1945) – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War) Eldon Regua (born 1955) – Major General in the US Army reserve Louis R. Rocco (1938–2002) – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War) Jose Rodela (born 1937) – Medal of Honor (Vietnam War) Cleto Rodriguez (1923–1990) – Medal of Honor (World War II) Joseph C. Rodriguez (1928–2005) – Medal of Honor (Korean War) Alejandro R. Ruiz (1923–2009) – Medal of Honor (World War II) Ricardo Sanchez (born 1953) – United States Army General and author (Iraq War) Marcelino Serna (1896–1992) – Distinguished Service Cross (World War I) France Silva (1876–1951) – Medal of Honor (boxer Rebellion) Jose F. Valdez (1925–1945) – Medal of Honor (World War II) Eugene A. Valencia Jr. (1921–1972) – flying ace (World War II), Navy Cross Alfred Valenzuela (born 1948) – major general, United States Army Jay R. Vargas (born 1938) – Medal of Honor (Vietnam) Ysmael R. Villegas (1924–1945) – Medal of Honor (World War II) Maximo Yabes (1932–1967) – Medal of Honor (Vietnam) Sam Ybarra (1945–1982) – United States Army soldier who served in the Tiger Force commando unit attached to the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War. He was of Mexican and Apache descent. Scholars and educators Rodolfo Acuña (born 1932) – historian and professor Ricardo Ainslie – psychology professor Norma Alarcón (born 1943) – author, professor, and publisher Frederick Luis Aldama (born 1969) – university distinguished scholar, writer Sofía Espinoza Álvarez (born 1989) – author, researcher, and advocate Lena Lovato Archuleta (1920–2011) – educator, librarian, and administrator Alfred Arteaga (1950–2008) – writer, poet, and scholar Deborah Berebichez – physicist, data scientist, and educator Martha E. Bernal (1931–2001) – clinical psychologist Elsa Salazar Cade (born 1952) – entomologist/science educator Mariano Velazquez de la Cadena (1778–1860) – grammarian, scholar, and author Nínive Clements Calegari (born 1971) – educator, founder of national literacy program, 826 National, and The Teacher Salary Project. Erika Tatiana Camacho (born 1974) – mathematical biologist Jimena Canales (born 1973) – physicist and engineer, and award-winning historian of science Richard Carranza – Chancellor, New York City Public Schools, appointed in March 2018 David Carrasco (born 1944) – historian of religion, anthropologist, and Mesoamericanist scholar Oscar Casares (born 1964) – author and professor Joseph I. Castro (born 1966) – Chancellor of the California State University. Lauro Cavazos (1927–2022) – U.S. Secretary of Education (1988–1990) Gery Chico (born 1956) – Chairman of the Illinois State Board of