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==Multi-Function Station==

==Nobel laureates==

MVAFS was a multi-function station: a [[Semi Automatic Ground Environment|SAGE]] long range radar site operated by the 666th Radar Squadron (host squadron)<ref name="ref_mil_museum">{{cite web

'''See also''': [[List of Nobel laureates associated with UC Berkeley]]

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}}</ref>; an AN/FSS-7 [[SLBM]] detection radar site operated by Detachment 3 14th Missile Warning Squadron<ref name="ref_mil_museum" />; a [[Project Nike|Nike]] missile air defense control site (San Francisco Defense Area Site SF-90DC<ref name="ref_mil_museum" /><ref name="ref_missile_sites">{{cite web

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}}</ref>) operated by the Army Air Defense Command Post for the 40th Artillery Brigade from 1959 until June 1971 and the 13th Air Defense Artillery Group from July 1971 to August 1974<ref name="ref_mil_museum" />; a [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) Joint Surveillance System (JSS) Facility J-33<ref name="ref_missile_sites" /><ref>{{cite web

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. I served at MVAFS from 1972 to 1974 and personally witnessed these functions. More to follow later. [[User:ConradPino|Conrad T. Pino]] 08:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

==References==

*[[Thomas Cech]], Ph.D. [[1975]] - Nobel laureate ([[1989]], Chemistry)

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*'''[[Steven Chu]]''', Ph.D. [[1976]] - Nobel laureate ([[1997]], Physics)

*[[Robert Curl]], Ph.D. [[1957]]- Nobel laureate ([[1996]], Chemistry)

*[[Joseph Erlanger]], B.S. [[1895]] - Nobel laureate ([[1944]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]])

*'''[[William F. Giauque]]''' (B.S. [[1920]], Ph.D. [[1922]]) - Nobel laureate (1949, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]])

*[[David Gross]], Ph.D. [[1966]] - Nobel laureate ([[2004]], Physics)

*[[Alan Heeger]], Ph.D. [[1961]] - Nobel laureate ([[2000]], Chemistry)

*[[Daniel Kahneman]], Ph.D. [[1961]] - Nobel laureate ([[2002]], Economics)

*[[Lawrence Klein]], B.A. [[1942]] - Nobel laureate ([[1980]], [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel|Economics]])

*[[Willis Lamb]], B.S. [[1934]], Ph.D. [[1938]] - Nobel laureate ([[1955]], Physics)

*[[Robert Laughlin]], B.S. [[1972]] - Nobel laureate ([[1998]], Physics)

*'''[[Yuan T. Lee]]''' ([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1962]]) - Nobel laureate (1986, Chemistry), Professor of Chemistry, Principal Investigator, Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

*'''[[Willard Libby]]''' ([[B.S.]] [[1931]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1930]]) - Professor of Chemistry, Nobel laureate (1960, Chemistry)

*[[Mario Molina]], Ph.D. [[1972]]- Nobel laureate ([[1995]], Chemistry)

*[[Kary Mullis]], Ph.D. [[1972]] - Nobel laureate ([[1993]], Chemistry)

*[[Douglas North]], B.A. [[1942]], Ph.D. [[1952]]- Nobel laureate ([[1993]], Economics)

*[[Thomas Schelling]], B.A. [[1944]] - Nobel laureate ([[2005]], Economics)

*'''[[Glenn T. Seaborg]]''' ([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1937]]) - Nobel laureate (1951, Chemistry), University Professor of Chemistry, Associate Director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Chancellor, Berkeley campus (1958-1961)

*[[Hamilton Smith]], B.S. [[1952]] - Nobel laureate ([[1978]], Physiology or Medicine)

*[[Otto Stern]], L.L.D [[1930]] - Nobel laureate ([[1943]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]])

*[[Henry Taube]], Ph.D. [[1940]] - Nobel laureate ([[1983]], Chemistry )

*[[Harold Urey]], Ph.D. [[1923]] - Nobel laureate ([[1934]], Chemistry)

*[[Selman Waksman]], Ph.D. [[1918]] - Nobel laureate ([[1952]], Physiology or Medicine)

==Turing Award laureates==

The [[Turing Award]] is considered to be the "[[Nobel Prize]]" of [[computer science]].

*[[Leonard Adleman]], [[1968]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1976]], the "A" in the [[RSA]] encryption algorithm for computer security. Co-recipient of the Turing Award in [[2002]].

