Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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Charles “Chuck” Williams ’57, MBA ’58
Photo Courtesy of the Williams Institute Charles “Chuck” Williams ’57, MBA ’58, passed away April 12 at age 88. Brad Sears, the Founding Executive Director of the Williams Institute, shared the following message with the Law School community. A dedicated member of the Bruin family and the embodiment of what it means to give to…
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Sharla (Perrine) Boehm ’51
Sharla (Perrine) Boehm ’51 passed away on April 13 at age 93. She was predeceased by her husband, Barry M.A. ’61, Ph.D. ’64; both earned their UCLA degrees in mathematics. Sharla also earned her teaching credential from UCLA and joined the Gold Shield Alumnae network in 1957. According to her Wikipedia page, Boehm carried out…
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James LaRoy Moody, M.A. ’69
James LaRoy Moody, M.A. ’69, passing of natural causes on Feb. 20. He was 80. Moody was a lighting Designer for theater, concerts, and television, amassing more than 6,000 hours of work for television and earning two Emmy nominations and a team Emmy award. He was an author, speaker and, above all else, a leader…
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Charlene Robbins Kunitz ’52
Charlene Robbins Kunitz ’52, singer and voice teacher, passed away Feb. 21. She was 93. Charlene Robbins was born in Los Angeles in 1929. She started performing at age 12 and received her undergraduate degree in music from UCLA, where she met Don Kunitz. They married and moved to Pittsburgh where she sang with the…
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Dana Hyde ’89
Dana Hyde ’89, a former State Department and White House official, was killed March 3 when the plane in which she was traveling experienced extreme turbulence. According to the Washington Post article detailing the tragedy, Hyde’s husband, Jonathan Chambers, said in an email that the couple and one of their sons were returning from a…
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Frances E. Reynolds ’55, Ed.D.
Frances E. Reynolds ’55, Ed.D., a lifelong educator who taught all grades from pre-school to college, passed away after a short hospital stay on Feb. 23 in Columbia, Missouri, at the age of 89. Reynolds was born on May 30, 1933, in Pasadena, California, to Louise and Frank Reynolds. She earned her bachelor of science…
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Samantha “Sammy” Mensah, M.S. ’19
Samantha “Sammy” Mensah, M.S. ’19, a talented scientist, passionate activist and co-founder of BlackInChem, passed away on February 22. Mensahwas a sixth-year chemistry graduate student in the groups of Professors Paul Weiss and Anne Andrews where she studied biosensors that detect neurotransmitters and other chemical biomarkers. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry, with a…
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Donna Gale Bentley, M.L.S. ’81
Donna Gale Bentley, M.L.S. ’81, of Columbia Falls, Maine, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 19. She was 65. Born May 17, 1957, to Pete and Jean Bentley, Donna grew up in Ontario, California, graduating from Chaffey High School in 1975. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in liberal studies from UC Riverside in 1979…
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Phyllis Meshack-Bennett ’71
Phyllis Meshack-Bennett ’71, a psychology major as an undergraduate who went back to school to earn a master’s degree in her 60s, passed away Jan. 8 at the age of 73. The program from her funeral service illuminates her life, the love she showed her family and friends, and the reciprocal love they had for…
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Thomas Gorman ’54
Thomas Gorman ’54 passed away Nov. 22, 2022, in San Francisco, California. He was 92. Born on July 14, 1930, to Mary (Davis) and Cecil, Gorman was raised in Inglewood, California, and graduated from Mt. Carmel High School in 1948. He then attended El Camino Junior College, where a respected instructor advised him, “You should…