Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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Eileen (Fitzpatrick) Lebow ’47, M.A. ’49
Eileen (Fitzpatrick) Lebow ’47, M.A. ’49, who taught in the Baltimore and Montgomery County, Maryland, schools for 20 years before becoming an author of books on early aviation and education, died at her home in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 2. She was 96. Eileen Fitzpatrick was born in the Panama Canal Zone on May 30,…
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Esteban Torres, 1930 – 2022
Esteban Torres, labor organizer and a lawmaker who was among the first Latino congressmen from California in the 20th century, died of natural causes on Jan. 25, two days before his 92nd birthday. Recipient of the UCLA Medal in 2020, Torres served eight terms in the House of Representatives giving voice to the largely Latino…
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Robert L. Casady, Ph.D. ’72
Robert Layton (Bob) Casady, Ph.D. ’72, passed away on Jan. 20 at age 77. Casady was born in Riverside, California, on April 6, 1944, to Robert and Stella Casady. The family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, where a brother, Steve, and sister, Terry, were born. The family returned to California, where Casady attended Fontana High…
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Brianna Kupfer
UCLA Extension student Brianna Kupfer, 24, was stabbed to death while working alone inside a Los Angeles luxury furniture store on Jan. 13. Police say Kupfer was attacked inside Croft House in Hancock Park just before 2 p.m. on that day. She was found bleeding out on the floor by a customer 20 minutes later…
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Michelle Go ’02
Michelle Go ’02 was killed Jan. 15 in New York City in an apparently random act of violence. As reported in the New York Post, “Go was waiting on the southbound platform at the Times Square subway station Saturday morning when crazed homeless ex-con Simon Martial allegedly shoved her onto the train tracks and into…
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Terry Donahue ’67, M.S. ’77
Terry Donahue ’67, M.S. ’77, who enrolled at UCLA after walking on to the football team as a defensive lineman and went on to become the winningest coach in Pacific-12 Conference and UCLA football history, passed away on July 4, 2021 at his home in Newport Beach, California, following a two-year battle with cancer. He…
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Edward A. Olsen ’68, Ph.D.
Edward A. Olsen ’68, Ph.D., passed away on Dec. 9, 2021, at the age of 80, in Salinas, California. After graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in history, Olsen earned an M.A. in Asian studies at UC Berkeley (1970), a certificate in Japanese at Stanford University’s Inter-University Center in Tokyo (1969-70), and a Ph.D. in…
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Susie Anau ’11
Susie Anau ’11, an Asia American studies major, passed away Nov. 7, at age 37, in Sacramento, California, due to COVID-19. She leaves behind a young husband, a son who has just started kindergarten and a younger daughter. Keith L. Camacho, professor and vice-chair of the Asian American studies department, wrote, “Susie… enjoyed conducting research…
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Mary Lou (Williams) Paullin ’46
Mary Lou (Williams) Paullin ’46 passed away Sept. 29 at the age of 96. M’Lou Williams was born in May 1925 in Oklahoma. Her family later relocated to Los Angeles and she attended Beverly Hills High School, where she met her husband, Leslie Paullin. They both attended UCLA and remained devout Bruins for their entire…
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Joan Lutz, M.L.S. ’68
Joan Kelley Lutz, M.L.S. ’68, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 17, due to heart complications. She is described as “an independent, caring, strong-willed, loving, courageous, compassionate and loyal woman who lived life to the fullest. Her passion to savor life, travel the world and truly experience all this life had to offer was inspiring! She…