Kathy (Keeler) Seid ’80 can’t pop into a dry cleaner’s, step onto a golf course or set foot in a doctor’s office without sensing untapped potential. “There’s just not any place I go that I don’t see an opportunity,” she says. Seid is enthusiastic about a new product that she and her husband, David, created out of their printing business: the MiniBük. The pocket-sized books are proving popular as a tangible and clever way for businesses and individuals to market themselves.

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On his business card, Brandon Stauber MPP ’95 identifies himself as “Agent White.” Relax. He’s talking about wine. In 2007, the 41-year-old oenophile launched The Wine Spies LLC, with partner Jason Seeber, who goes by “Agent Red.” The company’s ecommerce site (thewinespies.com) sells a different wine each day, offering wine lovers a “confidential wine dossier” on each daily pick. Dossiers include a review, an interview with the winemaker and background information on the vineyard.

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Jim McGregor ’44 was elected to the Sports Hall of Fame at Grant High School in Portland, Ore. He served as a freshman track coach at USC from 1948 to 1950 and coached basketball for 45 years mostly overseas. He lives in Bellevue, Wash.

Harry R. Nelson ME ’51 doesn’t hold the world record for hurdles or shot put. Rather, he holds one for attendance. Guinness World Records this year cited Nelson, who lives in Torrance, Calif., as the only person to have attended 17 Summer Olympic Games. He began this lifelong endeavor as a 10-year-old at the 1932 games in Los Angeles and plans to continue it by going to his 18th Olympics in London next year. His wife, Delores Henson Nelson ’58, ME ’78, will accompany him. Nelson worked at USC from 1954 to 1964 as an adviser in the Dean of Students office and then as assistant director of the Extension Division. He has crossed paths with numerous USC Olympians over the decades, including gold medal-winning hurdler Rex Cawley ’64, pictured right with Nelson at the 1964 Tokyo games. In 2008, Nelson self-published a book about his Olympic experiences, Following the Flame: A 76-Year Olympic Journey.

George Ciampa ’52, a U.S. Army World War II veteran, formed the Torrance, Calif.-based nonprofit Let Freedom Ring to stress the importance of freedom through education. His organization has produced several award-winning documentaries, including The Lesson is Priceless and Memories of France. He spent nearly 40 years in advertising at various newspapers.

Frank Cortez Flores ’55, DDS ’57, MS ’88 of San Dimas, Calif., is a member of the Supercourse faculty at the University of Pittsburgh’s World Health Organization Collaborating Center. The Supercourse provides Internet-based, distance-learning materials for medical, nursing, dental and veterinary students. He is a retired faculty member of Loma Linda University.

Carl Francis Forssell MS ’63 of Oro Valley, Ariz., is the author of The Amazing Adventures of Big Nick in Alaska, which is in demand in 12 countries, including Japan and India. He recently released the ebook version.

John W. House ’64, MD ’67 received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. He has served on the board of directors for the academy for the last seven years. He is a clinical professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, a physician at the House Clinic and president of House Research Institute. He lives in Los Angeles.

Faith Porter ’64, MA ’66 of Los Angeles is a featured artist at the Craft and Folk Art Museum’s current exhibition Golden State of Craft. Her work also was included in the American Museum of Natural History’s exhibition Pearls. She is a 25-year member of the USC Associates and the USC Roski School of Fine Arts’ Board of Councilors.

Dale S. Gribow ’65 has been practicing law in the greater Palm Springs area for 18 years and was selected as one of the top four personal injury lawyers by Palm Springs Life Magazine. He recently started Imprint Media Productions with his wife, Patti. He served as president of the Trojan Club of the Desert for two years.

Hamid Naficy ’68 released A Social History of Iranian Cinema, a comprehensive social history of Iranian film that unfolds across four volumes. He is a professor of radio-television-film and the Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in Communication at Northwestern University.

Larry Fowler ’69 released Lincoln’s Diary, which follows a young woman as she weighs the price of truth against the cost of keeping secrets. He lives in Gig Harbor, Wash.

Richard Boudreau DDS ’71 of Marina del Rey, Calif., is board certified in oral and maxillofacial surgery, forensic medicine and forensic dentistry. He is a practicing attorney licensed in three jurisdictions. He has several academic degrees, including an MBA from Pepperdine University, where he was a 2011 George Award recipient. He received his doctorate degree in bioethics from the University of Oxford’s Christ Church in August.

Dean T. Reuter ’74 of Redondo Beach, Calif., was honored with the 2011 Distinguished Citizen Award by the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce. He serves as senior assistant governor for membership for Rotary District 5280. He also was selected for the Torrance YMCA’s board of governors.

