Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame

The 2016 Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame inductees with Stanford's Provost John Etchemendy. (from left to right) Provost John Etchemendy, LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, JD '74, Donald K. Warne, MD '95, Goodwin H. Liu, '91, Victor Arias, Jr., MBA '82.

The Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame was established in 1995 at the suggestion of trustee member, Charles Ogletree, '74, MA '75. Since then, each of Stanford's four ethnic community centers: Asian American Activities Center, the Black Community Services Center, El Centro Chicano y Latino; and the Native American Cultural Center have participated. Alumni are inducted in honor of their distinguished service to their communities and society at large.

Each year the award is presented by the community centers at a festive ceremony and reception during Reunion Homecoming Weekend sponsored by the Stanford Alumni Association.

2017 Kris Hayashi '97
Executive Director, Transgender Law Center

Kris Hayashi is the Executive Director at the Transgender Law Center. The Transgender Law Center is the largest national organization in the U.S. that works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. Kris has been active in social, racial and economic justice organizing for over 20 years. Kris served as the Executive Director/Co-Director of the Audre Lorde Project, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color organizing center based in New York City for ten years. Previously he served as Executive Director of Youth United for Community Action a youth organizing group in California, led by young people of color organizing for social and environmental justice.

While at Stanford Kris was active along with other students in advocating for Asian American and Ethnic Studies resulting in the creation of the CSRE department. Kris was one of two students who were the first to graduate from Stanford with majors in Asian American Studies (independently designed major). While at Stanford Kris was also active in the Haas Center for Public Service.
2016 Goodwin H. Liu, '91
Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
2015 Sylvia Yee, '70, MA '83, EDS '87, PhD '88
Vice President of Programs, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
2014 Emory M. Lee, '59, MA '64
Retired Executive Officer and former Acting Regional Director, Office of the Regional Director, Region IX, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2013 Premal Shah, '98
Co-Founder and President, Kiva.org
2012 Juju Chang, '87
News correspondent for ABC News
2011 Bernadine Chuck Fong, '66, MA '68, PhD '83
Senior managing partner for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; president emerita of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.
2010 Kathy Lim Ko, '80
President and chief executive officer of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF).
2009 David Henry Hwang, '79
Award winning playwright
2008 Mr. Henry Der, '68, MA '00
Senior Programs Officer for the Four Freedoms Fund. Mr. Der worked at San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action for nearly 25 years, serving as its executive director for many years.
2007 George Leong, '46, MA '47, PhD '51
President, GFL-en Consultants, a company which advises major pharmaceutical firms around the world
2006 Quyen N.Vuong, MBA '94
Co-founder and executive director of International Children Assistance Network (ICAN)
2005 Connie L. Matsui, '75, MBA '77
Executive vice president, corporate strategy and communications for Biogen Idec Inc., the third largest company in the biotech industry
2004 Wilma Chan, MA '95
Elected to the California State Assembly in 2000, she is an outspoken advocate of children and their families and the first Asian American to hold the position of Assembly Majority Leader.
2003 Dado Banatao, MS '72
Developed advanced chip designs that helped put Silicon Valley on the map
2002 Glen Fukushima, '72
Leads the Japan operations of Cadence Design Systems
2002 Sakie Fukushima, MBA '87
A partner in and Regional Director for the Japanese firm, Korn/Ferry International
2001 Jerry Yang, '90, MS '90
Co-creator of the Yahoo! Internet navigational guide
2000 Evelyn Hu-DeHart, '68
Professor of History; Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies; Director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America
2000 Purnima Mankekar, MA '85
Assistant Professor in the department of Anthropology at Stanford.
2000 Denny S. Roja, MBA '71
Managing Director of Acuity Ventures of San Jose, California
1999 Dr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, MS '67, PhD '70
President of Ateneo de Manila University and is among one of the most prominent Phillipino alumni from Stanford.
1998 Professor Shau Wing Chan, MA '32, PhD '37
Professor Emeritus of Chinese and Chinese Literature at Stanford
1997 Professor Gordon Chang, MA '72, PhD '87
First Director of Stanford's newly developed Asian American Studies Program in 1997
1996 Professor Yamato Ichihashi, BA 1907, MA '08
First Asian professor at Stanford; Professor 1913-1942; Professor Emeritus 1943-1963
1995 Dr. Frank Y. Chuck, '22, PhD '25
Founder of the Chinese Clubhouse and father of Bernadine Chuck Fong, former Stanford Trustee member

2017 Yvette Lee Bowser, '87
Writer, Producer and President, SisterLee Productions, Inc.

Writer-producer Yvette Lee Bowser is the first and youngest African-American woman to create and run her own television series. She also has the distinction of shepherding six series onto the primetime schedule. Dedicated to pushing the culture, Bowser uses the powerful medium of television to influence the perception of African-Americans and women.

