Outstanding Alumnus
Paul Lamb, MPIA, ’95

Paul Lamb is a community activist and a former student leader of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD. Currently a Zero Divide fellow with the Community Technology Foundation of California, he is working with others to develop a “digital divide policy road map” for California.

In 1999, he combined his non-profit and for-profit skills with his longtime work with at-risk youth and co-founded Street Tech – an organization that transforms lives by offering technology training, career and personal development assistance and computer-related employment in low income Bay Area communities. Street Tech has become a nationally recognized blueprint for workforce development and community building.

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Professional Achievement
Kim Stanley Robinson, ’74, Ph.D. ’82

Kim Stanley Robinson is an internationally acclaimed science fiction author who has taken the genre to a new level of literary and philosophical inquiry with his epic novels.

Best known for his Mars Trilogy, Robinson has been the recipient of the highest awards for science fiction.  These include the Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards, the Alex Award of the American Library Association, and a number of international awards from juries in the UK, Spain and Japan. From 1999-2000 he served as a Regents Lecturer in the Department of Literature at UCSD.

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Distinguished Service
Marco Thompson, ’79

Marco Thompson, a graduate of Warren College, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Service Award for his ongoing leadership and support of UCSD, the Jacobs School of Engineering, Calit2, and the San Diego business community.

Honored as the Outstanding Alumnus of the Jacobs School in 2003, Thompson started Doctor Design, and today, though semi-retired, is a visible booster for San Diego as the “intellectual property capital of the wireless and telecom world.”

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Distinguished Teaching
William Arctander “Billy” O’Brien

William Arctander “Billy” O’Brien, Professor of Literature, has maintained a reputation across campus as a phenomenally effective teacher, who is both rigorous and beloved among students. He is known to challenge students to think for themselves, their education, and the world they live in. Beyond the department, O’Brien has a standing commitment to undergraduate education in the Colleges and is a frequently requested commencement speaker.

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Honorary Alumnus
Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs

Irwin Jacobs’ impact on UCSD will continue to resonate for decades to come as one of the country’s leading academic success stories. Today, the Joan and Irwin Jacobs School of Engineering, founded in 1982, is counted among the top 10 engineering schools in the nation.

Co-founder and chairman of QUALCOMM Incorporated, Jacobs has served UCSD and the San Diego community in leadership capacities for over twenty years. In addition to funding the Jacobs Chair in Information and Computer Science, he has served as a member of the UC San Diego Foundation and the UCSD Green Foundation.  MORE

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