In 1992, in honor of Arnold Eddy, who served as Permanent Master of the Society from 1942 to 1955, the Skull and Dagger Society established the Arnold Eddy Volunteer Service Award. The award is presented annually at the Initiation Breakfast to a current member of the Society who has demonstrated exemplary volunteer service to the University of Southern California.
Arnold Eddy
The following is a list of current & past recipients of this award:
Carol Troy Thueson- 2020
Carol Troy Thueson (2007) has given much of her life and love in service to USC. She is loved and respected, in fact treasured, by those who know her and who have worked with and for her. From the time she entered the University as a freshman in 1949, she has served our alma mater well.
Carol has done more than anyone would expect in every cause and activity in which she participates. More frequently than not, she has assumed the role of leader, or advisor in the many groups of which she is/was a member. As an undergraduate, Carol was active in Troeds, Sigma Alpha Iota, Religious Council, Junior, Senior and Student Body Councils and YWCA, eventually serving as President of Maids and Matrons as an alum. As a vocal music major, she sang in many musical performances. She is a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority.
After graduation, she taught in LA City Schools for 12 years, becoming a Master Teacher, a Saturday morning TV Demonstration Teacher and she piloted the gifted children’s program under the Superintendent of LA City Schools.
Carol retired from teaching to raise two daughters, one of whom is a USC graduate (Julie Lynn Thueson Pircher, Class of Winter 1988). She found time, during these years, to be active in Trojan Junior Auxiliary, Trojan Guild of LA (President, 1967-68), Trojan League of LA (VP, Ways and Means, 1979-1980), Life Member of Town and Gown, serving many years on the Board, and Alumnae Coordinating Council. Carol also found time to serve in her community as a member of Orphanage Guild Juniors of LA, Assistance League of LA, Oakmont League of Glendale, National Charity League of Glendale, PEO-Chapter KD, Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Association and La Canada Presbyterian Church.
In 1983, Carol accepted a position at USC with the USC Alumni Association as Associate Director of Volunteer Programs, a job at which she worked tirelessly for 18 years. Her responsibilities included advising the 22 Women’s Alumnae Groups. She developed and advised the Pepsters, Student Ambassadors for the University (100+students). She was so good at advising student groups that she was asked to continue advisement to the Pepsters after her retirement. Scions, a legacy Trojan students group, had dwindled to so few participants that the group no longer had meetings when Carol took over their advisement. It wasn’t long before there was attendance of 200 on a regular basis. She advised the STAR Council, the Senior Committee, and directed SCamp, “The Family Vacation for Trojans, their Families and Friends.” She continued as adviser to Alumnae Coordinating Council as a volunteer for many years.
Carol continues to give to others and those who have received from her want to give back. She has received a Widney Alumni House Award and a Presidential Award from the USC Alumni Association. In 2019, Pepster Alumni and other grateful Trojans created a Town and Gown Endowed Scholarship in the name of Carol Troy Thueson. Carol has been given Honorary Membership in several of the Trojan Leagues, as well as the Association of Trojan Leagues.
Ron Orr - 2019
Ron Orr (1978) established Swim with Mike, a fundraising swim-a-thon entering its 39th anniversary that has raised nearly $22 million for physically challenged athletes and provided scholarships to more than 230 recipients at USC and more than 120 other universities throughout the country. Ron started Swim for Mike when his swim team mate, Mike Nyeholt (1978) became disabled after a motorcycle accident.
Ron is a senior associate athletic director and handles all annual giving operations in a department that has raised up to $30 million annually. He joined the USC athletic development office in 1984 as assistant athletic director after spending year-and-a-half with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. He was venue manager of all swimming, diving and synchronized swimming events at USCs Olympic Swim Stadium during 1984 Games. He was a 6-time USC All-American swimmer and once held the school record for the 1650-yard freestyle and served as a USC assistant swim coach for 2 years after receiving his degree in 1978 in marketing and management.