A graduate of Stanford University, Bowser began her career as an apprentice writer on A Different World, where she drew upon her college experiences to help shape and fuel the hit show. At 27, Bowser created the iconic series Living Single, and has produced both comedy and drama series, including For Your Love, Half & Half, Happily Divorced, Lipstick Jungle, and the hugely popular, black-ish. Bowser is currently Executive Producer/Showrunner on the critically acclaimed satire, Dear White People.

Bowser has continued to support and build the Stanford community through her efforts as a volunteer and class campaign co-chair for The Stanford Fund, a class reunion chair for her 20th and 25th reunions, as well as her intensive work on the special gift committee that led to the new Black Community Services Center building. Understanding the value of mentoring, Bowser guidance has empowered numerous men and women of color to find work in the highly competitive entertainment industry. For more than a decade, she's spearheaded the Showrunner Training Program, sponsored by the Writer's Guild of America.

Deeply committed to charitable causes, Bowser has lent support to The Children's Legal Defense Fund, The NAACP, The HollyRod Foundation, The St. Bernard Project, Tree People, and Less Cancer. In 2003, she founded The Butterfly Foundation to help disadvantaged children gain access to better education. In 2007, she joined forces with First Tuesday Media to combat voter apathy, and the following year, Bowser served as a surrogate on the Obama for America Campaign.
2016 LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, JD '74
Retired judge of the Superior Court of California, former Independent Police Auditor for the city of San Jose, former Palo Alto city Council Member, and former Vice Provost and Special Counselor to the President for Campus Relations
2015 Dr. Joyce E. King, '69, PhD '74
Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning, and Leadership and Professor of Educational Policy Studies in the College of Education & Human Development at Georgia State University
2014 Augustus A. White, III, M.D., '61
Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medical Education and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Orthopaedic Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
2013 Valerie B. Jarrett, '78
Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama
2012 Michelle Alexander, JD '92
Civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar
2011 Cory A. Booker, '91, MA '92
The Honorable Cory A. Booker is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, the largest city in the State of New Jersey.
2010 Roger A. Clay, '66
President of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland, California.
2009 V. Joy Simmons, '74, MD
Physician and Director of Computerized Tomography and Sonography at Kaiser in Los Angeles.
2008 Dr. Michael V. Drake, '71
Chancellor, University of California, Irvine and former Vice President for Health Affairs for UC and Professor of Ophthalmology and the senior associate dean for admissions and extramural academic programs at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine.
2007 Mark Dean, PhD '92
Vice President, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose
2006 Kennell Jackson, PhD
Assistant Professor of History, Stanford University; Resident Fellow, Branner Hall
2005 St. Clair Drake, PhD
Founding Director, African and African American Studies, Stanford University
2004 Woodrow A. Myers, '73, MBA '82
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Wellpoint Health Networks, and former commissioner of health for the state of Indiana and for New York City.
2003 Ira D. Hall, '67, MBA '76
President and CEO of Utendahl Capital Management, L.P., noted businessman
2002 Susan E. Rice, '86
Managing Director and Principal at Intellibridge International
2001 Faye McNair-Knox, '72, MA '75, PhD '85
Executive Director of non-profit organization; former Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Black Community Services Center
2000 Harold Boyd
Assistant and Associate Dean of Students; Director of Medical Fund for the Office of Development
2000 Bell Hooks, '73
Cultural Critic; Feminist Theorist; Activist; Writer
1999 Charles J. Ogletree, '74, MA '75
Board of Trustees Member; Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard University School of Law
1999 Dr. Mae C. Jemison, '77
First African-American female in Space, founder and president of The Jemison Group, Inc.
1998 William E. Kennard '78
First African-American chairman of the FCC.
1997 Albert E. Manley, PhD '46
Educator; Past President of Spelman College
1996 James L. Gibbs, Jr., Professor Emeritus
First tenured African-American professor at Stanford
1995 Ernest Houston Johnson, BS 1895
First Black graduate of the University

