Brian Douglas Duffield, BHS 1980Brian Douglas Duffield, an avid musician, runner, hiker and bicyclist who worked in UCLA’s Graduate Division, died on Dec. 28, 2010 from plasma cell leukemia. He was 48.
Duffield joined the Graduate Division in 2006, where he worked in the Office of the Vice Chancellor and Dean. In 2008, he joined the division's Office of Admissions/Student & Academic Affairs. Among his contributions, he played a role in implementing a new online application for graduate admissions and assisted with a comprehensive departmental program review process in conjunction with the Graduate Council and Academic Senate. Previous to joining UCLA, he worked in the music industry and for Fox Sports. He was pursuing an M.B.A. from Cal State Northridge at the time of his death.
A Los Angeles native, Duffield possessed a lifelong passion for music. He earned a B.A. in music industry studies from Cal State Northridge and studied at the Music Institute in Hollywood. A drummer, he played with several local bands. He also helped UCLA’s Friends of Jazz stage “A Great Day in L.A.” a 2008 gathering of more than 250 jazz artists, vocalists, composers and arrangers on the 50th anniversary of Art Kane's legendary photograph, “A Great Day in Harlem 1958.”
He also enjoyed sports and the outdoors as a hiker, bicyclist and runner, completing two Los Angeles Marathons, in 2006 and 2008. Duffield is survived by his wife, Rebecca, and two sons, Ian and Noah.
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