Notable Alumni of Golden Gate University-San Francisco

Michael Flynn 1958–

Retired Army lieutenant general and former national security advisor

Master of Business Administration · Telecommunications

Also attended: University of Rhode Island

Sibling: Charles A. Flynn (University of Rhode Island)

Violeta Bulc 1964–

Slovenian politician; former EU Transport Commissioner

Fiona Ma 1966–

California state treasurer

Also attended: Pepperdine University, Rochester Institute of Technology

Phillip Burton 1926–1983

U.S. representative from California

Also attended: University of Southern California

Spouse: Sala Burton (University of San Francisco)

Sibling: John L. Burton (San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco)

George Christopher 1907–2000

34th mayor of San Francisco

Gong Zheng 1960–

Former mayor of Shanghai and governor of Shandong

Gertrude Torkornoo 1962–

Former Chief Justice of Ghana

Master of Laws · Intellectual property law · Class of 2011

George Malek-Yonan 1924–2014

Assyrian attorney, politician and athlete

Lam Quang Thi 1932–2021

Lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam

Child: Andrew Lam (University of California-Berkeley, San Francisco State University)

John P. Jumper 1945–

17th Chief of Staff of the US Air Force

Master of Business Administration

Also attended: Virginia Military Institute

Bita Daryabari 1969–

Iranian-American philanthropist and entrepreneur

William H. Swanson 1949–

Former chairman and CEO of Raytheon

Also attended: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Pollyanna Chu 1958–

Hong Kong businesswoman and billionaire

Also attended: Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

John C. Martin 1951–2021

Former CEO of Gilead Sciences

Also attended: University of Chicago, Purdue University-Main Campus

Joan Blades 1956–

Software entrepreneur, co-founder of Berkeley Systems

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

Bernard Tyson 1959–2019

Former CEO of Kaiser Permanente

Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science · Class of 1985

Richard Belluzzo 1953–

Executive at HP, SGI, Microsoft, Quantum and Viavi

Terence T. Henricks 1952–

Former NASA astronaut, four Space Shuttle missions

Also attended: United States Air Force Academy, Defiance College

Fitzhugh L. Fulton 1925–2015

Air Force officer and NASA research pilot

Also attended: Auburn University, University of Florida

Emily Wu 1958–

Chinese-American writer born in Beijing

Also attended: Notre Dame de Namur University

Father: Wu Ningkun (University of Chicago, Manchester University)

Denise Mobolaji Ajayi-Williams

Nigerian novelist and social entrepreneur based in the U.S

Master of Science

Also attended: University of California-Riverside

Hanna Thompson 1983–

Fencer, 2008 Olympic team foil silver medalist

Kevin Anderson 1955–

Former University of Maryland athletic director

Also attended: San Francisco State University

Cecilia Chung 1965–

Activist for LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS awareness

Attended until 1987

Also attended: City College of San Francisco