College of Arts and Humanities
Alumni
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Distinguished and Outstanding Alumni
*Denotes deceased
- 1963 Al Radka (BA Journalism, 1941)*
- 1978 Leslie Bassett (BA Music, 1947)*
- 1985 Edwin John Gray (BA Speech Arts, 1957)*
- 1993 Roy Christopher (BA Theatre Arts, 1957; MA Theatre Arts, 1961)*
- 1994 Paul Kuroda (BA, 1976)
- 1995 Larry Levis (BA Literature, 1968)*
- 1996 Vinci Ricchiuti (BA Speech, 1981)
- 1997 Geoffrey Gamble (BA English 1965, MA Linguistics, 1971)
- 1998 Nancy Osborne (BA Theatre Arts, 1976)
- 2001 Jan Yanehiro (Journalism, 1970)
- 2002 Manny Fernandez (BA Journalism, 1997)
- 2003 Robert Beltran (BA Theatre Arts)
- 2004 Gary Soto (BA English, 1974)
- 2005 Ray Steele, Jr. (BA Journalism, 1968)
- 2006 Patrick C. Ogle (BA Radio and TV Broadcasting, 1965)
- 2007 Dennis Woods (BA English, 1969)
- 2008 Brad Lewis (BA Theatre, 1980)
- 2009 John Loiacano (BA Communication 1985)
- 2010 Brian Turner (BA English, 1994)
- 2011 Dr. Diana Meehan (BA English, 1966)
- 2011 Bob Ritter (BA Radio & TV News, 1972)
- 2012 Desa Belyea (BA Journalism & Political Science, 1951)
- 2013 Anthony Marquez (BA Journalism, 1985)*
- 2014 James L. Melikian (BA Journalism, 1969)
- 2015 Mark Anthony Scott (BA Speech Communication, 1980)
- 2015 Armen (Derian) Bacon ‘73
- 2016 Janice M. Emerzian (BA in English and Biology, 1969 ; MA Special Education and Vocational Education, 1973 )
- 2017 Warren R. Paboojian (BA Journalism, 1980)
- 2018 Gerald McMenamin (Linguistics, 1972)
- 2019 Charles Sant’Agata (Speech Arts, 1957)
- 2019 Antonio Petrosino (BA Romance Languages, 1953)
- 2021 Barry Falke (B.A. Communication, 2001)
- 2022 Ray S. and Jacqueline Doumanian (B.A. Philosophy, 1967; M.A. Education 1983 / B.A. Art, 1974; M.A. Art 1981)
- 2023 James A. Ardaiz (B.A. English, 1970)
- 2024 Nicole Linder (B.A. Mass Communication and Journalism, 1998)
- 2024 Jim Boren (B.A. Mass Communication and Journalism, 1972)