contract and enlisting as a United States Army Ranger in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. He was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 by friendly fire. The football/track stadium at Almaden Valley's Leland High School is named Tillman Stadium after him. Reggie Smith – Former NBA player for the Portland Trail Blazers. Rob Becker — Playwright, Defending the Caveman. Steven Beitashour – Major League Soccer player, formerly with the San Jose Earthquakes. Steve Finn — Philanthropist and former mayor of Los Altos Hills. Steve Smith – Astronaut, holds all-time second place for cumulative spacewalk time. Further reading The United States vs. Andres Castillero New Almaden (multiple volumes) (1923), by Andrés Castillero Cinnabar Hills-the Quicksilver Days of New Almaden (1976) by Milton and Laurence Bulmore Lanyon Almaden is My Life (1984), by Ruth Teiser, Morris H. Katz, William A. Dieppe New Almaden (2006) by Michael Boulland Memoir On the Mines and Works of Almaden (2010), by H Kuss References Neighborhoods in San Jose, California