TALES OF FOUR CITIES
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4 1. Party in Piccadilly USC Marshall School of Business Dean James G. Ellis and USC Alumni Association CEO Scott M. Mory logged thousands of air miles in June, connecting with alumni in London, Paris and Boston at three Trojan Family receptions. Pictured in London, from left are: Priya Rana Kapoor MFT ’06, Jennifer Gaines ’01, James and Gail Ellis, Lisa Barkett ’81 (USC Aumni Association president-elect for 2011-12), club president Matthew Dresch ’01, Jennifer Ladwig ’99 and Mory. 2. Our Kind of Town On July 21, Windy City alumni and friends learned about “Building a Better World” from USC School of Architecture Dean Qingyun Ma and Philip Enquist ’74, MArch ’79, a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Prior to the presentation on global architecture and sustainable building practices, Enquist led alumni on a garden tour of downtown Chicago. Pictured from left are: Robert Geiger ’00, Scott
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Best of times in London, N.Y., Chicago and L.A.
U S C T R O J A N FA M I LY M A G A Z I N E winter 2010
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Mangum ’02, Enquist, Suzanne Reichart ’92 (president of the USC Alumni Club of Chicago), George Anderson ’93 and, in front, Liya Wang and USC architecture student Dongyang Chen ’15.
3. Creativity on the Hudson Nearly 600 Trojans and friends attended the second annual Tommy Awards on June 28 in New York City’s Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU. Presented by the USC Alumni Club of New York, the evening showcased the creative talents of USC graduates, honored the extraordinary contributions of USC alumni to the New York community, and awarded more than $30,000 in scholarships to incoming freshmen and continuing students. Pictured from left are: (back row) Kate Russo ’03, Julie Boardman ’04, Danielle Faitelson ’07, Kevin Mambo ’95, Donald Webber Jr. ’08, Lara Janine ’03, Briga Heelan ’09 and Michael Schwartz ’06; (front row) Laurie Hymes ’04, Kamille Rudisill ’05, Sara Benjamin ’05 and Kelly Rudisill ’05.
4. Lambda in L.A. On Saturday, Aug. 28, the USC Lambda LGBT Alumni Association held its third annual scholarship awards dinner. The keynote speaker was Capt. Melissa Ward ’86 (the first African-American woman to serve as a captain for a commercial airline). John Heilman JD ’82, MPA ’07, MRED ’09, mayor of West Hollywood, Calif., received one of two Recognition Awards. (The other went to Nancy E. Warner, M.D., professor emerita of pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.) Pictured from left are: Christopher Lane ’04, Amy Ross PhD ’86, USC Alumni Association CEO Scott M. Mory, pharmacy student Sandra Safford, Heilman, USC Lambda president Vince Wong ’03, Tom Peterson MBA ’80, USC Marshall student Richard Solomon, Capt. Ward, cinematic arts student Becca Louisell, architecture student Robin Abad Ocubillo, Russell Gamble ’69, cinematic arts student Emily Taymor, Ward Rolland ’90 and Mark DeAngelis MBA ’99. The students pictured all received USC Lambda scholarships. ●