Notable Alumni and Faculty
Famous alumni of Pomona College include Walt Disney Company Executive Roy E. Disney (1951), writer, actor, and musician Kris Kristofferson (1954), Civil Rights activist and NAACP chairman Myrlie Evers (1968), and New York Times executive editor Bill Keller (1970), and six-time Grammy Winning conductor Robert Shaw (1938), as well as several Academy Award-winning screenwriters. Notable faculty have included the late novelist David Foster Wallace and jazz musician Bobby Bradford.
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