In memoriam: Peggy Hickey, 61, choreographer for Broadway, film and television
The adjunct professor’s recent work on Broadway was seen in “Anastasia” and “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”
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In memoriam: Robert Wayne, 66, pioneer of conservation genetics, protecting canids and other species
His research helped explain the evolution of dogs and showed that freeways are a barrier to bobcat and coyote migration.
In memoriam: Lewis Hunter, 87, professor emeritus of screenwriting
Hunter, who taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, showed students how to write a full-length screenplay in 10 weeks.
In memoriam: Herbert Morris, 94, landmark figure in law and philosophy
Morris earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA and went on to become a campus leader for seven decades.
In memoriam: Billie Moore, 79, legendary UCLA basketball coach
The coach of the first U.S. women’s Olympic team, she was widely recognized as a champion for women in sports.
In memoriam: Patricia Harter, 78, teacher of Asian theater courses
Harter, a professor emerita at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, died on Oct. 8 from congestive heart failure.
In memoriam: Silke Otto-Knapp, 52, painter and professor of art
Otto-Knapp was a professor of painting and drawing at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. She died on Oct. 9.
In memoriam: Joel Handler, 89, helped define field of poverty law
His scholarship drew attention to how law shaped the experiences of poor people.
In memoriam: John Froines, 83, environmental health researcher and advocate
Froines, was a professor emeritus of environmental and occupational health sciences and a renowned member of the “Chicago 7.” He was 83.
In memoriam: Alumnus Mo Ostin, 95, music industry legend and philanthropist
Ostin, who reshaped American popular music and later became a major supporter of his alma mater, died July 31 from natural causes.
In memoriam: Alexander Astin, 89, who created ‘The American Freshman’ survey
The education professor founded two research institutes after joining the UCLA faculty in 1973.
In memoriam: Samuel Aroni, 94, architecture professor, and scholar and survivor of the Holocaust
The longtime faculty member twice served as acting dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
In memoriam: Brian Roe, 41, director at UCLA Technology Development Group
Roe led partnerships between UCLA and Amazon, and between Apple and the UCLA Depression Challenge.
In memoriam: Marina Goldovskaya, 80, teacher of documentary filmmaking
The professor and award-winning filmmaker captured the decline of the Soviet Union in her movies.
In memoriam: Barbara Morrison, 72, jazz singer and UCLA voice teacher
The vocalist, who taught at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, enjoyed teaching and giving back to the community.
In memoriam: Younes Nazarian, 91, vital supporter of Israel studies at UCLA
Along with his wife, the businessman and philanthropist established the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.
In memoriam: John Edmond, 85, professor emeritus of biological chemistry
Edmond, who joined UCLA in 1968, researched lipid metabolism in the brain and its relationship to developmental disorders.
In memoriam: Robert Hayes, 95, pioneer in the field of information science
Hayes was a former mathematician whose work had a major impact on information policy and the economics of research library operations.
In memoriam: Dr. Mark De Antonio, 67, psychiatrist who cared for vulnerable youth
De Antonio, a clinical psychiatry professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, died Dec. 31, after an extended illness.
In memoriam: Bob Wilson, alumnus, philanthropist and lifelong supporter of UCLA
Wilson, whose impact at UCLA can be seen across campus and in the community, died Jan. 24. He was 93.
In memoriam: William Tom Wheatley, 89, actor and professor of acting, directing
Wheatley, who taught from 1973 to 1992, was a member of the original Broadway cast of “All the Way Home,” which won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize.
In memoriam: Dr. Lissy Jarvik, 97, pioneer in the field of psychogeriatics
The UCLA geriatric psychiatrist escaped the Nazis as a child and became a leading Alzheimer’s researcher. She died in her sleep on Oct. 1.
In memoriam: Nan Wooden, 87, daughter of legendary coach John Wooden
A fixture at UCLA basketball games long after her father retired from coaching, she often sat among friends and family in section 103 of Pauley Pavilion.
In memoriam: Michael Moerman, 85, expert in sociolinguistics and Thai culture
Moerman united the fields of ethnography and conversation analysis, and published the seminal work “Talking Culture: Ethnography and Conversation Analysis.”
In memoriam: Mike Rose, 77, professor who chronicled the power of learning
Rose, whom a former student said “normalized academic and intellectual struggle as being simply part of the way we learn,” died Aug. 15.