List of Pacific Union College alumni

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This is a list of notable alumni of Pacific Union College , a private liberal arts college in Napa Valley, California.

The college has been described as a "training ground for an inordinately large number of outstanding physicians, dentists, nurses, teachers and theologians." [1] A large majority of students who graduate from the college do so with degrees in the health sciences. [2] Most of PUC's notable alumni include individuals in academic administration or political offices, though some have been recognized in other fields. [1]

Alumni

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
Franklin E. Bondonno1965California Superior Court Judge for the State of California in Santa Clara County [3]
Arna Bontemps 1923 Harlem Renaissance poet
Lisa Breckenridge 1987Television personality in Los Angeles, California
Marnie Breckenridge 1993Soprano opera soloist [4]
John Burden 1889Founder of the Loma Linda University Medical Center and Glendale Adventist Medical Center; also assisted in the founding of Sydney Adventist Hospital
Harold W. Clark Creationist in the mid-20th century
Lana Clarkson 1984Actress; murdered in 2003
Jon Dybdahl 1965President of Walla Walla University 2002–2006 [5]
Neville Eden Gallimore 1961Former cabinet minister and member of the Parliament as a member of the Jamaica Labour Party
Larry Geraty 1962Second President of La Sierra University, and former president of the American Schools of Oriental Research
James G. Haughton 1948Physician and public health administrator
Philip Guthrie Hoffman 1938Fifth president of the University of Houston, and the first chancellor of the University of Houston System
Harold W. Hopp 1983California Superior Court Judge for the State of California in Riverside County
Kimberly Howard Actor and Trust Manager of the Oregon Cultural Trust
George R. Knight 1965 Adventist Church Historian, professor emeritus of church history at Andrews University
Graham Maxwell 1942 Theologian and New Testament Studies professor at Loma Linda University
Malcolm Maxwell 195619th President of Pacific Union College, 1983–2001
James Lamar McElhany 1890sFormer president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Alan Nakanishi 1961Former member of the California State Assembly [6]
Francis D. Nichol 1920 Apologist and editor of the Adventist Review
Gary Okihiro 1967Professor at Cornell University, Columbia University, and Yale University historian
Stanley G. Payne 1955 Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and historian of modern Spain and European fascism
Jerry Pettis 1938Former member of the United States House of Representatives
Wesley Pomeroy Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General and coordinator for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [7]
Ariel A. Roth 1948Chairman of Biology at Andrews University and Loma Linda University and editor of the journal Origins
Derek Sloan 2007 Member of Parliament for Hastings—Lennox and Addington, first Seventh-day Adventist to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons
Loree K. Sutton 1981Former U.S. Army brigadier general; founding director of Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE); former special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs [8]
Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi 1929 Surgeon in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
Neal C. Wilson Former president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
Kenneth H. Wood 1938Former president of the Ellen G. White Estate and member of the General Conference Executive Committee
Justin Wright 2002 Animator and storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios
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Loree Sutton
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Jerry Pettis
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Philip Guthrie Hoffman
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Arna Bontemps
Derek Sloan Derek Sloan Image.jpg
Derek Sloan

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