Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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Robert Settlage, M.D. ’63, M.P.H. ’69
Robert Settlage, M.D. ’63, M.P.H. ’69 Robert Settlage, M.D. ’63, M.P.H. ’69, passed away on April 18. He was 87. Robert “Rob” Hurd Settlage was born to Arnold Fredrick Ernest Settlage and Katharine Hurd Settlage on August 30, 1938, in Akron, Ohio. Settlage knew from a young age he would become a doctor as he…
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Billy G. Mills ’51, J.D. ’54
Billy G. Mills ’51, J.D. ’54 Billy G. Mills ’51, J.D. ’54, the first Black graduate of the UCLA School of Law and the first black elected in a regular general election to the Los Angeles City Council, passed away June 27 at his home in Leimert Park. He was 96. A co-chair of the…
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Penny Poplin Gosetti ’76, Ph.D.
Penny Poplin Gosetti ’76, Ph.D. Penny Poplin Gosetti ’76, Ph.D., Maumee, passed away March 25 at age 71. After majoring in psychology at UCLA, she earned an M.S. in counseling from Cal State Long Beach and a Ph.D. in instructional leadership from the University of Oregon. In 1994, she accepted a position in the Higher…
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John Monteverde ’47, M.A. ’50, Ph.D. ’56
John Monteverde ’47, M.A. ’50, Ph.D. ’56 For John Monteverde ’47, M.A. ’50, Ph.D. ’56, his time at UCLA was a defining period in his life. UCLA was the place that set the course of his career, where he made lifelong friends, and established indelible memories. Monteverde passed away on June 19, peacefully at home,…
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Samy Allal ’21
Samy Allal ’21 Samy Allal ’21, who majored in mathematics of computation, passed away unexpectedly in April 2025, just days before his 25th birthday. His family, who moved to the U.S. from North Africa so that he could attend UCLA, provided this remembrance of a young man taken far too soon. Samy was a proud…
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Peter Hamilton Raven, Ph.D. ’60
Peter Hamilton Raven, Ph.D. ’60 Peter Hamilton Raven, Ph.D. ‘60, a botanist who transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into a global leader in plant science and became one of the world’s most prominent advocates for biodiversity and conservation, passed away April 25 in St. Louis. He was 89. Raven served as president of the Missouri…
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Biruté Galdikas ’66, M.A. ’69, Ph.D. ’78
Biruté Galdikas ’66, M.A. ’69, Ph.D. ’78 Biruté Galdikas ’66, M.A. ’69, Ph.D. ’78, one of the world’s most prominent researchers in Orangutans, passed away March 24 at age 79. On Facebook, the Center for Great Apes posted a remembrance, stating, “While her loss leaves a void in the forests of Borneo, her legacy lives…
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Sherrill D. Luke ’50
Sherrill D. Luke ’50 Sherrill D. Luke ’50 UCLA’s first – and America’s second – black student body president, a tireless foe of discrimination from his student days who went on to become a lawyer and judge, passed away in early March. He was 97. Born Sept. 19, 1928, Luke was a child actor, with…
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Virginia Tang Corrigan ’65
Virginia Tang Corrigan ’65 Virginia Tang Corrigan ’65, beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, passed away at the age of 88 on the morning of Nov. 10, 2025, at her home in Montecito, California. Her family shared the following remembrance of her “incredible life.” Born in Hoy Ping Village (“Calf’s Head Village”),…
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Gary Marc Lazarus ’66
Gary Marc Lazarus ’66 Gary Marc Lazarus ’66, O.D., Ph.D, F.A.A.O., passed away after a long illness on Nov. 23. He was 81. Lazarus received his bachelor’s degree in psychology and while an undergraduate did graduate study in neurophysiology and neuropsychology at UCLA’s Brain Research Institute at the UCLA School of Medicine. While attending optometry…