San Francisco State University
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San Francisco State University is a branch of the California State University system. It is located in the southwestern part of San Francisco, California. The university awards bachelor's degrees in 116 areas of specialization and master's degrees in 95. It offers a Ph.D. and Ed.D. in education with a concentration in special education, jointly with the University of California, Berkeley.

In the autumn of 2002, approximately 28,400 students were enrolled in the university, of which 73.4% were undergraduate students and 26.6% were graduate students.

Famous Alumni

• Annette Bening - actress
• Dean Biersch - founder of the Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
• Willie Brown - member of the California State Legislature and former mayor of San Francisco, California
• David Carradine - actor, best known for the television series Kung Fu
• Dana Carvey - comedian, best known for his characterizations in Saturday Night Live and the Wayne's World franchise.
• Peter Coyote - actor
• Gregory Fischbach - founder of Acclaim Entertainment, a videogame company
• Andreas Glocker - founder of Sirius Connections
• Danny Glover - Lethal Weapon actor
• Charles Hall - inventor of the waterbed
• Manny Mashour - founder of bebe Inc clothing retail shops
• Stan Mazor - while at Intel under the direction of Marcian Hoff, helped to design the first microprocessor with Federico Faggin.

External Link

• San Francisco State University

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