Class Notes

Breaking news of those breaking new ground. This is where we celebrate noteworthy achievements and life changes of fellow Bruins. Here you can stay in touch, keep up and announce your own Class Note by submitting your story.

Tom Corson '82

Tom Corson '82, co-chairman and COO of Warner Records and chair of the Dean’s Board of Advisors for The Herb Alpert School of Music, was honored Oct. 15 by City of Hope, one of the nation’s largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations, with its annual Spirit of Life Award. An online article […]

Katya Karlova '08

Katya Karlova ’08 has written a book, "Invisible Pain, Unstoppable Power," and companion journal detailing her decades-long struggle with chronic pain and the difficulty she had to even get a correct diagnosis. “I definitely never planned on writing a book but if it helps any other women and their loved ones while going through what […]

Daniel Mayeda '79, J.D. '82

Daniel Mayeda '79, J.D. '82, has been named Alumnus of the Year by the Asian Pacific Alumni (APA) of UCLA. A former chair and founding board member of APA UCLA, Mayeda is a former clinical professor at UCLA School of Law who "bleeds blue and gold." As an undergrad, he was elected the director of […]

Shaun I. Abuzalaf '08

Shaun I. Abuzalaf '08 has joined the Los Angeles office of Fox Rothschild as a Partner in the Litigation Department. “We are thrilled to welcome Shaun to Fox and we look forward to him joining the accomplished team of litigators who regularly handle complex and high-stakes disputes for our valued clients,” said Darrell D. Miller, […]

Virginia Tang Corrigan '65

Virginia Tang Corrigan '65, beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, passed away at the age of 88 on the morning of Nov. 10, 2025, at her home in Montecito, California. Her family shared the following remembrance of her “incredible life.” Born in Hoy Ping Village (“Calf’s Head Village”), Kaiping County, Guangdong Province, […]

Celesta M. Billeci '88

On Dec. 18, 2025, The Music Center announced that Celesta M. Billeci '88, the lauded Miller McCune executive director emerita of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Arts & Lectures, will join L.A.’s performing arts center as principal strategic dance advisor for the institution’s Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center series. Billeci, […]

Gary Marc Lazarus '66

Gary Marc Lazarus '66, O.D., Ph.D, F.A.A.O., passed away after a long illness on Nov. 23. He was 81. Lazarus received his bachelor’s degree in psychology and while an undergraduate did graduate study in neurophysiology and neuropsychology at UCLA’s Brain Research Institute at the UCLA School of Medicine. While attending optometry school, he completed both […]

Sara Linderman, MBA '07, Cert. '23

Sara Linderman, MBA '07, Cert. '23, passed away Nov. 30 at age 45. Born and raised in Carmel, Indiana, the daughter of Dr. Richard B. Linderman and Jane Linderman, she was a graduate of Carmel High School, where she excelled at swimming, violin and academics. Linderman earned a B.S. in Business from Wake Forest University […]

Beth Bloom '99

Beth Christine Bloom '99 passed peacefully Saturday, Nov. 15, at the age of 48. Her final days were spent in a place of beauty, a peaceful turn-of-the-century bungalow, surrounded by greenery and a community of people who loved her. Bloom was born in West Covina, California, attended Christ Lutheran Church and School and then West […]