In Memoriam

Penelope (Penny) Hein-Unruh, UCLA associate vice chancellor for academic advising in the College of Letters and Science, died May 8 in her home in Los Angeles.

Marjorie Eloise Lund Crump, who did significant work in public service and entrepreneurship and who, together with her husband Ralph, was a major supporter of UCLA, died of natural causes on April 1 at her home in Trumbull, Conn.   Over

Aaron S. Cohen, a Southern California engineering entrepreneur and an influential and generous supporter of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, died on March 21 in Los Angeles.

James Lockhart, a UCLA emeritus professor who was regarded as one of the most original, accomplished scholars in the field of early Latin American history, died Jan. 17 in Bakersfield surrounded by his family.

In Memoriam: Stella Nadelman Krieger, manager of the Fowler Museum Store who made it popular stop because of the unique, handcrafted items from around the world she displayed there, died Nov. 21.

Suzanne M. Bianchi, a UCLA sociologist who helped define the field of family demography with her research into the dramatic changes in the American family in the latter half of the 20th century, died Nov. 4. She was 61.

Robin Scott Fisher, an internationally known UCLA neuroscientist and anatomist who made seminal contributions to understanding the development and function of the central nervous system, died of a heart attack on Nov. 11 in Philadelphia. He was 61.

Donald F. McCallum, 74, a scholar whose work had a significant impact on the field of Japanese art history, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, at his home in Santa Monica after battling sudden metastatic prostate cancer.

Vladimir Keilis-Borok, a UCLA seismologist and mathematical geophysicist who, along with his research team, developed a method intended to accurately predict earthquakes months in advance, died Oct. 19 after a long illness. He was 92.

Lukowa Kidima, a linguist in the UCLA Library who also taught in the department of linguistics, passed away on August 21, 2013, at the UCLA Medical Center following a stroke. He was 63.

Shuhsi Kao, emerita professor in the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies, died Aug. 9 in Madison, Wis. from complications of diabetes, heart disease and lung disease. She was 68.

In Memoriam: UCLA Film and Television Archive’s Charles Hopkins, the longest-serving employee at UCLA Film and Television Archive, died on July 27 at 69 from a number of health complications.

Amin Banani, founder of the Iranian Studies Program at UCLA, the western world’s first bachelor of arts program in Iranian studies, died July 28 in Santa Monica at 86.

Longtime Facilities Management 'chief' has passed away. Randy Cook, who spent 41 years in Facilities Management at UCLA helping keep things on campus working properly, died suddenly June 20.

Dr. David H. Solomon, who led a major expansion of the UCLA Department of Medicine, died July 9. He was 90.

Theater Professor Gary Gardner, who spent 40 years teaching at UCLA and directing wildly successful student musical productions that entertained the entire campus, died Saturday, June 15, of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. He was 69.

John McTague, a distinguished scientist who wove together careers as an academic, government science policy adviser and director of an industrial research laboratory, and a was professor of chemisty at UCLA died June 7. He was 74.

Dr. Douglas Junge, a professor emeritus of oral biology and medicine at the UCLA School of Dentistry, passed away on May 5. He was 75.

Andrzej Korbonski, a professor emeritus in UCLA’s Department of Political Science, died May 13 at his home in Pacific Palisades following an extended illness. He was 86. A Polish-American scholar whose contributions to communist and post-communist ...

Edgar A. Jones, Jr., UCLA School of Law professor emeritus and a national expert on labor law and arbitration, died May 10 in Los Angeles. He was 92. Jones was a distinguished legal scholar and an esteemed member of the UCLA School of Law faculty for ...

Norris. C. Hundley, Jr., a professor emeritus of history who was widely known for his work on western water rights, died April 28 in a Santa Barbara long-term care facility after a protracted battle with Lewy body dementia. He was 77 Hundley's ...

Yancey, perhaps best known as the creator of "Instant Recess", an award-winning program dedicated to "making America healthier 10 minutes at a time," died April 23 of lung cancer.

In Memoriam: Geneva Phillips, managing editor of the California Dryden Project Jeanette Gilkison (from left), English department’s office supervisor; the late Vinton Dearing, managing editor for the California Dryden Project; and Geneva...