Malcolm F. Heslip; Writer, UCLA Professor

Malcolm F. Heslip, 96, professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Management who was also an accomplished writer. As an enlisted member of the Navy during World War I, Heslip played the piccolo in John Philip Sousa’s Navy Band. Sixty-five years later, Heslip recalled the experience in a monograph, “Nostalgic Happenings in the Three Bands of John Philip Sousa.”

In 1991, Heslip published his personal memoirs in “My Life and Times Under 16 Presidents.” Heslip grew up in Illinois and studied at the University of Illinois. He taught briefly at USC, where he earned his doctorate. In addition to music and writing, his avocations included numismatics, and he created several coin collections. On Tuesday in Laguna Hills.