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10 unusual facts about Pepperdine University


Exhibition Road

It provides access to many nationally significant institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, Natural History Museum (which incorporates the former Geological Museum), the Royal Geographical Society, Imperial College London, Pepperdine University Abroad and Jagiellonian University Abroad.

Luke Smalley

This is not surprising since Smalley graduated with a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and worked for a number of years as a model and personal trainer.

Following high school, he attended Hunter College and Northeastern University, before graduating with a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University.

Pepperdine Waves baseball

The Pepperdine Waves baseball team represents Pepperdine University in the sport of baseball.

R. Hyrum Savage

He grew up in West Los Angeles and Santa Monica where he attended Venice High School, Santa Monica College, and for a short period of time, Pepperdine University.

Robert Dowd

Micheal Zakian, Ph.D. Director of the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California organized a one-person exhibition of the artist Robert Dowd.

Robert Kurt Woetzel

He then moved to Los Angeles, where he taught as an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University, the University of Southern California, the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Sarah Attar

She has Saudi Arabian and American dual nationality and is currently a student at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles County, California.

Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew

She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC #41255) who received her Masters in Clinical Psychology at Pepperdine University.

Shana Morrison

After graduating with a business degree from Pepperdine University in 1993, she went on the road touring with her father and his band for a year.


David Zarling

Zarling was a S. L. Brown Scholar and holds a BA with Honors in Biology, a MA in Molecular Biology/ Biological Sciences from Dartmouth College, a Ph.D. in Virology/Oncology, with emphasis on pharmaceutical drug development, from Baylor College of Medicine and an Executive MBA in Marketing/Finance from Pepperdine University.

Henry Salvatori

Salvatori and his wife, the former Grace Ford, also made significant contributions to civic and educational institutions, including the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Claremont McKenna College, the University of Southern California, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Pepperdine University, and Boston University.

Joseph Albert Kechichian

He is an Adjunct Professor of U.S.-Middle East Relations, Pepperdine University, a senior researcher at the RAND Corporation in California and the Armenian Research Center.

Lafayette Square, Los Angeles

Famous residents of Lafayette Square have included George Pepperdine (founder of Pepperdine University), actors W.C. Fields and Fatty Arbuckle, industrialist and art collector Norton Simon, boxer Joe Louis, Syd Tha Kyd and Taco Bennet of Odd Future, architect Paul R. Williams (who designed his own home in the neighborhood), and members of the Crenshaw family.

Lorenzo Romar

Romar became the head coach at Pepperdine University and then at Saint Louis University before taking the job at the University of Washington in 2002.

Marcos Leite

Leite's Olympic performance caught the eye of Pepperdine University coach Gary Colson.

Nonie Darwish

She has spoken on numerous college campuses including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Brown, Tufts, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Oxford, Cornell, UCLA, NYU, Virginia Tech, Pepperdine, UC Berkeley and several others.