Alumni
- Winners of the UCLA Engineering Alumni of the Year award
| Name | Degrees | Distinctions |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Baran | M.S. ’59 | Internet Pioneer (1926 - 2011) |
| Aaron S. Cohen | ’58 | Vice Chairman and Founder, National Technical Systems |
| Linda P.B. Katehi | M.S. '81, Ph.D. '84 | Provost and Vice Chancellor of UIUC, Chancellor of UC Davis |
| Henry T. Nicholas III | Ph.D. '98 | |
| Asad M. Madni | M.S. '72 | |
| Vint Cerf | M.S. '57, Ph.D. '70 | Google Internet Evangelist, creator of TCP/IP |
| Dwight Streit | Ph.D. '86 | |
| Henry Samueli | Ph.D. '80 | Co-founder of Broadcom |
| Jack S. Gordon | M.E. '76 | |
| Ronald D. Sugar | Ph.D. '71 | Former Chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman |
| Robert F. Graham | B.S. '55 | |
| Richard S. Simonsen | B.S. '55 | |
| Peter Staudhammer | (?) '55, Ph.D. '57 | NASA Distinguished Public Service Medalist, 2002 (1935 - 2008) |
| John (Jack) F. Gifford | B.S. '63 | Co-founder of AMD and Maxim Integrated Products (1941 - 2009) |
| Gerald A. Johnston | M.S. '72 | |
| James L. Easton | B.S. '59 | Chairman and CEO of Jas. D. Easton Inc., now merged into Easton-Bell Sports |
| Edsel D. Dunford | M.E. '73 | |
| Eugene C. Gritton | Ph.D. '66 | |
| John F. Cashen | Ph.D. '71 | |
| Edward P. Smith | B.S. '57 | |
| Russell R. O'Neill | Ph.D. '56 | Dean Emeritus (1916 - 2007) |
| Ben Rich | M.S. '50 | |
| Brien D. Ward | Ph.D. '67 | |
| Sam F. Iacobellis | M.S. '63 | |
| Gary E. MacDougal | B.S. '58 | |
| John B. Slaughter | Ph.D. '71 | |
| Robert N. Parker | M.S. '56 | |
| Leonard F. Buchanan | Ph.D. '68 | |
| Jacob B. Frankel | Ph.D. '51 | |
| Paul D. Castenholz | M.S. '58 | |
| Norman E. Friedmann | Ph.D. '57 | |
| Myron Tribus | Ph.D. '49 | |
| Robert Bromberg | Ph.D. '51 | |
| Ralph E. Crump | B.S. '50 | |
| Raymond M. Hill | B.S. '55 | |
| Trude C. Taylor | B.S. '49 | (? - 2008) |
| Armond Hairapetian | B.S. '87, M.S. '88, Ph.D. '93 | |
| Josephine M. Cheng | B.S. '75, M.S. '77 |
- Other notable alumni
- Allen Adham ’90: co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
- Michael Morhaime ’90: co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
- Frank Pearce ’90: co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
- James Collins ’50: founder of Sizzler
- Chris “Jesus” Ferguson ’86, Ph.D. ’99: professional poker player
- Klein Gilhousen ’69: co-inventor of CDMA technology and co-founder of Qualcomm
- Blake Krikorian ’90: founder of Sling Media
- K. Megan McArthur, ’93: NASA astronaut
- James D. Plummer ’66, M.S. ’67, Ph.D. ’71: Dean of Stanford University School of Engineering
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