Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Nicole Crawford ’94
The 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognized UCLA alumna Nicole Crawford ‘94, a Brooks Pierce attorney, as a leader in her field. Crawford was recognized for her work in labor & employment at the Brooks Pierce law firm. She continues to be widely recognized by her peers and clients as…
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Wendy L. Patrick ’90
UCLA alumna Wendy L. Patrick ’90 has been named the California State Bar Association’s 2014 Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the year – a highly prestigious statewide honor. As a San Diego County Deputy District Attorney, Patrick heads the Sex Crimes and Human Trafficking Division, one of many important posts she has held during her…
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Eric Josef Carlson ’76, M.A. ’78
Eric Josef Carlson ’76, M.A. ’78, received the 2016 Edgar M. Carlson Distinguished Teaching Award during commencement ceremonies at Gustavus Adolphus College on May 29, 2016. Carlson is a professor of history at the college in St. Peter, Minnesota, where he has taught since 1990. Read more here.
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Thomas Tugend, M.A. ’58
Thomas “Tom” Tugend, M.A. ’58 has been named as a Chevalier (Knight) in the National Order of the Legion of Honor based on his service in World War II and his regiment’s association with the First French Army. During the war, Tugend and his U.S. infantry regiment were attached to the First French Army in…
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Kathleen Ho ’93
Kathleen “Kathy” Ho has been selected as one of the 2016 Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellows. Later this year, she will embark on an 11-day Lindblad voyage to the Arctic Svalbard for a one-of-a-kind field experience, accompanied by Lindblad-National Geographic expedition experts.
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Chi Po-chou ’12
Animation director Chi Po-chou (紀柏舟) won the Best Director award in the 2015 Asian Youth Animation and Comic Contest held in the city of Guiyang, in China’s Guizhou province, with his film “Rescue.” The film is the only award-winning animation work from Taiwan among the 20,000 entries from countries around the world. Read more here.
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Vincent Pecoraro ’77
Alumnus Vincent Pecoraro ’77 has been awarded the prestigious American Chemistry Society Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry. Professor Pecoraro is the John T. Groves Collegiate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He received his B.S. in biochemistry from UCLA and his Ph.D. in chemistry from…
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Laurence Fink ’74, M.B.A. ’76
Laurence Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, was awarded the UCLA Medal, the campus’s highest honor, in recognition of his service to the community and his legendary career in business and finance. Fink, who earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA and his M.B.A. from UCLA Anderson School of Management, built what was…
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Kaitlin Nielsen ’09
UCLA assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Kaitlin Nielsen ’09 has been recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as a recipient of the 2016 Thirty Under 30 Award. This award was created in 2009 to honor up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels of the sport. To qualify for the award, nominees had to be 30 years…
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Debra Duardo ’94, M.A. ’96, Ph.D. ’13
Debra Duardo, a former high school dropout, will become the top education official for Los Angeles County, heading an agency that provides schooling for teenage inmates as well as for thousands of disabled students. Duardo, a veteran administrator, came from the mammoth Los Angeles Unified School District, where she’s worked for two decades and heads the…