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 (1946-2015) ('75, biochemistry) passed away on July 25, 2015, at the age of 68. He was born the ninth child of ten siblings in Perris, Arkansas to John and Dora Arnold. His early childhood education began in Oklahoma and the family migrated to San Diego when he was nine. The remaining elementary, junior high, and high school years were spent in San Diego. He attended San Diego City College and San Diego State University. While at San Diego City College he met his wife Mary. After moving to Los Angeles William and Mary married and shortly after began building their family. William attended the University of Southern California, California State Los Angeles and ultimately graduated with a degree in Biochemistry from the UCLA. After graduation he began working for a prominent laboratory in Orange County. While working as a biochemist he developed a T-3 serum for testing hypertension in children. William, an entrepreneur at heart, established two business ventures. The first was Imhotep Scientific and then Imhotep Construction. He retired after a twenty-five year professional career as a building inspector with the Los Angeles City. William is survived by his children Angela, Ahmed and Amon Arnold of Los Angeles. A grandchild, Maniya Arnold-Brownlee of Los Angeles. His siblings, Juanita Alder, Larry Arnold, Lester Arnold and Elvie Eggleston of San Diego; King Truman Arnold and Theresa Arnold of Northern California; and John Arnold of Virginia. |
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| (1941-2015)(postdoctoral scholar '73-76, Sigman Group) passed away on September 3, 2015. He was born in 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. In 1956 Dr. Hajdu immigrated to Israel with his family, where he served in the Israeli Army and earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemistry from the Hebrew University in 1965 and 1967. In 1971 Dr. Hajdu received his Ph.D in chemistry from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and was a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCLA from 1973-1976. From 1984 Dr. Hajdu was a chemistry professor at California State University Northridge where he actively and passionately taught, researched and published, focusing on the mechanism of action of lipolytic enzymes with specific emphasis on phospholipase A2, the synthesis of antitumor-active ether phospholipid derivatives, and the structural and mechanistic elucidation of the chemistry of the metal complexes of streptonigrin. Dr. Hajdu is survived by his son Michael Akira Hajdu, his sister Judit (Arnon) Keren, his niece Neta (Hagi) Erez, nephews Amit (Judith) Keren and Yuval (Maya) Keren, grandnieces and grandnephews. |
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| (1931-2015) ('54, Ph.D. '59, physical organic chemistry, M.S. '83, engineering management) passed away on April 29, 2015 in Santa Rosa, a week after her 84th birthday. Dr. Lamb was born April 20, 1931 to Gertude and Philip Katzen in Manhattan, New York. The Katzen family lived in Brooklyn until moving to Miami when she was a teenager. Dr. Lamb graduated from Miami Beach High School in 1948. She attended the University of Miami where she met her first husband John Lamb. They eloped and married in 1950 and moved to Greenwich Village in New York. The next year they moved to Los Angeles. Dr. Lamb continued her education at UCLA where she received a B.S. with highest honors in 1954 and a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry in 1959. This was an exceptional achievement for a woman with a child at the time. While raising four children, she had a distinguished teaching career at several California Universities including UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. She was Chair of the Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics at Mt. St. Mary's College in Brentwood. In addition Dr. Lamb worked at Global Geochemistry Corporation in Los Angeles and earned a M.S. degree in Engineering Management at UCLA in 1983. She was a member of the American Chemical Society since 1954, and was elected chair of the Southern California Section in 1988. Dr. Lamb was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi, and Phi Beta Kappa. She is survived by her husband David Sanford, her four children, Beth Lamb, Megan Timpany (Donald), Brian Lamb (Wendy), Amy Hartman (Philip). She had eight grandchildren - Jamie (Francesca), Jessica (Danny), Alexis, Amber, Dawson, Hana, Jordan and Aaron. She had three great grandchildren Miles, Aria and Jordan. |
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Joseph Hajdu, Ph.D. (1941-2015)(postdoctoral scholar '73-76, Sigman Group) passed away on September 3, 2015. He was born in 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. In 1956 Dr. Hajdu immigrated to Israel with his family, where he served in the Israeli Army and earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemistry from the Hebrew University in 1965 and 1967. In 1971 Dr. Hajdu received his Ph.D in chemistry from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and was a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCLA from 1973-1976. From 1984 Dr. Hajdu was a chemistry professor at California State University Northridge where he actively and passionately taught, researched and published, focusing on the mechanism of action of lipolytic enzymes with specific emphasis on phospholipase A2, the synthesis of antitumor-active ether phospholipid derivatives, and the structural and mechanistic elucidation of the chemistry of the metal complexes of streptonigrin. Dr. Hajdu is survived by his son Michael Akira Hajdu, his sister Judit (Arnon) Keren, his niece Neta (Hagi) Erez, nephews Amit (Judith) Keren and Yuval (Maya) Keren, grandnieces and grandnephews. 
Sandra I. Lamb, Ph.D. (1931-2015) ('54, Ph.D. '59, physical organic chemistry, M.S. '83, engineering management) passed away on April 29, 2015 in Santa Rosa, a week after her 84th birthday. Dr. Lamb was born April 20, 1931 to Gertude and Philip Katzen in Manhattan, New York. The Katzen family lived in Brooklyn until moving to Miami when she was a teenager. Dr. Lamb graduated from Miami Beach High School in 1948. She attended the University of Miami where she met her first husband John Lamb. They eloped and married in 1950 and moved to Greenwich Village in New York. The next year they moved to Los Angeles. Dr. Lamb continued her education at UCLA where she received a B.S. with highest honors in 1954 and a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry in 1959. This was an exceptional achievement for a woman with a child at the time. While raising four children, she had a distinguished teaching career at several California Universities including UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. She was Chair of the Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics at Mt. St. Mary's College in Brentwood. In addition Dr. Lamb worked at Global Geochemistry Corporation in Los Angeles and earned a M.S. degree in Engineering Management at UCLA in 1983. She was a member of the American Chemical Society since 1954, and was elected chair of the Southern California Section in 1988. Dr. Lamb was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi, and Phi Beta Kappa. She is survived by her husband David Sanford, her four children, Beth Lamb, Megan Timpany (Donald), Brian Lamb (Wendy), Amy Hartman (Philip). She had eight grandchildren - Jamie (Francesca), Jessica (Danny), Alexis, Amber, Dawson, Hana, Jordan and Aaron. She had three great grandchildren Miles, Aria and Jordan.