wife, Annabelle, were Peace Corps volunteers in Somalia.
Joseph Cheah ’77 wrote Race and Religion in American Buddhism: White Supremacy and Immigrant Adaptation, which addresses the under-theorization of race in the study of American Buddhism. He is an associate professor of religious studies at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn.
manager, where she is responsible for the agency’s Hispanic accounts. She has more than 12 years of industry experience, having managed accounts in the automotive, beverage, real estate and travel sectors.
1980s
Debbi Dachinger ’80 of Los Angeles is the Geraldine Knatz MS ’77, PhD ’79, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, was elected the 29th president of the International Association of Ports and Harbors.
author of Dare to Dream: This Life Counts. She also is the host of Dare to Dream, a syndicated, multi-award-winning radio program.
Claudia Welch ’78 released Sorority Sisters,
Maureen Sullivan ’80, ’81 is founding
a story about the bond between four women who meet as pledges of a sorority. She lives in Raleigh, N.C.
partner and principal of Pica+Sullivan Architects Ltd., a Los Angeles-based firm that spearheaded the design of the Downtown Women’s Center Project Home. The center was recognized with the 2011 National Preservation Award
Maria de la Parra ’79 joined Walton Isaacson’s Los Angeles office as an account
from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and as a 2011 Historic Preservation Award recipient from the Los Angeles Conservancy.
Martin Greene MS ’81 of San Diego was elected vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he has spent the past 13 years working in the defense sector, primarily with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the fields of intelligence and cyber operations. Previously, he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Paul W. Jones ’81, MPA ’84 received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists for outstanding leadership and service to the college. He serves as chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and director of anesthesia services at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, Ohio.
THE USC BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH USC SPECTRUM HOSTS:
An Evening of Art & Legacy Thursday March 22, 2012
46
U S C T R O JA N FA M I LY M AG A Z I N E
spring 2012
7pm