“Sherill Luke, 20-year-old Negro, will be president of the UCLA student body for 1949-50. He was elected Friday when a record turnout of 5100 voters gave him a 400-vote majority….Luke is…president of his social fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi…is the head cheerleader and is a political science major in preparation for law school…Dorothy Wright…was elected vice president…and Bob Gaudino National Student Association co-coordinator.”

–The Los Angeles Times, May 15, 1949