His support shaped world-class programs throughout California including at USC, notes the director of USC’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research.
His esteemed career in electronics and weapons research and development included serving as undersecretary of defense research and engineering in the Department of Defense.
A popular professor and accomplished entrepreneurship scholar, she spent 18 years at USC’s business school.
Findlay, a medalist in rowing and sailing, is regarded as USC’s greatest rower.
His son Rob was the Trojans’ starting quarterback in 1977 and also was a three-year baseball starter; son Rick was USC’s designated hitter in 1977.
An emeritus professor of geography, Roseman also pioneered the USC Dornsife Geography Department’s highly entertaining “Downtown L.A. Walking Tour.”
Along with her work at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Liebig spent two years as a senior economics policy analyst for the AARP Public Policy Institute.
Ell dedicated 37 years to USC, where she held the Ernst P. Larson Professorship of Health, Ethnicity and Poverty.
The USC alumnus served the country he loved as a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces’ first all-Black fighter squadron.
A founding member of the Trojan Baseball Alumni Association, he helped lead USC to the College World Series in 1955.
The practicing architect, who taught at USC for more than three decades, is noted for several houses she developed, designed, built and even lived in as co-founder of Cigolle X Coleman Architects.
The professor of physics, astronomy and electrical engineering at USC was an innovator as well as a beloved mentor.
The Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Famer played on three USC men’s tennis teams that finished in the national Top 4 and then was among the Top 10 players in the U.S.
He was a seven-game starter at right tackle on the 1988 squad that won its first 10 games and rose to a No. 2 national ranking.
Along with founding Paramount Digital Entertainment and creating beloved TV shows, Lindheim — who passed away on Jan. 18 — helped unite academia and technology to advance military training.
“Jaguar Jon” excelled as both a running back and punt and kickoff returner.
As a senior, he was named the team’s Most Inspirational Player. He also played a season each on USC’s football and baseball teams.
He was just the second Trojan kicker to make a game-winning field goal in the final minute.
The three-time letterman went on to the NBA, where he was named an all-star five times.
Perkins, who received both his master’s and his PhD from USC, also worked as a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
The two-time NCAA champion in singles and doubles led the USC men’s tennis team to the 1958 NCAA title and then won three Grand Slam titles.
He helped USC win NCAA and conference men’s tennis team titles in 1962, 1963 and 1964, and also captured the NCAA singles and doubles crowns in 1963 and 1964.
The lineman — father of USC quarterback Todd Marinovich — played with the Raiders and then became and a noted strength and conditioning coach.
The USC alumna was a longtime patron of the arts within the university and across Los Angeles.