Barbara Louise Bauman, 53, administrative analyst in the UCLA Medical Center's Oncology Center, died of natural causes on Jan. 21. A UCLA employee for more than 32 years, Bauman coordinated many aspects of patient care at the Oncology Center. She was awarded the medical center's Exceptional Humanism Award and Golden Bruin Award in 1993 and the Beautiful People Award in 1986. In accordance with her wishes, her remains have been donated to science and medical education. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Braille Institute of America, (800) 272-4553, or to Cancer Research at UCLA, (310) 206-0675.

Elliott E. Blinderman, 70, a Beverly Hills neurosurgeon who served on the UCLA Medical School Admissions Committee and as a clinical associate professor in the Division of Neurosurgery, died Jan. 22 in a traffic collision in Naples, Fla., while on vacation. He began a 40-year affiliation with UCLA as an assistant resident in 1962 and was respected by patients and colleagues as a meticulous and very skilled surgeon. After completing his neurosurgical residency at UCLA, he entered private practice in the Beverly Hills area and later practiced at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He also began a series of teaching and other roles with the UCLA School of Medicine that continued for the remainder of his career. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the National Museum of Wildlife Art, P.O. Box 6825, Jackson Hole, WY 83002, or to the Elliott E. Blinderman Memorial Fund at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8701 W. Third St., No. 190, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Virginia (Patty) Carew, 87, a longtime employee in the former UCLA Public Information Office, died on Jan. 19. She began her UCLA career in 1959 with the Committee on Fine Arts Productions and later joined the staff of the UCLA Public Information Office, serving as editor of the UCLA Weekly Calendar, the staff and faculty newsletter. The newsletter was printed entirely in blue ink, which later came to be known as "Patty Carew blue." Through her role as overseer of protocol for Public Ceremonies, she organized all of the graduation ceremonies and other special campus events, including the visits of dignitaries such as the Shah of Iran and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez-Mateo.

George W. Dickerson, 88, who played and coached football at UCLA, died at his home Jan. 22 of natural causes. Dickerson attended Fairfax High School before earning three football letters as a tackle at UCLA. He was captain of the 1936 Bruin football team and also was a boxer and four-year letterman in rugby. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Dickerson was an assistant football coach at UCLA from 1946 to 1957. Following the death of Henry "Red" Sanders, Dickerson was head coach for the first three games of 1958. After his coaching career, Dickerson worked for a construction company in Alhambra, Calif., and retired as a senior vice president at the age of 71. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987.

Mary A. Holmes, 91, a painter and instructor in art history at UCLA and later at UC Santa Cruz, where she was on the founding faculty, died Jan. 21 after a brief illness. Holmes earned a philosophy degree from the all-women's Hollins College in Virginia and a master's in art from the University of Iowa, then studied at the University of Berlin, the Academie Collorossi in Paris, Johns Hopkins University and the Art Students League in New York. After a brief marriage that produced her only son, Holmes settled into teaching at UCLA and in 1953 hosted an innovative educational television program called "Art 5A," based on her university lectures. She also moved into a concrete block "castle" a mile beyond paved streets overlooking Agoura, lined the walls with her canvases and populated the eight-acre grounds with peafowl, Plymouth Rock chickens, two dogs, two horses and, she claimed, "49 million cats, all wild." Holmes taught at UCLA for more than a decade before going to Santa Cruz in 1965 to teach there until 1977. In Santa Cruz, Holmes helped colleagues form Penny University, which met at local coffeehouses and was modeled loosely on 18th-century English gatherings where people would pay a penny for a cup of coffee and spend the day reading newspapers and conversing. She attended faithfully for more than 20 years.

George G. Laties, 82, professor emeritus of biology, died on Jan. 28. He earned his Ph.D. in plant physiology in 1947 at UC Berkeley, an experience that was interrupted by a stint in the U.S. Navy as a radar technician aboard a mine sweeper in the China Sea. Upon finishing at Berkeley, he spent the next 12 years as a fellow and senior fellow in biology at Caltech, interspersed with a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship at the University of Sheffield and Cambridge University in England. In 1959, he became associate professor of plant physiology at UCLA and later professor in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, where he served until retirement. He was an active environmentalist supporting the Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife and the World Wildlife Fund.

Thomas Lebherz, 79, a pioneer in the surgical treatment for urinary stress incontinence and a UCLA professor of obstetrics and gynecology, died Jan. 17 at the UCLA Medical Center from complications due to cancer. He joined UCLA's obstetrics and gynecology department in 1970 and later served as director of the obstetrics and gynecology clinics, chief of the gynecology division and professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. During his career, Lebherz delivered more than 10,000 babies. A Los Angeles-area newspaper wrote an article about him that mentioned that he had once delivered 24 babies in one 24-hour period. After reading the article, Groucho Marx invited Lebherz to be a guest on "You Bet Your Life" in 1954. Donations in memory of Lebherz may be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd, 505 N. Bedford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Gale Winting, 53, former associate dean of the UCLA School of Public Health, died on Jan. 26 of a heart attack. Winting was a UCLA graduate, having earned a degree in psychology in 1971. He eventually earned a master's degree in divinity at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, but decided a career in ministry wasn't for him. Instead, he moved on to Cal State University, Los Angeles, and earned a master's in psychology. He served as a marriage and family counselor for the Salvation Army and St. Joseph's Hospital and later joined the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, where he became chief of staff and operations. He continued his career as vice president for administration and strategic planning at the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, and most recently joined the faculty at UCLA as associate dean of the School of Public Health. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership at 3515 Linden Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807, or to the Vincent and Christian Winting College Fund, c/o UCLA Credit Union, 1500 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025.