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2018 Section 7.indd 183 10/31/2017 9:11:32 AM USC • In The Pros All-Time The list below includes all former USC players who had careers in the National Basketball League (1937-49), the American Basketball Associa- DDewayneewayne DedmonDedmon tion (1966-76) and the National Basketball Association (1950-present). PLAYER PROFESSIONAL TEAMS SEASONS Dan Anderson Portland ...... 1975-76 Dwight Anderson New York ...... 1983 ...... 1984 John Lakers ...... 1967 San Diego ...... 1968-71 ...... 1972 Philadelphia ...... 1973 Kansas City-Omaha ...... 1973-74 ...... 1975 ...... 1975-76

David Bluthenthal ...... 2005 Mack Calvin Los Angeles (ABA) ...... 1970 Florida (ABA) ...... 1971-72 Carolina (ABA) ...... 1973-74 (ABA) ...... 1975 Virginia (ABA) ...... 1976 ...... 1977 San Antonio ...... 1977 Denver ...... 1977-78 Utah ...... 1980 ...... 1981-83 Sam Clancy ...... 2003 Portland Trailblazers ...... 2005-06 Los Angeles Lakers ...... 1993-94 Phoenix ...... 1994

Dewayne Dedmon ...... 2014 Philadelphia 76ers ...... 2014 Orlando Magic ...... 2014-16 San Antonio ...... 2017 ...... 2018

DeMar DeRozan ...... 2009-18 Jerry Dupree Los Angeles ...... 2004-05 Earl Evans ...... 1980 Desmon Farmer Indiana ...... 2005 ...... 2006-07 San Antonio ...... 2008-09

Taj Gibson ...... 2009-17 Oklahoma City ...... 2017 Minnesota ...... 2018 Oshkosh (NBL) ...... 1949 Syracuse ...... 1950-51 ...... 1952 Rochester ...... 1952-54 Milwaukee ...... 1955 St. Louis ...... 1956 Fort Wayne-St. Louis ...... 1957 Bill Hewitt Los Angeles Lakers ...... 1969-70 Detroit ...... 1970-72 Buffalo ...... 1973 Chicago ...... 1975 Greg (Bo) Kimble ...... 1990-1992 ...... 1993 John Lambert Cleveland ...... 1976-81 Kansas City ...... 1981 Dennis Layton Phoenix ...... 1972-73 Portland ...... 1974 Memphis (ABA) ...... 1974 New York ...... 1977 San Antonio ...... 1978 TTajaj GGibsonibson ddunksunks ooverver DDwyanewyane WWadeade Jeff Trepagnier Steve Malovic Washington ...... 1980 iinn 22011011 NNBABA playoffs.playoffs. San Diego ...... 1980 Detroit ...... 1980

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2018 Section 7.indd 184 10/31/2017 9:11:59 AM TROJANS IN THE PROS 2017-2018 USC TROJAN BASKETBALL PLAYER PROFESSIONAL TEAMS SEASONS Jim Marsh Portland ...... 1972 O.J. Mayo Memphis ...... 2008-12 Robert Pack Dallas ...... 2013 Milwaukee ...... 2014-16

Harold Miner Miami ...... 1993-95 Cleveland ...... 1996

Chris Munk Utah ...... 1991 Jack Nichols Washington (Capitols) ...... 1949-50 Tri-City (Blackhawks) ...... 1950 Milwaukee (Hawks) ...... 1952-53 Boston ...... 1953-58

Robert Pack Portland ...... 1992 Denver ...... 1993-95 Washington ...... 1996 New Jersey ...... 1997 Dallas ...... 1997-2000 Denver ...... 2001 Minnesota ...... 2002 New Orleans ...... 2003 New Jersey ...... 2004

Dana Pagett Virginia (ABA) ...... 1972 Boston ...... 2007-09 Rodrick Rhodes Houston ...... 1998 Vancouver/Orlando ...... 1999

