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A LOOK AT UCLA FACULTY, STUDENTS & ALUMNI BRUIN BEAR UCLA faculty have been awarded two Nobel Prizes in recent years: biochemist Paul Boyer in chemistry (1997) and pharmacologist Louis Ignarro in medicine (1998). Among faculty there have been three other Nobelists, nine National Medals of Science recipients and hundreds of Guggenheim Fellowships, Fulbright Awards and other academic distinctions. UCLA educates more students than any other university in California and was the most sought-after institution in the nation for this fall’s freshman class. At UCLA, thousands of students extend their educations beyond the classroom by working directly with faculty on research projects. Many UCLA undergraduates participate in major research studies, working one-on-one with world-renowned scholars as they discover and create new knowledge. UCLA’s alumni are bright stars on the world stage. They include leaders of industry and commerce — Oscar, Grammy, Tony, and Emmy winners; philanthropists and public servants; Olympians and professional athletes; educators, engineers, bankers, and astronauts. BOOKS & TECHNOLOGY researchers and students provide leadership and public service in health care, law, economic development, social welfare, urban The UCLA Library is ranked among the top ten academic planning, public policy, arts and the environment. Most academic research libraries in North America with holdings of nearly 7.6 departments have research projects, fi eld studies or student internships million volumes. From the birth of the Internet at UCLA in 1969, that affect people’s lives in Los Angeles, the state and the nation. UCLA continues to be a leader in resources for learning. UCLA is nationally recognized for developing ground-breaking computer HEALTH CARE services for undergraduates and was the fi rst university to have a Each year more than 300,000 patients from Southern California, the website for every undergraduate student. The university provides U.S. and around the globe come to the world-renowned UCLA Medical an innovative, on-line tool called “My.ucla.edu,” which provides a Center for treatment, while thousands more area residents receive Web page tailored to each student’s academic needs. care through Santa Monica-UCLA, primary care offi ces and community OUTREACH & COMMUNITY SERVICE outreach health programs. The four schools in the medical enterprise are medicine, dentistry, nursing and public health. The medical center From its founding, UCLA has been an integral and contributing has been ranked as the best hospital in the West by U.S. News & part of the greater Los Angeles community. Outreach programs World Report for 14 consecutive years. A new state-of-the-art medical and volunteerism are as much a part of UCLA as academics center, which includes UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Neuropsychiatric and research, with hundreds of UCLA-sponsored programs Hospital and Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, is under construction providing a wide range of opportunities. Nearly 30 percent of and is scheduled to open in 2006. Santa Monica-UCLA renovations UCLA’s undergraduates volunteer for these programs, including are scheduled for completion in 2006. Groundbreaking research is tutoring youths, adults and incarcerated youths; addressing health constantly taking place in the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and educational needs of underserved communities; combating the Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research poverty and homelessness; aiding the elderly and disabled; and Center and in many other centers and laboratories on campus. providing legal, social, medical and educational assistance to community residents. THE ARTS Through academic outreach, UCLA works with K-12 schools A diverse array of public arts programming makes UCLA the leading throughout Los Angeles to help greater numbers of students prepare arts and cultural center of the West. More than 500,000 people to compete successfully for college. UCLA also is partnering with annually attend arts events including theater, music, opera and dance community colleges to increase the number of underrepresented performances, lectures, poetry readings, exhibitions, fi lm screenings, students transferring to the university. Additionally, UCLA faculty, and media arts that are presented by UCLA’s two professional arts schools. Check the Web sites at www.arts.ucla.edu and www.tft.ucla. edu for more information. LIFELONG LEARNING Another prime example of UCLA’s connecting with the community is through UCLA Extension, one of the nation’s largest divisions of continuing higher education, offering more than 4,500 courses each year in diverse fi elds of study. In addition, the university conducts guided walking tours and distributes self-guided tour maps. For further information, call (310) 825-8764 or check out UCLA on the Web at