Note to
editors and reporters:
Call the Public Affairs office at (323) 343-3050 in advance to request
a press pass to the Gala or to request for a detailed biography of an
honoree.
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist
named
Olga Orloff, 10 others, to be honored at
Los Angeles, CA –
Roll out the “black and gold” carpet…. California State University,
Los Angeles announces
Pulitzer
Prize-winning photojournalist Olga Shalygin Orloff
(’77) as the recipient of the University’s 2012 Alumna of the Year.
Orloff (Berkeley, CA resident)—a critical care registered nurse and
documentary filmmaker—was the Associated Press picture editor in Moscow
and was part of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the
fall of communism. She and her husband, Cliff Orloff, operate Red Door
Productions, which concentrates on telling stories of rapidly changing
indigenous cultures.
Orloff is one of eight outstanding CSULA alumni and two
students who will be recognized during the 38th annual Alumni Awards
Gala Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, on
the Cal State L.A. campus.
2012 University Service Award
Distinguished Faculty Alumnus
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Outstanding Senior
Outstanding Graduate Student
Organized by the
CSULA
Alumni Association, the event opens with a VIP reception at 5:30 p.m. in the
Luckman Gallery. The dinner festivity begins at 6:30 p.m. on the
campus’ Luckman Street of the Arts, followed by an Academy
Awards-style ceremony and multimedia video presentation at 7:30 p.m. in
the Luckman Theatre. For tickets or more info, call (323) 343-2586
or visit
http://alumni.calstatela.edu/awardsgala/index.htm.
What:
Cal State L.A. presents its 38th Annual Alumni
Awards Gala.
When:
Thursday, Oct. 11, 5:30 p.m.-VIP reception; 6:30 p.m.-dinner program;
awards presentation-7:30 p.m.
Where: Luckman Fine Arts Complex, on the CSULA
campus. The University is located at the Eastern Avenue exit, San
Bernardino (I-10) Freeway, at the interchange of 10 and 710 freeways.
Public permit dispenser parking is available in Lot 7 or upper level
Parking Structure C.
Info:
Call the Alumni Association at (323) 343-2586.
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Cal State L.A.’s ‘Alumna of the Year’
University’s 38th Alumni Awards
Gala
Guillermo Zuñiga (’86), president and chief executive officer of Grifols
Biologicals Inc., which is located in Los Angeles and near the CSULA
campus.
Fred Daneshgaran
(’84, ’85) is a professor and chair of the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a La Crescenta resident.
Cynthia Kawa
(’79, ’82),
chief executive officer, New Horizons located in North Hills
America Tang
(’79), chief
executive officer, Ace Fence Company and founder/chief executive
officer, Lending Hope Foundation (Monterey Park resident)
Nancy J. Lavelle
(’71, ’77),
president/chief executive officer, Total Education Solutions, Inc. and
founder/president, Institute for the Redesign of Learning (Santa Monica
resident)
Alan Davidner
(’73),
former president, endOclear®, LLC (Claremont resident)
Pamela Wiley-Wells
(’75), president,
Los Angeles Speech and Language Therapy Center, Inc. (Marina Del Rey
resident)
Marx L. Cazenave II
(’62), cofounder
and former chief executive officer, Progress Investment Management
Company (Kentfield resident)
Wayne A. Warner (B.S.,
Biochemistry and Microbiology ’13), Los Angeles resident
Mario Giron-Abrego
(M.A., Anthropology ’10, ’13), Los Angeles resident
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