2010 Jeffrey W. Baus ’59 Scholarship Recipient Biography: Larissa von Lockner is a third-year Business-Economics major at UCLA, with minors in both Accounting and French. On campus, she is very involved with the Bruin Belles Service Association, a philanthropic group of young women focused on serving the greater Los Angeles community. Larissa also participates in […]
2010 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Mark Lam is a fourth-year Business-Economics major originally from Singapore. He currently serves as the President of the Singapore Students Association and is a member of the Riordan Student Investment Fund. This past summer, Mark interned as an analyst with BlackRock in New York […]
2010 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Melanie (Mimi) Johnson is a third-year student pursuing a double major in Business-Economics and Psychology, with a Minor in Accounting. Mimi grew up in Redondo Beach, which made it very easy for her to decide that she wanted to stay in […]
2010 Patricia and Harry L. Bruce Endowed Scholarship Recipient Biography: Min Huang is a third-year student double majoring in Business Economics and Math/Applied Science-Actuarial Plan. After eleven years of a traditional Chinese Educational system study, Min took a two-year British A-Level course in an international high school in China. She came to the U.S. for […]
2010 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Stephen Chen is a fourth-year student, majoring in Business-Economics with a Minor in Accounting. He grew up in Fullerton, California, and graduated from Troy High School. At UCLA, Stephen is involved in activities such as being the Director of Newsletter/Website in […]
2010 The Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Scholarship Recipient Biography: Xiangfeng Cao was born into a business-oriented family. She grew up spending a lot of time in her mother’s grocery store. Growing up around a family business has helped Xiangfeng develop a strong interest in owning a business of her own. When she was only thirteen, […]
2011 John J. Peterson Scholarship Recipient Biography: Yang Zheng is a fourth-year student pursuing a Business-Economics major and Accounting minor. Born in China, Yang moved to Hawaii when he was four and later to Davis, California. Over the past year, he interned with UBS Private Wealth and Mulholland Financial Services. Most recently, he served as […]
2011 The Boeing Company Scholarship in Economics Recipient Biography: Amar Vanmali is a third-year Business Economics major and Statistics minor from Los Angeles. In addition to managing a family business on weekends, he has internship experience in the investment banking, financial services, and business management industries. Aside from his academics and work life, Amar is […]
2011 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Jakob Thomas is an international student from Berlin, Germany who transferred to UCLA from Santa Monica College in Fall 2010. He is a 3rd year Economics major and Political Science minor. Before he decided to pursue an academic degree in the United States, Jakob […]
2011 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Kyungjin Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea. Kyungjin was fourteen years old when she read a book about Warren Buffet, which led her to an interest in business and investments. When she was seventeen, she decided to come to the […]
