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.
Sherrill D. Luke '50
Sherrill D. Luke ’50 UCLA’s first - and America’s second - black student body president, a tireless foe of discrimination from his student days who went on to become a lawyer and judge, passed away in early March. He was 97. Born Sept. 19, 1928, Luke was a child actor, with appearances in four films […]
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Biruté Galdikas '66, M.A. '69, Ph.D. '78
Biruté Galdikas '66, M.A. '69, Ph.D. '78, one of the world's most prominent researchers in Orangutans, passed away March 24 at age 79. On Facebook, the Center for Great Apes posted a remembrance, stating, "While her loss leaves a void in the forests of Borneo, her legacy lives on in many Indonesian sanctuaries who work […]
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Morton Lebow, M.A. '49
“Bourbon,” says Morton Lebow, M.A. ’49, (presumably) tongue-in-cheek, when asked the secret to his longevity. Lebow, a World War II veteran, Purple Heart recipient and distinguished civil servant — whose grad school experience not only resulted in an English degree, but in a 70-year marriage — turns 100 years old March 26. But he’s not […]
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Leslie Bosserman '06, M.Ed. '08
The debut book by executive leadership coach, educator and TEDx speaker Leslie M. Bosserman '06, M.Ed. '08, "Emotional Endurance: Faith-Fueled Skills for Bouncing Back," will be released July 28 by Zondervan Gift, an imprint under HarperCollins Christian Publishing. From the press release: Combining insights from psychological research with biblical principles, Bosserman offers a practical, hope-filled […]
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Samy Allal '21
Samy Allal '21, who majored in mathematics of computation, passed away unexpectedly in April 2025, just days before his 25th birthday. His family, who moved to the U.S. from South Africa so that he could attend UCLA, provided this remembrance of a young man taken far too soon. Samy was a proud alumnus of UCLA […]
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Peter Hamilton Raven, Ph.D. '60
Peter Hamilton Raven, Ph.D. ‘60, a botanist who transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into a global leader in plant science and became one of the world’s most prominent advocates for biodiversity and conservation, passed away April 25 in St. Louis. He was 89. Raven served as president of the Missouri Botanical Garden for four decades, […]
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Kathy Ho '93
Kathy Ho '93 was selected as a runners-up for Road Scholar’s 2026 Educator Legacy Award. Ho served as a hospital school teacher for 28 years, working tirelessly to advocate for medically fragile children, who are often overlooked in traditional educational models. She worked to give hospitalized students as normal a school experience as possible, creating […]
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Anne Scatolini, M.Ed. '08
Anne Scatolini, M.Ed. '08, was selected as a runners-up for Road Scholar’s 2026 Educator Legacy Award. Scatolini retired in 2025 after teaching leadership, English language arts, theatre, music, art, library arts, organic regenerative gardening, social justice and mindfulness for 20 years. She has been a leader in education in urban communities throughout her teaching career. […]
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Barry Kurtz '70
Barry Kurtz '70, Esq., chair, Franchise and Distribution Practice Group, Lewitt Hackman, has again been selected by Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the Leaders to Know: Trusted Advisors 2026. Kurtz earned his bachelor's degree in political science. Read his previous UCLA Alumni class notes: 2025 2024 2021
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Trish Lundy '13
"The One that Got Away With Murder," the debut thriller for young adults by Trish Lundy '13, is in development for television at Hulu. Her next YA thriller, "The Worst Is Yet to Come," will be published Oct. 6 by Macmillan. Lundy majored in English at UCLA. Read her previous UCLA Alumni class note here.
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Richard A. Marston '74
Richard A. Marston '74, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University, is co-lead author on a new university textbook published by Cambridge University Press, "Essentials of Geomorphology." The 567-page book covers landforms made by tectonics, volcanoes, water, wind, ice and gravity on Earth as well as landforms of other planets. Other topics include biogeomorphology, […]
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