Ron Riley Kansas City-Omaha ...... 1973-74 Houston ...... 1974-76

Cliff Robinson New Jersey ...... 1980-81 Kansas City ...... 1982 Cleveland ...... 1982-84 Washington ...... 1985-86 Philadelphia ...... 1987-89 Los Angeles Lakers ...... 1992

Gene Rock Chicago ...... 1948 John Rudometkin New York ...... 1963-65 ...... 1965

Brian Scalabrine New Jersey ...... 2002-04 Boston ...... 2005-10 Chicago ...... 2011-12

James Seminoff Chicago ...... 1947-48 Boston ...... 1949-50

Bill Sharman Washington ...... 1951 Boston ...... 1952-61

Alex Stepheson L.A Clippers ...... 2016 Ron Taylor Washington (ABA) ...... 1970 New York (ABA) ...... 1970 Virginia (ABA) ...... 1971 (ABA) ...... 1971

Jeff Trepagnier Cleveland ...... 2002 Denver ...... 2003-04

Nikola Vucevic Philadelphia ...... 2012 Orlando ...... 2013-18

Paul Westphal Boston ...... 1973-75 Phoenix ...... 1976-80 Seattle ...... 1981 New York ...... 1982-83 Phoenix ...... 1984-86

Gus Williams Golden State ...... 1976-77 Seattle ...... 1978-80, 1982-84 Washington ...... 1985-86 Atlanta ...... 1987

Nick Young Washington ...... 2007-12 DeMar DeRozan wows at the L.A. Clippers ...... 2012 2011 NBA Dunk Contest Philadelphia ...... 2013 L.A. Lakers ...... 2014-17 Golden State ...... 2018

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2018 Section 7.indd 185 10/31/2017 9:12:00 AM USC • In The Draft NBA ABA The National Basketball Association draft was fi rst conducted in 1947, The American Basketball Association was formed in 1966; it disbanded in but records were not kept until 1952. Below is a list of Trojans selected in the 1976, and four of its teams joined the NBA. Below is a list of Trojans selected NBA draft. From 1953-1966, round number indicates selection by a player’s in the ABA draft. In many instances, round numbers are not available. particular team and does not necessarily correspond to actual round number. YEAR RND. PICK PLAYER TEAM In 1989, the NBA draft was cut down to only two rounds. 1967 Bob Seagren ...... New Orleans YEAR RND. PICK PLAYER TEAM 1968 Bill Hewitt ...... Denver 1948 Alex Hannum ...... 1969 Mack Calvin ...... Los Angeles 1950 2 ...... Washington Ron Taylor ...... Oakland 1950 2 Stan Christie ...... Syracuse 1971 4 Dennis Layton ...... Utah 1951 7 Tom Riach ...... Baltimore 4 Dana Pagett ...... Virginia 1952 Dwight Morrison ...... 1972 ...... Denver 1953 4 Ken Flowers ...... Minneapolis Joe Mackey ...... Pittsburgh 6 Don Eby ...... Philadelphia 1972 (Dispersal Draft) Joe Mackey ...... Virginia 1954 9 Roy Irvin ...... Rochester 1975 1 Gus Williams ...... St. Louis 1955 12 Dick Welsh ...... Milwaukee 5 Biff Burrell ...... San Diego 1960 8 John Werhas ...... Minneapolis 8 John Lambert ...... New York 14 Jim Hanna ...... New York 1962 2 9 John Rudometkin ...... New York 3 24 Chris Appel ...... 1963 7 Gordie Martin ...... Los Angeles Lakers 1966 3 27 John Block ...... Los Angeles Lakers 1968 1 11 Bill Hewitt ...... Los Angeles Lakers 11 Jim Marsh ...... Seattle 1969 2 18 Ron Taylor ...... Seattle 9 Steve Jennings ...... Phoenix 14 Mack Calvin ...... Los Angeles Lakers 15 Ernie Powell ...... Seattle 1971 3 Dennis Layton ...... Phoenix 11 Dana Pagett ...... Philadelphia 12 Chris Schrobilgen ...... San Diego 1972 1 10 Paul Westphal ...... Boston 3 Ron Riley ...... Atlanta 4 Joe Mackey ...... Seattle 1974 6 Dan Anderson ...... Portland 6 Mark Westra ...... Philadelphia 1975 1 15 John Lambert ...... Cleveland 2 20 Gus Williams ...... Golden State 6 Biff Burrell ...... Phoenix 6 Clint Chapman ...... Kansas City-Omaha 1977 4 Greg White ...... Portland 1979 1 11 Cliff Robinson ...... New Jersey 6 Steve Smith ...... Chicago 1980 5 94 Don Carfi no ...... Golden State 1981 3 60 Purvis Miller ...... Indiana 10 Barry Brooks ...... Golden State 1982 2 41 Dwight Anderson ...... Washington 7 Maurice Williams ...... Los Angeles Lakers 1983 7 Jacque Hill ...... Chicago 1985 5 99 ...... Los Angeles Clippers 5 106 Clayton Olivier ...... San Antonio 1987 2 37 Derrick Dowell ...... Washington 1992 1 12 ...... Miami 2 36 Duane Cooper...... Los Angeles Lakers 1997 1 24 Rodrick Rhodes ...... Houston 2001 2 35 Brian Scalabrine...... New Jersey 2 36 Jeff Trepagnier ...... Cleveland 2002 2 45 Sam Clancy ...... Philadelphia 2007 1 16 Nick Young ...... Washington 2 32 Gabe Pruitt ...... Boston 2008 1 3 O.J. Mayo ...... Minnesota (traded to Memphis) 2009 1 9 DeMar DeRozan ...... Toronto 1 26 Taj Gibson ...... Chicago 2011 1 16 Nikola Vucevic ...... Philadelphia

