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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science_logo.svg/220px-UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science_logo.svg/330px-UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science_logo.svg/440px-UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="44" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Fiat lux</i><br />Let there be light</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">May 23, 1919</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent institution</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Dean_(education)" title="Dean (education)">Dean</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Humanities: <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Minna_Stern" title="Alexandra Minna Stern">Alexandra Minna Stern</a><br />Life Sciences: <a href="/wiki/Tracy_L._Johnson" title="Tracy L. Johnson">Tracy L. Johnson</a><br />Physical Sciences, senior dean: <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Garc%C3%ADa-Garibay" title="Miguel García-Garibay">Miguel García-Garibay</a><br />Social Sciences: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Valenzuela_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abel Valenzuela Jr. (page does not exist)">Abel Valenzuela Jr.</a><br />Undergraduate Education: <a href="/wiki/Adriana_Galv%C3%A1n" title="Adriana Galván">Adriana Galván</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins" title="UCLA Bruins">Bruins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://college.ucla.edu/">College website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>UCLA College of Letters and Science</b> (or simply <b>UCLA College</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="College of Arts and Sciences">arts and sciences college</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a> (UCLA). It encompasses the Life and Physical Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Honors Program and other programs for both undergraduate and graduate students. It is often called UCLA College or the College, which is not ambiguous because the College is the only educational unit at UCLA to be currently denominated as a "college." All other educational units at UCLA are currently labeled as schools or institutes. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building_II.jpg/240px-UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building_II.jpg/360px-UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building_II.jpg/480px-UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a><figcaption>Mathematical Sciences Bldg.</figcaption></figure> <p>The College is the largest academic unit at UCLA and the largest in the entire UC system.<sup id="cite_ref-UCLAGeneralCatalog_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UCLAGeneralCatalog-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bulk of UCLA's student body belongs to the College, which includes 50 academic departments, 99 majors, 25,000 undergraduate students, 2,700 graduate students and 900 faculty members.<sup id="cite_ref-CollegeWebsite_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CollegeWebsite-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Virtually all of the academic programs in the College are ranked very highly and 11 were ranked in the top ten nationally by the National Research Council. </p><p>The College originated on May 23, 1919, the day when the Governor of California (William D. Stephens) signed a bill into law which officially established the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Branch_of_the_University_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Branch of the University of California">Southern Branch of the University of California</a>. At that time, a two-year Junior College was established as the university's general undergraduate program.<sup id="cite_ref-Dundjerski_Page_26_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundjerski_Page_26-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Junior College held its first classes on September 15, 1919 for 260 undergraduates.<sup id="cite_ref-Dundjerski_Page_26_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundjerski_Page_26-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At its inception, the Junior College was truly a <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">junior college</a> in both name and fact, because it offered only a two-year lower-division program. Young people interested in earning bachelor's degrees were required to proceed to the Berkeley campus or other universities to attend upper-division third- and fourth-year courses. The inferior two-year program was intolerable to the many Southern Californians who had fought to establish the southern branch. They vigorously lobbied the <a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California" title="Regents of the University of California">Regents of the University of California</a> for a third year of instruction at the southern branch, which was promptly followed by demands for a fourth year. The Southern Californians finally prevailed on December 11, 1923, when the UC Board of Regents approved a fourth year of instruction.<sup id="cite_ref-Dundjerski_Page_31_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundjerski_Page_31-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At that time, the Junior College was transformed into the College of Letters and Science (named after its <a href="/wiki/UC_Berkeley_College_of_Letters_and_Science" title="UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science">northern counterpart at Berkeley</a>) and was expressly authorized to award the Bachelor of Arts degree.<sup id="cite_ref-Dundjerski_Page_31_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundjerski_Page_31-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charles H. Rieber, a philosophy professor, was named the first dean of the new four-year college.<sup id="cite_ref-Dundjerski_Page_31_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundjerski_Page_31-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The College's original departments in 1923 were chemistry, economics, English, French, history, mathematics, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, Spanish, and zoology.<sup id="cite_ref-Dundjerski_Page_31_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundjerski_Page_31-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 12, 1925, the College awarded its first Bachelor of Arts degrees to 98 women and 30 men.