www.ucla.edu. ROYCE HALL 2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 77 ADMINISTRATOR BIOGRAPHIES DAN GUERRERO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR • UCLA ’74 • FIFTH YEAR In just four years as UCLA’s Direc- games. The program has also won 28 conference championships, tor of Athletics, Daniel G. Guerrero produced 231 All-Americans and featured four Honda Award win- has boldly placed his imprint on ners, including the 2003-04 Collegiate Woman of the Year. the school’s athletic program. Over the past four years, Guerrero earned numerous honors, A former Bruin baseball player, including 2002 UCLA Latino Alumnus of the Year; 2003 Cal State Guerrero exudes the pride of a Dominguez Hills Alumnus of the Year and 2003 “Father of the student-athlete who is now call- Year” by the Father’s Day Council of the American Diabetes Assn. ing the shots at his alma mater. On Sept. 10, 2002, the Los Angeles City Council honored him with Hailed as one of the nation’s lead- Dan Guerrero Day. He also became the fi rst athlete in any sport at ing athletic directors, his fi rst four Banning High School to have his jersey (No. 8 in baseball) retired. years in this position have resulted Guerrero was named one of the nation’s Top 100 Most Infl uential in unprecedented success for the Bruins’ broad-based athletic Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine, and the May 5, 2003 program. Guerrero has clearly established a pattern of “image and issue of Sports Illustrated listed him No. 28 among the 101 Most substance” that few in his profession can match. UCLA stands as Infl uential Minorities in Sports. the No. 1 university in the nation for NCAA Team Championships Guerrero, 54, came to UCLA in 2002 from UC Irvine, where he had won (99 heading into 2006-07), a number that continues to grow served as UCI’s fi fth Director of Athletics for 10 years. Prior to ar- under his direction. riving at UC Irvine, he was the Athletic Director for fi ve years at Cal During Guerrero’s tenure, UCLA teams have won 13 NCAA cham- State Dominguez hills (1988-92). He received his Bachelor’s degree pionships (the highest total in the nation in that span), fi nished from UCLA in 1974 and played second base in the Bruin baseball second 10 times and have had an additional 10 Top Five fi nishes. A program for four years. Born on November 10, 1951 in Tucson, AZ, staggering 76 teams (of 92 possible) have qualifi ed for NCAA post- he is married to the former Anne Marie Aniello and they have two season competition, and the football team has appeared in four bowl daughters: Jenna (24) and Katie (20). PETRINA LONG ASSOC. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/SWA • CALIFORNIA ’77 • THIRD YEAR Petrina Long enters her third activities included serving on the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee year as associate athletic direc- on Intercollegiate Athletics (CACIA), and recently chairing the Diver- tor/senior women’s administrator sity Development Program Board for two years. She was a board at UCLA, having joined the staff member of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce for several years and in June of 2004. has been a school volunteer in the city of Tustin. Long has oversight responsibil- Long was a member of the Big West Council and previously chaired ity for several sports, including the Big West Compliance Committee for two years. She also served women’s basketball, men’s and on the Executive Committee of both the Big West Conference and women’s volleyball, softball and the Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation. women’s gymnastics, as well as Prior to her tenure at UCI, Long spent nine years at Columbia Uni- several administrative areas, including academic services. versity, serving in both the associate and assistant athletic director Long came to UCLA from UC Irvine, where she served as senior positions. She was the Assistant Athletic Director for Academic associate athletic director/senior women’s administrator since 1993, Affairs at Southern Methodist University from 1982-84 and was an working closely with Bruin athletic director Dan Guerrero. She also advisor for student-athletes at the University of California, Berkeley, served as interim athletic director following Guerrero’s departure from 1979-82. to UCLA. Long received her B.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of During her 11 years at UCI, Long supervised several of the univer- California, Berkeley, in 1977 and her Master’s degree in Anthropol- sity’s 23 sports teams, as well as academic and student support, ogy from Columbia in 1992. She and her husband, Sam McCamey, compliance and sports medicine. In addition, she was active in have a daughter, Samantha, and two sons, Monte and Traland. numerous groups on campus and in the community. Her campus 78 2006 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL KEY ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF Don Morrison