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The Widney Alumni House, the campus's first building. The University of Southern California was founded following the efforts of Judge Robert M. Widney, who helped secure donations from several key figures in early Los Angeles history—a Protestant nurseryman, Ozro Childs; an Irish Catholic former governor, John Gately Downey; and a German Jewish banker, Isaias W. Hellman.
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California, [11] [12] and has an enrollment of more than 49,000 students.
Ozro W. Childs was born in Sutton, Vermont, in 1824, and received his early education there.His father was a farmer, while one of his grandfathers was a town minister. Like many young people in Vermont, he left for the West, first for Ohio, where he earned his living as a schoolteac
The University of California, San Francisco traces its history to Hugh Toland, a South Carolina surgeon who found great success and wealth after moving to San Francisco in 1852. [17] A previous school, the Cooper Medical College of the University of Pacific (founded 1858), entered a period of uncertainty in 1862 when its founder, Elias Samuel ...
The San Francisco Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and presentation of the history of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. [1] It is a membership-based organization that holds monthly speaking programs, conducts walking tours of San Francisco and publishes original research.
Born and raised in Oakley, Idaho, McClelland received his BA from San Jose State College, and his MA and PhD in history from the University of California. [4]In 1940s McClelland joined the faculty of the San Francisco State College, where he became professor of history and international relations at the department of International Relations, and chairman of the division of social science.
USC's 22 libraries and other archives currently hold over 5.8 million printed volumes, 1.3 million ebooks, 3 million photographs, and subscribe to more than 30,000 current serial titles, nearly 44,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives, and subscribe to over 120 electronic databases and more than 14,000 journals in print and electronic ...
Dominic J. Monetta – deputy director of defense research and engineering (research and advanced technology) at the U.S. Department of Defense, 1991–1993; director of Office of New Production Reactors, at the United States Department of Energy, 1989–1991; Pat Nixon (B.A. 1937) – First Lady of the United States, 1969–1974