Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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David Greenwood ’79
National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Famer David Greenwood ’79, a two-time first-team All America selection — and the second overall pick in the NBA draft that saw Magic Johnson selected first — passed away June 8 after battling cancer. He was 68. Greenwood came to UCLA from Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles, having…
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Eddie Sheldrake ’51
Harvey Edward “Eddie” Sheldrake ’51, who served as UCLA Basketball’s team captain during his senior year (1950-51) and was captain of the Bruins’ freshman team in 1947-48, passed away Thursday, May 8, at the age of 98. Known during his time in Westwood as a fiery guard on head coach John Wooden’s early teams, Sheldrake…
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Joyce P. McDowell ’57
Joyce P. McDowell ’57 died peacefully at her home in Hermosa Beach, California, on Saturday, April 26, from heart-related problems — just a few months shy of her 90th birthday and her 70th wedding anniversary. Born December 26, 1935, Joyce Dudley (nee Goldman) grew up in Forest Hills, New York, and Newton, Massachusetts, where she…
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Kenneth E. Richie, M.S. ’62, Ph.D. ’66
Kenneth E. Richie, M.S. ’62, Ph.D. ’66, of Hanover, Minnesota, passed away April 1 at his winter retreat in Bentonville, Arizona. He was 86. Born on May 15, 1938, in St. Paul, Minnesota, Richie is described as having “lived a life filled with intellect, passion, generosity and deep love for his family and community.” A…
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Wilfred D. “Bill” Coggins, M.S.W. ’55
Wilfred D. “Bill” Coggins, M.S.W. ’55, winner of the 2020 UCLA Alumni Community Service Award, has passed away at age 98. Coggins’ enduring legacy is the Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center, where he served as executive director until his retirement in 1998. The Center, which Kaiser Permanente calls “the jewel in its crown,”…
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Donn Moomaw ’54
Donn Moomaw ’54, a Bruin football legend who decided to forgo an NFL career to pursue his calling as a minister, passed away Feb. 10 in Pasadena, California. He was 93. His obituary on UCLABruin.com notes, “Moomaw was a two-way star for the Bruins from 1950 to 1952, arriving on campus as an end before…
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Keith Felton, M.F.A. ’67
Keith Felton, M.F.A. ’67, passed away at the age of 82 on Jan. 4. Felton’s son Peter said his father “always thought and spoke very highly of his years and the people that he met and got to know during his time as a graduate student at UCLA during the 1960s and later on as…
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Linda Burnes Bolton, M.N. ’72, M.P.H. ’76, Dr.P.H. ’88
Linda Burnes Bolton, M.N. ’72, M.P.H. ’76, Dr.P.H. ’88, passed away Jan. 11 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 76. In an online obituary, the UCLA School of Nursing said, She credits her experiences at UCLA Nursing for igniting her passion for community health. Her distinguished career at Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Nursing is…
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Julia Thomas, M.A. ’74
Julia Thomas, M.A. ’74, pathfinding Los Angeles architecture and urban planning leader and executive, as well as Director Emeritus of the UCLA Foundation, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Aug. 29, 2023, at the Kingsley Manor Retirement Community in Hollywood, California. She was 84. From her online obituary: Born Julia Elisabeth…
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Andrew Acalinovich ’90
Andrew Acalinovich ’90 died of leukemia at City of Hope on Oct. 23. “Andrew was a living saint,” said his friend Anthony Cube. “He gave love so freely and so tirelessly. A devoted husband, father, son, friend and colleague, to know him was to love him.” Acalinovich was born in Southern California on Dec. 4,…