Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Robin D.G. Kelley, M.A. ’85, Ph.D. ’87
Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, M.A. ’85, Ph.D. ’87 (Life Member), distinguished professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair at UCLA, has been honored with the 2019 Nicolás Guillén Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more here.
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Paul S. Rutter ’75, J.D. ’78
Cozen O’Connor attorney Paul S. Rutter ’75, J.D. ’78, a member of the real estate practice in the firm’s Santa Monica, Calif., office, has been named “Urban Development Lawyer of the Year” by the Century City Bar Association. The Association provides legal education, leadership opportunities and a sense of community to more than 4,000 Century…
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Tod Spieker ’71
Life member R. Tod Spieker ’71 will be inducted into the Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 25 at the San Mateo County History Museum. While majoring in geography and swimming competitively at UCLA, Spieker began actively planning his future career, one that eventually led to extensive real estate holdings managed by his…
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Benjamin Lev ’04
A public middle school founded by Benjamin Lev ’04 has been named by Teach for America as a 2018-2019 “School To Learn From,” a distinction garnered by just 3 other schools in the United States. After earning his B.A. in English, Lev moved to New York, NY (missing his graduation ceremony, as he had to…
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Carlos Dominguez ’01
Carlos Dominguez ’01, a deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice, received the California Attorney General award for his significant contributions to the community. He also was honored as “Volunteer of the Year” by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for his pro bono work with the Domestic Violence Project at the…
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Roxanne Franklin Lorio ’00
Roxanne Franklin Lorio ’00 (Life member) was featured in ProFellow’s recent article about her experience in the Open Society Foundations’ Leadership in Government Fellowship Program. Franklin Lorio received her bachelor’s degree in world arts and cultures; she earned a law degree at Western New England University and both a master of social work and a…
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Bob Buchi, MBA ’94
Bob Buchi, MBA ’94, who has been the head of Paramount’s home entertainment business since April 2015, was inducted into Variety’s Home Entertainment Hall of Fame on Dec. 4. Read the Variety article here.
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Wu Tsang, M.F.A. ’10
Filmmaker and performance artist Wu Tsang, M.F.A. ’10 (Life member) has been named a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. Tsang’s work combines documentary and narrative techniques with fantastical detours into the imaginary in works that explore hidden histories, marginalized narratives, and the act of performing itself. Tsang re-imagines racialized, gendered representations beyond the visible frame to encompass…
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Raj Jayadev ’98
Raj Jayadev ’98 has been named a 2018 MacArthur Fellow for his work in criminal justice reform. Jayadev has created a model of grassroots collective action that enables individuals facing incarceration, their families, and their communities to play an active role in their defense. Read more about Jayadev and his work here.
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Ray de Leon ’90, Ph.D. ’98
Cal State Los Angeles recognized Ray de Leon ’90, Ph.D. ’98, for excellence in the classroom and service to the community during the 2018 University Fall Convocation. de Leon, a professor of kinesiology in the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services at Cal State LA, was one of four professors honored for excellence…