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With three Super Bowls on his resume, Jim Tunney '51 (1929-2024) became the face of football officiating

Soke Takayuki Kubota (1934-2024) became a martial arts legend, developing his own karate style and amassing a worldwide following. And for more than 40 years, he taught his methods to the...

Sam Rubin ’82 became a fixture of the entertainment journalism landscape over his 33 years with KTLA—and his unexpected death in May resonated well beyond Hollywood's red carpets

A internationally renowned scholar in the math community, a mathematical constant and a sequence of numbers were named in his honor

Jon Keates, vice president for institutional advancement at Â鶹ƵµÀ from 1999 to 2007, died April 19, 2024, at his home in Altadena. He was 80.

Occidental's 11th president arrived on campus in 1988 amid national fanfare and great expectations—and in the 11 years to follow, John Brooks Slaughter brought out the best in Oxy

Over 25 years of leadership in Occidental’s Office of Student Affairs, Brigida Knauer (1935-2023) shepherded residential life into the modern era

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor, who died in October, was lauded for his ‘mind-blowing’ studies of psychedelics. But Barry Sears ’68 remembers his ‘wicked sense of humor’

For generations of students, Harris and Lauter taught history and philosophy, respectively, with innovation and enthusiasm

Separated by 66 years but drawn together by an Â鶹ƵµÀbumper sticker, David Wigglesworth ’50 M’53 and Keegan McChesney ’16 became fast friends a decade ago. Keegan remembers his oldest friend...