USC’s Highest First-Round Picks YEAR PLAYER TEAM PICK 2008 O.J. Mayo ...... Minnesota (traded to Memphis) 3 2009 DeMar DeRozan ...... Toronto 9 1972 Paul Westphal ...... Boston 10 USC was the only school in the country with a 1968 Bill Hewitt ...... Los Angeles Lakers 11 player selected within the fi rst 16 picks in each of 1979 Cliff Robinson ...... New Jersey 11 1992 Harold Miner ...... Miami 12 the 2007-09 NBA Drafts. Above left, Taj Gibson was 1975 John Lambert ...... Cleveland 15 selected No. 26 in 2009, above right, DeMar DeRozan 2011 Nikola Vucevic ...... Philadelphia 16 was selected No. 9 in 2009 and above, Nick Young 2007 Nick Young ...... Washington 16 1997 Rodrick Rhodes ...... Houston 24 was selected No. 16 in 2007. 2009 Taj Gibson ...... Chicago 26 1975 Gus Williams ...... St. Louis (ABA) -- 2017-2018 • 186 • USC BASKETBALL

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VUCEVIC KEEPS IT GOING FOR TROJANS... Nikola Vucevic was selected by Philadelphia as the 16th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, becoming the fi fth Trojan selected in the fi rst round of the draft since 2007. That number still is tied for the 13th- most in the country from 2007-17. Also, only USC and Kansas had had at least one player selected in the top 16 picks in four of the fi ve drafts from 2007-11. USC had more fi rst round selections from 2007-11 than any Big east team and more than perennial power Duke.

