Alumnus Eric Draper selected as a recipient of the 2021 California Community College Distinguished Alumni Award
Alumnus Eric Draper, former White House chief photographer for President George W.
Bush, was selected as a recipient of the 2021 California Community College Distinguished
Alumni Award by the Community College League of California (CCLC).
Eric is a graduate of Cerritos College. He served as President Bush’s chief photographer for the entire eight years of his presidency, photographing him daily in his activities at the office, abroad and in his personal life. Eric was named Special Assistant to the President, and is the first White House photographer to be named a commissioned officer to a U.S. president. During his tenure, Eric took nearly one million photos documenting the presidency.
His many assignments included the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the 1996 and 2000 presidential campaigns, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, the Kosovo conflict in 1999 and the 1998 World Cup in France.
In 2019, Eric served as the College's commencement speaker in 2019.
He will be recognized during the CCLC Virtual Annual Convention from November 16-19, 2021.
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