In Memoriam

The former chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design is remembered as a rigorous and generous teacher.

For more than two decades, Gore's innovative approach to library instruction connected and inspired students, faculty and researchers across the university.

The clinical professor, who helped shape generations of dental professionals at UCLA and around the world, died July 29.

The professor of history and architecture, whose work encouraged designers to look past traditional labels, died July 26.

Her thought-provoking cultural reflections on race and liberation are featured in museums around the globe.

The distinguished professor emeritus of epidemiology and former dean devoted five decades to the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

As a civil rights attorney, he served on the Los Angeles City Council and Superior Court.

A renowned expert in plant chemical defenses, West was instrumental in building UCLA’s chemistry department.

The Bruin, who earned his bachelor’s degree in 1948, made a lasting impact on the campus’s conservation and sustainability efforts.

She introduced students to the science underlying ancient materials and encouraged them to think like materials detectives.

During Dorr’s 13-year tenure, the UCLA school rose to national prominence and deepened its engagement with Los Angeles communities.

His scholarship reshaped how Americans understood the nation’s political, intellectual and religious past.

The pioneering genetic scientist, whose research transformed plant molecular biology and whose teaching enriched the lives of generations of UCLA students, died Nov. 21.

Wong, a professor and key founder of UCLA’s labor studies department, served as director of the center for 32 years.

Wong, a professor and key founder of UCLA’s labor studies department, served as director of the center for 32 years.

She was a UCLA School of Dentistry faculty member for the past 26 years and was director of the tumor immunology lab.

The Bruin, whose gifts have enhanced many areas across UCLA’s campus, enjoyed a long, successful career in the restaurant industry.

She joined UCLA’s art, design and art history department in 1965 and taught for nearly five decades until retiring in 2012.

Harding was a global trailblazer in feminist and postcolonial philosophy, critical science, technology studies, social justice and activism.

A prolific editor and author, Braunmuller was acclaimed for expertise on Shakespeare and the English Renaissance.

Leamer’s contributions to economic research spanned more than five decades and multiple areas. “It is impossible to overstate his impact,” UCLA Anderson Dean Antonio Bernardo said.

The global figure in transportation and land-use planning earned a dedicated following with his groundbreaking research and book “The High Cost of Free Parking.”

The Scottish-born scientist, who taught at UCLA from 1997 to 2008, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2007.

A tribute program honored the late California Assemblywoman’s strong legacy of community activism and work on social justice.

He taught courses including thermodynamics, propulsion and material properties, and served as the school’s dean for 15 years.