2012 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: David Tracy is a fifth-year undergraduate student studying Business Economics and Architecture, with a Minor in Accounting. David assists Professor Gordon Klein in teaching his advanced accounting and taxation classes at UCLA. He has interned with the internal audit group at […]
2012 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Alain Olavarrieta, a transfer student from Rio Hondo Community College, is currently a senior majoring in Business Economics at UCLA. Born in Mexico, Alain immigrated to the States at the age of eight for the chance of a better life and an education. Coming […]
2012 Jeffrey W. Baus ’59 Scholarship Recipient \ Biography: April Misa is a fourth-year student pursuing a major in Economics while also taking accounting courses. April was born and raised in Los Angeles, which made UCLA her dream school. Despite being active on campus as the president of Bruin Business Review and a student volunteer […]
2012 The Donald Edward Bragg & Diane Sims Bragg Scholarship Recipient Biography: Edward McLaughlin is a third-year student majoring in Business Economics. He grew up in Torrance, CA, with his parents and two siblings. In high school, he enjoyed playing baseball and wished to continue his athletic career in college; however, a torn triceps tendon […]
2012 John J. Peterson Scholarship Recipient Biography: Chengappa Kodira is a fourth-year Business-Economics student from Davis, California. At UCLA, Chengappa has gained experience working at the Anderson School of Management and also interning for Senator Barbara Boxer, Merrill Lynch, and most recently Deloitte & Touche. Chengappa has also been actively involved in several student groups […]
2012 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Dennis Drent Jr. is a fourth-year student pursuing a Business Economics major with minors in Accounting and Mathematics. He serves as one of two Directors of Training for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, where he greatly enjoys teaching new […]
2012 Patricia and Harry L. Bruce Endowed Scholarship Recipient Biography: Yuanyuan Cai is a fourth-year UCLA student pursuing a Business-Economics degree. Born and raised in China, Yuanyuan moved to the United States for college and transferred to UCLA in 2011. At UCLA, she has achieved outstanding academic success and has received A+’s from ten classes […]
2012 Robert D. & Margaret A. Wark Memorial Scholarship Recipient Biography: Kareem grew up in Downey, California. He played basketball and football in high school but ultimately decided to pursue an education at the prestigious UCLA. He initially started out as a pre-med student but eventually switched to Business Economics. Kareem has completed a private […]
2013 The Boeing Company Scholarship in Economics Recipient Biography: Zhihao Zhao is a second year Business Economics and Psychology double-major and Mathematics Minor from Beijing, China. At UCLA, Zhihao has developed a strong passion for entrepreneurship and education. He plans to bring his knowledge of developmental psychology to Chinese parents through a future start-up business. […]
2013 Professor Harry Simons Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship for the Study of Accounting Recipient Biography: Qianyi Zhao is a junior pursuing a Business Economics and Statistics double major with a Minor in Accounting. Born and raised in Beijing, China, Qianyi had been proudly nurtured by the traditional Chinese culture until she came to UCLA for college […]
