Bros. player, with the nickname "King of Smash" Palmer Lucky: Creator of the Oculus Rift/Ranked #26 on Forbes' 2015 list of America's richest entrepreneurs under 40 Alex Meruelo: Billionaire owner of the Meruelo Group, the Arizona Coyotes of the NHL, Fuji Food, multiple radio stations, casinos and Colom Island John Platt: Microsoft researcher, astronomer J. Warner Wallace: homicide detective and Christian apologist Laura Yeager: U.S. Army general Fictional alumnus The character Alan Harper (Jon Cryer) of the sitcom Two and a Half Men graduated from CSULB. This was stated in the episode, "The Salmon Under My Sweater". Faculty Phil Alvin: taught mathematics at CSULB; member of The Blasters band Xiaolan Bao: professor of history Vera Barstow: violinist and teacher Verne Carlson: taught cinematography, author and cinematographer August Coppola: Professor of Comparative Literature Karla Diaz: school of art Fitzhugh Dodson: taught in the Psychology department from 1962 Robert Eisenman: Professor of Middle East Religions and Archaeology and Director of the Institute for the Study of Judeo-Christian Origins at California State University, Long Beach; Visiting Senior Member of Linacre College, Oxford University; expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls Karen L. Gould (born 1948): President of Brooklyn College Jack Green: professor of the Geological Sciences; a volcanologist and lunar planetary scientist Steve Horn: Professor Emeritus, former President of the University; 5-term former U.S. Congressman Maulana Karenga: former Head of Black Studies Dept, author and activist best known as the founder of the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa Alan Lowenthal: professor of community psychology, State senator Kevin MacDonald: evolutionary psychologist professor, anti-semitic conspiracy theorist, white supremacist Ilan Mitchell-Smith: English professor, former child actor Clifton Snider, poet, novelist, literary critic specializing in Jungian and Queer Criticism Shira Tarrant: author and cultural critic; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department References California State University, Long Beach people Long Beach people