James E. Smith MS ’75, PhD ’79 was appointed president of the Rockville, Md.-based Westat, a research corporation providing services to agencies of the U.S. government, businesses and foundations. He has been a corporate officer at Westat since 1988 and a member of its board of directors since 2006.

Robert Leach ’76 wrote Never Make the Same Mistake Once, a book about legendary USC baseball coach Rod Dedeaux. He lives in Azusa, Calif.

Robert Michael Wilson MPA ’76 of Las Vegas was interviewed for the “True Grit” episode of The Real Story, a show on the Smithsonian Channel that tells the stories behind feature films and iconic characters. He has been researching the Old West for 15 years and has several books and articles to his name.

Janalyn Glymph ’78, MA ’82 was appointed personnel director of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Personnel Commission, where she will head human resources operations and staff for more than 30,000 classified employees. Previously, she worked as an examining assistant and a senior personnel analyst with the commission.

Denys “Dennis” Mueller ’78 of Encinitas, Calif., was selected as 2010 Project Manager of the Year for Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Software Division. He has worked at Hewlett-Packard for 13 years, starting out as a field services consultant. Previously, he worked in the aerospace and information technology industries.

Don Muehlbach MS ’81 received consecutive Wayne E. Meyer awards for Teaching Excellence in Systems Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., where he is a professor of systems engineering.

Andrew Ratner MBA ’81 was appointed executive vice president and senior managing director of CB Richard Ellis in Los Angeles. He spent the past 25 years with Cushman & Wakefield/Cushman Realty Corporation in various senior management positions, most recently as executive managing director in charge of the global consulting group.

Kurt Jose Ayau ’82 wrote The Brick Murder: A Tragedy and Other Stories, a collection of funnily tragic stories that won the Tartt First Fiction Award. He is the co-author of What the Shadow Told Me, the 2003 winner of the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society’s Faulkner/Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for the novel. He is an associate professor of English at Virginia Military Institute.

Roger L. Haley ’83 is city manager of the city of Lynwood, which won the National League of Cities’ 2010 All-America City Award.

Mark R. Henschke PharmD ’83 of Newington, N.H., was selected as one of “America’s Top Physicians” and was listed in the 2011 edition of the “Guide to America’s Top Physicians.” He is a board certified physician in both internal medicine and medical management.

Beth Kase JD ’83 was elected chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Healthcare Law Section. She is head of the Transactional/Healthcare Regulatory Department of Fenton Nelson LLP, a healthcare law firm in West Los Angeles.

Steven Travers ’83 of Marin County, Calif., released The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times, a detailed look at the life of the New York sports icon. He is a former pro baseball player and author of several published books.

Blake Christian MBT ’85, a Long Beach, Calif.-based certified public accountant, received the Public Service Award by the California Society of CPAs. He is a tax partner at Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt LLP. He is the 2011-12 president of the Rotary Club of Long Beach.

Deb (Szijarto) McGuire ’85 released her first book, Hawaii’s Pets: Photos of Our Animal ’Ohana, with author Tim McGuire. A portion of the profits will go to benefiting the Hawaiian Humane Society. She is an animal photographer in Honolulu.

Michael Thorburn MS ’87 was appointed head of the Department of Engineering at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, the largest existing astronomical project that boasts a partnership between Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. He lives in Providencia, Santiago, Chile.

Brian Cherry MBA ’89 was appointed vice president of rates and regulation of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Previously, he served as vice president of regulatory relations. He lives in Orinda, Calif.

John H. Carter MS ’89 received Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.’s Award of Merit during the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial dedication in Washington, D.C. As the initial project manager of the memorial, he coordinated site and design selection and raised more than $15 million. He and his wife, Susan, manage their consulting firm, Carter & Carter LLC.

Matthew D. Heller ’89 of Encino, Calif., was elected chairman of the Parks, Recreation and Education Commission for the city of Calabasas. He has served as a commissioner with the city since 2006.

Alan Sitomer ’89 released Nerd Girls: The Rise of the Dorkasaurus, a novel about three middle-school outcasts. In addition to being an inner-city high school English teacher and former professor in the Graduate School of Education at Loyola Marymount University, he is an award-winning author and California’s 2007 Teacher of the Year.

Wayne H. Bowen ’90 of Cape Girardeau, Mo., released Spain and the American Civil War, a comprehensive look at relations between Spain and the two antagonists of the American Civil War. He is professor and chair of the Department of History at Southeast Missouri State University.

