Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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George Mount ’19
George Mount ’19 passed away suddenly on Sunday, April 10, at age 25. He was remembered by Alexandra (Albers) Ashdown, whose daughter attended UCLA with Mount, as “an enthusiastic and committed student at UCLA, which he loved — he played on the Bruin Rugby team and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. The entire…
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Andrea Tkaczyk, M.N. ’93
Andrea Tkaczyk, M.N. ’93, passed away Jan. 30 at the age of 57. Her husband, Jeff Paikin, provided a remembrance of his wife of 31 years. For those who did not know her, the last line in that tribute surely gives us a telling glimpse into this alumna’s character: “As per Andrea’s wishes, in lieu…
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Charles Corbató ’54, Ph.D. ’60
Charles Corbató ’54, Ph.D. ’60, of Dublin (and previously Upper Arlington), Ohio, passed away July 28, 2021, at the age of 89. An L.A. native, Corbató was the son of an early UCLA faculty member in the Spanish & Portuguese Dept., Hermenegildo Corbató, and attended nearby University High School. As an undergraduate, he competed in…
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Michael Meyer ’61, M.A. ’64, Ph.D. ’70
Michael Meyer ’61, M.A. ’64, Ph.D. ’70, died peacefully on Monday, Jan. 24, following a prolonged struggle with dementia. The historian, violinist and soccer player his family affectionately called “the happiest man on earth” was 81. Meyer was born in Magdeburg, Germany, on April 7, 1940, during the period when his family — his photojournalist…
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Joe Marvin ’52
Joe Marvin ’52, an English major and three-year letterman in varsity football (1949-51), passed away on Feb. 23 at the age of 93. Marvin was football coach at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California, from 1958 to 1963, where he led the team to 33 consecutive wins and four SPAL football titles from 1958-61.…
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Sylvan Katz, Ph.D. ’60
Sylvan Katz, Ph.D. ’60, of Laguna Woods, California, died Jan. 29 with his son Randy at his bedside. Born in 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sylvan Katz received his B.S. in mathematics at Yale, his M.S. at Columbia, and his Ph.D. in physics at UCLA. Katz was a member of the think tank at Los Alamos,…
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Henry Edward Metzner ’58, Ph.D.
Henry Edward Metzner ’58, Ph.D., of Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away on Nov. 13, 2021. He was 85. Metzner was born in London, England, on Aug. 31, 1936, son of Erno and Grace Metzner. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School and went on to receive his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from UCLA. He worked…
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Richard C. Wulliger ’53, J.D. ’56
Richard C. Wulliger ’53, J.D. ’56, an attorney who was a lifelong resident of Pacific Palisades, California, passed away Dec. 11, 2020. He was 88. Wulliger graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree in political science before continuing his studies at the UCLA School School of Law. He was admitted to the state bar…
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Katelyn Hancock, M.A. ’18
Katelyn Camile Hancock, M.A. ’18, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 29, in Atlanta, Georgia, after an extended illness. She was 33. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Hancock earned a bachelor of fine arts — art studio, with a distinction in leadership studies from Birmingham-Southern College in 2010, graduating summa cum laude; a master of arts…
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Bob Wilson ’53
Robert “Bob” Wilson ’53, whose decades of philanthropic effort on behalf of his alma mater have had a transformative effect on the UCLA community, passed away Jan. 24, surrounded by his family members and loved ones at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California. He was 93. “Bob Wilson was a true Bruin a great…