Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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VC Powe ’75, MBA ’77, Cert. ’90
VC Powe ’75, MBA ’77, Cert. ’90, a beloved UCLA staff member for three decades, including the last 22 at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, passed away Sept. 16. She was 66. Powe began her UCLA career at Alumni Affairs in 1990, moving to the Luskin School in 1998, serving in a variety of…
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Donald Prell ’48
Donald Prell ’48, World War II POW, visionary, humanitarian, philanthropist and lifelong supporter of UCLA remembered for his progressive and open-minded attitude, passed away in July at age 96. Born on July 7, 1924, Prell’s undergraduate education at UCLA was interrupted by World War II. He was captured and imprisoned by German soldiers during the…
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Robert Rex Morrison ’51, M.A. ’58
Robert Rex Morrison ’51, M.A. ’58, passed away at the age of 90 at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. Read a full obituary here.
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Gary G. Petersen ’61
Gary G. Petersen of Paradise Valley, Ariz., passed away suddenly on March 16 of cardiac arrest. After many years in the midwest, Petersen spent his final years in Arizona. At the time of his death, he was living in Paradise Valley and, after a fall, was rehabilitating a spinal injury when he unexpectedly suffered a…
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Ntongela Desmond Joseph Masilela ’72, M.A. ’74, Ph.D. ’77
Ntongela Desmond Joseph Masilela ’72, M.A. ’74, Ph.D. ’77, passed away on July 6 in Roi Et, Thailand. He was 71. Masilela was born on Dec. 9, 1948, in Orlando West/Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, the first-born son of Albert Mahlathini Magija Masilela, Ed.D. ’64, and Mrs. Florence Vuyiswa Masilela. His paternal grandparents’ love for education…
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Tyson C. Brummett ’15
Tyson C. Brummett ’15, a former UCLA and major league baseball player, passed away July 3 in a plane crash. Brummett was piloting the plane, which left from the South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan and crashed near Box Elder Peak in American Fork Canyon, according to a news release from the Utah County…
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Vernon Charles Sanders, Cert. ’74
Vernon Charles Sanders, who attended the UCLA Graduate School of Management at night while working full time, earning an Executive Program certificate, passed away on Jan. 10 at age 89. Sanders and his wife, Jan, were longtime active members of the Rose Bowl Bruins alumni network and often vacationed in the summers with their grandchildren…
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Beatriz Solis ’86, M.P.H. ’96, Ph.D. ’07
It is with a heavy heart that we share with our Bruin community the passing of Dr. Beatriz Solis on March 20. A passionate advocate, a change-maker, and a True Bruin, Dr. Beatriz Solis received her undergraduate degree from the College of Letters and Science and both her master’s and doctorate degrees from the Fielding…
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Liyna Anwar ’11
Liyna Anwar ’11, senior podcast producer at the Los Angeles Times, passed away on March 26 of complications from acute myeloid leukemia. Thousands had joined a social media push to find a stem cell donor for Anwar, who, like many South Asians, faced steep odds against finding one. Read the LA Times obituary here.
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John Sheriff, MBA ’04
John Sheriff, MBA ’04, passed away peacefully Feb. 3 in Los Angeles. After earning his bachelor’s degree from Harvard in 1999 and his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Sheriff began a career in corporate finance, which was cut short by a diagnosis of brain cancer in December 2009. While battling the disease,…