Scott J. Thompson ’90, MFA ’94 was appointed director of the Graduate Screenwriting Program at Boston University. He has been a full-time screenwriting professor at the College of Communication since 2005 and has worked as a screenwriter for production companies in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Montreal and Germany.

Scott Allen MPA/MPL ’92 of Waukesha, Wash., released Success Guide for Real Estate Sales Thriving in Tough Times.

Nick Demopoulos ’92 is a guitarist and the leader of Exegesis, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based jazz trio that released its second album, The Harmony of the Anomaly. He also is featured on Revelation, an album by NEA Jazz Master and drumming jazz legend Chico Hamilton.

Paul M. Walters MPA ’92 was appointed interim city manager for the city of Santa Ana. Previously, he was chief of police and a member of the city’s Executive Management Team since 1988.

Andrew Apfelberg ’93 received The M&A Advisor’s 40 Under 40 Award, which recognizes individuals for their deal-making success nationally and internationally. He is a corporate and finance attorney at Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff in Los Angeles.

David Flaherty MA ’94 received a 2011 Gold Quill Award of Excellence in the issues management and crisis communications category from the International Association of Business Communicators. He is director of internal communications at Molina Healthcare in Long Beach, Calif.

Michelle (Inouye) Schultz ’93 of Burbank, Calif., was promoted to vice president and senior litigation counsel of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Previously, she was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Courtney Liddy ’94 of San Diego was recognized as “America’s Top 100 Women Financial Advisers” in Barron’s magazine. She is senior vice president of investments and senior financial adviser for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. She is involved in numerous community activities, including the U.S. Navy League and the Girl Scouts of America.

David Chapel EdD ’95 was appointed to the Orange County Transportation Authority Citizens Advisory Committee. He lives in Santa Ana, Calif.

Raymond Egan DMA ’96 premiered his self-composed piece Mass for St. Luke’s at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. He directed the performance.

Audra Priluck ’97 of Northridge, Calif., was named vice president of business development at Ipsos OTX MediaCT, a global market research company. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and is part of its Interactive Media Peer Group’s Executive Committee.

Carlos Canedo Jr. ’98, MS ’99 and his wife, Erin Canedo ’98, are world travelers who have taken the USC flag to places like Florence and Siena, Italy; Jungfrau, Switzerland; La Paz, Bolivia; and Machu Picchu, Peru.

Anela Freeman ’01 was appointed community relations director at Pioneer House Senior Retirement Community in downtown Sacramento, where she leads advertising and marketing.

Vanessa Soto Nellis JD ’03 was promoted to shareholder at Lewitt, Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan, a law firm in the San Fernando Valley. She is a family law attorney who joined the firm in 2003.

Arwa Jumkawala ’03 was interviewed on MarthaStewart.com about her custom jewelry eboutique, GemKitty. She is a jewelry designer in Portland, Ore.

James Nussbaumer ’04 of Portland, Ore., joined the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State. His first tour is in Monterrey, Mexico.

Wendy Birhanzel EdD ’07 is principal of Wildflower Elementary, which was named one of only eight schools in Colorado where 100 percent of its third-grade students scored proficient or advanced in reading.

Tom Prieto MBT ’07 wrote “Tax Efficient Asset Allocation,” an article in Practical Tax Strategies. He lives in Valencia, Calif.

Courtney R. Wise MS ’07 was named 2011 Young Professional of the Year by the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce. She is executive director of Take Care Advisor, a geriatric care management company in Sarasota, Fla.

Steve Boman MFA ’09 wrote Film School: The True Story of a Midwestern Family Man Who Went to the World’s Most Famous Film School, Fell Flat on His Face, Had a Stroke, and Sold a Television Series to CBS, a memoir that chronicles his journey at USC. He splits his time between Edina, Minn., and La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.

Dallas Woodburn ’09 won first place in the Ninth Glass Woman Prize for her short story “Woman, Running Late, in a Dress.” She is a master’s student in fiction writing at Purdue University in Indiana, where she teaches undergraduate creative writing classes and is assistant fiction editor of literary journal Sycamore Review.

Norwegian twins Einy Paulsen ’10, MAcc ’11 and Kine Paulsen ’11 of Los Angeles launched Ingri:Dahl, one of the first companies in the world dedicated to designing fashionable 3-D glasses. They have worked in sales, marketing and finance in Europe and the United States.

Sam Salty MBA ’11 was promoted to senior manager in the audit and business advisory services department at Haskell & White LLP, an Irvine, Calif.-based accounting, auditing and tax consulting firm. He has more than 10 years of accounting experience in both the public and private sectors.

