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Welcome 2013 Graduates!
80th Annual USC Alumni Awards
Hawaii Weekender Packages
2013 USC Football Weekenders
Alumni Business Directory

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May 22, 2013 - Technology Leaders Mixer in Irvine
USC Marshall Alumni Association - Orange County
May 22, 2013 - 2013 Dallas Executive Evening
USC Alumni Club of North Texas
May 22, 2013 - Speed Recruiting -- It’s Like Speed Dating For Your Career!
USC Alumni Club of Downtown L.A.
May 23, 2013 - International Alumni Leaders Symposium
May 24, 2013 - Special Reception with Steve Kay, Dean of USC Dornsife

He keeps retiring, but Ambassador R. Barrie Walkley MA ’75 just can’t seem to make it stick. The 68-year-old career diplomat is on his third diplomatic assignment since his official retirement as ambassador to Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe in 2008.

R. Barrie Walkley MA ’75

Lizette Salas ’11 was only 7 when her father showed her a proper golf swing. Being head mechanic at the public Azusa Greens Golf Course had some perks, and Ramon Salas made sure his kids learned to play. But Lizette, his youngest, was special.

Lizette Salas '11

As the editor-in-chief of Motor Trend magazine, Edward Loh ’98 is all about speed. And he’s driven. One day he’s flying to the  Motor Show in Paris, the next  day he’s zipping around the  back roads of Seville, Spain, in  a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.

Edward Loh '98

When Lizette Zarate ’02 looks at students in USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI), she sees herself almost 20 years ago — a gifted young girl getting an education that she otherwise wouldn’t have received.

Lizette Zarate '02

Intuitive design” — design with a user-friendly feel — is a topic that landscape architect James Lord BArch ’90 thinks about a lot.

James Lord BArch '90

When Paula Daniels ’77, Broadcast Journalism, was growing up in Hawaii, her grandfather taught her about malama aina — stewardship of the land. “He said, ‘We don’t own this land, we’re just taking care of it for the next generations.

Paula Daniels '77

Best known as the founder of the Wine of the Month Club, Paul Kalemkiarian Sr. ’50, MS ’52 is also a successful pharmacist who ran the first drugstore on the USC campus and discovered domestic plant sources of an antidote to nerve gas.

Paul Kalemkiarian Sr. '50, MS '52

Cassandra Sanders-Holly DPT ’04 helps kids with with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, Down syndrome or autism through Leaps & Bounds Pediatric Therapy, her hippotherapy clinic in Norco, Calif.

Cassandra Sanders-Holly DPT ’04

As the young director of Pomona College’s Museum of Art in the early 1970s, Helene Winer ’66 made tongues wag with her avant-garde curating. One of the artists she introduced was Chris Burden, who launched bundles of lit matches at a nude woman across the gallery.

Helene Winer Class of 1966

Film composer, jazz pianist and recording artist Greg Reitan ’96 makes his living doing what he loves - writing and performing music. He's also an architecture buff who lives in his dream house: modernist architect J. Lamont Longworthy's prototype Concept 2 modular home.

Greg Reitan Class of 1996

Eric Brown ’78 and Renee Cottrell-Brown ’78 laugh a lot. Remarkable, some might say, for a couple who live and work together as CEO and executive vice president of sales and marketing, respectively, at the Dallas-based Johnson Products Company Inc.

Eric Brown and Renee Cottrell-Brown Class of 1978

Boris Dramov ’66 has designed numerous buildings, parkways and plazas, including Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. But now he has designed something few United States architects can match: a monument on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall.

Boris Dramov Class of 1966

James “Jimmy” Reese ’46 is a busy man. He’ll do some stock market trading, arbitrate a dog bite case and set up meetings for a new education intervention program at USC - all in a day. At 92, Reese doesn’t plan to slow down any time soon.

James "Jimmy" Reese Class of 1946

Kathy (Keeler) Seid ’80 can’t step onto a golf course or set foot in an MD's office without sensing untapped potential. “There’s just not any place I go that I don’t see an opportunity,” she says.

Kathy (Keeler) Seid Class of 1980

On his business card, Brandon Stauber MPP ’95 identifies himself as “Agent White." Relax. He’s talking about wine. In 2007, Stauber launched The Wine Spies LLC, with partner Jason Seeber, who goes by “Agent Red.”

