Class Notes

Breaking news of those breaking new ground. This is where we celebrate noteworthy achievements and life changes of fellow Bruins. Here you can stay in touch, keep up and announce your own Class Note by submitting your story.

Rafael Agustín '03, M.A. '04

"Illegally Yours," the comedic memoir of Rafael Agustín '03, M.A. '04, will be published on July 12 and the theater major, a TFT alumnus who was a writer for the television show "Jane the Virgin," is busy making the rounds to promote it. He has received advance coverage by the Los Angeles Times and will […]

Celeste Drake '89, J.D. '02, M.P.P. '02

The White House has brought on Office of Management and Budget official Celeste Drake '89, J.D. '02, M.P.P. '02, as the new deputy director of the National Economic Council for labor and economy, a White House official told Politico.com. Drake, a former union official and trade expert, was appointed last April as OMB’s first Made […]

Steve Fickinger '82

Steve Fickinger '82, the Tony Award-winning producer and creative executive who shepherded musicals like "Dear Evan Hansen," "Newsies," "The Lion King" and others into existence, died suddenly on June 17 at his home in Laguna Beach, California. He was 62. Fickinger began his career at Disney as a temp in the mail room. Over the […]

Anthony Barbir '10

Anthony Barbir '10, deputy director of Silkroad, is among a select cohort of 35 orchestra and arts professionals chosen from the United States and Canada to participate in Essentials of Orchestra Management, the League of American Orchestras’ premier leadership development program. The 10-day seminar, running from July 24 through Aug. 2, is presented in collaboration […]

Steve Fickinger '82

Harry D. Bennett '06

Harry D. Bennett '06 of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, passed away on Friday, Jan. 7. He was 66. Born in Neptune, New Jersey, on June 16, 1955, Bennett was retired from Boeing, where he worked for many years as an avionics engineer. He served in the U.S. Navy as a radio mechanic. Bennett had a […]

Jesse Mills '94, M.D.

Jesse Mills '94, M.D., urologist and director of The Men’s Clinic at UCLA, has won the Best of Los Angeles Award "Best Men's Health Book - 2022" for his book "A Field Guide to Men's Health: Eat Right, Stay Fit, Sleep Well, and Have Great Sex," published in January 18," according to Aurora DeRose, award […]

Bob Myers '98

Golden State Warriors President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Bob Myers '98 won his fourth NBA championship in June as the Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in the finals, four games to two. A business economics major at UCLA, Myers was a member of the 1995 NCAA Champion Men's Basketball team in his sophomore […]

Anni Safarloo '09

Anni Safarloo '09 of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore has been selected to the 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list "for her continued, tireless work on behalf of LCW’s clients and her overall dedication to the practice of law." A political science major at UCLA, Safarloo is honored to accept this distinction for the first time […]

Campbell Martin '21

Campbell Martin '20 is among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to overseas service since the agency’s unprecedented global evacuation in March 2020. The Peace Corps suspended global operations and evacuated nearly 7,000 volunteers from more than 60 countries at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “For me, the Peace Corps is an opportunity […]

Christopher T. Dimapasok '20

Christopher T. Dimapasok '20 has joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a summer associate in the Operational Evaluation Division of IDA’s Systems and Analyses Center. Dimapasok earned his bachelor’s degree in molecular cellular and developmental biology and is a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University working towards his master’s degree in bioinformatics. IDA […]