Bob Graziano ’80 and Wendy Wachtell MA ’87

Alisande Lisette (Sasha) Bernstein ’96 and Stuart Williams

J. Scott Goldstein PhD ’97 and Polly Primost

Cathy L. Hue ’00 and Julian Shah-Tayler

Ryan N. Lorenzen ’01 and Stacia Parker

Hali (Gewelber) Lieb ’01, MAcc ’04 and Greg Lieb ’02

Amy Deng ’02 and Jay Granzow

Katherine Borras ’06 and Desmond Reed ’07

Gary Baum ’05 and Kieumai Vo ’05

Laura Nastase ’06 and Alexander Najemy

David L. Haserot ’51, a great-grandson, Jax Carleton Grovers. He is the step-great-grandson of Val M. Menendez ’50

Paul Marks JD ’88 and Kerri Speck Marks ’94, a son, D. Severin Charles. He joins sisters Maggie and Esme

John Patrick Nelson MFA ’98 and Alison Star Locke Nelson ’00, a daughter, Bethany Aurora

Matthew Johnson ’99 and Jennifer (Ely) Johnson ’00, a son, Zachary Matthew

Angela Monteilh Weedn ’99 and Isaiah Weedn ’99, JD ’03, a daughter, Parker Sonnee Rose. She is the granddaughter of Sonnee Stallman Weedn ’68, MS ’73 and Robert Weedn ’70

Rosa Martinez-Genzon ’00, JD ’03 and Leonardo Genzon ’00, a son, Nicolas James. He is the nephew of Jessie Martinez ’07

Matt Cobo ’04 and Nicole Cobo, a daughter, Helena Irene. She is the granddaughter of Mike ’78 and Jane Cobo ’78, and the niece of Kim Cobo ’05 and Ryan Steers ’07

Eric Kahnert ’02 and Allison Kahnert, a son, Kaden Eric

Andrew Barton ’05 and Jennifer Barton, a daughter, Braylin Nicole. She is the granddaughter of Carolyn and Rick Barton ’78.

Carol Whitney Crull MSW ’37, of Bellevue, Wash.; July 7, at the age of 95. After graduating magna cum laude from high school, she attended USC where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was part of the first class of Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services (WAVES) to enter Smith College in Massachusetts for office training. She was stationed at the office of the port director in New York City, where she worked in encryption and decoding. She was a member of the Seattle Tennis Club, Ryther Four and Twenty Club, St. Nicholas Guild and the Altar Guild at Epiphany Church in Seattle. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cmdr. Ford Reginald Crull. She is survived by her children Whitney Hines and Ford, son-in-law, Richard Hines, and grandchildren Greer and Blakely.

Vincent C. Porter ’48, of Bakersfield, Calif.; July 26, at the age of 89. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. At Bakersfield High, he excelled in sports and earned a football scholarship to USC, where he played left halfback. He was preceded in death by his brother, Mervyn. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ardelyn, children Mark Porter, Lisa Molina and Jill Bisbee, daughter-in-law, Debbie Porter, sons-in-law Chris Molina and Joe Bisbee, and six grandchildren.

John W. Eder ’49, of La Habra, Calif.; April 27, at the age of 94

Robert Arthur Allison ’51, of Newport Beach, Calif.; May 19, at the age of 81. At USC, he was president of Phi Sigma Kappa and was involved in several service organizations, such as Ball and Chain, Skull and Dagger and the Knights. During his junior year, he met his first wife, Helene Hawkins ’52, while vacationing in Hawaii for the summer. He managed the USC football team during his senior year. During the Korean War, he served on active sea duty as a Naval officer for two years. In 1962, he helped open and manage the San Fernando Valley office for Coldwell Banker, which marked the start of a long career in real estate development. In 1969, he brokered the sale of the undeveloped 630-acre “Warner Ranch” property, then owned by Harry Warner of Warner Brothers, to Aetna Life Insurance Company. He became involved in Los Angeles public affairs and was appointed by Mayor Sam Yorty as a member of the Los Angeles Economic Development Council. In the early 1980s, he moved to Honolulu with his daughter, Susan, his second wife, Kerstin, and their son, David, where he continued to work on real estate development activities both in Hawaii and on the mainland. In 1993, he suffered a brain aneurysm from which recovered, but after which he no longer pursued new projects. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, children Thomas, Stephen, James, Susan Allison Hughes and David, sister Nancy Stefanides, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Richard Dorman ’51 of Santa Fe, Calif.; April 3, at the age of 87. He was drafted during World War II and flew a B-24 plane while serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps. After the war, he attended USC on a GI Bill, graduating with a degree in architecture. He went on to design dozens of buildings in Southern California, Seattle and elsewhere. Among his buildings are the married couples’ housing on the USC campus, a Playboy Club office building in Los Angeles and the Honeywell plant in Albuquerque, N.M. He also won a competition to design a trade fair pavilion for the U.S. Department of Commerce in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was featured in a 1962 Life magazine story titled “The Take Over Generation.” In 1975, he moved to Santa Fe, where he continued to design buildings with partner Larry Breen. It was in Santa Fe that he pursued one of his other passions: railroads. He wrote 13 books on narrow-gauge railroads and spent the better part of 30 years building a miniature railroad model that took up about 750 square feet of space in his home.