*[[Douglas Engelbart]], B. of Engineering [[1952]], Ph.D. [[1955]] - Inventor of the [[computer mouse]]. Recipient of the [[1997]] [[Turing Award]].

*[[James Gray (researcher)|James Gray]], [[1966]] BSME, [[1969]] [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] - Recipient of the [[2001]] [[Turing Award]]

*[[Butler Lampson]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1967]] - computer scientist, founding member of [[Xerox PARC]], major contributor to the development of the personal computer, and recipient of the [[1992]] Turing Award

*'''[[Dana Scott]]''' ([[B.S.]] [[1954]]) - computer scientist, recipient of the [[1976]] Turing Award, Associate Professor of Math

*[[Ken Thompson]], [[1965]] BSEE, [[1966]] MSEE - Co-creator of the [[Unix]] [[operating system]] and co-recipient of the [[1983]] [[Turing Award]]

*[[Niklaus Wirth]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1967]] - computer scientist, creator of the [[Pascal programming language]], recipient of the [[1984]] Turing Award

==Academia==

*[[John Bahcall]], [[1956]] - physicist, co-winner of the [[Enrico Fermi|Fermi award]] in [[2003]]

*<b>[[Stephen Bronner]]</b> [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1975]] - Political Theorist, Professor at [[Rutgers University]]

*<b>[[Robert E. Connick]]</b> ([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1942]]) - professor of chemistry, dean of college of chemistry, vice-chancellor

*[[George Dantzig]] Ph.D. [[1946]] - Father of [[linear programming]], created the [[simplex algorithm]]

*[[David P. Gardner]] M.A. [[1959]], Ph.D. [[1966]] - 15th president of the University of California

* [[Lynne Hanley]] - literary critic

*<b>[[Clark Kerr]]</b> (Ph.D. [[1939]]) - Professor of Industrial Relations, Chancellor (1952-58), UC President (1958-67)

*<b>[[Maxine Hong Kingston]]</b> ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] [[1962]]) - author, Senior Lecturer

*'''[[Emil Mrak]]''', B.S. [[1926]], M.S, Ph.D [[1936]] - Former chancellor of the [[University of California, Davis]]

*[[Josiah Royce]], [[1875]] - philosopher, professor at [[Harvard University]]

*<b>[[T. Y. Lin]]</b> (M.S. [[1933]]) - Professor of Civil Engineering, bridgebuilder, pioneering researcher and practioner of [[prestressed concrete]], designed [[Moscone Convention Center]], recipient of the [[National Medal of Science]]

*[[Peter Marcuse]]

*<b>[[Kenneth Pitzer]]</b> (Ph.D. [[1937]]) - Dean of the College of Chemistry (1951-60), Professor of Chemistry, President of [[Rice University]] and [[Stanford University]]

*[[Charles Shank]] B.S. [[1965]], M.S. [[1966]], Ph.D. [[1969]] - Director of the [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] from 1990 to 2005

*[[Samuel H. Smith]], B.S. [[1961]], PhD [[1964]] - Eighth president of [[Washington State University]], former chair of the executive committee of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]

*[[Robert Sproul]], [[1913]], UC president 1930-1958

*[[William Thurston]], Ph.D. [[1972]] - mathematician, winner of the [[Fields Medal]] in [[1982]]

*[[Shing-Tung Yau]] Ph.D. [[1971]] - mathematician, winner of the [[Fields Medal]] in [[1983]], winner of the United States [[National Medal of Science]] in [[1997]]

*[[Chien-Shiung Wu]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1940]] - [[physicist]]

==Arts and media==

*[[Scott Adams]], [[MBA]] [[1986]] - creator of [[Dilbert]]

*[[Bill Bixby]], [[1957]] - actor, director

*[[David Brock]], [[1985]] - political author

*[[John Cho]], [[1996]] - actor, <i>Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle</i>

*[[Suzanne Ciani]] - composer

*[[Liz Claman]], [[1986]] - Anchor of [[CNBC]]'s <i>Wake Up Call</i>

*[[Beverly Cleary]] - author

*[[Jeff Cohen]] - actor (Chunk in [[The Goonies]])

