47 Notable alumni of Golden Gate University – San Francisco
Updated: June 15, 2026 EliteDegrees
Golden Gate University – San Francisco is ranked #2,193 in the world and #563 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 47 notable alumni from Golden Gate University – San Francisco sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Golden Gate University – San Francisco won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Gregory A. Feest
1956-. (aged 70)
military officer
Gregory A. Feest is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) major general who last served as the Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force, Headquarters USAF, Washington, D.C., and commander of the Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
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2. J. Gregory Pavlovich
military officer
J. Gregory Pavlovich is a former brigadier general in the United States Air Force he joined in 1975 and retired in 2005. After being assigned to units within Europe he returned to the United States, and became executive program director in the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense. In 1994, he was named chief of strategic planning...
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3. Dave Yeske
businessperson
Dave Yeske is an American financial planner, researcher, and educator. He is particularly known for his research and writing in the areas of Policy-Based Financial Planning and Strategy-Making by financial planners. Yeske is co-founder and a managing director of Yeske Buie, a wealth management firm; a past national president of the Financial Planning Association; and currently holds an appointment as...
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4. Andrew E. Busch
military leader
Andrew E. Busch is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, who previously served as the director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from 2014 until 2017. Busch was responsible for logistics services to all branches of the United States Armed Forces, including spare parts, medical supplies, uniforms, food, and fuel. He oversaw a...
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5. Bruce William Nickerson
1941-2022 (aged 81)
lawyer
human rights defender
Bruce William Nickerson was an American civil rights and gay rights attorney in California. He was also an authority on lewd conduct law in the United States. Nickerson operated a solo legal practice in San Carlos, California, and was affiliated with Carlos Scott Lopez-Gelormino, a clinical psychologist and human rights attorney.
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6. Solomon Darwin
Solomon Darwin is a retired American professor of business and was the director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known as the visionary leader of the Smart Village Movement and for developing "smart village frameworks" for rural villages with the support of state and local...
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7. Louis Milford Pate Jr
1936-2025 (aged 89)
landlord
politician
Louis Milford Pate Jr. was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's eleventh House district from 1995 through 1996 and from 2003 through 2009. His district included constituents in Wayne County. Pate later was elected as the State Senator representing the 7th district (including constituents in Lenoir, Pitt,...
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8. Lawrence Joseph O'Neill
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
judge
Lawrence Joseph O'Neill is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
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9. Dick Muri
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Richard Walter Muri is an American politician. He is the appointed Mayor of the Town of Steilacoom after longtime Mayor Ron Lucas stepped down for health reasons in March 2021, before dying just weeks later. He is a Republican former member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 28th legislative district. Muri was appointed to the Washington State House...
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10. Mary Hayashi
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Mary Hayashi is a Korean-American healthcare advocate and California Democratic politician, who represented 18th Assembly District in the California State Legislature. Hayashi was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2006 and served six years.
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11. Dave Cox
1938-2010 (aged 72)
politician
David E. Cox was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma. A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and also served as a California State Assemblyman for the six years immediately before his Senate tenure, including three years as Assembly Republican Leader.
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12. Peter Corroon
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Peter Maitland Corroon is an American politician, former Utah Democratic Party chair, and the former mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah. He was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor in the 2010 election. Corroon is a first cousin to Howard Dean, former Vermont governor and former head of the Democratic National Committee.
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13. Richard Belluzzo
1953-. (aged 73)
entrepreneur
Richard "Rick" Belluzzo is an American businessman who worked as an executive at Hewlett-Packard (HP), Silicon Graphics (SGI), Microsoft (MS), Quantum Corp. (QTM), and Viavi Solutions (VIAV). He has served on the board of directors of several technology companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Golden Gate University.
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14. George Christopher
1907-2000 (aged 93)
politician
George Christopher was a Greek-American politician who served as the 34th mayor of San Francisco from 1956 to 1964. To date, he is the most recent Republican to be elected mayor of San Francisco.
