University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis, popularly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten University of California campuses. It is located in Davis, California, about fifteen miles (24 km) west of Sacramento in California's Central Valley. As of Fall 2004, it had a total student enrollment of 30,065 with over 147,000 degreed alumni.

Notable alumni

• Howard Beck, New York Knicks beat writer, The New York Times
• Mike Bellotti, Head Football Coach, University of Oregon
• Rolf Benirschke, Kicker, San Diego Chargers, NFL Man of the year 1983
• Steve Brown, Major League Baseball player
• Anna Cabral, Treasurer of the United States
• Tracy Caldwell, Astronaut
• Kevin Daft, Quarterback, Indiana Firebirds, Scottish Claymores, Tennessee Titans
• Josh Davis, also known as DJ Shadow, DJ, musician, producer
• Cal Dooley, United States Congressman, also President and CEO of National Food Processors Association
• Heather Fargo, Mayor of Sacramento
• Carol Flint, TV Producer, ER (TV series)
• Dr. Gurdev Khush, Geneticist, IRRI
• Mark Grieb, Quarterback, San Jose Sabercats
• Daryl Gross, Director of Athletics, Syracuse University
• Steven Guggenheimer, V.P. of Worldwide Small Business and Business Operations at Microsoft
• Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom, former wife of San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, Court TV anchor, ABC and CNN legal analyst/commentator
• Dan Hawkins, Head Football Coach, Boise State University
• Gus Lee, Author, China Boy, Tiger's Tale
• Mike Machado,, California State Senator
• Chris Mandeville, former NFL defensive back
• Kerry Mazzoni, California Secretary of Education
• Xavier Mosely, DJ, Blackalicious
• Bruce Nauman, Artist
• Ken O'Brien, Quarterback, New York Jets
• J.T. O'Sullivan, NFL Quarterback
• Stephen K. Robinson, Astronaut, MS-3. STS-85, Payload Commander. STS-95, MS-2. STS-114
• Dr. Indira Samarasekera, President of the University of Alberta, Canada.
• Jackie Speier, California State Senator, United States of America
• Anthony Swofford, Author, "Jarhead"
• Ann Veneman, Former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2001-2005, now Executive Director of UNICEF
• Martin Yan, Chef, host of popular television show Yan Can Cook
• Robert Clark Young, Novelist, One of the Guys
• Qifa Zhang, Elected to Chinese National Academy of Sciences, Vice President, China National Sci&Tech Association