In Memoriam: UCLA Film and Television Archive’s Charles Hopkins
Charles Hopkins, the longest-serving employee at UCLA Film and Television Archive, died on July 27 at 69 from a number of health complications. He started at the archive as a student volunteer in 1971.
"Over his long career there was not a single job at the Archive Charles did not do at one point or another," said archive Director Jan-Christopher Horak in a tribute to Hopkins. "In the early years especially, Charles played a major role in virtually every Archive project. "
Complimentary lunch tickets to the ninth annual UCLA All-Staff Picnic, jointly sponsored by the UCLA Staff Assembly and the Chancellor's Office, are now available. This year, the picnic will be held in Dickson Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29.
Above all, he was a lover of cinema. "We spent many hours in the office discussing either the newest films out on the town, Charles usually being up to date on such matters, or classic Hollywood films, where he was also extremely knowledgeable, always pointing me to sources that I was not aware of," Horak said.
As the decades moved on, Hokins became less involved in programming, but kept his hand in with the ongoing series, "Archive Treasures," which launched in October of 1990. With "Archive Treasures," he researched and curated individual screenings that recreated the classic "night at the movies" experience that audiences enjoyed during the heyday of the Hollywood era: newsreel, cartoon, short subject and feature film.
Beginning in October, the archive will reprise "Archive Treasures" screenings, exactly as Hopkins originally curated them. His film motes will also be used. "I'm hopeful that by the end of this program, those who didn't have the opportunity to know Charles personally will feel that they now know not only quite a bit about his contributions to film culture, but perhaps also a bit about the man behind the films," Horak said.
To read his entire obituary, go here.
2013 All-Staff Picnic
Complimentary lunch tickets to the ninth annual UCLA All-Staff Picnic, jointly sponsored by the UCLA Staff Assembly and the Chancellor's Office, are now available. This year, the picnic will be held in Dickson Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29.
The tickets will be available until August 20 and can be picked up at the following locations:
• Central Ticket Office, James West Alumni Center
• Covel Commons, Front Desk
• Registrar's Office, 1113 Murphy Hall
• Reception Area, North Campus Student Center
• BruinCard Center, 123 Kerckhoff Hall
• Campus Human Resources, Suite 200, Wilshire Center Building
• Café Med, Medical Center
• Dining Commons, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center, Human Resources
Tickets will be distributed from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. To obtain a ticket, you must present your own BruinCard at one of the distribution locations. Due to the anticipated number of staff attending the event, you may only pick up your own lunch with your picnic ticket.
Supervisors are encouraged to grant employees sufficient release time in addition to their normal lunch period to attend the picnic, provided that the absence would not infringe upon the performance of required job duties.