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15. Fitzhugh L. Fulton
1925-2015 (aged 90)
military officer
Fitzhugh L. "Fitz" Fulton, Jr., (Lt Col, USAF), was a civilian research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from August 1, 1966, until July 3, 1986, following 23 years of distinguished service as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.
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16. Diana Becton
1951-. (aged 75)
district attorney
lawyer
judge
Diana Becton, also known as Diana Becton Smith, is a former trial judge and is currently both the first woman and first African American to be elected district attorney in the history of Contra Costa County in California.
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17. Joan Blades
1956-. (aged 70)
journalist
businessperson
Joan Ellen Blades is an American computer software entrepreneur, political activist, and author. In 1987, she and her husband Wes Boyd co-founded Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software company that marketed the popular After Dark screensaver and the You Don't Know Jack trivia game. After selling Berkeley Systems in 1997 for $13.8 million, Blades and Boyd founded the...
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18. Frank Riggs
1950-2023 (aged 73)
police officer
real estate developer
politician
Frank Duncan Riggs was an American U.S. army veteran, law enforcement officer, charter school executive, and Republican politician from the states of California and Arizona. He served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 1990s.
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19. Sophia Bekele
journalist
businessperson
Sophia Bekele Eshete is an entrepreneur, corporate executive, governance and risk management specialist, policy advisor on ICT, Internet and cybersecurity, public commentator, and philanthropist.
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20. Gary W. Goldstein
1952-. (aged 74)
talent agent
film producer
Gary Wolff Goldstein is an American author, speaker, consultant and Hollywood film producer, best known for producing Pretty Woman, Under Siege, and The Mothman Prophecies and generating over a billion dollars in worldwide revenue.
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21. William H. Swanson
1949-. (aged 77)
entrepreneur
William H. Swanson is an American businessman, engineer and car collector who is the former chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company (2004 -2014).
22. Lam Quang Thi
1932-2021 (aged 89)
military personnel
Lâm Quang Thi was a Lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
23. Cecilia Chung
1965-. (aged 61)
LGBTQ rights activist
health activist
HIV/AIDS activist
Cecilia Chung is a civil rights leader and activist for LGBT rights, HIV/AIDS awareness, health advocacy, and social justice. She is a trans woman, and her life story was one of four main storylines in the 2017 ABC miniseries When We Rise about LGBT rights in the 1970s and 1980s.
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24. Morgan Christen
1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer
judge
politician
Morgan Brenda Christen is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a state court judge on the Alaska Supreme Court from 2009 to 2012 and on the Alaska Superior Court from 2002 to 2009.
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25. David Briley
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Clifton David Briley is an American public servant for the city of Nashville, Tennessee. A Democrat, he was the eighth mayor of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected in 2015 as vice-mayor and was sworn in as acting mayor after Megan Barry's resignation on March 6, 2018. Briley went on to win the May 24 special election for...
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26. Phillip Burton
1926-1983 (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
Phillip Burton was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1964 until his death in 1983. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented California's 5th congressional district.
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27. Bernard Tyson
1959-2019 (aged 60)
businessperson
chief executive officer
Bernard J. Tyson was an American health executive. He was the CEO of integrated managed care consortium Kaiser Permanente, the largest such organization in the United States, which provides health care to 12 million people.
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28. Bita Daryabari
1969-. (aged 57)
computer scientist
philanthropist
entrepreneur
Bita Daryabari is an Iranian-American philanthropist, entrepreneur and computer scientist. She is the founder of several community organizations which focus on Persian immigrants in society and arts in the United States. Daryabari has provided financial assistance to various educational institutions for research on the Iranian studies in higher education, including endowments to Stanford, Pembroke College, U.C. Davis, and U.C. Berkeley....
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29. Betty T. Yee
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Betty Ting Yee is an American politician who served as California State Controller from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Yee previously served as a member of the California Board of Equalization from 2004 to 2015.
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30. Linda J. LeZotte
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Linda Joan LeZotte is an American politician from San Jose, California. She served on the San Jose City Council, representing District 1 (West San Jose) from 1999 to 2007. She is an attorney and former member of the San Jose Planning Commission (1992-1998). She lost to City Councilmember Ken Yeager in the 2006 race for a seat on the Santa...
