LOCATION

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
National University of California	1971
University of California at San Diego	1960
Scripps Research Institute	1924
La Jolla High School, La Jolla, CA	1922

AQUARIUM

Aquarium	Founded
Birch Aquarium	1903

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steven Culp	Actor	3-Dec-1955		Clayton Webb on JAG
Marcia Gay Harden	Actor	14-Aug-1959		Verna in Miller's Crossing
Danica McKellar	Actor	3-Jan-1975		Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years
Zoe McLellan	Actor	6-Nov-1974		Meredith Brody on NCIS: New Orleans
Gregory Peck	Actor	5-Apr-1916	12-Jun-2003	To Kill A Mockingbird
Autumn Reeser	Actor	21-Sep-1980		Taylor Townsend on The O.C.
Cliff Robertson	Actor	9-Sep-1923	10-Sep-2011	Uncle Ben in Spider-Man
Rashaan Salaam	Football	8-Oct-1974	5-Dec-2016	Winner, 1994 Heisman Trophy

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Buzzie Bavasi	Baseball	12-Dec-1914	1-May-2008	MLB General Manager
Arnold Beckman	Inventor	10-Apr-1900	18-May-2004	Philanthropist who invented pH meter
J. Robert Beyster	Business	26-Jul-1924	22-Dec-2014	Founder of SAIC
Lucille Bremer	Dancer	21-Feb-1917	16-Apr-1996	Yolanda and the Thief
Edward Bullard	Physicist	21-Sep-1907	3-Apr-1980	Continental drift, magnetic fields
Geoffrey Burbidge	Astronomer	24-Sep-1925	26-Jan-2010	Quasi-steady state cosmology
J. J. Cale	Songwriter	5-Dec-1938	26-Jul-2013	Wrote Cocaine and After Midnight
Raymond Chandler	Author	23-Jul-1888	26-Mar-1959	Invented hard-boiled detective novel
Odile Crick	Artist	11-Aug-1920	5-Jul-2007	Sketched the double helix
Bob Crosby	Musician	25-Aug-1913	9-Mar-1993	The Bob Crosby Orchestra
Delmer Daves	Film Director	24-Jul-1904	17-Aug-1977	Destination Tokyo
Renato Dulbecco	Scientist	22-Feb-1914	20-Feb-2012	Tumor viruses and host genetics
Gerald M. Edelman	Scientist	1-Jul-1929	17-May-2014	Chemical structure of antibodies
Robert F. Ellsworth	Politician	11-Jun-1926	9-May-2011	Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
Preston Foster	Actor	24-Aug-1900	14-Jul-1970	My Friend Flicka
Edward A. Frieman	Physicist	19-Jan-1926	11-Apr-2013	Director of Scripps, 1986-96
Tony Gillespie	Diplomat	22-Mar-1935	7-Mar-2008	US Ambassador to Chile, 1988-91
Herbert G. Klein	Journalist	1-Apr-1918	2-Jul-2009	White House Communications Director, 1969-73
Eddie Mathews	Baseball	13-Oct-1931	18-Feb-2001	Hit 512 home runs
Mercedes McCambridge	Actor	17-Mar-1916	2-Mar-2004	All the King's Men
J. Carrol Naish	Actor	21-Jan-1896	24-Jan-1973	Sahara
Bert Parks	TV Personality	30-Dec-1914	2-Feb-1992	Host of the Miss America Pageant
Edwin O. Reischauer	Diplomat	15-Oct-1910	1-Sep-1990	US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66
Jonas Salk	Scientist	28-Oct-1914	23-Jun-1995	Discoverer of the first polio vaccine
Herbert I. Schiller	Author	5-Nov-1919	29-Jan-2000	Mass Communications and American Empire
Ted Schroeder	Tennis	20-Jul-1921	26-May-2006	Winner of 1949 Wimbledon
Dr. Seuss	Author	2-Mar-1904	24-Sep-1991	The Cat in the Hat
Nikolai Sokoloff	Conductor	28-May-1886	25-Sep-1965	Founding Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra
Benjamin Spock	Doctor	2-May-1903	15-Mar-1998	Baby and Child Care
Milburn Stone	Actor	5-Jul-1904	12-Jun-1980	Doc Adams on Gunsmoke
Avrum Stroll	Philosopher	15-Feb-1921	12-Sep-2013	Moore and Wittgenstein on Certainty
Leo Szilard	Physicist	11-Feb-1898	30-May-1964	Nuclear chain reaction
Harold C. Urey	Chemist	29-Apr-1893	5-Jan-1981	Discovered Deuterium
Harold Bell Wright	Novelist	4-May-1872	24-May-1944	The Winning of Barbara Worth
Philip Yordan	Screenwriter	1-Apr-1914	24-Mar-2003	The Battle of the Bulge

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