NOTABLE ALUMNI Groundbreakers, trailblazers and pioneers—these Oxy alumni are leaders in their fields, work for the public good and demonstrate the value of their liberal arts education.
Politics Prof. Roger Boesche was reunited with one of his former students in a 2009 visit to the White House Oval Office.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ’83 The two years President Barack Obama spent at Oxy from 1979 to 1981 played a major role in determining his future. Oxy was also the place where the future president made his first political speech as part of a movement to persuade the Occidental Board of Trustees to divest the College of its investments in South Africa. 32 30
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