Knudsen

Caption to the photo reads, "Tennis player Elizabeth 'Bunny' Ryan speaks to Professor Vern Knudsen as he leans in to listen, at the Celebrities Dinner at the Miramar Hotel, sponsored by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce." Oct. 28, 1935.

Source: https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002hb0g1.

Vern Oliver Knudsen (1893-1974) was a professor in the Department of Physics at UCLA before serving as the first dean of the Graduate Division (1934-58), Vice Chancellor (1956), Chancellor (1959).

So if you were wondering who Knudsen Hall is named after, now you know.

Source: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt109nc33w/.

Knudsen Hall