The University of California at Berkeley is the oldest of the ten UC affiliated campuses. The University was founded in 1868 in a merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College.

Among famous and distinguished alumni of UC Berkeley include:

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer

Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, and originator of Moore’s Law

Eric Schmidt – Current CEO of Google Inc.

Larry Sonsini - Chair of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, a law firm in the Silicon Valley

Another ‘famous’ alumni of UC Berkeley is William Hung of American Idol She Bangs fame. Remember him?

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