2017 Delia Casillas, '74.
Community Advocate and Mentor

Delia Casillas came to Stanford University in September 1970 at a time when Chicanx/Latinx students were just beginning to be recruited and admitted in a concerted way. Delia seized the opportunity to make Stanford a better place for future students and our surrounding communities. She held leadership positions in MEChA, as the first woman chair, and helped other students gain organizing skills through their work in committees and social justice projects. Delia lived in the Roble Hall Corridor, the precursor to Casa Zapata. Having a place to live, organize, and share experiences was important to the development of the Latino community on campus. Being a female leader and the first person in her family to attend an elite, private university was also challenging at times. Delia persisted and received her B.A. degree in Spanish in 1974.

Delia has been committed to the empowerment and self-determination of the Chicanx/Latinx community through advocacy and education. She has had a tremendous impact across the Bay Area as a public school educator, court interpreter in Sonoma County, advocate for professional women in San Francisco and Berkeley, and neighborhood youth corp leader in San Mateo County.

Delia's impact during her time on the Farm included organizing the first ever Chicana/Latina conference, the “Quinto Sol” literary conference, active membership in the Women's Alliance for Health Services, leading the EPA Community Tutorial Program, co-hosting the “MEChA Hour” radio show at KZSU, serving as a founding member of the Chicana Collectiva and Stanford Ballet Folklorico. Delia has continued her commitment to creating community by being the founder of the Stanford Chicano/Latino Alumni Association, serving as one of the first Latinxs on Stanford Alumni Association Board where she advocated for more minority representation in all aspects of alumni affairs, and Co-Chairing the Alumni Multi-Cultural Planning Committee for the Stanford Centennial Celebration.
2016 Victor Arias, Jr., MBA '82
Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry International, CEO/Board Services, Global Leader, Diversity & Inclusion
2015 Reymundo Espinoza, '73
Chief Executive Officer, Gardner Family Health Services
2014 Christy Haubegger, JD '92
Agent, Creative Artists Agency; Founder, Latina magazine
2013 James Montoya, '75, AM '78
Vice President for Higher Education and International, The College Board
2012 Annie M. Gutierrez, JD '71
Retired Judge of the Superior Court in Imperial County, California
2011 Frank O. Sotomayor, MA '67
Senior Fellow at the Institute for Justice and Journalism; adjunct faculty member in journalism at USC and a Fellow with the California Endowment Health Journalism Program; former editor at the Los Angeles Times.
2010 Ricardo F. Muñoz, '72
Founder, the UCSF Depression Clinic; director, Clinical Psychology Training Program, the Latino Mental Health Research Program, and the Internet World Health Research Center at UCSF.
2009 Vicki L. Ruiz , MA '78, PhD '82
Dean of School of Humanities Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies at UC Irvine.
2008 Dr. France Córdova, '69
An internationally recognized astrophysicist and President of Purdue University and former Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside.
2007 Jose Roberto (Beto) Juárez, Jr.,'77
Dean of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and a board member of the Journal of Law & Religion.
2006 Dr. Elena Rios, '77
President and CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association.
2005 Francisco Cancino, '56
Legal leader and advocate for education, employment and voting rights.
2004 Luis G. Nogales, JD '69
Founder and managing partner of Nogales Investors and a board member of Edison International, KB Home, Arbitron Inc., The Getty Trust, and the Mayo Clinic Trust.
2003 Jim Plunkett, '71
Former professional football player who has won the Heisman Trophy, two Super Bowl titles and a Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
2002 Felix Gutierrez, MA '72, PhD '76
Visiting Professor of Journalism at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California
2001 Yvonne Aida Maldonado, MD '81
Associate Professor in Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University; Pediatric researcher
2001 Rachel F. Moran, '78
Professor of Law at University of California School of Law
2000 José R. Padilla, '74
Executive Director of California Rural Legal Assistance
2000 Xavier Becerra '80, JD '84
California Congressman
1999 María Echaveste, '76
Assistant and Deputy Chief of Staff for U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton
1999 Arturo Islas, '60, MA '65, PhD '71
English Professor, first tenured Chicano faculty member at Stanford University
1998 Ellen Ochoa, MS '81, PhD '85
First Latina astronaut
1998 Ernesto Galarza, MA '29
Activist, scholar, and organizer
1997 Dr. Francisco Bravo, MD '36
Surgeon
1996 Margarita Espinosa, '27, MA '28
Principal of Castilleja School for young women
1996 Helen Gertrude Dominguez, '20
First Chicana/Mexicana to graduate from Stanford
1995 Aurelio Espinosa, Professor Emeritus, '27, MA '28
Stanford University Professor Emeritus, Spanish and Portuguese

2017 Karletta Chief, '98, MS '00
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist-Hydrology Department of Soil, Water & Environmental Science University of Arizona

Growing up in Black Mesa, Arizona a remote community within the Navajo Nation Karletta Chief's home lacked electricity and running water. Witnessing the adverse effects of mining on her family's livelihood, she found that higher education could help her preserve and heal the environment and her community.

