Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Margaret “Peggy” Honein, M.P.H. ’92, Ph.D. ’95
Margaret “Peggy” Honein, M.P.H. ’92, Ph.D. ’95, Director of Congenital and Developmental Disorders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is one of the finalists for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal. Honein is being recognized for collecting and analyzing critical data to help protect women and babies from the mosquito-borne Zika…
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Paul Marcus ’68, J.D. ’71
Paul Marcus ’68, J.D. ’71, the Haynes Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, was honored by the university with the Graves Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching. Marcus is also a three-time winner of the Walter Williams, Jr. Memorial Teaching Award, which is selected by the graduating students. He has received an…
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Kristina Gjerde ’81
Kristina Gjerde ’81 (Life Member) has been honored by Boat International for breaking new ground in ocean governance. Gjerde, who earned her J.D. from New York University, is an adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California, and senior high seas adviser to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s…
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Mike Madokoro ’85
Mike Madokoro ’85 (Life member) is a nominee in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) “Man & Woman of the Year” campaign (MWOY). This is a ten-week philanthropic competition that takes place from March 26 – June 8. Nominees compete by raising money for the cause; Madokoro’s team, “Living the Dream – Aim for a…
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Dan Butler, J.D. ’92
Dan Butler, J.D. ’92, was named 2018 Music Counsel of the Year by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel in Los Angeles. Butler is currently the head of Business Affairs & Legal – Music for Paramount Pictures.
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David Dolan, M.A. ’86, M.P.H. ’86
David Dolan, M.A. ’86, M.P.H. ’86, was honored at the 114th Explorers Club Annual Dinner in March, receiving the Sweeney Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the welfare and objectives of the club. Other honorees at the black-tie dinner, which was attended by over 1,000 people, included Capt. James Lovell, commander of Apollo…
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Robert C. Brandt, M.A. ’72
Robert Brandt, M.A. ’72, recently received the Professionalism Award from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). Brandt is a certified family law specialist and partner at Feinberg, Mindel, Brandt & Klein, LLP, a 20-attorney family law firm in Los Angeles. He is a fellow and immediate past president of the AAML, Southern California Chapter,…
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Marc Levinson ’70
Marc Levinson ’70 (Life Member), a restructuring senior counsel in the Orrick’s Sacramento office, has been selected as chair of the American College of Bankruptcy. The College announced Levinson’s election at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on March 16. The College, formed in 1989, is an honorary association of approximately 800 U.S. and international…
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Meleko Mokgosi, M.F.A. ’11
Twenty large-scale paintings by Meleko Mokgosi, M.F.A. ’11, are featured in a new exhibition at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. The exhibition opened Feb. 11 and will close July 1. Read the UCLA Newsroom article.
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Reed Van Dyk, M.F.A. ’17
Reed Van Dyk, M.F.A. ’17, received an Oscar nomination for this short film, “DeKalb Elementary,” based on the true story of a school-shooting incident in which a receptionist talked the assailant into surrendering his weapon. Read the Daily Bruin story.