Bobby T. Rimas’ term as co-chair of the UCLA Lamba Alumni Association begins in January. (photo courtesy of Bobby T. Rimas)

California State University, Los Angeles associate professor Bobby T. Rimas, of Beverly Grove, was elected on Nov. 18 to serve as co-chair of the UCLA Lamba Alumni Association. The University of California, Los Angeles Lambda Alumni Association Board of Directors elected Rimas, who will start his term in January.

UCLA Lambda Alumni Association is one of the oldest and most well-established LGBTQ+ alumni organizations in the United States. The association offers social and professional networking where UCLA LGBTQ+ alumni and community members meet and support one another socially and professionally. UCLA Lambda Alumni also supports students by raising scholarship funds, and conducts external community outreach, which includes LGBTQ + activism beyond the UCLA campus. Established in 1989 by Doug Walters and Corinne Lightweaver, the UCLA Lambda Alumni Association has a long history of LGBTQ+ activism and is home to the first LGBTQ+ college publication.

“I am very humbled and honored to be elected to help lead the UCLA Lambda Alumni Association and hope that my service to the university, its alumni and students will make UCLA and my family proud,” said Rimas, who has served on the UCLA Lambda Alumni Association Board of Directors since August 2018.

Rimas is also a paralegal at the Larson LLP law firm and serves on the Palm Springs Human Rights Commission. He is past chair and president of the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association and past president of the Los Angeles Paralegal Association. For information, visit alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-networks/lambda-alumni.