The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a faculty who cared about them and their success in life and soon the students began to believe in themselves and the reality that they could make something of their lives.
| John R. Allen, Soldier (1953) |
| Henry Charles Carey, Economist (1793) |
| J. Paul Getty, Businessman (1892) |
| Sete Gibernau, Athlete (1972) |
| John Lee Hancock, Writer (1956) |
| Don Johnson, Actor (1949) |
| Kyle Johnson, Athlete (1978) |
| Stan Kenton, Musician (1911) |
| Michael King, Historian (1945) |
| Josiah Bailey, Politician (1946) |
| Charles Laughton, Actor (1962) |