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All-Time

JACK GARDNER (Inducted April 30, 1984) Gardner was a three-year lettermen at USC (1930-32) and was captain his senior year, playing under legendary coach (Inducted Aug. 13, 2011) . He learned well from Barry and became one of the most successful college coaches ever. Known as “The Fox”, USC basketball player and guru of the Fred Gardner became the only coach in history to lead two different "Tex" Winter played at USC during the 1947 season after a year schools to the Final Four twice each. Gardner achieved this at Compton College. He earned the fi rst USC Most Inspirational honor by directing both Kansas State (1948 and 1951) and Utah Player Award and his teammates on the 1947 team included (1961 and 1966) into the Big Dance. In 28 years of coaching at Hall of Famers Alex Hannum and Bill Sharman. Winter was the major college level, Gardner’s teams compiled a 486-235 also one of the nation's top pole vaulters when he lettered record (67.4 percent). When you combine his 10 years (1933- in track at USC in 1946. Winter was a coach and assistant 43) of coaching AAU, high school, junior college and military coach for nearly 60 years at the collegiate and NBA levels, ball, his record swells to 649-278, an impressive 70 percent gaining his widest acclaim as the architect of the very suc- winning mark. A proponent of fundamental basketball, Gardner cessful triangle offense which helped the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers win nine NBA titles. Winter won six NBA was an expert in hoops. titles as 's lieutenant with the Bulls in the 1990s as well as three more with the Lakers (2000-02). After leaving SAM BARRY USC, Winter went on to be an assistant coach at Kansas State (Inducted April 28, 1979) (1948-51). He helped lead the Wildcats to three league titles and to the1951 NCAA title game against Kentucky. He earned Justin “Sam” Barry, USC’s winningest coach ever, started out his fi rst head coaching job at Marquette where he guided the a three-sport star at Madison (Wisc.) High. After a four-year Warriors to a 25-25 record in two seasons. Current USC head stint at Knox College, Barry coached Iowa for seven seasons, coach Kevin O'Neill also got his fi rst Division I NCAA head leading the Hawkeyes to the 1923 Big Ten championship and a coaching job at Marquette. Winter then returned to Kansas share of the 1926 title. He then came to Troy, where he stayed State as for 15 seasons (1954-68) and guided them for 18 years, leading the Trojans to a 260-138 won-loss record, to eight league titles and six NCAA Tournament appearances. a mark that included winning the Pacifi c Coast Conference His Kansas State teams twice reached the Final Four, losing in 1930, 1935 and 1940. Under Barry, USC won the Southern to Seattle and in the 1958 semifi nals and falling Division seven times and fi nished third in the 1940 NCAA to UCLA and in the 1964 semifi nals. In 1958 tournament. In 1948, Barry led the USC team to the he became the youngest coach in history NCAA title, and served as an assistant football coach. On to be named UPI Coach of the Year. Winter is a member of the administrative side, Barry was a leading advocate of the several halls of fame, including the USC Athletic Hall of Fame, 10-second rule and the elimination of the jump after the Pac-10 Hall of Honor, the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame and each basket. the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, and he was awarded the Award for lifetime achievement from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. In June 2010 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the NBA Coaches Association. 2017-2018 • 189 • USC BASKETBALL

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All-Time

BILL SHARMAN ALEX HANNUM (Inducted April 26, 1976 as player, April 5, 2004 as coach) (Inducted October 2, 1998)

