The Matsumoto Opera Scholarship is named for opera singer and CSULB voice faculty, Shigemi Matsumoto. Ms. Matsumoto has had a worldwide professional singing career, where she has performed with over 50 national and international opera companies and with more than 60...

Shirley A. Beck 1942-2018 “Right from the start, from her being a protective and supportive sibling, who taught me how to tie my shoes, to my tying hers as caregiver and advocate, my beloved sister Shirley and I had a genuine bond. From playing “school” as children...

Shonnardo Bodie’s (“Bodie”) aspiration was to receive his master’s degree in counseling and student development from the SDHE Program at CSULB. Bodie was a first generation, immigrant, low income student who excelled as a community college student benefitting from...

The Sigma Alpha Iota Scholarship is funded by local members or the Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity to provide scholarship support for students in the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music. SAI was founded in 1903. SAI promotes interaction among those who...

The Yoho family is a true Beach family. Steve ’82 and Nancy ’81 graduated with degrees in Finance and Geography respectively. Their children, Dan ’08 and Alison ’13 and ’16 both earned their degrees in Geography. Additionally, Alison earned an MS in GIS. Steve has...

Steve was born June 28, 1944 in Kilgore, Texas and later moved to California with his family. In 1961 Steve entered Imperial Valley College and three years later transferred to CSULB where he received a bachelor’s degree in history. His first teaching assignment...

Born in Bellflower and raised in Long Beach, Sue is a true California native. She obtained both her B.A. in Mathematics and German and M.A. in Mathematics at the BEACH. She recalls her master’s graduation ceremony with special tenderness because her father passed...

Dr. Tadao Hara was born in 1926 in Shimonoseki, Japan. In the waning days of World War II, at the age of 17, he joined the Imperial Navy Air Service where he was among an elite cadre selected to train to become Kamikaze pilots. When the war ended without the chance...

Tari is an artist as well as a gallery owner. Tari graduated from the CSULB School of Art with a BFA and an MFA. Ms. Brand created the Marilyn Werby Endowment in memory of Marilyn Werby. Marilyn was an artist and avid supporter of arts education.

Jeff and Evelyn Klaus believe student parents are incredible and inspiring students. They value education and are committed to supporting students. As parents of two small boys, Owen and Carson, Jeff and Evelyn recognize how exhausting raising a family can be....

Founded in 1972, the Renaissance Lodge OISA is dedicated to promoting a positive image of American of Italian heritage within the framework of American society through involvement in cultural, educational, social and charitable endeavors. The Sons of Italy...

Edward (1964, BA, Recreation) and Rosalie Ricci (1968, MA, Home Economics) dated each other as early as the ninth grade when they met at Saint Francis Catholic High School in Riverside. A day after Edward’s graduation from Long Beach State University (LBSU), Edward...

With Barbara “Bobbie” Molina’s passing, her close friends and trustees of her estate, Theresa Murphy and Stacy Kelso have honored Bobbie’s wishes and instructions by establishing the Rosalind Molina & Barbara Molina Endowed Scholarship that provides financial aid...

The Elizabeth Vyse Endowed Scholarship for Distinction in the Arts was established in 2003 by Thomas Vyse in memory of his mother. Thomas Vyse is an active member of the Fine Arts Affiliates which raises scholarship funds for the six departments of the College of the...

Tom Halvorsen feels so fortunate and privileged to have received a BA and MA from CSULB. Those degrees allowed him, hopefully, to improve the lives of others as a teacher, principal and school district superintendent. There is no more important profession than...

This scholarship was created in loving memory of Tomy Jung, a talented young man who also suffered early academic difficulties. However, with help, guidance, and determination, Tomy was moving toward success before his tragic and untimely death at the age of 24. This...

Verna and Lowell Bixler were siblings who obtained degrees at CSULB. Lowell earned both his B.A. and M.A. in Social Science from CSULB in 1955 and 1957. Verna earned her M.A. in Educational Administration in 1967 and worked as a teacher before retirement. The...

Faculty 1984 – 2014 Dr. Laverne “Vern” Kent Eveland was born in October 7, 1940 in Waverly, Iowa. In 1968 he received his Ph.D from the University of Iowa in Microbiology with a focus on infectious diseases. He then moved to New York City to accept a position with...

Vicki Lynn Qualls was born in 1950 in Glendale, California. She grew up in Hawthorne, California graduating from Leuzinger High School in 1968. When Vicki was very young she knew she wanted to be a Physical Education Teacher. Vicki worked her way through college as...

Victoria is a CSULB alumna who currently works for the US Patent and Trademark Office in Washington DC. In addition to her B.S. in Chemical Engineering Victoria also earned a law degree from UC Berkeley. Victoria lives in Washington DC, but when she returns to the...

Virginia Laddey was a WAVE in World War II who later became a sales executive and financial consultant at a time when there were few opportunities for women in those fields. Virginia traveled the world, and became an expert on Eastern Art. She is a philanthropist who...

Walter was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CSULB for 30 years retiring in 2000. He was the group adviser for Tau Beta Phi, the National Engineering Honor Society. Walter’s sister, Marjorie Halstead, created the fund so that a scholarship can be awarded to...

The W. David Sievers Memorial Award in Acting was established by Lucy Sievers in memory of her husband. W. David Sievers was a noted director, author, actor, and professor of drama at CSULB. Mr. Sievers was the very first professor of drama at CSULB. Lucy Sievers...

William was born on October 2, 1941 in East Chicago, IL and passed away on October 29, 2005 in Long Beach. He started his 30 year teaching career at St. Pancratius and retired as a special education teacher from the LA Unified School District. He was known as “Mr. B”...

William Purcell has worked for 40 years in the American Defense Industry for companies such as TRW, Hughes, Northrop, and Lockheed. He was sent to Germany on several occasions in the 1970’s and 1980’s. In the 1990’s he was sent to Russia and Germany under the employ...

Wilma Irene Nelson was born on May 29, 1911 in Wood Lake, North Dakota. She graduated from the Teacher Training Class at the Institution of Deaf Studies on Lexington Avenue in New York City in 1931. Wilma received her B.S. from Columbia University in 1940 and an...

Bao was born in Rangoon, Burma in 1949. A professor of history at California State University Long Beach during the period 1993 to 1996, she was also the founder of the US-based international organization, Chinese Society for Women’s Studies. Her 2006 book, Holding...