Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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Judith L. Powers ’72, M.A. ’75, Ph.D. ’81
Judith “Judy” L. Powers, historian, educator and beloved mother of two, died on May 17 at the age of 73. Born in Sylmar, California, on July 7, 1950, Powers was an honors student and athlete at Bishop Alemany High School. The first of her family to attend college, she was awarded a B.A., M.A. and…
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Bill Walton ’74
Bill Walton ’74, a three-time NCAA basketball player of the year and an NBA Hall of Famer, passed away May 27 following a battle with cancer. He was 71. Tributes poured in from friends and fans within and beyond the world of sports, for whom Walton’s on-court prowess was just one facet of his appeal.…
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Bruce Newlin ’58, M.S. ’59, Ed.D. ’71
Bruce Newlin ’58, M.S. ’59, Ed.D. ’71, of Rancho Mirage, California, passed away on April 27 at age 89. The following is adapted from an online obituary: Newlin was born on July 21, 1934, in New Jersey to Henry and Annabelle. The family relocated to California early in his life, and he called Glendale home…
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Janet Borchers Adams ’53
Janet Borchers Adams ’53 passed away in Santa Monica, California, the evening of May 9, 2024, at the age of 93. Born in Evanston, Illinois, she moved to Burbank, California, in her early childhood and was a proud graduate of Burbank High School. Adams majored in art at UCLA and was a lifelong Bruin football…
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Annette Pauline Weiss Korbin, M.P.H. ’70
Annette Pauline Weiss Korbin, M.P.H. ’70, died peacefully at home on March 15, at age 100. Born July 11, 1923, Korbin grew up in Brookville, Pennsylvania. Described as a bright and accomplished woman, she was an avid reader from the time she was a child. She earned an undergraduate degree in home economics/dietetics from The…
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Alan Lefor, M.D., M.P.H. ’99, Ph.D., Dr.Eng., FACS
Alan Terence Kawarai Lefor, M.D., M.P.H. ’99, Ph.D., Dr.Eng., FACS, of Tochigi, Japan, passed away on July 21, 2023, after a long illness. He was 66. Born Sept. 19, 1956, to Rita and Frank Lefor in the borough of Queens, New York, New York, he was raised in Rochester, New York, which he considered his…
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Roy Whiteker ’50, M.S. ’52, Ph.D.
Roy '50, M.S. '52, Ph.D., and Jean Whiteker (courtesy of Scott Whiteker) Roy Whiteker ’50, M.S. ’52, whose nearly four-decade tenure at the University of the Pacific included serving as dean of the College as well as professor of chemistry, passed away Feb. 14 at the age of 96. Whiteker served as dean from 1976,…
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Joel S. Peck ’62, J.D. ’65
Joel S. Peck ’62, J.D. ’65, president of the UCLA Graduate Students’ Association in the 1960s, died May 14, 2023. A proud Bruin, Peck received his bachelor’s degree in political science and also studied anthropology. He valued his work as an L.A. County public defender for many years and was honored to be elected president…
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Amarilis Acevedo-Cruz ’85, M.A. ’85, Ph.D. ’89
Amarilis Acevedo-Cruz ’85, M.A. ’85, Ph.D. ’89, known to family and friends as “Lilly” passed away peacefully and with dignity April 5, 2023, at the age of 63. Acevedo was a highly regarded Board Certified Neuropsychologist. She settled in South Florida in 1997 and devoted her professional life to the research of dementia and cognitive…
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Charles E. Young, M.A. ’57, Ph.D. ’60
Charles E. Young, M.A. ’57, Ph.D. ’60, who became UCLA chancellor in 1968 at age 36 and is, in the words of Chancellor Gene Block, “Perhaps more than any other individual, the one responsible for UCLA’s remarkable ascent over the course of the last half-century,” died of natural causes on Sunday, Oct. 22, at his…