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Obituary News

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  A Life in Service

  March 1, 2006

  Ambassador Claude Gordon “Tony” Ross, 88 By Wayne Lewis March 2006 Ambassador Claude Gordon “Tony” Ross (B.S., International Relations, ’39), 88, died Jan. 18 in Washington, D.C.   The… more>

  tags: alumni, ambassador, obituary

• USC News USC Expert in Asian Languages Dies

  August 1, 2005

  Classical violinist and professor emeritus Laurence Thompson, who made a commitment to the study of Chinese religion, was the first director of the USC East Asian Studies Center. Laurence “Larry” G. Thompson, a… more>

  tags: asian languages, obituary, professor

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  Acclaimed Earthquake Scientist Dies

  May 5, 2005

  The work of USC Professor Emeritus Keiiti Aki, 75, led to better understanding of quakes, seismic risks and the Earth itself. By Eva Emerson USC College Professor Emeritus Keiiti Aki, a geophysicist known for his… more>

  categories: research

  tags: geophysics, obituary, professor, seismology

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  Passings

  February 1, 2005

  February 2005 Psychologist Ward Edwards, a former faculty member in USC College’s department of psychology and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Daniel J. Epstein department of industrial and systems… more>

  tags: engineering, obituary, professor, psychology

• USC College Physics Professor Dies

  January 1, 2005

  John Nodvik was a “Stalwart” of the Physics Department’s Graduate Program By Kaitlin Solimine January 2005 Physicist John Nodvik, longtime member of the faculty of the USC College of Letters, Arts &… more>

  categories: graduate

  tags: obituary, physics, professor

• In Memory of Eugene Gerlitz, 60

  October 1, 2004

  Longtime USC College staff member helped develop Thematic Option Program By Kaitlin Solimine October 2004 Eugene F. Gerlitz, Jr., a long-time USC College staff member who was also associate dean of business affairs of the… more>

  tags: obituary, staff, thematic option

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  College Chicano Studies and Psychohistory Pioneer Dies

  September 1, 2004

  Campus Memorial Service for Professor Mauricio Mazón To Be Held Sept. 27 By Eva Emerson September 2004 Historian Mauricio Mazón, longtime member of the faculty of the USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences… more>

  tags: history, latino, obituary, professor