M. Norvel Young

[2] According to The New York Times, "Under his leadership, Pepperdine grew from a small college with 950 students in Los Angeles to a full-fledged university with an enrolment of 9,500.

[3] Facing crisis during the Watts Riots, Pepperdine President Young negotiated all night with activists to prevent the razing of the school.

[7] On September 16, 1975,[8] Chancellor Young was responsible for the deaths of two women in a drunk driving incident.

[9] He pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to a fine and four years of probation on the condition that he cease serving the university in an official capacity and perform a research project on the connection between stress and alcohol abuse.

He also gave over 100 public addresses and workshops and contributed to a drunk-driving program that was used to rehabilitate offenders in Los Angeles.