*[[Henry Cowell]] - composer

*[[Sara Davidson]], [[1962]] - author

*[[Roxann Dawson]], [[1980]] - actress, director, author, playwright

*[[Philip K. Dick]] - [[science fiction]] author whose stories inspired <i>[[Blade Runner]] </i> and <i>[[Total Recall]]</i>

*[[Joan Didion]], [[1956]] - author

*[[Adam Duritz]], (did not graduate) - lead singer of [[Counting Crows]]

*[[Ralph Edwards]], [[1935]] - National television star

*[[Carl Franklin]], [[1971]] - [[film director]] (''[[Devil in a Blue Dress]]'')

*[[Pauline Esther Friedman]], [[1938]] (did not graduate) a.k.a Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby")

*[[Peter Gethers]],[[1970-72]] (did not graduate)-screenwriter and author of bestselling Norton the cat trilogy

*[[Rube Goldberg]], [[1904]] - cartoonist, winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in [[1948]]

*[[Karen Grassle]], [[1965]] - actress, best known for her role as [[Caroline Ingalls]] (the mother) on the ''[[Little House on the Prairie#TV series (1974&ndash;1982)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' television series

*[[Marguerite Higgins]], [[1941]] - journalist, winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in [[1951]], honored on a commemorative [[postal stamp]] issued by the [[United States Post Office]]

*[[Susanna Hoffs]], [[1980]] - lead singer of ''[[The Bangles]]''

*[[Oren Jacob]], B.S. [[1992]], M.S. [[1995]] - [[Pixar Animation Studios]] technical director

*[[Stephan Jenkins]], B.A. [[1987]], lead singer and songwriter of the band [[Third Eye Blind]], was valedictorian of his class at UC Berkeley

*[[Adam Lamberg]] - actor

*[[Sanaa Lathan]] - actor

*[[Jean LemMon]] - editor of ''[[Better Homes and Gardens]]'' magazine

*[[Pauline Kael]], [[1940]] - ''[[The New Yorker]]'' [[film critic]]

*[[Christopher Kasparek]], [[1966]] - author, [[translator]]

*[[Stacy Keach]], [[1963]] - actor

*[[Jack London]], attended [[1896]]-[[1897|7]] - [[novel]]ist

*[[Jerry Mathers]], [[1974]] - actor (''[[Leave it to Beaver]]'')

*[[Tim McGirk]], B.A. [[1974]] - investigative journalist, war correspondent and Al Qaeda expert, ''[[Time]]'' magazine

*[[Karen McKinnon]], [[1982]] - author

*[[Terry McMillan]], [[1977]] - author (''[[Waiting to Exhale]]'', ''[[How Stella Got Her Groove Back]]'')

*[[Julia Morgan]], [[1894]] - architect, designed the [[Hearst Castle]] for newspaper businessman [[William Randolph Hearst]]

*[[Errol Morris]], [[film director]] (''[[Fog of War]]'')

* [[Dhan Gopal Mukerji]] - first successful [[India]]n man of letters in the [[United States of America]]

*[[Stephan Pastis]], [[1989]] - creator of [[Pearls Before Swine (comic strip)|Pearls Before Swine]]

*[[Gregory Peck]], [[1939]] - actor, won the [[Academy Award]] for portrayal of [[Atticus Finch]] in ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', nominated for the [[Academy Award|Oscar]] four other times; served as president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]]

*[[Mary Pipher]], [[1969]] - author

*[[Michael Savage (commentator)|Michael Savage]] - radio talk show host

*[[James Schamus]], [[1982]] - screenwriter, moving picture producer

*[[Irving Stone]], [[1923]] - novelist (''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy]]'')

*[[George Takei]], [[1959]] - (later transferred to [[UCLA]]) actor

*[[Robert Penn Warren]], [[1926]] - author, poet

*[[Jann Wenner]], [[1967]] (did not graduate) - founder of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine

==Business==

<i><b> See also:</b> </i> [[List of UC Berkeley alumni#Technology|Technology]], [[Haas School of Business]].