Saul Altshuler PhD ’52 of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Oct. 10, at the age of 92. He was a theoretical physicist. He is survived by his wife, Edith.

Jack Breining Behrendt MBA ’54 of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.; June 6, at the age of 85. He is survived by his wife, Janet, daughter Kim Behrendt Hall ’73 and three grandchildren.

Francis C. Hertzog Jr. MD ’54 of Long Beach, Calif.; Feb. 16, of Parkison’s disease, at the age of 85. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, he served in the U.S. Navy for six years, including one year in China. In 1944, he served on the battleship New York as a powderman in the No. 2 turret in the Atlantic. During this period, he was quartered with the future U.S. president Jimmy Carter, his classmate at Annapolis with whom he shared a lasting friendship. In 1954, he graduated from the USC School of Medicine, where he remained to complete his residency in ophthalmic surgery. In 1964, he brought the first ophthalmic laser to Southern California, successfully treating a retinal tear. He was chairman and organizer of the first major International Intraocular Implant Lens Conference in 1974. During his career, he performed several thousand intraocular lens implantations. After 55 years of teaching eye residents at the Doheny Eye Institute, he achieved the title of emeritus clinical professor of ophthalmology. He also was licensed as a commercial pilot and served 47 years as an aviation medical examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration. He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Nancy, children Fritz, Heidi Stokke, Tor, Leif, Erik, Lars and Katerina Bohannon, daughters-in-law Jacqueline, Kellie, Kimberly, Roxanne and Michelle, sons-in-law Michael Stokke and Jeremiah Bohannon, 17 grandchildren and two nephews. He also is survived by his secretary of 39 years, Kris Burnier, and his Dachshund, Schnaps.

Othmar Walter Sailer MBA ’58 of Redmond, Wash.; June 26, at the age of 90. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, he served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. His most memorable tour of duty was Minter Field in California, where he met and married flight nurse Doris Elaine Grab. In 1963, he became president of Waltham Watch Company, headquartered in Connecticut. He later returned to the West Coast to serve as vice president of marketing in aerospace for Seattle-based Eldec Corp., and developed new markets in Asia and Australia. He held numerous positions of leadership for the Boy Scouts, inspiring his son to achieve Eagle rank. He was preceded in death by his wife. He is survived by his children Kathie Sailer Barker and Bob Sailer, son-in-law, Joe Barker, daughter-in-law, Lynne Barger Sailer, and grandson Jonathan.

Cody H. Unger MS ’60 of Brigham City, Utah; July 1, at the age of 91. He was a high school shop teacher and mechanic. He is survived by his wife, LoRae Unger.

Joseph Terrence “Terry” Lanni ’65 of Pasadena, Calif.; July 14, after a two-year battle with cancer, at the age of 68. He served as treasurer of Republic Corp., a New York Stock Exchange-listed conglomerate based in California. After a stint on the Gerald Ford campaign and several years in corporate finance, he got involved in casinos in 1977, after joining Caesars World as chief financial officer. For the next 18 years, he served as president and chief operating officer of Caesars World. In 1995, he joined MGM Grand Inc., as president and CEO, and a member of the board of directors. He oversaw MGM’s mergers with Mirage Resorts and the Mandalay Resort Group. He helped negotiations with the onetime Macau monopoly owner Stanley Ho, which brought MGM into Macau. He also forged a partnership with Dubai World that led to a $5 billion cash infusion in exchange for an ownership stake and half-interest in City Center, a giant Las Vegas gambling, hotel, shopping and condominium complex. In addition, he helped establish MGM’s early partnership with the Clark County School District’s Empowerment School program, as well as spearheaded MGM’s Academic Excellence Scholarship Endowment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the MGM Hites Foundation Scholarship Awards. In 1992, he received the Alumnus of the Year Award from the USC Marshall School of Business. In 2008, he stepped down as chief executive of MGM.

Norman Perry Thompson DMA ’75 of Newark, Del.; May 1, at the age of 82. He is survived by his wife, Jo Helene Thompson.

