Rachel Robinson '42

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Rachel Robinson '42, who met her husband, Jackie, on the campus of UCLA, celebrated her 100th birthday on July 19.

Credited with being an essential part of Jackie Robinson's color-barrier-breaking career in Major League Baseball, Mrs. Robinson earned her AA degree in nursing at UCLA, her bachelor's degree at UC San Francisco in 1945 and her master's degree at New York University in 1959.  She was awarded the UCLA Medal, the University's highest honor, in 2009.

Jackie Robinson is widely considered to be, along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the two most important civil rights figure of the past 150 years. He died in 1972 at age 53.

Very best wishes to the amazing Mrs. Robinson from the UCLA Alumni Association!