Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Obituary http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/79/obituary/ Hailed as an icon of Christian scholarship, the professor emeritus of philosophy was a best-selling author and beloved teacher whose work at USC Dornsife spanned nearly a half century.]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 17:10:00 -0500 The former professor of international relations in USC Dornsife is remembered as a Cold War expert with a warm heart.]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:40:00 -0500 The acclaimed professor emeritus of comparative literature and former chair taught at USC Dornsife for 34 years. A larger-than-life Renaissance figure, his impressive breadth of interests and expertise in Sephardic and Hebrew literature often astonished even his colleagues.]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:30:00 -0500 The alumna and USC Honorary Trustee helped to create the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, based in USC Dornsife. In 2008, Warschaw pledged $3 million to endow the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics in USC Dornsife.]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:10:00 -0500 The retired psychology professor taught in USC Dornsife for 30 years. In addition to his research, he was widely known for his dedication to the individual development of his students.]]> Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:25:00 -0500 The oldest living USC Dornsife alumnus donated hundreds of letters he wrote describing his missionary work in Korea to the USC Digital Library.]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:20:00 -0500 The USC Dornsife Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science was a promoter of peace through his transformative work in international law of outer space.]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:48:00 -0500 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