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Retired radiology, physics professor dies at 74
Carolyn Kimme-Smith, a physicist in mammography, a researcher in the field of breast-imaging technology and a retired UCLA professor, died July 23 at the age of 74.
Influential tobacco researcher, 84, dies
Murray Jarvik devoted his career studying nicotine addiction, was instrumental in developing the patch
Dr. Murray Jarvik, the man whose research helped develop the nicotine patch, passed away last Thursday at the age of 84.
Reporter’s oeuvre stretched worldwide
Charles “Chuck” Hillinger, a journalist with the Los Angeles Times for over 46 years and a UCLA alumnus, died on April 28 after battling melanoma for 18 months.
Retired, international UCLA employee dies at 89
Maria Wrigley, 89, died from lung cancer on March 27. She was the director of the International Visitors Bureau at UCLA for 30 years until her retirement in 2002.
Professor was engaging, kind
Professor of geography Denis Cosgrove died of stomach cancer on March 21.
Nursing dean passes away
Marie Cowan, dean of the School of Nursing, passed away on Friday, Feb. 22. Cowan died following a lengthy battle with cancer and had her family at her side when she passed, according to ... On Feb. 20, Air Force 1st Lt. and UCLA alumnus Ali Jivanjee died after his F-15 crashed into another plane during routine training exercises. He was 26 years old. One of UCLA’s oldest alumnae passed away on Feb. 9. Ann Sumner, who graduated in 1926, was 103 years old. Michael Sungman Cho, a UCLA alumnus, was shot and killed by police officers while holding a tire iron outside a liquor store in La Habra, a city in Orange County, on Dec. 31. Merlin C. Wittrock, professor emeritus of education at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died at the age of 76 on Nov. 28. He began working at UCLA as an assistant professor of education in 1960 and ...Alum dies in crash
Air Force pilot, remembered for being amiable and generous, ‘always had a passion for flying’
UCLA loses patron
Former Bruin shot by police
Brief: Wittrock, professor emeritus of education, dies at 76
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