Ron received President’s Award for Staff Achievement at USC in 1992 and the USC Alumni Association’s 2009 Fred B. Olds Award, presented on special occasions to alumni for their extraordinary and unparalleled service to the university over a long period of time. He is a noted national speaker on alcohol and drug education.
William A. Heeres - 2017
Bill Heeres is a second-generation Trojan pharmacist whose father, Nicholas, graduated from the USC School of Pharmacy in 1934. In 1964, Bill took over the family business, Arlington RX Pharmacy in Riverside, California. He eventually became president and CEO and held this position until he sold the corporation in 2005. Bill currently works as a per diem pharmacist for PharMerica Corporation and a number of individually owned pharmacies.
A dedicated Trojan, Bill is a longtime member of the USC School of Pharmacy’s Board of Councilors and served as the board’s chairman from 2013 to 2014. In 2013, Bill was named the USC Pharmacy Alumni Association Outstanding Alumnus of the Year. He is revered for sharing his time and expertise with students, encouraging them to participate in political, professional and community activities.
In 1998, Bill and his wife, Josephine, established “The Heeres Challenge,” a matching gift program that eventually raised nearly $1 million in gifts and pledges to complete the renovation of teaching facilities with multimedia upgrades. Four years later, Bill and Josephine endowed the Josephine A. and William Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy – the first of its kind in the nation. As a longtime community pharmacist, Bill believes that School of Pharmacy students need to learn how to communicate with their patients and provide essential healthcare information.
Bill and Josephine have four children, one of whom, Deborah, is a 1986 USC graduate, as well as eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Their granddaughter Lauren graduated in 2016 and currently works for USC.
Yvonne Bogdanovich - 2016
Yvonne Vilicich was born and raised in San Pedro, California and graduated from Marymount College (now Loyola/Marymount) in 1961. She married the late Louis Boganovich and has four children (Debbie (Murray), Laurie, Christine (Vidovich) and Lou) and five grandchildren (Tyler and Drew Murray, Emily, Anna and Megan Vidovich).
She has served USC and her community in a number of leadership roles, including serving as President of: Holy Trinity Parents Club, Mary Star High School Parents Club, San Pedro High Lady Boosters, the USC Intersorority Mother’s Club, Alpha Phi Sorority Mother’s Club, the San Pedro Peninsula Cancer Guild, Town and Gown at USC (2008-2010) and the boys & Girls Clubs Los Angeles Harbor Board of Directors. She also served on the Board of Directors of the USC Spirit of Troy Band and the Women of Troy.
Yvonne has been honored with the Affinity Group “Legend Award” in 2011 by Marymount College, the Widney Alumni House Award in 2011 from the USC Alumni Association and the San Pedro Lions Citizen of the Year Award in 1997. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, family and friends, her time in Lake Arrowhead and on Maui, reading, and her occasional needlepoint projects.
Gale & Jane Bensussen - 2015
Jane and Gale Bensussen met in 1967 at USC. Gale was a junior and Jane had just started graduate school. In less than a year, they were married and finishing their education at USC though Gale was called to the Army Reserves for six months. Gale received his B.S. from the Marshall School of Business in 1970; Jane received her M.A. from the College in 1969.
While building their careers and raising son Lane and daughter Adrienne, they kept their Trojan friends and cheered all things cardinal and gold. Gale graduated from Southwestern Law and became a member of the California Bar. His interest in nutritional science kept him engaged in the supplement industry most of his career. He was President of Leiner Health products for many years and is now the Chief Executive Officer of Doctor’s Best, a science-based nutrition company. Jane was a Vice President with Daniel Freeman Hospitals – retiring after 23 years with the corporation.
Gale and Jane have never been far from the University of Southern California. Gale’s dedication to the School of Pharmacy resulted from years of service on the school’s Board of Councilors, including multiple years as chairman. The Bensussens established a research laboratory in 2007 and have recently announced a new competitive research grant for students in the Pharmacy School. Gale was named an honorary alumnus in 1999.
Gale was honored to serve in 2004-2005 as the President of the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors, followed by a five-year term on the USC Board of Trustees. He continues as a member of the Alumni President’s Council. In recognition of his commitment to USC, Gale was formally initiated into his fraternity Phi Delta Theta while serving as a university trustee.