Bill Sharman, who brought a disciplined work ethic to basketball A three-year letterman at USC in 1943, 1946-47, Hannum was a with a willingness to spend countless hours in the gymnasium captain his fi nal year with the team. Hannum, who had a knack perfecting his skills, was a 15-letter athlete at Porterville (Calif.) for turning around beleaguered franchises during 16 profes- High before coming to USC. A four-year letterwinner at Troy sional coaching seasons (12 NBA, four ABA), was the fi rst (1947-50), Sharman was named All-America in 1950 and was a coach in professional basketball history to win an NBA and ABA two-time All-Pacifi c Coast Conference selection and conference Championship. He began his coaching career as a player/coach MVP. He’s still 21st on USC’s all-time scoring list (1,108). Shar- for the St. Louis Hawks during the 1956-57 season, reaching man, known as “Bullseye Bill” for his marksmanship at the the NBA Finals. The next year, Hannum began his fi rst season line, played briefl y in the Brooklyn Dodger organization before as a full-time head coach and guided St. Louis to the 1958 NBA his basketball career took off. Sharman spent 1951 with the Championship. He spent three years with the Syracuse Nation- NBA’s Washington Capitals before they folded. He joined Boston als (1960-63), posting a 48-32 record in his fi nal year. Hannum a year later and became a Celtic mainstay. In 10 seasons with then became coach of a San Francisco Warrior team that had the Celtics, Sharman was named All-NBA First Team four times fi nished fourth in the Western Division the previous year and and played in eight All-Star Games, earning MVP honors in the led them to the NBA Finals. Under Hannum’s guidance in San 1955 tilt. Sharman teamed with to form one of the Francisco, altered his game from offense- NBA’s most formidable backcourt duos, and the pair landed oriented to defense-and-team-oriented, a trait that would later Boston four NBA championships (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961). He help him win an NBA title. Both Hannum and Chamberlain were directed the Los Angeles Lakers to their fi rst NBA title in 1972 reunited in Philadelphia in the 1966-67 season, winning the and was awarded Coach of the Year honors. That season, the NBA championship with a then-record .840 winning percentage Lakers fi nished with an amazing 69-13 regular season record, (68-13). Following his stint in Philadelphia, Hannum joined the including 33 straight victories, both NBA single-season records. ABA’s Oakland Oaks, turning a last-place team into a title team By winning titles in the ABL (Cleveland Pipers, 1962), ABA (Utah in 1969. Hannum was named NBA Coach of the Year in 1964 Stars, 1971), and NBA (Los Angeles Lakers, 1972), Sharman and ABA Coach of the Year in 1969. became the fi rst coach to win championships in three different pro leagues. Sharman joins John Wooden and as the only members enshrined as a player and a coach.

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Trojans Who Were Head Coaches in the NBA

Bill Sharman ...... San Francisco Warriors ...... Los Angeles Lakers

Alex Hannum ...... St. Louis Hawks ...... Syracuse Nationals ...... San Francisco Warriors ...... Philadelphia 76ers ...... San Diego Rockets

Bob Kloppenburg ...... ...... Seattle SuperSonics

Mack Calvin ...... Los Angeles Clippers

Paul Westphal ...... ...... Seattle Super Sonics

Fred (Tex) Winter ......

PAUL WESTPHAL MACK CALVIN ALEX HANNUM In his fi rst year as a head coach Mack Calvin was an All- After starring at USC and playing in the NBA, Paul Westphal guided Conference performer at USC eight years in the NBA, Alex Han- the 1992-93 Phoenix Suns to the in 1969 and got his fi rst NBA num went on to coach fi ve different league’s best record and their fi rst head coaching job with the Los NBA teams. berth in a NBA Final since 1976. Angeles Clippers. Westphal was also a member of that 1975-76 Suns team as a player. He was named head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics after the 1998 season.