*[[Stephen D. Bechtel]], [[1923]] founder of [[Bechtel Corporation]]

*[[Joan Blades]], circa [[1977]] - Co-founder of ''[[After Dark]]'' "flying-toaster" [[screensaver]] company [[Berkeley Systems]], co-founder of [[MoveOn.org]]

*Nicholas Benjamin, [[2005]] Co-founder of TDink Magazine

*[[Weili Dai]], B.A.C.S.1984, Co-founder of [[broadband]] firm [[Marvell Technology Group]], a billion dollar company in the [[NASDAQ]] 100

*[[Donald Fisher]], [[1951]] - Founder and Chair, [[The Gap (clothing retailer)|The Gap]]

*[[Jean Paul Getty]]

*[[Walter Haas]], [[1910]] - Co-founder of [[Levi Strauss & Co.]]

*[[William Randolph Hearst, Jr.]], [[1959]] - newspaper publisher

*[[Paul E. Jacobs]], BS [[1984]], M.S. [[1986]], Ph.D [[1989]] - CEO of [[Qualcomm]]

*[[Edgar F. Kaiser]], [[1930]] - founder of [[Kaiser Permanente]]

*David C. Lee, BA [[2002]] - founder of TDink Magazine

*[[Brian Maxwell]], [[1975]] - founder of [[PowerBar]]

*[[Teresa Meng]], MS [[1984]], PhD [[1988]]- founder, Atheros Communications

*[[Paul Otellini]], MBA [[1974]] - CEO of [[Intel]]

*'''[[Robert S. Pepper]]''', BS 1957, MS 1959, PhD 1961 - Founder and CEO of [[Level One Semiconductor]], sold to [[Intel]] for $2.2 billion

*[[Ryan Petersen]] - Co-founder, [[Faculty Imports]]

*[[John Schaeffer]], [[1971]] - founder of ecologically-friendly [[Real Goods]] solar energy store and the [[Solar Living Center]]

*[[John Scharffenberger]], [[1973]] - namesake and co-founder of [[chocolate]] company "[[Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker]]".

*[[Eric E. Schmidt]], MS [[1979]], PhD [[1982]] - CEO of [[Google]]

*[[George Strompolos]] - Co-founder, [[Faculty Imports]]

*[[Sehat Sutardja]], M.S. 1983, Ph.D.1988 EECS - Co-founder of [[broadband]] firm [[Marvell Technology Group]], a billion dollar company in the [[NASDAQ]] 100

*[[Pantas Sutardja]], B.S. [[1983]], M.S. [[1985]], Ph.D. [[1988]] EECS - Co-founder of [[Marvell Technology Group]]

*[[Cher Wang]], chair of [[VIA Technologies]]

*[[Ralph Warner]] ([[Boalt School of Law|Law]], ca. [[1966]]), pioneer in the legal [[do it yourself|self-help]] book industry, founder of [[Nolo Press]]

*[[Dean Witter]], [[1909]] - partner in [[Morgan Stanley Dean Witter]]

==Politics and government==

<b><i>See also:</i></b> [[Boalt Hall]], [[List of UC Berkeley alumni#Law|Law]]

*[[Horace Albright]], [[1912]] - conservationist, helped establish the [[National Park Service]] (with [[Stephen Mather]], Class of [[1887]]), second director of the National Park Service, awarded the [[Medal of Freedom]]

*[[W. Michael Blumenthal]], [[1951]] - former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]

*[[Michael Boskin]], [[1967]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1971]] - Chair, [[Presidential Council of Economic Advisors]], professor at [[Stanford University]]

*[[James H. Budd]], [[1873]] - [[Governor of California]]

*[[Jerry Brown]], [[1961]] - [[Governor of California]], mayor of [[Oakland, California]]

*[[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], [[1950]] - [[President of Pakistan]], [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]

*[[Rachelle Chong]], [[1981]], J.D. [[1984]] - former comissioner of the [[FCC]]

*[[Shirley Dean]], [[1956]] - former mayor of [[Berkeley, California]] (1998-2002)

*[[Ron Dellums]], [[M.S.W.]] [[1962]] - Congressman

*[[Nicolle Devenish]], [[B.A.]] [[1996]] - [[White House Communications Director]], 2004-Present

*'''[[Newton Drury]]''', [[1912]] - conservationist, fourth Director of the [[National Park Service]]

*[[Maria Echaveste]], J.D. [[1980]] - [[White House]] deputy chief of staff 1998-2001

*[[John Morton Eshleman]], [[1903]], [[Master's degree|M.A.]] [[1905]] - [[Lieutenant Governor]] of California, 1915-1916.