Kevin McDonough MA ’80 of Richmond, Calif.; June 2, at the age of 63.

Fred Steiner PhD ’81 of Ajijic, Mexico; June 23, at the age of 88. He began playing the piano at 6 and took up the cello at 13, and received a scholarship to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. His early jobs included composing, arranging and conducting music for New York City-based radio shows in the 1940s, and he was appointed musical director for the ABC radio series This Is Your FBI. After moving west in 1947, he found various film and TV work in Hollywood. In 1958, he moved his family to Mexico City after landing a job as director of an independent record company and was commissioned to create a library of music for Mexican television and government-produced documentaries. He returned to Southern California in 1960 and continued his studies at UCLA and at USC, where he received a degree in musicology and where he later taught composition. He contributed music to more than two dozen episodes of the original Star Trek TV series, and also provided music, although uncredited, for Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. One of the composers of the Oscar-nominated score for The Color Purple, he crafted the theme for the Perry Mason TV series as well as music for Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Rawhide, Hogan’s Heroes and other TV series. One of his more widely recognized compositions was the Broadway-style theme for The Bullwinkle Show. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Shirley, daughters Wendy Waldman and Jillian Steiner Sandrock, sister, Kay Gellert, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Nathan John Nouskajian ’01 of Pasadena, Calif.; July 18, at the age of 32. He attended Pasadena Polytechnic High School and was an all-CIF quarterback. He was recruited to USC on a golf scholarship. He is survived by his wife, Emily Vessey Nouskajian, parents, John and Marianne, and sister, Natalie.

John Randolph “Jack” Hubbard, the eighth president of USC and U.S. ambassador to India from 1988 to 1989, died Aug. 21 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 92. A native of Belton, Texas, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served for five years as a naval aviator during World War II. In 1965, Hubbard served as chief education adviser in India for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Two decades later, Hubbard returned to India, this time as U.S. ambassador, and was later awarded for his services with the Alben W. Barkley Medal for Distinguished Service. Hubbard came to USC as vice president and provost in 1969. He served in that capacity for a year before his unanimous election to succeed Norman H. Topping as university president. During his first year in office, USC became a member of the Association of American Universities, and over the course of his decade of leadership, USC rose from 33rd to 19th in National Science Foundation rankings for federally sponsored research. In 1975, Hubbard launched the Toward Century II campaign, a $265 million fundraising effort – USC’s most ambitious at the time – designed to prepare the university for its second century. The campaign generated more than $306 million for university programs and endowment. Hubbard is survived by his daughters Lisa, Melisse and Kristie, six grandchildren, his former wife, Lucy Hubbard Haugh, and his longtime partner, Marcia Adams. See additional biographical information here.

Norman Lewis Corwin, professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and one of the country’s greatest radio dramatists, died Oct. 18 in Los Angeles. He was 101. Corwin was a Bostonian who, at 17, started on a course that led him ultimately into almost all forms of media. After 10 years as a newspaperman, Corwin moved into radio and served as writer-director-producer for CBS with such memorable series as 26 by Corwin and Columbia Presents Corwin. His most famous work was On a Note of Triumph, a celebration of the Allied victory in Europe. He wrote and directed stage plays, television dramas, motion pictures, three cantatas and even the libretto of an award-winning one-act opera that was produced by the Metropolitan Opera. Corwin also wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Lust for Life. He was the author of 12 published books and led two award committees for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1979, Corwin joined USC, where he remained as writer-in-residence until his death. “His insightful, inspiring body of work has been absorbed into the American consciousness,” said USC Annenberg dean Ernest J. Wilson III. “He gave us the benefit of his knowledge, wit and keen observations through many decades, and he was a literary treasure.” In 1993, Corwin was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. Corwin, whose wife died in 1995, is survived by children Diane and Anthony. See additional biographical information here.

Jean Agee of Brea, Calif.; July 8, at the age of 74. From 1978 to 1984, she served as a Women of Troy assistant under head coach Linda Sharp. During that time, USC went 163-53, finished fourth or better in conference play every year and advanced to post-season play six times. Among the players she coached were Cheryl Miller, Cynthia Cooper, Pam and Paula McGee, and Rhonda Windham. She is survived by her daughter, Jeanine, son-in-law, John Arguello, grandchildren Tyler, Allison and Sam, great-grandson, Boston, and two nieces.

David Beeler of Huntington Beach, Calif.; Aug. 3, at the age of 42. He designed and installed security infrastructure for more than 10 years with the Department of Public Safety. Prior to USC, he worked for Advanced Alarms Inc., and served in the U.S. Army. He is survived by his wife, mother, stepfather and siblings.

