CLASS NOTES
1950s to 1960s Joe Ingber ’60 was featured in a Los Angeles Times article on June 27, 2012 about the special way he pays tribute to his late wife, Eileen. On her birthdays and on the anniversary of the day she died of cancer in 2002, he places an ad to her in the newspaper. Ken Ziffren ’65, of Ziffren Brittenham LLP, was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s 2012 “Power Lawyers” list, which highlights the 100 most influential entertainment attorneys in America. He was included in the “corporate dealmakers” category.
KEN ZIFFREN
Lon Sobel ’69 recently retired from Southwestern Law School, where he was a professor and the director of its summerabroad program in London. He hasn’t completely retired, though. During the spring 2013 semester, he will be a visiting professor at UCLA School of Law, where he will teach a course on the taxation of entertainers, athletes and artists. And, during the summer of 2013, he will be teaching International Entertainment Law in London, in a University of San Diego Law School study-abroad program. At long last, he has followed through with an interest he developed during his senior year at Berkeley in 1966: he learned how to fly an airplane and got his private pilot’s certificate. He and his wife Carol live in Santa Monica and have two daughters, two granddaughters and a grandson—all of whom he hopes to take flying, though not all at once, because the plane that he flies seats only four.
1970s to 1980s Skip Brittenham ’70, of Ziffren Brittenham LLP, was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s 2012 “Power Lawyers” list, which highlights the 100 most influential entertainment attorneys in America. He was included in the “talent dealmakers” category.
Nelson Rising ’67, chairman of Rising Realty Partners, has been appointed chair of the designated local authority for the former redevelopment agency in Los Angeles. He also became the chair of the UCLA School of Law Board of Advisors. SKIP BRITTENHAM
NELSON RISING
Keenan Behrle ’69 Keenan Behrle ’69, executive vice president of Westminster Capital Inc., a private investment firm, was honored with the UCLA Award in University Service at ceremonies held on campus on May 4, 2012. As part of a tradition that began in 1946, the UCLA Awards are bestowed by the UCLA Alumni Association and pay tribute to alumni who manifest outstanding achievement in their professional fields and have demonstrated a commitment to excellence through their contributions to society. Behrle practiced law with the Pacht, Ross firm in Los Angeles prior to joining Westminster, and he has held many leadership positions at UCLA. He served as president and chair of the UCLA Foundation and currently is a member of the board of directors, and he also served as chair of the UCLA Annual Fund. In addition, he was vice president of governmental affairs for the UCLA Alumni Association Board of Directors in the 1980s and sat on the alumni board again more recently. He was on the board of visitors of the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, was a member of the UCLA School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors and became a member of the UCLA School of Public Affairs Dean’s Policy Circle.
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