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DID YOU KNOW … that USC is among the most highly selective DID YOU KNOW … that USC has produced more Olympians, universities in the country and that 79% of this year’s admitted stu- more Olympic medalists and more Olympic gold medalists than dents had standardized test scores at or above the 95th percentile? any other American university? • Since 1904, 451 Trojans have competed in the Olympic DID YOU KNOW … that USC has one of the most diverse col- Games and earned 309 medals, 144 of them gold. lege campuses in the country? • The university has one of the nation’s highest enrollments of DID YOU KNOW … that USC faculty numbers more than 4,000 international students among institutions of higher education. scholars and includes • About one in fi ve USC undergraduates is a fi rst-generation Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the National Medal of Arts, college student. National Medal of Sciences, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Turing Prize and Pritzker Prize; MacArthur fellows; DID YOU KNOW … that a comprehensive survey from The and members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineer- Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education ranked USC 15th ing and Medicine? among 1,061 public and private universities in the U.S? • More than 200 faculty members have received prestigious • Among universities, only USC, Stanford and academic and professional awards from organizations such as Caltech are in the top 25. the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, • USC ranks third among 150 colleges and universities in the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, National Endowment for the Hu- western United States. manities, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. DID YOU KNOW … that the USC generates $8 billion annually in economic impact for Los Angeles County and California? DID YOU KNOW … that USC ranks among the top 10 private • The university supports more than 42,300 jobs in the county universities in federally supported research, with nearly $700 and more than 53,400 statewide. million in annual research expenditures? • USC is the largest private employer in the city of Los Angeles. DID YOU KNOW … that USC is home to 21 academic schools DID YOU KNOW … USC Village, the university’s largest-ever and units, in addition to the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts building project, is also the most expansive development project and Sciences, which encompasses 37 academic departments in the history of South Los Angeles? and programs? • Completed in August, USC Village offers a comprehensive learning and living environment for students and is a retail hub for DID YOU KNOW … that USC is part of a worldwide network of the community. educational institutions and international organizations? • The project is a $700 million investment, bringing new busi- • USC collaborates with leading global institutions to forge nesses and jobs to the neighborhood. meaningful research, educational, and service partnerships with offi ces in Beijing, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Mumbai, New York, DID YOU KNOW … that USC is celebrating a century of partner- San Francisco, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei and Wash- ing with the U.S. military? ington, D.C. • In 2016, the largest U.S. Army-sponsored university research outpost in the nation launched at the USC Institute for Creative DID YOU KNOW … that USC hosts the annual Los Angeles Technologies. Times Festival of Books, the country’s largest public literary • USC offers a host of academic and support programs for festival? veterans, including USC Marshall School of Business’ Master of • Now in its seventh year at USC, the festival attracted about Business for Veterans degree. 150,000 visitors to the University Park Campus in April.

DID YOU KNOW … that USC researchers are working to restore DID YOU KNOW … that Classical KUSC is the largest and vision to blind people? most listened-to public radio and nonprofi t classical music sta- • Physician and scientist Mark Humayun helped develop the tion in the country? Argus II retinal prosthesis system, which was approved for use in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration. In 2016, President DID YOU KNOW … that Visions and Voices, USC’s campus- Obama awarded Humayun with the prestigious National Medal of wide arts and humanities initiative, brings some of the world’s Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest award for technol- best writers, performers, musicians and artists to USC? ogy achievement. DID YOU KNOW … that USC was the fi rst university in the DID YOU KNOW … USC is a world leader in digital media and country to offer a Bachelor of Arts in fi lm? communication? • USC School of Cinematic Arts has graduated entertainment • USC is leading the way in fi elds ranging from artifi cial intel- giants such as Will Ferrell, Ron Howard, George Lucas, Shonda ligence and game design to genomics and brain. L. Rhimes and Robert Zemeckis. • Nearly every year since 1973, a USC alumnus has received DID YOU KNOW … that USC Shoah Foundation — The In- a nomination for an Academy Award. stitute for Visual History and Education has digitally preserved about 55,000 testimonies from survivors and other witnesses DID YOU KNOW … that the Princeton Review has ranked USC from , the Rwandan and Armenian and as the nation’s No. 1 university for game design every year since the Nanjing Massacre? the ranking began in 2009? • The Visual History Archive contains about 115,000 hours of video testimony in 41 languages, representing 62 countries, DID YOU KNOW … that the U.S. Department of Homeland making it the largest archive of its kind in the world. Security selected USC as the site of its fi rst university-based • As part of its 20th anniversary in 2014, the institute launched Homeland Security Center of Excellence? the Center for Advanced Research, which studies the causes of genocide with the goal of stopping future instances of DID YOU KNOW … that “,” USC’s fi ght song, was mass violence. written in 1922 by dentistry student Milo Sweet?

