Notable Alumni of Antioch University-Los Angeles

Coretta Scott King 1927–2006

Civil rights leader and wife of Martin Luther King Jr

Also attended: The New England Conservatory of Music, Antioch College

Spouse: Martin Luther King Jr. (Emory University, Morehouse College)

Child: Martin Luther King III (Morehouse College)

Eleanor Holmes Norton 1937–

Congressional delegate for the District of Columbia

Also attended: Yale University, Antioch College

John de Jongh 1957–

Businessman and politician, former governor

Also attended: Antioch College

Olympia Brown 1835–1926

Suffragist and first woman ordained with denominational consent

Also attended: Mount Holyoke College, St. Lawrence University, Antioch College

Child: Henry Parker Willis (University of Chicago)

Sibling: Arthur Brown (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Antioch University-Los Angeles)

Arthur Brown 1843–1906

United States Senator from Utah

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Antioch College

Sibling: Olympia Brown (Mount Holyoke College, St. Lawrence University)

J. Warren Keifer 1836–1932

Former Ohio congressman and major general

Also attended: Antioch College

William D. Hill 1833–1906

U.S. representative from Ohio

Also attended: Antioch College

A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. 1928–1998

Federal judge and civil rights advocate

Also attended: Yale University, Antioch College

Americus V. Rice 1835–1904

Union Army brigadier general and banker

Also attended: Union College, Antioch College

John Little 1837–1900

Former US Representative from Ohio

Also attended: Antioch College

George Washington Wilson 1840–1909

US representative from Ohio and lawyer

Also attended: Antioch College

Jeb Spaulding 1952–

Former Vermont State Treasurer

Also attended: University of Vermont, Antioch College

Rosita Youngblood 1946–

Former Pennsylvania state representative

Bill Bradbury 1949–2023

Former Oregon secretary of state

Also attended: University of Chicago, Antioch College

Renee Amoore 1953–2020

Founder of The Amoore Group, health care advocate

Also attended: Antioch College

Stephen Jay Gould 1941–2002

Paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and science writer

Also attended: Harvard University, Columbia University in the City of New York, Antioch College

Mario Capecchi 1937–

Molecular geneticist, 2007 Nobel laureate in Medicine

Also attended: Harvard University, Antioch College

Clifford Geertz 1926–2006

Anthropologist known for symbolic anthropology

Also attended: Harvard University, Antioch College

Theodore Levitt 1925–2006

Harvard Business School professor and HBR editor

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus, Antioch College

Warren Bennis 1925–2014

Pioneer of leadership studies, USC professor

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University at Buffalo, Antioch College

Frances Cress Welsing 1935–2016

Psychiatrist and melanin theory proponent

Bachelor of Science

Also attended: Howard University

Leland Clark 1918–2005

American biochemist and inventor

Also attended: Antioch College

Carle M. Pieters 1943–

American planetary scientist and geologist

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Antioch College

Deborah Meier 1931–

Educator who promoted the small schools movement

Also attended: University of Chicago, Antioch College

Ursula Bellugi 1931–2022

Cognitive neuroscientist at the Salk Institute

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1952

Also attended: Harvard University, Antioch College

Spouse: Edward Klima (Harvard University, Dartmouth College)

David E. Apter 1924–2010

Political scientist and sociologist at Yale University

Also attended: Princeton University, Antioch College

George W. Comstock 1915–2007

Public health physician and epidemiologist

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Susanna Way Dodds 1830–1911

Physician, hydrotherapist and natural hygiene proponent

Leonard Nimoy 1931–2015

Actor and director, played Spock in Star Trek

Honorary doctorate

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, Boston College, Boston University

Child: Adam Nimoy (University of California-Berkeley, Loyola Marymount University)

Marcia Cross 1962–

Actress and Juilliard graduate

Also attended: The Juilliard School, Antioch College

Cliff Robertson 1923–2011

Actor, Best Actor Oscar winner for Charly

Also attended: Antioch College

Spouse: Dina Merrill (George Washington University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York)

Louis Sachar 1954–

Children's author of Holes

Also attended: University of California College of the Law-San Francisco, University of California-Berkeley, Antioch College

Mark Strand 1934–2014

Poet, essayist and translator

Also attended: Yale University, University of Iowa, Antioch College

Ken Jenkins 1940–

Actor, Dr. Kelso in Scrubs

Also attended: Antioch College

Spouse: Katharine Houghton (Sarah Lawrence College)

Jorma Kaukonen 1940–

Blues, folk and rock guitarist

Also attended: Santa Clara University, Antioch College

Lawrence Block 1938–

Crime writer

Also attended: Antioch College

Sylvia Nasar 1947–

Journalist, author of A Beautiful Mind

Also attended: New York University, Antioch College

Virginia Hamilton 1936–2002

Children's author and Newbery Medal winner

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus, Antioch College

Dava Sobel 1947–

Science writer, author of Longitude

Also attended: Binghamton University, Antioch College

John P. Hammond 1942–2026

Blues singer and guitarist

Also attended: Antioch College

Father: John Hammond (Yale University)

John Saul 1942–

Author of suspense and horror novels

Also attended: Cerritos College, Antioch College

Madison Young 1980–

Filmmaker, author and former adult film performer

Also attended: Antioch College

John Flansburgh 1960–

Co-founder of rock band They Might Be Giants

Also attended: George Washington University, Pratt Institute-Main, Antioch College

Miles Goodman 1949–1996

Composer for television and film

Also attended: Antioch College

Julia Reichert 1946–2022

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker

Also attended: Antioch College

Avi 1937–

Children's author and Newbery Medal winner

Also attended: Antioch College

Father: Joseph Wortis (New York University)

Roy London 1943–1993

Actor, acting coach and director

Also attended: Antioch College

John Korty 1936–2022

Film director and animator

Also attended: Antioch College

Richard Pacheco 1948–

Former adult film actor, writer and director

Also attended: Antioch College

Terri Windling 1958–

Writer, editor and artist, multiple World Fantasy Award winner

Also attended: Antioch College

David Hykes 1953–

Composer and singer, overtone singing pioneer

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Antioch College

Jaimy Gordon 1944–

Writer and National Book Award for Fiction winner

Also attended: Antioch College

Peter Kurland 1958–

Production sound mixer

Also attended: Antioch College

Norman Thomas di Giovanni 1933–2017

Editor and translator, collaborator of Jorge Luis Borges

Also attended: Antioch College

Marjory Collins 1912–1985

Photographer covering the US home front in World War II

Master's degree · American studies · Class of 1984

Also attended: Sweet Briar College

Coates Kinney 1826–1904

Poet and journalist who wrote Rain On The Roof

Also attended: Antioch College

Jay Tuck 1945–

Journalist, television producer and author

Also attended: Antioch College

Winona LaDuke 1959–

Native American environmentalist, writer, Green Party vice-presidential nominee

Also attended: Harvard University, Antioch College

Elizabeth Clare Prophet 1939–2009

Founder of the Church Universal and Triumphant

Also attended: Boston University, Antioch College

Richard A. Cohen 1952–

Psychotherapist and conversion therapy advocate

Also attended: Boston University