In Memoriam

The 12-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer joined the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty in 2012.

Cherrick, who served as dean from 1988 to 1995, died on Jan. 24, in Davie, Florida.

The adjunct professor’s recent work on Broadway was seen in “Anastasia” and “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”

His research helped explain the evolution of dogs and showed that freeways are a barrier to bobcat and coyote migration.

Hunter, who taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, showed students how to write a full-length screenplay in 10 weeks.

Morris earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA and went on to become a campus leader for seven decades.

The coach of the first U.S. women’s Olympic team, she was widely recognized as a champion for women in sports.

Harter, a professor emerita at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, died on Oct. 8 from congestive heart failure.

Otto-Knapp was a professor of painting and drawing at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. She died on Oct. 9.

His scholarship drew attention to how law shaped the experiences of poor people.

Froines, was a professor emeritus of environmental and occupational health sciences and a renowned member of the “Chicago 7.” He was 83.

Ostin, who reshaped American popular music and later became a major supporter of his alma mater, died July 31 from natural causes.

The education professor founded two research institutes after joining the UCLA faculty in 1973.

The longtime faculty member twice served as acting dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Roe led partnerships between UCLA and Amazon, and between Apple and the UCLA Depression Challenge.

The professor and award-winning filmmaker captured the decline of the Soviet Union in her movies.

The vocalist, who taught at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, enjoyed teaching and giving back to the community.

Along with his wife, the businessman and philanthropist established the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.

Edmond, who joined UCLA in 1968, researched lipid metabolism in the brain and its relationship to developmental disorders.

Hayes was a former mathematician whose work had a major impact on information policy and the economics of research library operations.

De Antonio, a clinical psychiatry professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, died Dec. 31, after an extended illness.

Wilson, whose impact at UCLA can be seen across campus and in the community, died Jan. 24. He was 93.

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.

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.

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.