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DID YOU KNOW … that two are part of the USC DID YOU KNOW … that the USC Division of Biokinesiology community? and Physical Therapy graduate program has ranked No. 1 in • The USC Pacifi c Asia in Pasadena, Calif., has a the country since 2004? collection of more than 15,000 items from across Asia and the Pacifi c Islands, spanning more than 5,000 years. DID YOU KNOW … that the USC School of Architecture helps • The USC Fisher Museum of Art, located on the University preserve local landmarks? Park Campus, is one of just a few university museums accredited • The school operates Frank Lloyd Wright’s Freeman House by the Association of American Museums. and Greene and Greene’s Gamble House, using the latest con- servation technologies to preserve these architectural gems. DID YOU KNOW … that the USC Rossier School of Educa- tion prepares more great teachers every year than Stanford and DID YOU KNOW … that the Herman Ostrow School of Harvard combined? Dentistry operates community clinics that serve 65,000 patients • The school’s online MAT, launched in 2009, was the coun- each year? try’s fi rst online master of arts in teaching program from an elite research university. DID YOU KNOW … that USC is committed to being a good neighbor? DID YOU KNOW … that the USC Viterbi School of Engineer- • USC has adopted 15 neighborhood elementary, middle and ing is consistently ranked as one of the top online graduate high schools as part of its Family of Schools program, sharing engineering programs in the country? with these schools its students and educational resources. • USC has more than 3,000 children in college-access pro- DID YOU KNOW … that the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck grams and more than 500 children in preschool programs. School of Social Work educates one of every 20 social workers • USC students, faculty and staff devote more than 650,000 in the United States today? hours in service to local schools, nonprofi ts and small businesses • With the launch of its web-based Master of Social Work each year. degree program (MSW@USC) in fall 2010, it has become the • The USC Good Neighbors Campaign raises more than fi rst truly national program in the profession. $1.5 million every year for community programs through staff • The school’s military social work program is the fi rst of its and faculty donations. kind at a civilian research university, and the fi rst to use virtual patients to train future social workers. DID YOU KNOW … that USC’s 375,000 living alumni are truly “lifelong and worldwide” and can be found living around DID YOU KNOW … that the USC Sol Price School of Public the globe? Policy got its new name in 2011? • The $50 million naming gift from the Price Family Charitable Fund also established the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation, which advances strategies that enhance the quality of life for people in urban communities.

DID YOU KNOW … that the USC Viterbi School of Engineer- ing, founded in 1925, is consistently ranked among the top engineering schools in the United States? • USC engineers invented the signal codes used in CDs, interplanetary communications, cell phones, and the domain name system that translates .com, .gov, and other names into Internet Protocol addresses worldwide.

DID YOU KNOW … that USC students can earn three degrees from three universi¬ties on three continents? • The World Bachelor in Business degree program unites the USC Marshall School of Business, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Università Bocconi in Milan, enabling students to receive degrees from all three institutions.

DID YOU KNOW … that in one year, USC faculty physicians and residents treat more than 1.5 million patients? • The Keck School of Medicine of USC trains more than 900 resident physicians in more than 50 specialty or subspecialty programs and is the largest educator of physicians practicing in Southern California. • In 2016, U.S. News & World Report ranked Keck Medical Center of USC among the top 20 hospitals in the United States in ophthalmology, urology and cancer care, and among the top 50 hospitals for geriatric care, orthopedic care, nephrology and cardiology.

DID YOU KNOW … that the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC advances science that may someday slow or even reverse cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases?

DID YOU KNOW … that about 50 percent of pharmacists in Southern California are graduates of the USC School of Pharmacy?

