Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Obituary http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/79/obituary/ The associate professor emeritus of history’s publications included a recent book examining how federal and local governments instituted laws to help Kansas residents who lost everything during a grasshopper epidemic.]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:59:00 -0500 The chemist and USC Distinguished Professor Emeritus was among the first at USC elected to the National Academy of Sciences.]]> Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:59:00 -0500 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:04:00 -0500 The Democratic pollster and lecturer in USC Dornsife was an expert on the increasing influence of Latino voters.]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:26:00 -0500 The professor emeritus and former director of the USC School of International Relations in USC Dornsife was a World War II veteran who became a founding father in the field of foreign policy analysis.]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:34:00 -0500 John Randolph “Jack” Hubbard, U.S. ambassador to India from 1988 to 1989 and the eighth president of USC, died Aug. 21 at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., following an extended illness. He was 92. “All of us...]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:58:00 -0500 The psychologist was the first female dean of the Division of Social Sciences and Communication in USC Dornsife and a strong advocate for gender equality.]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:08:00 -0500 The physicist served as dean of USC Dornsife and was science adviser to former President George W. Bush.]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:50:00 -0500 The retired professor of international relations taught in USC Dornsife for 37 years and served as director of the USC graduate programs in London and West Germany.]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:37:00 -0500 Emeritus professor contributed significantly to the field of philosophy.]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:14:00 -0500 Kam Kuwata, a political science alumnus, was one of California's leading Democratic political strategists.]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:00:00 -0500 Harold von Hofe, professor emeritus of German and former director of the Feuchtwanger Institute for Exile Studies at USC, died Feb. 3 at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 98. The son of German musicians who immigrated to the...]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:02:00 -0500 A renowned English professor whose USC College career spanned three decades, Winterowd published widely in the field of rhetoric and founded the College’s doctoral program in rhetoric, linguistics and literature.]]> Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:26:00 -0500 Respected historian and longtime faculty member of USC College’s Department of History, Nunis chronicled local history as editor of Southern California Quarterly, the journal of the Historical Society of Southern California.]]> Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:54:00 -0500 A linguistics professor in USC College, Vergnaud made major contributions to syntax and phonology. “His work was inspired by a penetrating vision of what the study of language should strive to become,” said Noam Chomsky, Vergnaud's adviser at MIT.]]> Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:39:00 -0500 The experimental psychologist's seminal research on the psychobiology of active and inactive memory published in the Psychological Bulletin in 1979 was among dozens of his oft-cited published papers.]]> Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:30:00 -0500 Joseph R. Cerrell graduated from USC College in 1957 and became a major player in California and the nation’s most historic presidential elections.]]> Sat, 4 Dec 2010 17:25:00 -0500 Professor Emeritus Thomas Ely Lasswell, Sr., a national leader in the sociology of family, 30-year USC College scholar and former chair of the Department of Sociology, has died. He was 90. Lasswell died due to complications from...]]> Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:29:00 -0500 The professor emeritus of English wrote books on subjects from Henry Miller to King Kong and was beloved by his students.]]> Tue, 18 May 2010 15:16:00 -0500 The professor emeritus served at every level of academic administration at USC, including provost and dean.]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:19:00 -0500 The British-born University Professor Emeritus was chosen for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government’s highest honor for humanities achievement.]]> Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:27:00 -0500 The USC alumnus and emeritus professor of kinesiology, a pioneer in studying the effects of exercise on aging, worked out until his hospitalization in March.]]> Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:51:00 -0500 The philosophy professor and lead authority on writer Franz Kafka had been with USC College for 34 years.]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:57:00 -0500 The professor emeritus of religion and social ethicist advocated for racial and economic justice.]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:27:00 -0500 The Distinguished Professor Emeritus in USC College was a WWII veteran and scholar of world peace.]]> Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:39:00 -0500