*[[John Kenneth Galbraith]], [[M.S.]] [[1932]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1934]] - Harvard professor emeritus of economics, ambassador to [[India]]

*[[Julie Gerberding]], M.P.H. [[1990]] - director of the [[Centers for Disease Control]]

*[[Jennifer Granholm]], [[1984?]] - governor of [[Michigan]] (2003-present)

*[[Walter A. Gordon|Walter Gordon]], [[1918]], [[J.D.]] [[1922]] - [[Governor of the Virgin Islands]], judge, member of [[National Football Foundation Hall of Fame]]

*[[Philip Habib]], PhD [[1952]] - U.S. Special Envoy to the [[Middle East]]

*[[Judith Heumann]], M.P.H. [[1975]] - pioneer for disability rights and former assistant [[United States Secretary of Education]]

*[[Sun Ke]], [[1916]] - [[Premier of the Republic of China]]

*[[Franklin Lane]], [[1887]] - [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]

*[[Barbara Lee]], M.S.W. [[1975]] - Congresswoman (D-Oakland) 1998-present

*[[Stephen Mather]], [[1887]] - conservationist, Founding Director of the [[National Park Service]]

*[[Robert Matsui]], [[1963]] - Congressman

*[[John McCone]], [[1922]], [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] director 1961-1965.

*[[Robert McNamara]], [[1937]] - President of [[World Bank]], [[United States Secretary of Defense]], Chair of [[Ford Motor Company]]

*[[Edwin Meese III]], [[J.D.]] [[1958]] - [[United States Attorney General]]

*[[Norman Mineta]], [[1953]] - Congressman, [[United States Secretary of Commerce]], [[United States Secretary of Transportation]]

*[[Richard Neustadt]], [[1939]] - political historian and advisor to several U.S. Presidents

*[[Theodore Olson]], [[J.D.]] [[1965]] - [[United States Solicitor General]]

*[[Sadako Ogata]], PhD. [[1963]] - [[ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]]

*[[James Robertson (Trotskyist)|James Robertson]], [[1923]] - National Chair of the [[Spartacist League]]

*[[Miguel Ángel Rodríguez]], M.A., Ph.D. - President of Costa Rica

*[[Dean Rusk]], [[1940]] - [[United States Secretary of State]]

*[[Linda Sanchez]], B.A. 1992? - Congresswoman 2002-present

*[[James Soong]], [[Master's degree|M.A.]] [[1967]] - Governor of [[Taiwan Province]]

*[[Lionel Wilson]], [[1938]] - first [[African American]] [[mayor]] of [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]

*[[Pete Wilson]], [[J.D.]] [[1962]] - [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]], [[Governor of California]]

*[[James D. Zellerbach]], [[1913]] - United States ambassador to [[Italy]]

*[[Mostafa Chamran]], [[Iran]]ian Minister of Defense.

==Law==

<b><i>See also:</i></b> [[Boalt Hall]], [[List of UC Berkeley alumni#Politics and government|Politics and government]]

*[[Roger J. Traynor]], [[B.A.]] [[1923]], [[Ph.D.]] [[1926]], [[J.D.]] [[1927]] - Chief Justice of the [[California Supreme Court]], [[1964]]-[[1970]]

*[[Melvin Belli]], [[J.D.]] [[1929]] - attorney

*[[Lance Ito]], [[J.D.]] [[1975]] - judge, presided over [[O. J. Simpson]] trial

*[[Earl Warren]], [[B.A.]] [[1912]], [[J.D.]], [[1914]] - [[Attorney General]] of California, [[1939]]-[[1943]]; [[Governor of California]], [[1943]]-[[1953]]; 14th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] from [[1953]]-[[1969]].

==Astronauts==

*[[Leroy Chiao]], B.S. 1983 - First [[Chinese-American]] astronaut

*[[Tamara E. Jernigan]], M.S. 1985 - [[astronaut]]

*[[Don L. Lind]], Ph.D. 1964 - [[astronaut]]

*[[Brian T. O'Leary]], Ph.D. 1967- [[astronaut]]

*[[Margaret Rhea Seddon]], B.A. (physiology) [[1970]] - [[astronaut]]

*[[James van Hoften]], B.S. 1966 - [[astronaut]]

*[[Rex Walheim]], B.S. [[1984]] - [[astronaut]]

*[[Mary Weber]], Ph.D. 1988 - [[astronaut]]

==Technology==

<b><i>See also:</i></b> [[List of UC Berkeley alumni#Business|Business]], [[List of UC Berkeley alumni#Turing Award laureates|Turing Award laureates]], [[UC Berkeley College of Chemistry]]

*[[Allan Alcorn]], [[1971]] - [[Atari]] employee #3, electronics designer behind Atari's seminal ''[[PONG]]'' video arcarde unit, and erstwhile boss of [[Steve Jobs]] at Atari

* Nicholas Benjamin - Co-Founder of TDink Magazine (Technology/Design ink). Current Technology Editor. Teen People's top 100 hottest new people.