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The University of Southern California Christopher; retired California Supreme Court Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas and Associate Justice Joyce L. Kennard; former • Founded in 1880, the University of Southern California U.S. Ambassador to Australia, South Africa, Liberia, and the is the oldest private research university in the western United United Nations Edward Perkins; former South Korean Prime States. Minister Kang Young-Hoon; rocket scientist Yvonne Brill; fi lm • There are more than 375,000 living alumni in the Trojan composers Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner; producers Family. USC alumni can be found in positions of leadership all Barney Rosenzweig and David L. Wolper; Indian novelist and over the world. journalist Raj Kamal Jha; AARP founder Ethel Percy Andrus; • An anchor institution in Los Angeles, USC has two main and business leaders Wanda Austin of Aerospace Corp., Dan campuses: the University Park Campus, located near Exposi- Bane of Trader Joe’s, Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com, Jerry tion Park, a center of world-class museums and recreational Buss of the L.A. Lakers, Rick Caruso of Caruso Affi liated, Y. parks; and the Health Sciences Campus, three miles northeast H. Cho of Korea Air, Cogent founder Ming Hsieh, B. Wayne of downtown Los Angeles. Hughes of Public Storage, and Andrew Viterbi of Qualcomm. • USC also has programs and centers in Alhambra, Catalina Island, Marina Del Rey, Orange County, and other Southern California locations, as well as in New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. USC also has international USC Administration offi ces in Beijing, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Mumbai, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, and Taipei. PRESIDENT: C. L. Max Nikias (213-740-2111) • The university’s 2015-16 fall enrollment was 43,000, PROVOST AND SENIOR VP, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: including 19,000 undergraduates and 24,000 graduate and Michael Quick professional students. SENIOR VP AND GENERAL COUNSEL: Carol Mauch Amir • Diversity is a hallmark of the USC student community. SENIOR VP, UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT: Albert R. Checcio USC students come from all 50 states, fi ve territories, and 115 SENIOR VP, ADMINISTRATION: Todd R. Dickey countries. SENIOR VP AND CEO FOR USC HEALTH: • With more than 10,000 international students on its Thomas E. Jackiewicz campuses, USC has enrolled more students from outside the SENIOR VP, UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: Thomas S. Sayles U.S. than nearly any other university or college in the country. SENIOR VP, FINANCE, AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: USC is among the nation’s top universities for international James M. Staten enrollment. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Lynn Swann • The university provides more than $300 million in fi nancial CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER: Lisa Mazzocco aid to support undergraduate students – the largest pool of CHIEF OF STAFF: Dennis Cornell university-funded fi nancial aid of any private university in the country. Nearly three-quarters of the undergraduate student population attend college on some form of need-based fi nancial aid. • Since 1969, USC has been a member of the Association of American Universities, the elective body that unites 62 leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada. • With nearly $700 million in annual research expenditures, USC is one of a small number of premier research institutions upon which the United States depends for a steady stream of new knowledge, art, and technology. • USC has more than 4,000 full-time faculty members. Chil- dren’s Hospital Los Angeles, one of the world’s fi nest pediatric academic medical centers, has been associated with Keck Medicine of USC for more than 75 years, sharing a common mission to improve the health and well-being of children in our community. • USC’s faculty include Nobel laureates, James Heckman, Murray Gell-Mann, Daniel McFadden, George A. Olah, and Arieh Warshel; National Medal of Arts winner Morten Lauridsen; National Humanities Medal winner Kevin Starr; National Medal of Science winners Solomon Golomb and Andrew Viterbi; Tur- ing Prize winner Leonard Adleman; Pritzker Prize winner Frank Gehry; MacArthur fellows Luis Alfaro, Elyn Saks and Jacob Soll; musical artists Glenn Dicterow, Midori Goto, and Michael Tilson Thomas; and poet and former National Endowment for the Arts Chair Dana Gioia. • USC’s faculty includes members of the National Acad- emy of Sciences (15), National Academy of Engineering (31), National Academy of Education (3), Institute of Medicine (15), and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (32). • Among USC’s distinguished alumni are astronauts Neil Armstrong and Charles Bolden; musicians Herb Alpert and Lee Ritenour; opera star Marilyn Horne; architects Frank Gehry, Jon Jerde, Thom Mayne, and Paul Revere Williams; sports-medicine pioneer Robert Kerlan; entertainment icons Will Ferrell, Ron Howard, George Lucas, John Wayne, and Forest Whitaker; four-star U.S. General H. Norman Schwar- zkopf; Olympic medalists Louis Zamperini, Allyson Felix, and Rebecca Soni; former U.S. Secretary of State Warren

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