Ron Baham was “the king of north campus” in the mid-80s and recently his friends raised more than $100,000 to transform a scholarship in his name into an endowment.
The gift will “strengthen our vibrant community of faculty and students dedicated to studying Taiwan,” said Min Zhou, director of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center.
The gift from Robert and Toni Crisell highlights the legacy of and artistic practice of the 20th-century Southern California wood engraver and naturalist.