After earning two degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford, Chief continued her studies at the University of Arizona where she received her Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources. Chief's expertise has helped facilitate the climate change dialogue with cultural sensitivity between the science community and tribal communities. In response to the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill into the Animas River that affected downstream waterways in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah— including the Navajo Reservation Chief formed a team of researchers who visited the impacted Navajo communities to help those who rely on the river for their livelihood determine how to heal their community and environment.

Chief has also made a tremendous impact on the Stanford community by organizing regional alumni events, co-chairing and volunteering for her 10th and 15th reunions, welcoming the next generations of students to the Stanford family through admit receptions, and hosting alternative spring break for students to show the Colorado River and its impact on energy, water and regional and national significance. Chief has provided strategic leadership as President of the Stanford Native American Alumni Association and member of the SAA Board of Directors.

Dr. Chief's commitment to environmental justice for indigenous communities has earned her numerous awards including the American Indian Science and Engineering Society's (AISES) Most Promising Scientist or Scholar of 2011 and, only five years later, the AISES Professional of the Year Award in 2016. Chief's work exemplifies the values, traditions, technical expertise, leadership and passion that are the heart of Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples.
2016 Dr. Donald K. Warne, MD '95
Chair, Department of Public Health, Associate Professor, Mary J. Berg Distinguished Professorship in Women's Health, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University
2015 Dr. Troy Walter Barbee, Jr., '59, MS '62, PhD '65
Senior Scientist in the Material Science Division, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2014 Chris E. McNeil, Jr., '70, JD '78
Attorney at Law, retired President and CEO, Sealaska Corporation
2013 Maile Apau Jachowski, '81, MD '87
Physician, Educator, Community Health and Fitness Advocate
2012 Loren Kieve, '69
Trial lawyer and legal scholar
2011 Stephanie A. Fryberg, MA '00, PhD '03
Associate professor of psychology and affiliate faculty of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona.
2010 William A. Thorne, Jr., JD '77
Judge, Utah Court of Appeals.
2009 Hilary Tompkins, JD '96
Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior.
2008 Dr. N. Scott Momaday, MA '60, PhD '63
Poet and Pulitzer prize-winning novelist, a playwright, a painter, a storyteller, and a professor of English and American literature.
2007 Emmett Chase, MD '82
First California Indian physician in the United States and the founding CEO of the K'ima:w Medical Center.
2006 Malinda Maynor Lowery, MA '97
President of the Board of Directors of the Carolina Arts Network; award-winning producer of documentary films on Native American issues.
2005 James A. Larimore, MA '95
Dean of the College at Dartmouth; former student affairs officer at Stanford University
2004 Robert H. (Piestewa) Ames, '51, JD '54
First Native American graduate of the Stanford Law School, the first member of his tribe to become an attorney and former Chief Judge of the Hopi Tribal Court.
2003 Edna Ahgeak MacLean, PhD '95
President of Ieisabvik College in Barrow, Alaska
2002 Charman Akina, '54, MD, '58
Helped start an adult-care health facility in rural Hawaii and practices a holistic type of medicine
2001 W. Richard West, JD '71
Founding Director of Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
2000 Sandra Begay-Campbell, MS '91
Former Executive Director of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
1999 Debora Lynn Norris, '93
Youngest member of Arizona State Legislature; one of first two Native American women to serve in Arizona House of Representatives
1998 John F. Gonzales, '80
Political leader; Artist
1997 Margo D. Kerrigan, '75
Area Director for the California Area Office, Indian Health Service
1996 Woesha Cloud North (1918-1992), MA '72
Educator; Founder of the American Public Health Association?s American Indian and Alaska Native Caucus
1995 John Milton Oskison (1874-1947), BA 1898
1898-First Native American to graduate from Stanford; Writer

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