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31. Sam Clovis
1949-. (aged 77)
radio personality
military officer
politician
Samuel Harvey Clovis Jr. is a former United States Air Force officer, talk radio host, and political figure. Clovis is currently retired in Iowa.
32. Kevin Anderson
1955-. (aged 71)
academic administrator
athletic director
Kevin Michael Anderson is a South African former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of world No. 5 on 16 July 2018. He was the first South African to be ranked in the top 5 since Kevin Curren was No. 5 on 23 September 1985.
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33. John C. Martin
1951-2021 (aged 70)
chemist
chief executive officer
entrepreneur
John Cunningham Martin was an American politician who served as a member of the US House of Representatives from Illinois and as Illinois treasurer.
34. Timothy Maude
1947-2001 (aged 54)
army officer
Timothy Joseph Maude was a United States Army lieutenant general who was killed in the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon.
35. Fiona Ma
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Fiona Ma is an American politician and accountant. She has been serving as the California state treasurer since January 7, 2019. She previously was a member of the California Board of Equalization (2015–2019), the California State Assembly (2006–2012), and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2002–2006).
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36. Gary L. North
1954-. (aged 72)
military officer
Gary Lewis North is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as commander of Pacific Air Forces and executive director of Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, from August 19, 2009, to August 9, 2012. Pacific Air Forces is responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command...
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37. Terence T. Henricks
1952-. (aged 74)
military officer
aircraft pilot
astronaut
Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks is a retired in the United States Air Force colonel and former NASA astronaut. He served on four Space Shuttle missions.
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38. Craig Campbell
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
military officer
Craig Eaton Campbell is an American politician and businessman who served as the president and CEO of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC). He joined the corporation as chief operating officer in February 2011, and was appointed president and CEO by the board of directors in October 2012.
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39. Herbert R. Temple Jr
1928-2024 (aged 96)
military personnel
Lieutenant General Herbert Ralph Temple Jr. was an American military officer who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
40. Michael Flynn
1958-. (aged 68)
army officer
businessperson
politician
Michael Thomas Flynn is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 24th U.S. national security advisor for the first 22 days of the first Trump administration. He resigned in light of reports that he had lied regarding conversations with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. Flynn's military career included a key role in shaping...
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41. Thom Goolsby
1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer
politician
Thomas Cowart Goolsby is a former Republican North Carolina State Senator representing New Hanover County.
42. John P. Jumper
1945-. (aged 81)
military officer
John Phillip Jumper is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) general, who served as 17th chief of staff of the United States Air Force from September 6, 2001 to September 2, 2005. He retired from the USAF on November 1, 2005. Jumper was succeeded as chief of staff by General T. Michael Moseley.
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43. Monique Morrow
1951-. (aged 75)
chief technology officer
Monique Morrow is a Swiss-American businesswoman, technology engineer and entrepreneur. She is president and co-founder of the Humanized Internet, a nonprofit focused on providing individuals with a digital identity. She was previously Senior Distinguished Architect of Emerging Technologies at Syniverse, and CTO and Evangelist of New Frontiers Development and Engineering at Cisco Systems, Inc. She sits on a number of...
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44. Susan Pamerleau
1945-. (aged 81)
peace officer
military leader
politician
Susan Lewellyn Pamerleau is a retired United States Air Force major general who served from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2016, as the Republican sheriff of Bexar County, Texas. She is the United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas.
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45. Denise Phua
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Denise Phua Lay Peng is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of Central Singapore District since 2014. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Kampong Glam division of Jalan Besar GRC since 2015.
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46. Gong Zheng
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Gong Zheng is a Chinese politician currently serving as deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Shanghai Committee and mayor of Shanghai.
47. Violeta Bulc
1964-. (aged 62)
basketball player
businessperson
entrepreneur
politician
Violeta Bulc is a Slovenian politician who served as the European Commissioner for Transport from 2014 to 2019.