Class Notes Category: Accolades

Kathy Ho ’93 Kathy Ho ’93 was selected as a runners-up for Road Scholar’s 2026 Educator Legacy Award. Ho served as a hospital school teacher for 28 years, working tirelessly to advocate for medically fragile children, who are often overlooked in traditional educational models. She worked to give hospitalized students as normal a school experience…

Anne Scatolini, M.Ed. ’08 Anne Scatolini, M.Ed. ’08, was selected as a runners-up for Road Scholar’s 2026 Educator Legacy Award. Scatolini retired in 2025 after teaching leadership, English language arts, theatre, music, art, library arts, organic regenerative gardening, social justice and mindfulness for 20 years. She has been a leader in education in urban communities…

Barry Kurtz ’70 Barry Kurtz ’70, Esq., chair, Franchise and Distribution Practice Group, Lewitt Hackman, has again been selected by Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the Leaders to Know: Trusted Advisors 2026 and as a Top 100 Lawyer. Kurtz earned his bachelor’s degree in political science. Read his previous UCLA Alumni class notes:…

Kendall VanConas ’88 Kendall VanConas ’88, managing partner, Arnold LaRochelle Matthews VanConas & Zirbel, was named “Top 50 Women in Business” by Pacific Coast Business Times 2026 and featured in “Leaders to Know: Trusted Advisors,” Los Angeles Business Journal: Inside the Valley 2026. The publication has nominated her for a 2026 Valley Women’s Leadership award. VanConas…

Elisse Albian ’20 Soprano Elisse Albian ’20 earned the first prize and Audience Choice Award at the National Oratorio Competition hosted by the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park on Feb. 13. With the honor, they received $5,000 cash and future solo engagement with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and/or the Messiah Choral…

Dwayne Milburn ’86, M.A. ’06, Ph.D. ’09 Calvert Hall College High School, a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys located in Towson, Maryland, is inducting Dwayne Milburn ’86, M.A. ’06, Ph.D. ’09, lieutenant colonel, retired, U.S. Army, and professor of music at UCLA, into its Alumni Hall of Fame on March 21. The triple-Bruin…

Tom Corson ’82 Tom Corson ’82, co-chairman and COO of Warner Records and chair of the Dean’s Board of Advisors for The Herb Alpert School of Music, was honored Oct. 15 by City of Hope, one of the nation’s largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations, with its annual Spirit of Life Award.…

Sheila Sonenshine ’67 JAMS neutral Hon. Sheila Sonenshine ’67 (Ret.) was recently honored with the 2025 Torch of Liberty Award by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The award was presented at the ADL’s Marcus M. Kaufman Jurisprudence Award Dinner on Sept. 29. The Torch of Liberty Award – one of the ADL’s most prestigious honors –…