Humanities and Social Sciences

As a former children's librarian, Teri Aaron had a special affinity for children's books. She admired their charm, artistry, and scholarly merit, but she knew their true value lay in opening the doors to reading and learning for countless young minds. Thus, she valued the children's literature...

When Sanford and Phyllis Beim received their undergraduate degrees from UCLA, it was just the beginning of their wonderful relationship with the university. They became active alumni, and when Mr. Beim decided to return to school some years later, he enrolled at UCLA and received a master's...

Born in Georgia in 1924, Edgar Bowers served during World War II in Bavaria with the counterintelligence corps of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division. After the war he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina, earned his doctorate at Stanford University under...

Jacqueline Briskin began her rich and varied career as one of the world's most popular novelists with a UCLA Extension class in writing. With the support of her husband, Bert, as her literary agent, she wrote eleven best-selling novels set in locations ranging from historic California to...

Landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell designed projects as far afield as Cairo and Manila. He is especially remembered for the public gardens he designed in Southern California, including the landscape setting he created for UCLA during a key period of campus development from 1937 to 1972 and the...

The Henny and Rudolph Engelbarts Fund was established with a generous bequest from the Henny Engelbarts Estate. Born in Germany, the Engelbarts immigrated to California in the early 1930s. Mr. Engelbarts pursued his education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a doctorate...