Brandon Stauber Class of '95

Hilda Solis MPA ’81 heads the U.S. Department of Labor. Before becoming the first Hispanic woman to hold a permanent Cabinet post, Solis was a member of the House of Representatives.

Hilda Solis Class of 1981

David K. Hansen ’85 dreamed of opening a restaurant, but instead spearheaded the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program, estimated to have saved thousands of American lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

David K. Hansen Class of '85

As series producer of National Geographic Channel’s Great Migrations, David Hamlin MFA ’94 put together an international team of cinematographers, scientists and writers to film wildlife on the move across the planet.

David Hamlin Class of '94

When a Gensler board member told Christopher Chan BArch '92 the firm needed his talents in Shanghai, Chan and his wife had just welcomed a baby boy and bought a home, but they opted for adventure.

Christopher Chan Class of '92

Two years ago during the height of the recession, Steven Atamian ’04 did the unthinkable: He left his job in corporate America to give his time and energy to the nonprofit organization he co-founded a few years earlier.

Steven Atamian Class of '04

Hunter Freberg ’67 has loved her husband since she was 4 years old. But back then, she only knew Stan Freberg as the voice of her favorite television show puppet on Time for Beany .

Hunter Freberg Class of '67

His USC Marshall School of Business professors drilled him on financial plans and feasibility studies, but no one prepared Roberto Lee MBA‘04 for what it would take to run a company in the wild, wild East.

Roberto Lee Class of '04

If you asked Ree Drummond ’91 in 1991 where she was headed in life, chances are she wouldn’t have said a ranch outside of Pawhuska, Okla. But that’s where she ended up when she fell in love with a cowboy.

Ree Drummond Class of '91

Grant Imahara ’93 may have the most fun job in the world. A typical day at the office has included building a 7-foot, 3,000-pound, 1-million-piece ball of Legos to roll down a road at a car.

Grant Imahara Class of '93

The day the House of Representatives passed health-care reform, Alan Hoffman, MPA/JD ’91, couldn’t help but notice that cherry blossoms were just beginning to flower in Washington, D.C.

Alan Hoffman Class of '91

While on vacation in a beautiful locale, most people think, at least once, “What if I stayed here forever?” Most people, of course, never do it. Then again, most people aren’t Tierza Davis ’92.

Tierza Davis Class of '92

Dr. F. Willard “Robbie” Robinson ’42, MS ’49, PhD ’58 has deep roots in the Trojan Family, starting with his grandparents, who met as students in the university’s first class.

F. Willard Robinson Class of '42

Thomas Unterseher ’92 learned you can go home again and still feel connected to USC - even if that home is a town of 4,000 people in the middle of South Dakota.

Thomas Unterseher Class of '92

Jeff Byers ’07, MBA ’09 came to USC for football but got much more. When the offensive lineman was drafted into the NFL in April, he took with him a master’s in business administration from USC Marshall.

Jeff Byers Class of '07

In August 2009, the Tuskegee Airmen annual convention featured a special guest. Stayce D. Harris ’81 was already a frequent convention attendee, but this time she had general stars on her shoulders.

Stayce D. Harris Class of '81

You can’t see them in Mount Vernon, NY’s dark Bassline Cafe, but jazz pianist Donald Vega ’99 has angels on his shoulder. He may swing with the grace of Oscar Peterson, but he's traveled a hard road to get here.

Donald Vega Class of '99

When Lieutenant Amy Redditt Tomlinson ’00 explains what she does as an aviator in the U.S. Navy, she references a popular film. “Have you ever seen Top Gun?” she asks.

Amy Reddit Tomlinson Class of '00

David Bohnett '78, chair of the LA Phil and supporter of new youth orchestras in LA, was thrilled by the turnout for new LA Phil conductor Gustavo Dudamel's first concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

David Bohnett Class of '78

If you were to draw up a list of the hardest working volunteers at USC, Carol Campbell Fox MS ’62 would surely be near the top. The energetic alumna could teach a master class on efficient multi-tasking.

Carol Campbell Fox, Class of ’62

Ellen Hunter Mai ’91 lives an extraordinary life. She has hunted pirates in the Malacca Straits, toured the illegal diamond mines of Sierra Leone, reported from Afghanistan and tracked communist rebels in Peru.

Ellen Hunter Mai, Class of ’91

When Lukas Petrash ’06 was growing up in Texas, he made his own toys, Petrash’s early inventions were a preview of his architectural career, which focuses on ultra-low-cost sustainable housing.

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