List of University High School (Los Angeles, California) alumni

University High School in Los Angeles, California, United States

The following is a list of notable alumni of University Senior High School. The list includes all notable former pupils who attended the school anytime since opening its doors in 1924, including for the four years it was named "Warren G. Harding High School".

• Rachel Ames (actress, General Hospital)^[1]
• Mackenzie Astin 1991 (actor)^[2]
• Eric Avery (rock bassist, Jane's Addiction)
• Jan Berry 1959 (singer and songwriter, Jan and Dean)^[2]
• Tom Bleecker 1964 (author and Hollywood screen and television writer)
• David Bonderman (billionaire)^[3]
• Karla Bonoff (singer/songwriter, "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me", "Lose Again", "Tell Me Why")^[4]
• Jeff Bridges 1967 (actor)^[2]
• James Brolin (actor)^[2]
• David Cassidy (actor, The Partridge Family)^[5]
• David Charvet 1991 (actor, Baywatch)
• Alex Cline 1974 (drummer, Homogenized Goo)
• Nels Cline 1974 (guitarist, Wilco and The Nels Cline Singers)
• Darby Crash, born Jan Paul Beahm (punk rock pioneer, the Germs)^[2][6]
• Richard Dean, born Richard Cowen (athlete, model, photographer)^[7]
• Sandra Dee, born Alexandra Zuck, 1958 (actress best known for her role as Gidget)^[2]
• John Densmore (rock drummer, The Doors)^[2]
• Bobby Driscoll (Academy Award-winning child star)
• Elonka Dunin 1976 (cryptographer and game developer)^[8]
• John Ecker 1966 (basketball player and coach)^[9]
• Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo, film composer)^[2]
• Raymond C. Fisher (jurist)
• Vince Flaherty (film producer, actor, songwriter, musician and recording artist)^[10]
• Megan Follows 1986 (actress)
• Kim Fowley 1958 (rock musician, music producer)^[11]
• Gil Fronsdal (Buddhist teacher and author)
• Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (Manson Family member, attempted assassin of Gerald R. Ford)^[2]
• Judy Garland (Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz)^[2]
• Peggy Ann Garner (actress, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
• Jill Gibson 1960 (singer and artist)
• Omar Gooding (actor)
• Barry Gordon 1966 (actor, A Thousand Clowns; longest-running president of the Screen Actors Guild)^[12][13]
• Kim Gordon (rock bassist, Sonic Youth)^[2]
• Jane Harman 1962 (Congresswoman for California's 36th Congressional District 1993–present)^[2]
• Jason Hervey 1990 (actor, best known for playing Wayne Arnold on The Wonder Years)
• Andy Hill 1968, basketball player, television executive, author^[14]
• Leonard Hill, television producer and real estate developer^[15]
• Daryl Hobbs, 1987 (professional football player for Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks)
• Bruce Johnston, Beach Boy, songwriter and Grammy Winner 1976 for Song of the Year I Write The Songs0
• Jack Jones 1957 (singer)
• Jack Jorgensen 1970 (The Associated Press, United News Service photographer)^[16]
• Brian Kingman, 1971 (professional baseball player for the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants)^[17]
• Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman 1958 (the actual Gidget, on whom the novel Gidget, The Little Girl With the Big Ideas and subsequent film and television adaptations was based)
• Robby Krieger (rock guitarist and songwriter, The Doors)^[2]
• Bill Lancaster (son of Burt Lancaster; writer of Bad News Bears)
• David Lang 1974 (Pulitzer prize-winning composer)
• Nan Leslie (actress best known as Martha McGivern on the NBC television series The Californians)^[18]
• Lorna Luft 1968-70 (Judy Garland's daughter)
• Betty Lynn (actress best known as Thelma Lou in The Andy Griffith Show)^[7]
• Sue Lyon (actress, Lolita, Night of the Iguana)
• Bryan MacLean 1964 (singer/composer, rock musician, Love)
• Samantha Mathis 1988 (actress)
• Doug McClure (TV and film actor)
• Roddy McDowall, born Roderick McDowall, 1946 (actor best known for Planet of the Apes)^[19]
• Maria McKee 1982 (rock musician, Lone Justice)
• Kevin Millar (professional baseball player, Baltimore Orioles)^[20]
• Penelope Ann Miller (actress)
• Andrew Mishkin 1976 (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, author)^[21]
• Marilyn Monroe (actress)^[2]
• Jim Moret, 1974 (television anchor)
• Shelley Taylor Morgan (actress)
• Dave Navarro (rock musician, Jane's Addiction)^[2]
• Randy Newman (singer/composer, "I Love L.A.")^[4]
• Timothy James Nguyen (Professional Musician, Engage the Armada, DJ TIMMAH, WAHB)
• Barbara Nwaba, 2007 (heptathlete)
• Ryan O'Neal (actor)^[2]
• Mel Patton (1948 Olympic Gold Medal sprinter; former world record holder, 100 yd & 220 yd dash)
• Paul Petersen (actor)
• Stephen Reinhardt 1949 (judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
• Tommy Rettig 1958 (Jeff Miller in Lassie)^[2]
• Herb Ritts (photographer)
• Mary Lee Robb, born Mary Lee Robb Cline, 1944 (radio actress best known for her role as Marjorie, The Great Gildersleeve)^[22]
• Kira Roessler (Black Flag bassist)^[11]
• Bruce Schwartz 1973 (puppeteer)
• Frank Sinatra, Jr. (singer, conductor)^[11]
• Nancy Sinatra 1958 (singer)^[2]
• Pat Smear, born George Ruthenberg (punk rock pioneer, the Germs, Nirvana and Foo Fighters musician)^[6]
• Steve Smith, Sr. (NFL wide receiver)^[23]
• Felicia Stewart (doctor, author, advocate for morning-after pill)^[24]
• Peter Stone (writer for theater, television and film)
• Glenn Sundby (gymnast)^[25]
• Elizabeth Taylor (actress)^[2]
• Marshall Thompson (actor, To Hell and Back)^[2]
• Tone Lōc, born Anthony Terrell Smith (hip-hop artist known for "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina")^[2]
• Dean Torrence 1958 (singer, Jan & Dean)^[2]
• Chet Upham ca. 1942 (oil and natural gas businessman from Mineral Wells, Texas; owner of Loveland Ski Area in Colorado; chairman of the Texas Republican Party 1979–1983)^[26]
• Rick Van Santen 1980 (co-founder Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival) ^[27]
• Jay Walker (NFL quarterback, 1994–1998; Maryland House of Delegates District 26, 2006–present)
• Howard Wolpe 1956 (Congressman for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District from 1979 to 1993)^[2]
• Steve Wynn (musician, songwriter, The Dream Syndicate)
• Titus Young (former NFL wide receiver)
• Jordan Zevon 1988 (musician, music producer, son of late singer/songwriter Warren Zevon)