John Calley of Beverly Hills, Calif.; Sept. 13, at the age of 81. A long-standing member of the Board of Councilors at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he was the former head of Warner Bros., United Artists and Sony studios, as well as a successful Hollywood producer. After a stint in advertising, he moved to the production company Filmways Inc., where he oversaw films such as The Cincinnati Kid and Catch-22. As head of production, president and vice chairman at Warner Bros., he helped the studio released  Mean Streets , Superman and All the President’s Men, among other hits. In 1981, he stepped away from the entertainment industry, but re turned to independent filmmaking eight years later to produce Postcards From the Edge and The Remains of the Day, which earned a best picture nomination. As president and chief operating officer of United Artists, he helped the studio release GoldenEye, The Birdcage and Leaving Las Vegas. As head of Sony, he helped the studio release As Good as it Gets, Men in Black and Air Force One. In 2003, he stepped down from his Sony chairmanship to focus on producing. In 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized him with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is survived by his daughter, Sabrina, and stepchildren Emily Zinnemann, David Zinnemann and Will Firth from his marriage to actress Meg Tilly.

Tsen-Chung Cheng of San Marino, Calif.; July 12, at the age of 66. An internationally known authority on power systems, he was part of the Smart Grid research initiative at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. After receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he joined USC as assistant professor of electrical engineering in 1974. He was promoted to associate professor in 1980 and to professor four years later. In 1976, he was voted outstanding electrical engineering faculty member at USC, and in 1981 he received the school’s Faculty Service Award. He became the Lloyd F. Hunt Professor in 1984. He served on the USC Academic Senate and was elected to the position of secretary-general. He also served on the university’s presidential search committee in 1990 and the dean’s search committee in 2000. Known for his work on electric power systems and devices, he authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications. In addition, he co-founded three companies and held numerous patents in power engineering. He was a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), an active member of several IEEE working groups and served as chair of the IEEE working group on clearances and creepages in HVDC converter stations. He was the recipient of three IEEE Power Engineering Society awards for outstanding technical contributions. He also was an integral part of the Smart Grid project, which USC and USC Viterbi are carrying out in conjunction with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He is survived by his wife, Doris, and son, Jason.

Clifton O. Dummett of Los Angeles; Sept. 7, at the age of 92. He was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. After earning his DDS from Northwestern University in 1941, he went on to earn his master’s degrees in periodontics and public health from Northwestern and the University of Michigan, respectively. In 1947, he was named dean of the School of Dentistry of Meharry Medical College, where he was the youngest dean in the United States at 28. He later worked with the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tuskegee, Ala. In 1955, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he served for 24 years, earning the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was awarded the Certificate of Merit. In 1966, he arrived at USC. At the Ostrow School, he taught dental history and led the community dentistry department. His perspective that dentists need to be sensitive to the needs of people was at first controversial, but eventually embraced by dental institutions across the country – with USC emerging as a leader in the field of community dentistry. An internationally acclaimed author and researcher, he wrote hundreds of articles on dental history, public health issues, and social and community issues, among other topics. An advocate for social justice and equality for all people, he pushed the American Dental Association House of Delegates to lift restrictive membership within the organization. He also served the National Dental Association for 22 years as editor-in-chief and wrote a book that recounted the history of the organization. Among the many academic honors he received over the years were honorary doctorates from Northwestern and the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and 1978, respectively, induction into the Institute of Medicine in 1972, induction into the Ostrow School Hall of Fame in 1997 and named Distinguished Professor Emeritus by USC that same year.

John H. Marburger III of Port Jefferson, N.Y.; July 28, after a four-year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, at the age of 70. He was former dean of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He graduated from Princeton University in 1962 and received a doctorate in applied physics from Stanford University in 1967, where he met his wife, Carol. In 1966, he joined USC as professor of physics and electrical engineering, and in 1972 became chair of the Department of Physics. He co-founded the USC Center for Laser Studies, housed at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and by 1976, he was appointed dean of USC Dornsife. In 1980 he headed to the East Coast to become the third president of Stony Brook University. In 1994, he retired from the presidency and returned to the faculty in the field of nonlinear optics as professor in Stony Brook’s departments of physics and electrical engineering. Four years later, he became director of Brookhaven Science Associates, a partnership between Stony Brook and the Battelle Memorial Institute. In 2001, former President George W. Bush appointed him science adviser and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director. In his post, he launched major policy initiatives connected to the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security. He also revamped the nation’s space policy following the crash of the Columbia space shuttle in 2003. During his eight-year appointment with the Bush administration, he helped develop the American Competitiveness Initiative. In 2009, he returned to Stony Brook University, where he taught for one year before becoming vice president for research, a position he held until his retirement in July 2011. He published extensively in the area of nonlinear optics and quantum electrodynamics. He co-edited The Science of Science Policy: A Handbook and authored Constructing Reality: Quantum Theory and Particle Physics. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, sons John and Alexander, daughters-in-law, Marianne D’Amato and Tracy Lampula, a grandson and sister, Mary Hoffman-Habig.