Jane served 13 years on the Davis School of Gerontology Board of Councilors. She completed a three-year term on the Alumni Association Board of Governors in 2014. She is currently the President of Town and Gown of USC, the oldest and largest women’s support group at USC. Jane is also a past president of Trojan Guild of LA and a member of Trojan League of LA and the Keck Trojan Society of Hospitals. She chaired the USC Women’s Conference in its second year in 2010. Jane received the Alumni Association President’s Award in 2009.
In honor of the university’s 125th anniversary, Gale and Jane created a History Station near the Town and Gown building to showcase the USC women’s organizations. Their shared passion for USC is reflected in their mentoring of students, hosting student SCendoffs and Admitted Student Receptions in their home. They are members of Cardinal and Gold, Women of Troy and The Associates.
It was a touchstone moment for Jane and Gale to become members of Skull and Dagger. It seems their Trojan Spirit has been a true inspiration for service to the university community. They jointly received the Alumni Association’s Service Award in 2010.
Paul T. Salata - 2014
It is no small irony that former NFL player Paul Salata has earned his greatest recognition for originating an event based on his desire “to do something nice for someone for no reason.” When he founded Irrelevant Week in 1976, the premise was simple: Paul would honor the last player chosen in the NFL draft, as a celebration of perseverance. As of 2014, Paul has led the sports world in celebrating 38 champions of perseverance, recognizing these last-picked, but first-in-our-hearts athletes. In truth, Paul’s story is, perhaps, the most inspiring tale of perseverance to come out of Irrelevant Week and the parent nonprofit organization that Paul founded in 2013, The Foundation for the Undefeated.
In Los Angeles, California in 1926. Paul was born to Chetko and Melania Salata – becoming the second of seven sons born to his Yugoslavian immigrant father and American-born mother. At age 14, Paul’s father Chetko died, leaving his mother – then 33 years old – with seven boys ages 2 to 16. Paul and his siblings had to go to work. Paul sold newspapers, washed dishes, and took on any other work he could find. Despite these challenges, Paul persevered, serving double duty at Franklin High School in Los Angeles, holding the position of student body president as well as athlete of the year his senior year.
After high school, a football scholarship brought Paul to USC where he played football in two Rose Bowls and also was part of USC’s national championship baseball team. While he was at USC, Paul launched a USC sports ticket resale business that became so successful, he hired on his brothers to help him. Unfortunately, his ticket resale business wasn’t a hit with USC Football Coach Jeff Cravath, who often benched Paul in response – giving the young player another taste of what it’s like to be the underdog.
After graduating USC in 1949, Paul played professional football and baseball. His football career included stints with the San Francisco 49ers, the Baltimore Colts, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Canadian Football League. In 1950, with the Baltimore Colts, Paul set a Baltimore record of catching 50 passes in seven games (NFL Hall of Famer Raymond Barry took 10 games to break that record). Paul’s baseball career was limited to the minor leagues.
Following his sports career, Paul founded a successful heavy engineering construction company based in Arcadia. As a hobby, he played bit parts in the movies with such stars as William Holden (Stalag 17), Frank Sinatra (The Joker is Wild), and Ronald Reagan (The Winning Team/Grover Cleveland Alexander Story). He and his late wife, Beverly, married in 1951 and had 2 children, Bradley and Melanie. Daughter Melanie Fitch serves as President for The Foundation for the Undefeated.
As an alumnus of USC, Paul is a member of the Half Century Trojans, Cardinal and Gold, and the Scholarship Club. Paul has received many awards for his support. Among those awards are the Red Cross Man of the Year, Orange County Sportsman of the Year, NFL Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award, and USC Alumnus of the Year. In 2000, this persevering “underdog” proved tough once again, surviving a bout with colon cancer. His motto? “The harder you work, the luckier you get.”