References

1. Torrence, Linda. "Biography of Rachel Ames". About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
2. University High School, Los Angeles, CA at NNDB
3. Bryant, Adam (November 11, 1992). "Deal Maker Takes Aim at Skies". New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
4. White, Timothy (2001). "Long Ago and Far Away: James Taylor, his life and music". Omnibus Press. p. 144. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
5. Green, Robin (July 24, 2003). "Naked Lunch Box; The David Cassidy story". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
6. Cromelin, Richard (January 5, 2004). "Obituaries; Rick Van Santen, 41; L.A. Promoter Helped to Advance Punk Rock Bands". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
7. Thompson, Janet. "A Lifetime Story; Marshall Thompson". http://www.marshall-thompson.com (The Official Website of Marshall Thompson). Retrieved 2007-04-26. External link in |publisher= (help)
8. Elonka Dunin's Online Autobiography
9. Wilson, Wayne (February 11, 1965). "Paul Hoffman Selected As Best Player On Helms' All-West Valley League Team". The Valley News. p. 48-B. Retrieved August 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Biography of Vince Flaherty at http://www.vinceflaherty.net
11. Bartel, Bill (December 6, 1995). "the liner notes from A Small Circle of Friends: A Germs Tribute". Retrieved 2007-05-23.
12. "Lock and Load High, Part I: The Vietnam War Comes to a Los Angeles Secondary School".
13. "Image of Barry Gordon in 'A Thousand Clowns'".
14. "Halpin on All-City 2nd Team; Four Valley Men on 3rd Unit". The Van Nuys News. February 13, 1968. p. 24-A. Retrieved June 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
15. Leovy, Jill (2016-06-09). "Leonard Hill dies at 68; developer converted old downtown L.A. buildings into lofts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
16. Jack Jorgensen
18. "Nan Leslie". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
19. Roddy McDowall at NNDB
20. Berkow, Ira (March 29, 2005). "BASEBALL; Keeper of the Red Sox Spirit". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
21. JPL Official Bio
22. Times Staff and Wire Reports (September 8, 2006). "Obituaries; PASSINGS; Mary Lee Robb Cline, 80; Played Gildy's Niece on `The Great Gildersleeve'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
23. Farmer, Sam (November 7, 2005). "Panthers' Smith Is Mad Money". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
24. Stewart, Jocelyn Y. (April 19, 2006). "Felicia Stewart, 63; Doctor Pushed for `Morning-After Pill' Contraceptive". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
25. Noland, Claire, "Glenn Sundby dies at 87; gymnast founded Hall of Fame", Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2009
26. "Chester R. Upham, Jr.: Curriculum vitae". utsystem.edu. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
27. Cromelin, Richard "Rick Van Santen, 41; L.A. Promoter Helped to Advance Punk Rock Bands", Los Angeles Times, January 03, 2004

External links

• Official University High School website