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Nathan East '78
Bass Guitarist

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Nathan East is a Grammy-nominated bassist and founding member of contemporary jazz supergroup, Fourplay. He is known for his musical collaborations with Eric Clapton, Quincy Jones, Anita Baker, George Harrison, BB King, Stevie Wonder, and Daft Punk. He received Britain’s prestigious Ivor Novello Award for co-writing the hit song “Easy Lover” with Phil Collins and Philip Bailey. In 2007, The United States Congress awarded him with a Congressional Record for his contribution to the worldwide music community.
Nathan received his bachelor’s degree in music from the University of California, San Diego. He was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2020, and served on the International Leadership Committee for the Campaign for UC San Diego.
2024-2025 Trustees
- Sandra Timmons '81
- Leo Spiegel ’83
- Pradeep K. Khosla
- Jeff Silberman
- Pelin Thorogood
- Phyllis Epstein
- Matt Newsome '91
- Sherry Bahrambeygui '86
- Sara Baxter '90
- Laurie Black
- Deborah Bronston-Culp '80
- Grace Chui-Miller '93
- Una Davis
- Nathan East '78
- Bobbie Gilbert
- Melody Gonzales '02
- Antonio Grillo-Lopez
- Taner Halıcıoğlu ‘96
- Steve Hamerslag
- Martin Hartono '96
- Larry Hershfield
- Ralph Ho '94
- Andy Chedrick
- Sheri Jamieson '73
- Barry C. Johnson
- William Jones
- Alexander Khalessi
- James Kralik
- Kenneth F. Kroner, PhD '88
- Wendy Kwok '99
- Jeanne Lawrence
- Yufeng (Jeff) Li
- Bosco Luján, MBA '12
- Jerrilyn T. Malana '86
- Gabriela Manriquez, B.S. ’89, M.P.I.A. ’97
- Robert S. Marren '86
- James Moffatt '80
- Shelley O'Connor '83
- Morgan Dene Oliver
- James Ong, MD '89
- Miles Palmer, MA '78, PhD '80
- Greg Papadopoulos '79
- Rafael Pastor
- Harry Rady
- Sam Ramji '94
- Samara Reck-Peterson
- Lynn Schenk
- Tim Scott '87
- Munjal Shah '95
- Stephen Strachan
- Vickie Turner
- Drew Senyei
- Scott Wolfe
- Sally WongAvery '75
- Alfred Zollar, MA '76