When the San Francisco Chronicle wrote about these inconsistencies in May 2011, Pérez's office verified that he was not a Berkeley graduate.

If it could be credibly shown, for example, that 10 years out, a Berkeley graduate emerged with the same skills and earnings as a Stanford graduate whose degree cost $70,000 more, families would presumably opt for the cheaper alternative.

Both of them are UC Berkeley graduates.

Born in 1954, and now a Berkeley graduate, his first job is as a biochemist for Bhaisajya Pharmaceuticals until the company needs to downsize.

A Berkeley graduate, Peter spent a few years in the blue-water navy, including a tour in Vietnam, until he was forced to resign after carelessly signing an antiwar petition while on shore leave in San Francisco.

Finally, Ms. Pitz managed to hire three full- and four part-time aides, including a forklift operator, a recent Berkeley graduate and a paraprofessional at United Cerebral Palsy.

Anna Torelli is the vineyard owner's daughter, a Berkeley graduate who left her father's farm to marry a young lawyer from a family of stockbrokers and surgeons.

The first version was invented by University of California at Berkeley graduates living in the Bay Area in 1938, notably Mark W. Eudey and Stillman Drake.

Forgetting diplomas is a bad habit among Berkeley graduates.

"I used to be a great liberal like most Berkeley graduates, but then when I went out in the world things didn't work out that way."