Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Lisa Greer Quateman ’74, J.D. ’78
Lisa Greer Quateman ’74, J.D. ’78 (Gold Member), a principal of Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli, has been selected for inclusion in Southern California Super Lawyers in the category of Business/Corporate. Not more than five percent of attorneys are selected each year. Quateman is a nationally recognized capital markets attorney with extensive experience in public…
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Jill C. Pipher ’79, M.A. ’80, Ph.D. ’85
Jill C. Pipher ’79, M.A. ’80, Ph.D. ’85 has been elected President of the American Mathematical Society; she will become the third woman to be occupy that position when she assumes her post next year. Pipher is Vice President for Research and Elisha Benjamin Andrews Professor of Mathematics at Brown University. Read the math department…
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Frankie Guzman, J.D. ’12
Francis V. (“Frankie”) Guzman, J.D. ’12, has received the Juvenile Law Center’s 2018 Leadership Prize, among the most prestigious awards in his area of practice. Before earning his UCLA law degree, Guzman overcame a challenging childhood to receive his B.A. degree in English from UC Berkeley. He directs the California Youth Justice Initiative at the…
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Hana Kim, M.F.A. ’12
Hana Kim, M.F.A. ’12, was awarded the Center Theatre Group’s Richard E. Sherwood Award, honoring emerging artists in the Los Angeles theater community, for her work as a projection and set designer. Read the full Daily Bruin story.
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Richard Marston ’74
Richard Marston ’74 (Life Member) was named a Fellow in the American Association of Geographers (AAG), one of 20 in the inaugural class of Fellows. The AAG has over 12,000 members and no more than two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) of AAG membership (or approximately 20 Fellows) will be selected in any given year. The…
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Priyank Patel ’14
Priyank Patel ’14 was awarded the 2018 Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship by Banner & Witcoff, a national intellectual property law firm that procures, enforces and litigates intellectual property rights throughout the world. The scholarship program will provide Patel with $5,000 for his fall semester of law school at UCLA. Patel earned his B.S. degree…
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Martine Rothblatt ’77, J.D. ’81, M.B.A. ’81
Lawyer, medical ethicist, futurist, pilot, triathlete, parent, advocate for transgender rights and world-changing technologist Martine Rothblatt ’77, J.D. ’81, M.B.A. ’81, was presented Jan. 11 with the UCLA Medal, the highest campus honor. Read the full UCLA Newsroom story.
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Charles Burnett ’69, M.F.A. ’77
Award-winning filmmaker Charles Burnett ’69, M.F.A. ’77, received an honorary Governors Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Nov. 11. The honorary Oscar celebrates lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences or outstanding service to the film academy. Burnett received the prestigious John D. and…
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Thomas Umberg ’77
Thomas J. Umberg ’77 has been selected by the Orange County Business Journal for the 2017 edition of “OC 500 Directory of Influence.” This list honors the most influential individuals from throughout Orange County. Honorees range from top executives at the largest publicly traded or privately held companies to up-and-comers, as well as a diverse…
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Eric Shaw ’98
Eric Shaw ’98 (Gold Member) has been named a Top 20 LGBT+ public sector executive by OUTstanding, a professional network for LGBT+ executives and their allies. Shaw serves on the UCLA Alumni Association Board and Harvard Design School Alumni Council, where he advocates for the support and mentorship of LGBT+ students, and for increased LGBT+…