<sup id="cite_ref-Dundjerski_Page_33_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundjerski_Page_33-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to UC President <a href="/wiki/Clark_Kerr" title="Clark Kerr">Clark Kerr</a>, the political science department at UCLA College in his experience was the second-strongest program in the entire UC system after the <a href="/wiki/UC_Berkeley_College_of_Chemistry" title="UC Berkeley College of Chemistry">chemistry program at Berkeley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ClarkKerr_Page_317_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClarkKerr_Page_317-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To date, three faculty members of the UCLA political science department have become UC chancellors (as listed below). </p><p>The main disadvantage of the gigantic size of the College (as with its counterpart at Berkeley) is a coldly impersonal undergraduate experience, especially in large lower-division survey courses (before students declare specific majors, begin to work more closely with department advisers and faculty members in their chosen major, and switch to smaller upper-division courses).<sup id="cite_ref-Savage_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Savage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is because of this specific issue that UC President <a href="/wiki/Clark_Kerr" title="Clark Kerr">Clark Kerr</a> experimented with <a href="/wiki/Residential_college" title="Residential college">residential college</a> systems at the newer UC campuses at <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Diego" title="University of California, San Diego">San Diego</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz" title="University of California, Santa Cruz">Santa Cruz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kerr_Page_273_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerr_Page_273-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Divisions">Divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The College encompasses five divisions — Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences, as well as the Division of Undergraduate Education, which includes 83% of UCLA's undergraduate students.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building.jpg/220px-UCLA_Mathematical_Sciences_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" 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Terasaki">Paul Terasaki</a>, organ transplant medicine and tissue typing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Klein" title="Ezra Klein">Ezra Klein</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> columnist and co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Vox_(website)" title="Vox (website)">Vox (website)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Felipe_Herrera" title="Juan Felipe Herrera">Juan Felipe Herrera</a>, social anthropology, 21st poet laureate of U.S.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_Park" title="Randall Park">Randall Park</a>, English, actor, comedian and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Bareilles" title="Sara Bareilles">Sara Bareilles</a>, communication studies, award-winning singer and songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, history, former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayim_Bialik" title="Mayim Bialik">Mayim Bialik</a>, neuroscience, actress, game show host and author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bunche" title="Ralph Bunche">Ralph Bunche</a>, political science, diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Union" title="Gabrielle Union">Gabrielle Union</a>, sociology, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kal_Penn" title="Kal Penn">Kal Penn</a>, sociology, actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_faculty">Notable faculty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable faculty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Utpal_Banerjee" title="Utpal Banerjee">Utpal Banerjee</a>, department chair and professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology; professor of biological chemistry, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Diamond" title="Jared Diamond">Jared Diamond</a>, professor of geography, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science" title="National Medal of Science">National Medal of Science</a> recipient and <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program" title="MacArthur Fellows Program">MacArthur Fellowship</a> (1985)</li> <li>Alessandro Duranti, professor of anthropology, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saul_Friedl%C3%A4nder" title="Saul Friedländer">Saul Friedländer</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program" title="MacArthur Fellows Program">MacArthur Fellowship</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Ghez" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrea Ghez">Andrea Ghez</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program" title="MacArthur Fellows Program">MacArthur Fellowship</a><sup id="cite_ref-UCLA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UCLA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Genius Grant winner, 2008), professor of physics and astronomy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Hinderaker" title="Ivan Hinderaker">Ivan Hinderaker</a>, professor of political science and department chair, 2nd chancellor of UC Riverside</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Liggett" title="Thomas M. Liggett">Thomas M. Liggett</a>, professor of mathematics, National Academy of Sciences</li> <li>Thom Mayne, professor of architecture, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_McHenry" title="Dean McHenry">Dean McHenry</a>, professor of political science, 1st chancellor of UC Santa Cruz</li> <li>Calvin Normore, professor of philosophy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_L._Orbach" title="Raymond L. Orbach">Raymond L. Orbach</a>, professor of physics, provost of UCLA College, 6th chancellor of UC Riverside</li> <li>Theodore Porter, professor of history and department vice chair for undergraduate affairs, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li>Charles Ray, professor of sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li>Debora Silverman, professor of history and art history, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Tao" title="Terence Tao">Terence Tao</a>, Fields Medal–winning mathematician, National Academy of Sciences,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program" title="MacArthur Fellows Program">MacArthur Fellowship</a><sup