*[[Gary Chevsky]], [[199?]] - Co-founder of [[Ask Jeeves]], where he served as the chief software architect of its [[natural language processing]] [[search engine]]

*[[Kevin Donelly]], EECS BS [[1985]] - Vice president of engineering at [[Rambus]]

*[[Lee Felsenstein]], [[1972]] - pioneer in the personal computer industry, founder of [[Community Memory]], designer of the [[Osborne 1]] computer, and influential leading mediator of the [[Homebrew Computer Club]], from which would emerge 23 companies, including [[Apple Computer]]

*[[Charles Giancarlo]], EECS BS [[1980]] - Chief technology officer of [[Cisco Systems]]

*[[Albert Ghiorso]], EE BS [[1937]] - Co-discoverer of twelve [[chemical element]]s such as ''[[Americium]]'', ''[[Berkelium]]'', and ''[[Californium]]''

*[[Andrew Grove]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]], [[1963]] - 4th employee of [[Intel]], and eventually its president, [[CEO]], and chairman, and [[TIME|''TIME'' magazine]]'s [[Man of the Year]] in [[1997]]

*[[Eugene Jarvis]], [[1976]] - Creator of the classic [[Defender (arcade game)|Defender]] [[video arcade]] game

*[[Lynne Greer Jolitz]], [[1978?]] - Co-author, with husband [[William Jolitz]], of [[386BSD]], which is the ancestor of [[FreeBSD]], which is an ancestor of [[Apple Computer|Apple]]'s [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]] operating system.

*[[William Jolitz]], [[1978?]] - Co-author, with wife [[Lynne Greer Jolitz]], of [[386BSD]]

*[[Bill Joy]], [[M.S.]] [[1982]], co-founder of [[Sun Microsystems]]

*[[E. Floyd Kvamme]], [[1959]] - co-founder of [[National Semiconductor]].

*[[Barbara Liskov]], [[1961]] - first woman in the [[United States]] to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science (in [[1968]] at Stanford), creator of [[CLU programming language|CLU]], professor at [[MIT]].

*[[Jay Miner]], [[1958]] - inventor of the [[Amiga]] personal computer

*[[Gordon E. Moore]], [[1950]] - co-founder of [[Intel]] and the originator of [[Moore's Law]]

*[[Charles Simonyi]], [[1972]] - computer scientist. At [[Xerox PARC]], he created the first [[WYSIWYG]] word processor, Bravo, then joined [[Microsoft]] to spread the WYSIWYG and [[computer mouse]] gospel. Originally from [[Hungary]], he is the "Hungarian" in [[Hungarian notation]], which he created.

*[[Andrew Tanenbaum]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] [[1971]] - computer scientist and creator of [[Minix]], the precursor to [[Linux]]

*[[Steve Wozniak]], Class of [[1976]], graduated [[1987]] - co-founder of [[Apple Computer]]

*[[Amir Zohrenejad]], Class of [[2001]], graduated [[2005]] - [[Microsoft]] program manager developing wireless networking for [[Windows Vista]]

==Athletics==

*[[Shareef Abdur-Rahim]], [[National Basketball Association]] ([[NBA]]) player with the [[Sacramento Kings]]

*[[Nnamdi Asomugha]], [[2003]], [[defensive back]] for the [[Oakland Raiders]] (NFL)

*[[J.J. Arrington]],[[2005]], [[National Football League]] ([[NFL]]) running back with the [[Arizona Cardinals]]

*[[David Binn]] - [[National Football League]] longsnapper with the [[San Diego Chargers]]

*[[Matt Biondi]], [[1988]] - three-time Olympian, winner of 8 gold medals

*[[Geoff Blum]], Professional baseball player with the [[Chicago White Sox]]

*[[Kyle Boller]], [[2003]] - [[quarterback]] for [[Baltimore Ravens]] (NFL)

*[[Doug Brien]], National Football League kicker

*[[Andre Carter]], [[2002]] - [[defensive end]] for the [[San Francisco 49ers]].

