USC Dornsife News

Founding director of the USC Space Sciences Center, Darrell Judge, professor emeritus of physics, astronomy and astronautical engineering, taught at USC Dornsife for nearly a half century.

Beloved and respected by students for his enthusiasm and encyclopedic knowledge of flora and fauna, the intrepid professor’s career at USC Dornsife spanned more than half a century.

The professor emeritus of political science started USC’s first course on black politics and produced landmark scholarship on the two most prominent African American male politicians during the 1980s — Jesse Jackson and Harold Washington.

An American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow, the USC Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics was former director of philosophy and chair of linguistics at USC Dornsife.

The Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences was a true Renaissance man. Equally passionate about science and the humanities, he strove to ensure students received a well-rounded education.

The distinguished professor emeritus, who earned the Order of the Rising Sun from the emperor of Japan, was considered the “godfather” of Japanese studies.

The emeritus associate professor of German at USC Dornsife chaired the German department in addition to founding and directing the USC-Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies.

The professor emeritus of mathematics led interdisciplinary efforts at USC Dornsife combining mathematics, computer science, neuroscience and biomedical engineering.

The USC Dornsife alumnus was dean of the USC Marshall School of Business for a decade, then became a forward-looking banker.