Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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Kelli Tani ’17
Kelli Tani ’17 Former Student Alumni Association board member Kelli Tani ’17 has passed away in a tragic biking accident. She was 28. A celebration of life service for the California-born resident of Colorado will be held on at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at Riviera United Methodist Church, 375 Palos Verdes Blvd., Redondo…
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Alfred H. Sporer, M.S. ’53, Ph.D. ’56
Alfred H. Sporer, M.S. ’53, Ph.D. ’56, who earned his graduate degrees in chemistry, passed away July 30 at the age of 95. According to an obituary published on the chemistry department’s website, Sporer worked at IBM for 36 years, where he managed an advanced technology group focused on storage and printing technologies and contributed…
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Sheryl Lynn Winslow Hoffman Toney ’77
Sheryl Lynn Winslow Hoffman Toney ’77 passed away Aug. 1. Born to Cleon and Jo Winslow Sept. 14, 1955, in Newport, RI, she grew up the South Bay area of Greater Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in music. She was a piano teacher, classical performer, church accompanist and composer, and…
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Craig Simon ’74
Craig Simon ’74, well-known and well-respected attorney and litigator, passed away Saturday, Aug. 10, suddenly and unexpectedly. He was 71. Simon served as managing partner of Berger Kahn and was a litigator and attorney for over five decades. In 2021, he was awarded the California Lawyer of the Year Award for his work on the…
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Robert Alaniz, MBA ’75
Robert Alaniz, MBA ’75, passed away at home in Long Beach, California, on March 15. He was 83. Born June 6, 1940, in San Antonio, Texas, and a graduate of Breckinridge High School in San Antonio, Alaniz received his bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M. He served his country in the United States Navy, then spend…
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Susan Wojcicki, MBA ’98
Susan Wojcicki, MBA ’98, former YouTube CEO and Google executive, passed away Aug. 9 after a two-year battle with non-small cell lung cancer. She was 56. From a Los Angeles Times obituary: [Wojcicki] shaped how fortunes and fame are created on the internet…Wojcicki was among Google’s longest-serving employees and one of the highest-profile female executives…
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Ralph Shapiro ’53, J.D. ’58
Ralph Shapiro ’53, J.D. ’58, philanthropist and UCLA Medal recipient, has passed away. In a message to volunteer leaders that was shared with UCLA staff, Rhea Turteltaub, vice chancellor, UCLA External Affairs, and Laura Lavado Parker, associate vice chancellor, UCLA Development, expressed their appreciation and affection for this transformative figure in UCLA history. We are…
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Barbara Bray Houghton ’54
Barbara Bray Houghton ’54, described by her daughter as “always so proud of having graduated from UCLA,” passed away on June 25 at the age of 91 in Seattle, Washington. From her online obituary: Barbara Bray Houghton was a loving mother and grandmother… She had lived with Alzheimer’s disease for six years… Barbara is survived…
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Charles Hillman ’67
Charles Raymond “Chuck” Hillman ’67 died peacefully on June 4 in Danville, California. He was 86. Hillman was born on Jan. 5, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, to Karl Algot Hillman and Märta Vilhelmina Hedin. He had two older sisters, Vivian Wilhelmina Hillman Hetland, born in 1923, and Thelma Martha Virginia Hillman, born in 1925. As…
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Gerald F. Corrigan ’63, MBA ’66
“Such a gentleman.” “So well-read.” “Always challenging his mind.” “Charming and kind with that twinkle in his eye.” These are just a few of the ways friends and family described Gerald Francis Corrigan ’63, MBA ’66, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, and longtime resident of Pacific Palisades and Montecito, who passed away peacefully at the…