruited to play for the Philippine national basketball team during their 2012 William Jones Cup campaign. He was drafted 4th overall...
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22. Corrinne Yu
1964-. (aged 62)
computer scientist
game programmer
engineer
Corrinne Yu is an American game programmer. She has worked on games including Halo 4. Her engine work included Unreal Engine 3, Microsoft's Direct3D Advisory Board, and CUDA and GPU simulation at Nvidia. She has also designed accelerator experiments for nuclear physics research. In 2023 on World Intellectual Property Day, she was formally recognized as one of the top pioneers...
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23. Joel Anderson
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Joel Anderson is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. A Republican, he is a former California state senator, assemblyperson, and board member of a municipal water district. During his time in the Legislature, Anderson served on the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as California state chair.
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24. Taylor Spivey
1991-. (aged 35)
triathlete
Taylor Spivey is an American professional triathlete. At the conclusion of the 2019 season she placed fourth in the ITU World Triathlon Series behind Katie Zaferes, Jess Learmonth, and Georgia Taylor-Brown. This followed up an 8th place series finish in 2018, 12th in 2017 and 50th in 2016. Spivey competes at Elite pro level in the ITU Triathlon World Cup,...
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25. Jonathan Bornstein
1984-. (aged 42)
association football player
Jonathan Rey Bornstein is an American former professional soccer player who played as a left-back. He has captained and made 38 appearances for the United States national team. In addition to also playing for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer (with whom he was the 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year, an MLS Best XI, and a two-time MLS All-Star),...
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26. Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên
1965-. (aged 61)
master of ceremonies
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên (listen (born June 30, 1965) is a Vietnamese-American singer, songwriter, and master of ceremonies and co-host of Paris by Night.
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27. Roy Conli
1971-. (aged 55)
film producer
Roy Conli is an American film producer and voice actor who won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Big Hero 6 at the 87th Academy Awards.
28. Kim Rhode
1979-. (aged 47)
sport shooter
Kimberly Susan Rhode is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most successful female shooter at the Olympics as the only triple Olympic Champion and the only woman to have won two Olympic gold medals for...
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29. Walter Ray Williams
1959-. (aged 67)
bowler
Walter Ray Williams Jr. is an American professional tenpin bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher. He has won 47 national PBA Tour career titles, the most in the tour’s history, and has earned over $5 million in total PBA earnings as of 2022. Williams is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year, tied with Jason Belmonte for the most all-time in...
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30. James Williamson
1949-. (aged 77)
guitarist
songwriter
lyricist
composer
record producer
James Robert Williamson is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer. He was a member of the proto-punk rock band the Stooges, notably on the album Raw Power and in the reformed Stooges from 2009 to 2016. Between his stints in music, Williamson worked in Silicon Valley developing computer chips. Most recently he has continued as a solo...
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31. Jack Dangermond
1945-. (aged 81)
businessperson
geographer
Paul Jacob Dangermond bka Jack Dangermond is an American billionaire businessman and environmental scientist. He is the co-founder and president of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), a privately held geographic information systems (GIS) software company that he started with his wife Laura in 1969. As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$9.3 billion.
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32. Cody Ponce
1994-. (aged 32)
baseball player
Cody Joe Ponce is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and in KBO League for the Hanwha Eagles.
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33. Hilda Solis
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Hilda Lucia Solis is an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district and is the Chair of Los Angeles County. Solis previously served as the 25th United States Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2013, as part of the administration of President Barack Obama. She is a member of the...
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34. Pippa Scott
1934-2025 (aged 91)
film actor
television actor
film director
Philippa "Pippa" Scott was an American actress who appeared in film and television from the 1950s.
35. Jim Zorn
1953-. (aged 73)
American football player
American football coach
Canadian football player
James Arthur Zorn is an American former professional football quarterback and coach who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He spent his first eight seasons from 1976 to 1984 with the Seattle Seahawks, where he was the franchise's original starting quarterback. During his Seahawks tenure, Zorn received one second-team All-Pro selection and led the team to...
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36. Chi Cheng
1970-2013 (aged 43)
bass guitarist
musician
Chi Cheng is a Taiwanese politician and athlete in track and field. She was an Olympic medalist in 1968 and was named the Associated Press Athlete of the Year for 1970. She was a former pentathlete turned sprinter.
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37. Meagan Tandy
1985-. (aged 41)
actor
beauty pageant contestant
model
Meagan Yvonne Tandy is an American actress and model. She is a former Miss California USA who placed as third runner-up at Miss USA 2007. As an actress, she had long running roles in Jane by Design, Teen Wolf, Survivor's Remorse, and recently starred as Sophie Moore on The CW's Batwoman.
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38. Erika Harlacher
1990-. (aged 36)
voice actor
actor
Erika Lynn Harlacher-Stone is an American voice actress who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime shows and video games. Some of her major roles in anime include: Ami Kawashima in Toradora!, Mimori Togo in Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Asseylum Vers Allusia in Aldnoah.Zero, Elizabeth Liones in The Seven Deadly Sins, Kurapika in Hunter × Hunter, Violet in...
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39. Dr Disrespect
1982-. (aged 44)
television producer
Internet celebrity
vlogger
online streamer
Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV, better known as Dr Disrespect or The Doc or DDR, is an American live streamer. He became known for playing battle royale games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, H1Z1, and PUBG: Battlegrounds on Twitch and YouTube. While streaming, he takes on a bombastic persona. He has invested in game studios, including founding the...
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40. Larry Wilmore
1961-. (aged 65)
television actor
journalist
television presenter
actor
television producer
Elister Larry Wilmore III is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actor. He served as the "Senior Black Correspondent" on The Daily Show from 2006 to 2014, and hosted The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2015 and 2016. He is also the creator of the sitcom The Bernie Mac Show. He was an executive producer for the ABC television...
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41. Dave Mirra
1974-2016 (aged 42)
businessperson
sport cyclist
animator
rally driver
David Michael Mirra was an American BMX rider who also competed in rallycross racing. He set the record for most medals in BMX Freestyle at the X Games (later tied by Scotty Cranmer) and earned at least one BMX medal at the event in all but one year from the competition's inception in 1995 until 2009. He also competed for...
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42. Robert T. Yamate
1950-. (aged 76)
diplomat
Robert T. Yamate is an American diplomat of Japanese descent and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros.
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43. Glenn Davis
1924-2005 (aged 81)
athletics competitor
American football player
Glenn Earl Davis is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for the Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles from 1984 to 1993 and finished in the top ten in National League MVP balloting three times (1986, 1988 and 1989).
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44. Douglas A. Schiess
1970-. (aged 56)
military leader
Douglas Andrew Schiess is a United States Space Force lieutenant general who serves as the deputy chief of space operations for operations. He previously served as the first commander of United States Space Forces – Space and combined joint force space component commander of the United States Space Command.
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45. Forest Whitaker
1961-. (aged 65)
television actor
film director
television director
actor
karateka
Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actor Award at the 41st Cannes.
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46. Roman Gabriel
1940-2024 (aged 84)
actor
American football player
businessperson
Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. was an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, earning first-team All-American honors twice. Gabriel was the second overall pick in the 1962 NFL draft and played 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, followed by five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was...
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47. Brian Hooker
researcher
engineer
anti-vaccine activist
Brian S. Hooker is a biologist and chemist who was department chair and Professor Emeritus of Biology at Simpson University. He is known for promoting the false claim that vaccines cause autism.
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48. Dwight Ramos
1998-. (aged 28)
basketball player
Dwight Ramos is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Levanga Hokkaido of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). He represented the Philippines in international competitions as a member of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup squad.
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