UCLA Faculty Center, May 5, 2011

The program

Music performed by Frances Teng – daughter of Prof. Leon Teng, scientific colleague and former graduate research assistant of Leon's

Jo Knopoff, Irene Kleinberg, Rachel Knopoff, Penny Hutchinson, Doris Nelson

Mark Liebman

Adrian Wadley and Rachel Knopoff

Cousins Michael Knopoff and Scott Liebman

Penny Hutchinson

Kathy Jackson hugging Rachel Knopoff; Joan Mills in back

Marcello Coradini, Karen McBride, Rachel Knopoff and fiancé Russ Dickerson

Val Maisner and Sr. Diane Donoghue

Leslie Wolf and Anne Arend

Joyce Somers, longtime secretary of Leon's, and Rita Nolan

Kathy (Mrs. Dave) Jackson

Rachel Knopoff and Penny Hutchinson

Diana Thatcher, Leon's grandniece and grandnephew, Andrea Nylund; Pat Anderson at right

John Liebman hugging his granddaughter

Pat Anderson

Leon's grandnephew and grandniece, Andrea Nylund, Katie Knopoff Wadley, Rachel Knopoff

Professor Paul Davis, Jo Knopoff

Professors Sam Aroni and Volodya Keilis-Borok

Pat and Prof. Russ Hardwick

Andrea Nylund

Jo Knopoff greeting a guest; Professor Carmine Clemente in back

Michael Knopoff

Jo Knopoff hugging Max Greenberg

Jo Knopoff; Michael Knopoff in back

Russ Dickerson and Rachel Knopoff   photo by Katie Wadley

Julie Clemente

Julie Clemente, Michael Knopoff

Marti Koplin

Jo Knopoff hugging Shela Patel

Arriving guests: Andrew Fredricks, Clarence Allen, Bob McPherron, Joan Maxwell, Amber Williamson, Lyda Boyer; Diana Thatcher at left

Lyda (Mrs. Paul) Boyer; Shela Patel at left

Lyda Boyer and Jo Knopoff

Andrew Fredricks, son of Dr. Robert Fredricks, PhD student of Leon's

Andrew Fredricks talking with Jo Knopoff; Corinne (Mrs. Bob) Fredricks at left

Professor George Igo

Scott Liebman; Gregg Vane in back

Christopher Arend   photo by Scott Liebman

Professors Herb Morris and Dave Jackson

Leon's grandnephew and grandniece

John Liebman, Andrea Liebman Nylund at right   foreground:  Anne Arend and Amanda Snook

Anne Arend and granddaughter Amanda Snook   in back:  John Liebman, Andrea Nylund

Professor Paul Davis and Dean Joseph Rudnick; Dr. Ritsuko Matsu'ura at left

Dr. Jean Elkhoury talking with Dr. Russ Dickerson; Professor Mark Harrison at left

Susan (Mrs. Mark) Harrison   in back:  Professors Wendell Jeffrey and Bernice Wenzel

Guests, including: Susan Harrison, Wendell Jeffrey, Bernice Wenzel, Lester Breslow, Malca Aroni, Jackie Schwartz, Russ and Pat Hardwick, Diane Donoghue, Anne Berkovitz, Pat Anderson, Leon Teng, Jim Dieterich

Anne Berkovitz, Pat Anderson; Joan Mills at right   in back:  Prof. Jim Dieterich, and John Schlue, PhD student of Leon's

Professor Fermin Carranza

Rita (Mrs. Fermin) Carranza

Renee and Elias Barbinis, PhD student of Leon's   in back:  Karolynne and Randy Gee

Rachel and Michael Knopoff

Professor Ajit Mal

Slideshow of photos from throughout Leon's life

Katie Wadley greeting a guest

Marjorie Friedlander

Rachel and Jo Knopoff   in back:  Jenni Arend Snook, Anne Arend, Amanda Snook

Prof. Bill Hutchinson, co-author with Leon of numerous papers on music, next to Andrea Nylund   foreground:  John Liebman, Jenni Snook   in back:  Fermin Carranza, Gregg Vane, Doris Nelson   far back:  Helen Nefkens, Larry Maisner

California Room filled

With every seat taken, some guests stand at the back, others have gone to the patio to watch on a video screen.

Prof. Russ Hardwick, Pat Hardwick, Sr. Diane Donoghue, Anne Berkovitz, Pat Anderson, Joan Mills

Prof. Sam Aroni, Malca Aroni, Merton and Jackie Schwartz, David Montalba

Prof. Ali Shabaik and Virginia Shabaik, Toshi Ashikaga   at left:  Carolyn and Prof. Chuck Knobler   in back:  Prof. Bob McPherron and Kathy McPherron

Dave Jackson opens the program.

David Jackson, Professor of Geophysics, UCLA, moderator and speaker

Professor Dave Jackson

Joseph Rudnick, Dean of Physical Sciences and Professor of Physics, UCLA

Dean Joe Rudnick

Mark Harrison, IGPP Director and Professor of Geochemistry, UCLA

Professor Mark Harrison

Ferdinand Coroniti, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

Professor Ferd Coroniti

Paul Davis, Professor of Geophysics, UCLA   photo by Scott Liebman

Gary Ernst, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Stanford University

Professor Gary Ernst

Jean Elkhoury, Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine, Leon's last PhD student

Jean Elkhoury

Margaret Kivelson, Professor Emerita of Space Physics, UCLA

Herbert Morris, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and of Law, UCLA

Professor Herb Morris

Michael Knopoff

Michael Knopoff

Rachel Knopoff

Rachel Knopoff

Jo Knopoff

Jo talks about the wonderful life she lived together with Leon.   photo by Scott Liebman

Katie Knopoff Wadley

Katie Wadley, closing the formal portion of the program

John Liebman, Leon's brother-in-law

Gregg Vane, JPL, sharing memories as one of Leon's graduate students

Professor Ajit Mal, UCLA, colleague of Leon's

Photos and memorabilia on display

Photos and memorabilia

Photos and memorabilia

Reception on the patio   photo by Scott Liebman