id="cite_ref-UCLA_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UCLA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Terasaki" title="Paul Terasaki">Paul Terasaki</a>, organ transplant medicine and tissue typing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Samuel_Watkins" title="Gordon Samuel Watkins">Gordon Samuel Watkins</a>, professor of economics, dean of UCLA College, founding provost of UC Riverside</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Young" title="Charles E. Young">Charles E. Young</a>, professor of political science, 4th chancellor of UCLA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Maynard" title="Heather Maynard">Heather Maynard</a>, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, 2023 inductee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harryette_Mullen" title="Harryette Mullen">Harryette Mullen</a>, professor of English, 2023 inductee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li>Daniel Treisman, professor of political science, 2023 inductee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Garc%C3%ADa-Garibay" title="Miguel García-Garibay">Miguel García-Garibay</a>, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, dean of the division of physical sciences, senior dean of the UCLA College, 2023 inductee to the National Academy of Sciences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_Zhou" title="Min Zhou">Min Zhou</a>, professor of sociology and Asian American studies, 2023 inductee to the National Academy of Sciences</li> <li>Michael Berry, professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies, 2023 Guggenheim Fellow</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prineha_Narang" title="Prineha Narang">Prineha Narang</a>, professor of physics, 2023 Guggenheim Fellow</li> <li>Alex Purves, professor of classics, 2023 Guggenheim Fellow</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rothberg" title="Michael Rothberg">Michael Rothberg</a>, professor of English and comparative literature, 2023 Guggenheim Fellow</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commencement_ceremonies">Commencement ceremonies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UCLA_College_of_Letters_and_Science&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commencement ceremonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main graduation commencement ceremony for the College of Letters and Science is held annually on a Friday night in June in <a href="/wiki/Pauley_Pavilion" title="Pauley Pavilion">Pauley Pavilion</a>. For two years in a row, the scheduled commencement keynote speaker had canceled the engagement. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> canceled in 2008 for not wanting to cross a picket line. Actor and alumnus <a href="/wiki/James_Franco" title="James Franco">James Franco</a> canceled in 2009 because of his filming scheduling conflicts. Rock band <a href="/wiki/Linkin_Park" title="Linkin Park">Linkin Park</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Brad_Delson" title="Brad Delson">Brad Delson</a> accepted the last minute invitation to speak at the 2009 commencement ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mayim_Bialik" title="Mayim Bialik">Mayim Bialik</a> cancelled in 2016 for not wanting to cross a picket line.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In various years, UCLA has received criticism from students for the relative obscurity of commencement speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>2005 – <a href="/wiki/Sesame_Workshop" title="Sesame Workshop">Sesame Workshop</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Gary_Knell" title="Gary Knell">Gary Knell</a></li> <li>2006 – <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Los_Angeles" title="Mayor of Los Angeles">Mayor of Los Angeles</a> <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Villaraigosa" title="Antonio Villaraigosa">Antonio Villaraigosa</a></li> <li>2007 – Former professional basketball player <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li>2008 – UCLA chancellor <a href="/wiki/Gene_Block" title="Gene Block">Gene Block</a></li> <li>2009 – <a href="/wiki/Linkin_Park" title="Linkin Park">Linkin Park</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Brad_Delson" title="Brad Delson">Brad Delson</a></li> <li>June 11, 2010 – Columnist <a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Arellano" title="Gustavo Arellano">Gustavo Arellano</a> of '¡Ask a Mexican!'</li> <li>2011 – Former <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a> director <a href="/wiki/Aaron_S._Williams" title="Aaron S. Williams">Aaron S. Williams</a></li> <li>June 15, 2012 – <a href="/wiki/Kiva" title="Kiva">Kiva</a> and ProFounder co-founder <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Jackley" title="Jessica Jackley">Jessica Jackley</a></li> <li>June 14, 2013 – Basketball Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers"> Ann Meyers Drysdale</a></li> <li>June 13, 2014 – Nobel laureate <a href="/wiki/Randy_Schekman" title="Randy Schekman">Randy Schekman</a></li> <li>June 12, 2015 – <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures" title="Intellectual Ventures">Intellectual Ventures</a> co-founder <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Myhrvold" title="Nathan Myhrvold">Nathan Myhrvold</a></li> <li>June 10, 2016 – <a href="/wiki/BlackRock" title="BlackRock">BlackRock</a> Chairman and CEO <a href="/wiki/Larry_Fink" title="Larry Fink">Laurence Fink</a></li> <li>June 16, 2017 – Former UCLA basketball player and first African American woman <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department" title="Los Angeles Police Department">LAPD</a> area captain <a href="/wiki/Anita_Ortega" title="Anita Ortega">Anita Ortega</a></li> <li>June 15, 2018 –</li> <li>June 14, 2019 – Former NASA astronaut <a href="/wiki/Anna_Lee_Fisher" title="Anna Lee Fisher"> Dr. Anna Lee Fisher</a></li> <li>June 12, 2020 – Actor and activist <a href="/wiki/George_Takei" title="George Takei">George Takei</a></li> <li>June 11, 2021 – Civic leader and social justice advocate D'Artagnan Scorza</li> <li>June 10, 2022 – <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_women%27s_gymnastics" title="UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics">Gymnast</a> and activist <a href="/wiki/Katelyn_Ohashi" title="Katelyn Ohashi">Katelyn Ohashi</a></li> <li>June 16, 2023 – Actor, comedian and writer <a href="/wiki/Randall_Park" title="Randall Park">Randall Park</a></li> <li>June 14, 2024 – Actor and activist <a href="/wiki/Sean_Astin" title="Sean Astin">Sean Astin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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