Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Mark E. Ellinghouse ’06
Mark E. Ellinghouse ’06 of Weintraub Tobin has been named a 2020 40 Under 40 honoree by the Sacramento Business Journal. The honor follows on the heels of his inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. This year, Best Lawyers launched “Ones to Watch,” a recognition for attorneys earlier in their careers, and Ellinghouse…
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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 Nuclear and Plasma Science Society’s Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award. Bestowed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of…
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Tyler Hsieh ’16
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyler Hsieh ’16 recently joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C., as a member of the clarinet section. Hsieh began his musical training on clarinet at age 16. After graduating in 2012 from Lynbrook High School, he attended UCLA, where he studied under Michele Zukovsky and…
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Angela Wandinger-Ness, Ph.D. ’85
Angela Wandinger-Ness, Ph.D. ’85, has been honored with a 2019 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, the White House announced this week. Wandinger-Ness earned her doctorate from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, where she received her first training and award in teaching and education as a first-year teaching assistant.
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Alexandra K. LaFountain ’11
Downey Brand senior associate Alexandra K. LaFountain ’11 was selected as a 2020 Northern California Rising Star for her work in business litigation. Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys from over 70 practice areas who stand out due to their proven talent in their respective practices of law. The list is compiled through a multi-phase selection process,…
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Caitlin Brody, M.M. ’14
Cpl. Caitlin Brody, M.M. ’14, a French horn player in the 1st Armored Division Band, was named the 2020 Army Band Active Component Soldier of the Year. In the three years since she enlisted, Brody, who received her Masters degree in music, has completed a deployment to Iraq, approximately 300 missions with the 1AD brass…
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Jun Oh, J.D. ’00
Jun Oh, J.D. ’00 has made this year’s Legal Impact Report, a list of the top lawyers in the entertainment industry who have worked on deals and litigation in the past year, compiled by Variety. Read his previous UCLA Alumni class note here.
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Robert Faturechi ’08
Former Daily Bruin editor Robert Faturechi ’08 has won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Faturechi won the award with two fellow ProPublica reporters for their coverage of two accidents that occurred in the Navy’s 7th fleet in 2017. Faturechi wrote for the Bruin from 2004 to 2008 and was honored with a Sunshine Award…
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Josh Escovedo, J.D. ’12
For the second year in a row, Josh Escovedo, J.D. ’12, has been named a top Trademarks author in the JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards. The Readers’ Choice Awards recognize top authors read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media and other professionals across the JD Supra platform during 2019. More than 50,000 authors contributed articles…
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Kendall A. VanConas ’88
For the third year in a row, Ventura County attorney Kendall A. VanConas ’88 has been named a Super Lawyer for Southern California, placing her among the top five percent of the region’s attorneys. A recognized expert in conservatorship law, VanConas is managing partner at Arnold LaRochelle Mathews VanConas & Zirbel LLP (A to Z…