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Viterbi Alumni Relations

Your membership in the Trojan Family does not end at graduation. The USC Viterbi School’s Office of Alumni Relations is here to build and sustain your connection to USC, to the Viterbi School and to your fellow Trojan Engineers—a connection that is truly lifelong and worldwide.

You are part of a distinguished group of more than 35,000 Viterbi School alumni. We hope you take advantage of the many opportunities to build connections with this group through volunteering, guest lecturing, career mentoring and supporting the school. Alumni also stay connected to the engineering community through our online database, lifetime email forwarding, networking and attending annual events such as Homecoming and the Viterbi Awards.

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2008 Viterbi Awards

You are invited to join us for the 2008 Viterbi Awards.

When: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Where: Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel
Time: 6:00 pm—Reception; 7:00 pm—Dinner and Program

This year, the Viterbi School will be honoring:

• Simon Ramo, PhD – Lifetime Achievement Award
• Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD – Epstein Management Award
• Katherine Crothall, PhD – Stevens Distinguished Alumni Award

For more information please call 213-821-2424 or visit viterbi.usc.edu/awards.

Bay Area Weekender

The Viterbi School made its annual trip to Northern California for this year’s Bay Area Weekender—Engineering Beer. This year’s event was held in Berkeley at the Pyramid Alehouse. More than 100 alumni, parents and friends of the Viterbi School gathered for appetizers and a special tasting of Pyramid ales. Guests were treated to a private tour of the alehouse and learned more about the production and engineering of beer.

Hollywood Bowl

On August 31, the Viterbi School hosted its 5th annual “Evening at the Hollywood Bowl.” Prior to the concert more than 100 alumni and friends of the school gathered at the Bowl’s museum garden for a reception and dinner. Prof. Jim Moore, chair of the Viterbi School’s Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, gave a special presentation before guests enjoyed the “Tchaikovsky Spectacular,” with a special appearance by the Trojan Marching Band.

Global Conference

At a special reception in Tokyo, Dean Yannis Yortsos, Cauligi Raghavendra, and Katherine Aschieris are joined by (in alphabetical order) Apoorua Bhatt, John and Irene Bou, Eric (BSEE ’93) and Amy Fung, Yasuyoshi Hayashi (BSME ’98), Danny Huang, Shigekazu Kato (MSME ’79), Elliot Taniguchi (MSEE ’05), Mike Wang (BSEE ’90, MSEE ’91), Hisatoshi Yamada (MSISE ’91), and Hiroko Yarimoto (BSCSCI ’94).

The USC Global Conference, held in Tokyo in late October 2007, turned out to be one of the largest gatherings of USC alumni, friends and faculty outside of the United States. Held at the Tokyo Hilton, the event drew more than 500 registrants from the United States, Europe and Asia. The conference was organized to bring experts together to discuss key issues and challenges facing the Asia Pacific region in four major areas: how to adapt to an aging society; interactive digital entertainment; entrepreneurship and innovation; and challenges facing Pacific Rim societies.

USC Homecoming

More than 400 alumni, friends and their families came back to USC on November 3 for the annual Viterbi School Homecoming picnic. Before watching the Trojans defeat the Oregon State Beavers, guests mingled with fellow alumni and friends while enjoying delicious barbecue and drinks. The popular raffle was a success, as always, with one lucky guest taking home a signed Matt Leinart football jersey.

Professor Hank Koffman (BSCE ’61), center, enjoys the Homecoming picnic with members of the Civil Engineering class of 1961 and their families.