Carol Nagy of Julian, Calif.; Aug. 8, of cancer, at the age of 72. She was the first female dean of the Division of Social Sciences and Communication at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. After earning her bachelor’s in psychology and master’s in experimental psychology from the University of Connecticut, she taught at San Jose City and West Valley colleges before receiving a Ph.D. in experimental child psychology from Brown University in 1972. She then headed west to serve as senior research associate in the psychology department at Stanford University, and in 1974, she helped establish what is now called the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. In 1983, she came to USC as professor of psychology and head of the Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society, since named the Gender Studies program. In 1990, she chaired USC Dornsife’s Department of Psychology, and two years later she was appointed dean of the Division of Social Sciences and Communication, a post she held until she left USC in 1995 for a deanship at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va. As dean of William & Mary, she instituted significant changes in the university’s recruitment of women and minorities and setting equal pay for them. She is survived by her husband, Richard Caputo, children Beth Nagy and Phillip Jacklin, son-in-law, Carl Nagy-Koechlin, stepchildren Jane Allen, Nancy Coursen and Scott Caputo, step-sons-in-law David Allen and John Coursen, grandsons Joshua and Julian Nagy, siblings Alice Fager and Albert Nagy, brother-in-law, Howard Fager, sister-in-law, Kathy Nagy, a niece and nephews.

Thomas A. Rhue of MA ’68, Los Angeles; Aug. 20, of cancer, at the age of 67. Since 2007, he served as associate senior vice president for University Advancement. He earned his master’s in international relations from USC and a Ph.D. in education from Stanford University. Early on in his career, he held a variety of positions at Stanford, including as an admissions counselor, assistant dean of graduate studies, acting assistant professor of sociology and interim director of the Program in African and African-American Studies. Trained as an educational sociologist, he was a consultant in survey research from 1976 to 1978 and in applied sociology research. From 1979 to 1980, he was deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. In 1998, he joined the USC Gould School of Law staff, first as director of development and centennial projects and later as managing director of development. He joined USC’s University Advancement team as assistant vice president for central projects in 2006, following a two-year tenure as director of development at the Museum of Contemporary Art. He was promoted to associate senior vice president in 2007, overseeing programs such as annual giving, corporation and foundation relations, the USC Associates and the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies. Since 2003, he served as Los Angeles chairman of the youth anti-violence project Do the Write Thing, an initiative of the National Campaign to Stop Violence based in Washington, D.C. He also sat on the advisory board of the USC Fisher Museum of Art from 2008 to 2010. He is survived by his husband, Jeff Dannels, mother, Beverly Rhue, and sister, Sylvia Rhue.

Max Harry Weil of Rancho Mirage, Calif.; July 29, of prostate cancer, at the age of 84. A pioneer in the field of critical-care medicine, he served as a faculty member at USC for more than two decades. He received his medical degree in 1952 from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and a doctorate in physiology from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in 1957 before moving to Los Angeles. From 1958 to 1981, he served on the faculty at USC. He and fellow USC cardiologist Herbert S. Shubin founded the nonprofit Institute of Critical Care Medicine at the USC School of Medicine in 1961. Through the institute, he trained more than 400 physicians and bioengineering fellows from around the world. Weil and Shubin are credited with laying the foundation for modern intensive care units by establishing a four-bed “shock war” at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. Founding president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, he was instrumental in introducing computerized patient monitors that measure a patient’s vital sign and computer-aided medical decision-making, and he implemented the first “STAT” laboratory, which provided quick lab results for evaluation and treatment of critically ill patients in the ICU. He also founded the Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine in Rancho Mirage. He was co-inventor of 25 U.S. patented medical devices and treatments, including a resuscitation blanket, a capnometer for measuring severity of shock and an automated chest compressor. In 2009, the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine presented him with its first lifetime achievement award for his worldwide service to intensive care. He received the American Heart Association’s lifetime achievement award for contributions to emergency cardiovascular care. He is survived by his wife, Marianne Posner, daughters Susan and Carol Weil, and four granddaughters.