Class Notes Category: In Memoriam
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Barbara Freeman Brown ’54
Barbara Freeman Brown ’54, whose degree in education led to a four-decade teaching career with the Los Angeles Unified School District, has passed away; a memorial service is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2023. Barbara Suzanne Freeman was born May 19, 1932, to parents James and Gladys Freeman in Stockton, California. She was the baby sister…
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Billie Moore, 1943-2022
Former UCLA Women’s Basketball coach Billie Moore, who was at the forefront of growing women’s basketball nationally and internationally, died Dec. 14; she was 79 years old. Moore died in her Fullerton, California, home surrounded by friends and family after a lengthy battle with multiple myeloma. In life and on the court, Moore was a…
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Jeannette Ann Richards, M.D. ’62
Jeannette Ann Richards, M.D. ’62, passed away peacefully, after a full and rewarding life, on July 10 at The Meadows of Napa Valley, where she spent her final years. She had turned 100 on Jan. 9. Born in Modesto, California, Richards faced challenges throughout her life with great strength and determination. Having lost her mother…
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Andrea Lynn Kushner ’93
Andrea Lynn Kushner ’93 of Manhattan Beach, California, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Kushner was born in 1971 to Sheldon and Carolyn Kushner in Cincinnati, Ohio. As the child of a military doctor, she grew up all over the Southeastern United States. An academic at heart, Kushner attended Phillips Academy at Andover and then…
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Edward M. Dew, Ph.D. ’66
Dr. Edward M. Dew III, Ph.D. ’66, passed away on Aug. 17, 2022, at his home in Fairfield, Connecticut, at the age of 87. Dew was born June 10, 1935, in Burbank, California, the only child of Mary Louise Wages and Edward (Eddie) M. Dew Jr. His parents were both actors and Dew grew up…
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Jalen Hill, Class of ’22
Former UCLA Men’s Basketball player Jalen Hill, 22, described as an indispensable part of Coach Mick Cronin’s team, died recently after going missing in Costa Rica, his family wrote in an Instagram post this week. Hill played his last game in January of 2021 and announced he was retiring from game in April of that…
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Greg Lee ’74
Greg Lee ’74, a starting guard on UCLA Basketball teams that won NCAA championships in 1972 and 1973, setting an NCAA-record winning streak in the process, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21. He was 70. Lee, who had been in poor health for some time, died at a hospital in San Diego, California, from an infection…
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John D. (Jack) Jones II ’69
John D. (Jack) Jones II ’69 passed away peacefully at home on June 12, surrounded by his wife and children. A dedicated family man, he was also an accomplished businessman and philanthropist who was widely respected by those who knew him both personally and professionally. He was described as generous, wise and tirelessly supportive of…
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Robert Levin ’68
Robert (Bob/Bear) David Levin ’68 passed away in his San Francisco home on July 5, at the age of 75, following a diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer last October. Born in Baltimore in 1946 to Harry and Rivie Levin, Bob was older brother to Robin. The family moved to the Los Angeles area in 1957;…
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Bill Brown ’85
Bill Brown ’85 passed away on April 26 in Monterey, California. Brown came to UCLA as an 18-year-old from East Central Indiana, earning a B.A. in English, and spent the rest of his life living in California. Brown had a successful career in the banking industry, rising to the position of vice president and senior…