Arts and Music

Cornelia Breitenbach, an assistant professor of design at UCLA, earned international recognition for her work in experimental textiles and manipulation of surface and color, and her performance exhibits of "wearable art." Ms. Breitenbach studied art and constructed textiles at the University of...

A UCLA graduate with a degree in business administration, Ralph Goldwyn was president of First Commercial Finance Corporation and a member of the UCLA Board of Governors. Over the years Mr. and Mrs. Goldwyn have demonstrated their affection for UCLA through generous philanthropy and personal...

Professor Emeritus Richard Hudson is a scholar who possesses a deep commitment to UCLA, an institution that has been his academic home for most of his career. After receiving his doctorate in musicology here in 1967, he spent the next twenty-four years as a faculty member, serving in a dual role...

Vibrant, confident, and with a wonderful sense of style, Marjorie Alice Lenz was a third-generation Californian and a fashion journalist. For years she was the West Coast editor of Mademoiselle magazine, a post that led to her association with California designers and other notables in the...

The Library of Architecture and Allied Arts of Los Angeles (LAAALA) was established by the Allied Arts Association of Los Angeles in the 1920s and was dedicated to art, design, architecture, engineering, and related disciplines. In 1967 the original LAAALA Library, consisting of 4,500 volumes,...

Few have loved UCLA more than Ann Sumner, who earned her bachelor's degree in history in 1926. Whether as a student at the Southern Branch, the head of University Extension's Public Information Department from 1932 to 1966, or an active alumna for over fifty years, Ms. Sumner used her formidable...