The globally recognized chemical engineering researcher was the first woman president of Imperial College London and Lehigh University.
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The college named the primatologist a Distinguished Emeritus Professor in 1991, the same year it established the Jane Goodall Research Center.
Raveling — the first Black head coach in the Pac-8 Conference — took USC to the NCAA Tournament in 1991 and 1992.
The executive, who oversaw such productions as Gandhi and Ghostbusters, served as founding chairman of the Board of Councilors at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
The renowned arts patron created and endowed the USC Kaufman School of Dance.
The longtime leader of the Annenberg Foundation invested $1.5 billion in nearly 3,000 nonprofits and projects.
Barrio was an associate professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work until her retirement in 2024, and served as the school’s executive vice dean for a time.
The USC Dornsife Professor Emeritus discovered “weak localization,” a quantum effect that reveals how electrons move through thin, disordered materials.
The USC Dornsife Professor Emeritus challenged conventional wisdom on economic growth and well-being.
Wilson was one of the first philosophers to take a critical interest in cinema, writing several influential books on the subject.