Speedway President and COO
=== Entertainers and writers ===
Richard Oppel, 1964, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, director of American Society of Newspaper Editors
Lobo, 1965, singer/songwriter, three Billboard top-10 songs
Robert Stackhouse, 1965, artist and sculptor
James Carlos Blake, 1969, M.A. 1971, author, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction
Tony Zappone, 1969, journalist
Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) (attended, did not graduate), professional wrestler
Jack E. Davis, 1983, MA 1989, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Gallagher, 1970, comedian
Heather Graham Pozzessere, 1975, best-selling author
Richard King, 1976, sound engineer, four Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing
Drake Hogestyn, 1977, actor
Guy Babylon, 1979, musician, keyboardist/composer, noted for his work with Elton John
April Kelly, 1981, television writer, creator of Boy Meets World
Ann Liguori, 1982, sports journalist
Kerry Sanders, 1982, journalist
Aasif Mandvi, 1988, actor and comedian
Lucia M. Gonzalez, …