*[[Pete Cipollone]], [[1994]] - [[Coxswain]] for the gold medal winning rowing team at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens, Greece]]

*[[Natalie Coughlin]], [[2004]] - Olympic swimmer, winner of two gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three-time NCAA Swimmer of the Year

*[[Joy Fawcett]], [[1990]] - member of the gold winning United States women's soccer team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta

*[[Scott Fujita]], [[2002]] - [[linebacker]] for the [[Dallas Cowboys]].

*[[Tarik Glenn]], Pro Bowl OL

*[[Tony Gonzalez (football player)|Tony Gonzalez]], [[1996]] - National Football League Tight End with the [[Kansas City Chiefs]]

*[[Michele Granger]], [[1993]] - [[softball]] [[pitcher]] and Olympic gold medalist

*[[Mark Henderson]], [[1991]] - swimmer, gold medalist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] where he broke the world record in the 400 meter medley swimming relay

*[[Jackie Jensen]], [[1950]] - professional [[baseball]] player

*[[Kevin Johnson]], [[1987]] - professional basketball player

*[[Joe Kapp]], [[1959]] - professional football player

*[[Jeff Kent]] - professional baseball player with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]

*[[Jason Kidd]] - professional basketball player with the [[New Jersey Nets]]

*[[Ryan Longwell]], [[1996]] - National Football League kicker with the [[Green Bay Packers]]

*[[Mary T. Meagher]], [[1987]] - Olympic swimmer, winner of three gold medals

*[[Xavier Nady]] - baseball player for the [[San Diego Padres]] (MLB)

*[[Deltha O'Neal]] - National Football League cornerback with the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]

*[[Jeremy Newberry]], [[1998]] - [[center]] for the [[San Francisco 49ers]].

*[[Conie Carpenter Phinney]], [[1981]] - cycling gold medalist

*[[Aaron Rodgers]],[[2005]] - quarterback of the [[Green Bay Packers]]

*[[Leigh Steinberg]], [[1970]], [[J.D.]] [[1973]] - sports agent

*[[Staciana Stitts]], [[2003]], - Olympic swimmer, gold medalist in [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney, Australia]]

*[[Helen Wills]], [[1925]] - winner of eight [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] [[tennis]] championships and two Olympic gold medals

*[[Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie]], [[1975]] - [[National Football League]] - Running back for the San Diego Chargers

==One of a kind==

*[[Daniel Brandt]], [[1972]] - Founder of [[Google Watch]] and left-wing activist.

*[[Jimmy Doolittle]], [[1922]] - aviator, [[United States Army]] Lt. General

*[[Ida Louise Jackson]], B.A. [[1922]], M.A. [[1923]] - education and public-health pioneer

*[[Timothy Leary]], Ph.D. [[1950]] - psychologist and cult figure

*[[Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway]], [[1999]]

*[[Ed Roberts (activist)|Ed Roberts]], [[1964]] - Founder of the [[Independent Living]] Movement

*[[R.J. Rushdoony]], B.A. [[1938]], M.A. [[1940]] - prominent author of the [[Christian right]]

*[[Oliver Smith]], [[1916]] - Major General, [[United States Marine Corps]]

*[[Alice Waters]], [[1967]] - [[celebrity chef]], founder of [[Chez Panisse]], originator of the [[California cuisine]] style of gourmet cooking

==Students (currently enrolled)==

*[[William Hung]] - Of [[American Idol]] Fame

*[[Adam Lamberg]] - star of the Disney Channel show [[Lizzie McGuire]]

*[[Jonny Moseley]] - Gold Medalist in [[1998 Winter Olympics]]

* Nicholas Benjamin - reality tv show star and co-founder of TDink Magazine. Current fashion/technology analyist for Teen People, Bop, 16, Tigerbeat, and OK!. Considered a "professional" Hollywood A-lister companion as he often graces the red carpets with the hottest celebrities.

==See also==

*[[List of UC Berkeley faculty]]

[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni|*]]

[[Category:Lists of people by university affiliation - USA|California, Berkeley]]