Priya Deshmukh

Off the Court

San José St alumni, as Priya Deshmukh tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Tommie Smith1968 Olympic raised-fist salute

  Tommie Smith, San Jose State graduate. Gold medalist, and best known for raising his fist on the podium at the 1968 Olympics. He won the race, then he made the statement. Both shipped from San Jose.

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• Harry Edwardssociologist of the Black athlete

  Harry Edwards, a San Jose State graduate, wrote The Revolt of the Black Athlete and became professor emeritus of sociology at Berkeley. Some alumni write code. He wrote the documentation for a movement.

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• Amy Tanauthor of The Joy Luck Club

  Amy Tan earned her bachelor's and her master's here, then wrote The Joy Luck Club. Two Spartan degrees, one novel everybody's mother has read. Solid return.

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• Stevie NicksFleetwood Mac musician

  Stevie Nicks attended San Jose State, then left and became the musician best known for Fleetwood Mac. Technically a dropout. We are keeping her in the release notes anyway.

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• Gordon MooreIntel founder, Moore's law

  Gordon Moore attended San Jose State in 1946 and 47 before co-founding Intel and giving us Moore's law. So the whole chip industry started with a Spartan transfer. Version one point oh was ours.

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