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Jane Fujishige Yada '88
Segerstrom Center for the Arts has announced that Jane Fujishige Yada ’88, Manager, Harbor Field Holdings, L.L.C., has been elected…
Lauren Grabowski '16, M.P.H. '20, M.S.W. '20
Lauren Grabowski ’16, M.P.H. ’20, M.S.W. ’20, and Christopher Shea were married in July. The bride, a clinical social worker…
Leisy J. Abrego, M.A. '02, Ph.D. '08
Duke University has published “We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States,” co-edited by Leisy…
Jesse Melgar '09
Jesse Melgar ’09, who had been acting as California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press secretary over the past year and throughout…
James Poss '14
A ski boot bag produced by Switch Designs, founded by James Poss ’14, has been featured on the Bloomberg Pursuits…
Samuel Goldfarb '46
Samuel Goldfarb ’46, a World War II veteran and member of the first post-war graduating class, passed away on October…
Randy Gee '56
Randy Gee ’56, half of a Bruin couple who met on campus in the 1950s and were married for almost…
Emily Torralba Patajo '99
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has appointed shareholder Emily T. Patajo ’99 (Los Angeles-Century…
Mark E. Ellinghouse '06
Mark E. Ellinghouse ’06 of Weintraub Tobin has been named a 2020 40 Under 40 honoree by the Sacramento Business…
Samantha Mueller '12
Samantha Mueller ’12, daughter of Steven and Shannon Mueller of Chino Hills, Calif., and Dr. Maximiliano Sobrero, son of Adrian…
Xijie Wang, Ph.D. '92
Xijie Wang, Ph.D. ’92, an accelerator physicist at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will receive the 2021…
Scott Sweeney '84
Since January 2020, Scott Sweeney ’84 has served as chairman of the Georgia State Board of Education, serving approximately 1.8…
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