AAP honors 35 graduates
with Distinguished Alumni Awards
Thirty-five UCLA graduates who participated in the university's Academic Advancement Program have been named the first recipients of AAP's Distinguished Alumni Award.
The awards are being presented as part of AAP 35th Anniversary Celebration, which will be held February 28, 2008 in Royce Hall on the UCLA campus. The winners -- all participants in AAP as UCLA undergraduates -- are being recognized for their personal and professional achievements, their contributions to the community, and for exemplifying the values and philosophy of AAP: academic excellence and achievement.
The 35 Distinguished AAP Alumni are:
1960s-70s:
Daphne Calmes, '78, biology
Barbara Carrasco, '78, art
Gil Cedillo, '79, sociology
Ernest Garcia, '78, history
Rickie Ivie, '73, economics
J. Daniel Johnson, '69, political science
Darryl F. Johnson, '70, psychology
Judith Mitoma, '70, dance
1980s
John Caldwell, '81, history
Ramona Cortes-Garza, '80, sociology
Jon A. Divens, '81, political science
Wendy R. Gladney, '83, political science
Mandla Kayise, '87, economics
Laura A. Richardson, '84, political science
Laura Romero, '88, psychology
Carlos Vigon, '82, engineering
Ned Vizmanos, '88, psychology
1990s
Anna Alves, '92, english and history
Athalene (Lena) G. Brown, '96, women's studies
Devon Carbado, '91, history
Andy Chiu, '92, biology
Rodolfo Fong-Sandoval, '95, sociology
Marguerita Lightfoot, '90, psychology
Letisia Marquez, '94, communications
Octavio Navarro, '94, chicano studies/political science
Gloria Pulido, '91, sociology
Mark Pulido, '95, history
Horacio N. Roque Ramirez, '92, psychology
Saul Sarabia, '93, communications
Joshua D. Smith, '98, American literature and culture
Jacquelyn Sims, '93, mathematics
Tara Yosso, '95, independent field of concentration
2000s
Manuel Baldenegro, '05, political science
John Curiel, '06, psychobiology
D'Artagnan Scorza, '07, religion
