Dear Fellow Class of 1976 Trojans,
It sure does NOT seem like it has been 40 years since our commencement!
Remember the registration cards we had to pull to register for a class—before we headed to the gym to pay our fee bill? Tuition was $2,071.50 (and that was a lot of money back then!) and campus parking was 75 cents (and we could park right on Trousdale). Remember the 32nd Street Market, the 9-0, Hamburger Hamlet, the Grinder, Tommy’s and El Cholo? And who could forget what was probably the highlight of our time at USC—our famous 55-24 come-from-behind victory over Notre Dame, resulting in a national championship. Tower of Power performed in front of thousands of students, streaking was a thing—and don’t forget our classmate who sold $5 registered parcels of land on the moon from a booth next to Tommy Trojan.
Yes, believe it or not, it’s been 40 years since these events. That’s why we are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming 40th Class Reunion on November 4-5.
Our Class of 1976 40th Reunion Committee has been hard at work with USC Alumni Association staff, planning a memorable Reunion Weekend with lots of chances to catch up with classmates and meet new friends—plus all the excitement of USC Homecoming and football (USC vs. Oregon!). Learn more about events taking place over Reunion Weekend 2016.
So “Register” today, join our Class of 1976 Facebook group and remember to invite your friends to join us so we can all celebrate Reunion Weekend 2016 together this November!
Fight On!
Rosemary O’Brien & Rob Ukropina
Class of 1976 40th Reunion Committee Co-Chairs
P.S. Click here to listen to a playlist of the top songs of 1976.
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Who’s Coming?
The following alumni from the Class of 1976 have registered to attend Reunion Weekend 2016:
Grace (Jamgotchian) Ananian
Celeste Anderson
Leslie (Barnes) Andrews
Diane Bangar
Teresa (Molina) Barbanell
Mark Bevan
Steve Brandlin
Kevin Bruce
Michael Budincich
Nani (Dalby) Bush
Judith (Brindamour) Campea
Hubert (Wing) Chow
Carolyn Clark McKitterick
Georgette (Derderian) Cooper
Gary Darnell
Katie (Finnegan) Darnell
Trudy (Amthor) Delawter
Carl Dreizler
Karl Drews
Bill Dutton
Behrouze Ehdaie
Gail (Myers) Eskew
Joe Eskew
Deborah Fleiner
Julie Fosgate
Janet Frank
Michael Frauenthal
Kristin (Kinkela) Graf
Jean (Sclafani) Harwood
Raymond Hawkins
John Henderson
Greg Hillgren
Nancy (Clark) Hillgren
Susan (Hahn) Hillgren
Peter Kaufman
Donald LaPlante
Andrea Mallet-Reece
Jackie (Reese) Mann
Kerry McCluggage
Victoria (Laughlin) McCluggage
Kevin McKenna
Helena (Moshy) McLain
Gay Morris
Bruce Nelson
Rosemary O’Brien
Philip Pfirrmann
Susanne (Peters) Plumley
Judith (Aszterbaum) Sarup
Mohammed Shaikh
Cindy (Eisley) Silva
Brian Staggs
Nancy (Cunningham) Staggs
Mark Sumpf
James Terry
Emily (Gartner) Tice
Jeffrey Tolstad
Rob Ukropina
Ernest Valentino
ANGELO VIDALIS
Vicki (Gumbiner) Waller
Linda (Kumetz) Waxman
Robert Waxman
Mary (Brink) Wills
Reunion Goals
Class Attendance Goal: 100
Current Total: 68 (68%)
Class Giving Goal: $1,301,750
Current Total: $1,054,632 (81%)
Show your class spirit by contributing to the 40th Reunion class gift today! Each reunion class sets its own fundraising goal, and any gift or pledge you make in 2016 (January 1 – December 31) counts toward the Class of 1976 total. You decide what your gift will support — scholarships, a specific school, the USC hospitals and more!
Reunion Committee
Executive Committee
Co-Chairs
- Rosemary O’Brien, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Rob Ukropina, USC Marshall School of Business
Giving Chair
- Philip Pfirrmann, USC Marshall School of Business
Attendance Chair
- Carolyn (Clark) McKitterick, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Committee Members
- Michael Abell, USC Marshall School of Business
- Grace (Jamgotchian) Ananian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Celeste Anderson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Judith Aszterbaum-Sarup, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Mark Bevan, USC Marshall School of Business
- Merrill Butler III, USC Marshall School of Business
- Georgette (Derderian) Cooper, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Carl Dreizler, USC Marshall School of Business
- Bill Dutton, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Diane (Zapanta) Elder, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Joe Eskew, USC Marshall School of Business
- Debbie Fleiner, USC Rossier School of Education
- Julie Fosgate, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Michael Frauenthal, USC Marshall School of Business
- Nancy (Clark) Hillgren, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Audrey Holmes, USC Rossier School of Education
- Dennis Jones, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Donald La Plante, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Jackie (Reese) Mann, USC Marshall School of Business
- Thomas McLurkin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Gregg Moscoe, USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Franklyn Muscara, USC School of Architecture
- Richard Reyes, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Debbie Schulze, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Cindy (Eisley) Silva, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Gregory Stanislawski, USC Marshall School of Business
If you are interested in joining the 40th Reunion Committee, please e-mail Yumi Totani, Associate Director of Reunions, or call her at (213) 821-0922.