Notable Former Faculty and Staff
- Gene Bluestein — author and folk musician
- Lillian Faderman, MFA — English professor emeritus—acclaimed author
- Victor Davis Hanson, founder of Classics Department — historian, essayist, columnist and television personality; author of Mexifornia and Carnage and Culture.
- W. Hudson Kensel, historian of the American West
- Philip Levine, English — widely known poet and Pulitzer Prize winner, former Poet Laureate of the United States
- Roger Mahony, social work — Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Juan Serrano, Music professor — Noted master of guitar in the flamenco style.
- Lawrence Sutherland — Director of Bands and Professor of Music since 1969.
- Roger Tatarian, journalism — Editor-in-Chief, United Press International (deceased)
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