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Peter Selz, an art historian, professor and essayist who was the founding director of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, or BAMPFA, passed away Friday. He was 100.
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Through a growth program at UC Davis, Robinson led efforts to build classes of incoming students that reflected the diverse demographics of California high schools.
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Former UC Berkeley Haas School of Business dean and professor Raymond Miles, who was loved for his generosity and selflessness, died in Albany on May 13. He was 86.
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“He spoke the truth like a perfect bell ringing,” said Councilmember Sophie Hahn, adding that “Barclay was truly and obviously a brilliant person.”
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UC Regent Ellen Tauscher died at Stanford University Medical Center on Monday after experiencing complications from pneumonia.
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Around a month after he was hit by a car riding his bicycle while crossing Ashby Avenue on Fulton Street, Julian Curran died on April 5 of a heart attack at age 75.
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Berkeley alumni Jeff Adachi, the Public Defender for the City and County of San Francisco for almost 17 years, died on Feb. 22, at the age of 59.
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Gene Rochlin, a professor emeritus in the UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group, died Nov. 25 of stroke complications. He is remembered for his work in a variety of fields, his caring mentorship of students and his excellent storytelling.
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Julia Vinograd, considered Berkeley’s unofficial poet laureate and known to many as the “Bubble Lady,” died Wednesday after struggling against cancer for two months. She was 75.
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Berkeley internet comedian Brandon Moore, or Young Busco, known as the creator of the viral “What are those?” meme, died Nov. 25 at the age of 31, leaving behind his nine children and a legacy of humor.
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