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Jessica Watkins, Ph.D. '15
Jessica Watkins, Ph.D. ’15, will make history as the first Black woman to live and work on the International Space…
Michael Cornelison '92
On Feb. 25, Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Michael Cornelison ’92 will be installed as president of the American College of…
Bob Wilson '53
Robert “Bob” Wilson ’53, whose decades of philanthropic effort on behalf of his alma mater have had a transformative effect…
Patricia "Trish" Halsey-Munroe '70
On Veteran’s Day, 2021, California State Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath (CAD76) awarded Patricia “Trish” Halsey-Munroe ’70 the 2021 Service Award…
Eileen (Fitzpatrick) Lebow ’47, M.A. ’49
Eileen (Fitzpatrick) Lebow ’47, M.A. ’49, who taught in the Baltimore and Montgomery County, Maryland, schools for 20 years before…
Esteban Torres, 1930 – 2022
Esteban Torres, labor organizer and a lawmaker who was among the first Latino congressmen from California in the 20th century,…
Robert L. Casady, Ph.D. '72
Robert Layton (Bob) Casady, Ph.D. ’72, passed away on Jan. 20 at age 77. Casady was born in Riverside, California,…
Leslie Johansen Nack '92
“The Blue Butterfly,” a novel by award-winning author Leslie Johansen Nack ’92, will be published May 3 by She Writes…
Christine Avila '69
Christine Avila ’69 is in rehearsals for the world premiere of “Detained,” opening Feb. 19 at The Fountain Theatre in…
Perrie Weiner ’82
Perrie Weiner ’82, partner-in-Charge of global law firm Baker McKenzie’s Los Angeles office and chair of the North America Securities…
Richard L. Gillespie '03
Richard L. Gillespie ’03, an attorney in the San Francisco and Walnut Creek offices of Littler, the world’s largest employment…
Brianna Kupfer
UCLA Extension student Brianna Kupfer, 24, was stabbed to death while working alone inside a Los Angeles luxury furniture store…
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