The former quarterback scored a touchdown and threw another to help USC beat Tennessee 14-0 in the 1940 Rose Bowl, the only points scored on the Volunteers all season.
The three-year letterman adopted a stray dog named “Turd” who became an unofficial mascot for the dominant 1972 Trojan squad.
The successful businessman earned his MBA from USC and led a global conglomerate that spanned many industries.
The USC professor was a prominent civil rights lawyer who protested segregated interstate bus terminals by participating in the 1961 Freedom Rides.
The second baseman played for six years with the Yankees organization, then returned to L.A.’s Dorsey High to coach baseball and football.
The popular professor of molecular and computational biology taught Trojans for more than 50 years.
The USC professor and author produced groundbreaking scholarship on Roman rhetoric, literature and philosophy.
The Trojans’ 1991 captain was a member of USC’s 1989 and 1990 Rose Bowl squads, and was also a javelin thrower on the university track and field team.
One of the true characters in the world of football, he also spent two decades as an actor and stuntman, primarily in tough-guy and villain roles.
The USC expert in sleep and anxiety disorders contributed to the field of pharmacy for more than 35 years.
The business leader and philanthropist earned his accounting degree from USC in 1949 and gave generously to his alma mater through the years.
He pitched on USC’s 1963 national championship baseball team and was a three-year basketball letterman.
The two-way halfback played on two Rose Bowl teams and had three interceptions in one of the NFL’s greatest championship games.
The longtime college and NBA coach refined and popularized the famed “Triangle Offense” with the Lakers and Chicago Bulls.
The left-handed signal caller led Troy to a 1949 win over UCLA as a fourth-string sophomore.
The Trojan standout went on to play professional football before a successful career in the private sector and as a national broadcaster.
The professor emeritus was a longtime CBS News correspondent and Associated Press reporter before coming to USC.
A three-time winner of USC’s Best Defensive Player award, he set school records for assists in a game, season and career.
He was an institutional presence in the athletic program, who worked with six national championship football teams and 10 College World Series-winning squads.
The charismatic professor of religion who was instrumental in bringing Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at USC was fondly nicknamed “J. Wesley God” by generations of students who clamored to take his popular “Human Values” course.
As a sophomore, the three-year letterman was the team’s leading scorer in 1973.
The business magnate and his wife have been longtime benefactors of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The former chair of the Political Science Department never lost his personal touch as a popular mentor and leader.
The USC offensive tackle was an Academic All-American and team co-captain in 1965.