James & Janet Eddy - 2013
James (1952) and Janet Ewart (1991) Eddy are the 2013 recipients of the Arnold Eddy Volunteer Service Award. The Eddy award is presented annually to that member (or members) of the Society whose volunteer service to the University of Southern California is exemplary. There are no more qualified recipients than Jim and Janet to receive this award.
The Award is named in memory of their father, Arnold Eddy (1923), who served as Executive Director of the USC Alumni Association from 1944 to 1960 and as Permanent Master of the Skull and Dagger Society from 1942 to 1955. Both Jim and Janet come from families with strong USC ties. In addition to Arnold Eddy, Janet’s father, Park Ewart (1964), joined the faculty of the USC School of Commerce (now the USC Marshall School of Business) and taught at USC for 40 years.
Twenty-two years after receiving her B.A. in education in 1954, Janet returned to USC in 1976 to work at the National Charity League/USC School of Education, a lab school for remedial reading, while she pursued her master’s degree. Passionate about teaching and counseling students with disabilities, she joined the university’s Division of Student Affairs in 1984 as a learning specialist. By 1991, she had become director of disability services and programs – a position she held until retiring in 2001. She was the 2011 president of the Half Century Trojans, and a founding member and past-president of the Trojan Guild of Los Angeles, past president of the Trojan Junior Auxiliary, a Norris Hospital volunteer, and a current member of the Trojan League of Los Angeles, Norris Cancer Center Auxiliary, Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Association and Town and Gown of USC. She was the 2010 recipient of the J. Tillman Hall Award for Service to USC given by the USC Emeriti Center and she and Jim received an Alumni Service Award in 2009 from the USC Alumni Association.
After graduating with a B.S. in business in 1952, Jim began a nearly 40-year career with California Federal Savings, rising to become regional vice president for 28 offices before retiring in 1989. He has since volunteered for numerous USC-affiliated groups and foundations. A life member of both the Howard Jones Memorial Foundation and the USC Associates, he chaired the Class of 1952 50-Year Reunion Committee; is president of the David X. Marks Foundation; served as president of the Half Century Trojans and the Trojan Shrine Club; sits on the advisory board of the USC sailing team; helped found the USC Oceanographic Associates; and is a 55-year member of the Trojan Club.
Jim and Janet have four children – all Trojans and three of them members of Skull and Dagger – Beryl, James III (1980), Park (1983) and Andrew (1985) – and 10 grandchildren.
Gerald S. Papazian - 2012
In 1992, in honor of Arnold Eddy, who served as Permanent Master of the Society from 1942 to 1955, the Skull and Dagger Society established the Arnold Eddy Volunteer Service Award. The award is presented annually to a current member of the Society who has demonstrated exemplary volunteer service to the University of Southern California.
The 2011 recipient is Gerald S. Papazian (1977) and he is celebrating his 25th year as Worthy Grand Master of the Society. He is currently the Managing Director of Fountainhead Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm he founded in 2002. He began his career as a corporate securities attorney with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and subsequently he spent two years at Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. as vice president in the investment banking division. In 1988, he joined Aura Systems, Inc., a publicly traded technology company, serving as president and chief operating officer from 1997 to 2002.
He was a member of the USC Board of Trustees from 1994 to 1999, and served as president of the USC Alumni Association from 1995 to 1996. He was on the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors from 1989 to 1997, and served on the USC Associates Board of Directors from 1987 to 1992. He has served on the USC Dornsife College Board of Councilors since 1996. As an undergraduate, Jerry served as a Student Senator and was Chairman of Songfest.
Papazian is the co-founder and co-chair of the Dean Joan M. Schaefer Endowed Scholarship Committee. He is currently on the Leadership Council of the USC Institute for Armenian Studies. He has also served as an advisor to the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity since 1977 and is a member of the board of directors of the Alpha Tau Omega Educational Foundation.
He is active in many civic and community organizations, including We Care For Youth (engaged in job training and self esteem programs for at-risk youth), where he has served as treasurer of its Board of Trustees since 1994. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pomegranate Foundation and the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games and serves as the Chairman of the Armenian Film Foundation.
Papazian is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from USC in 1977 with a degree in Economics and Public Relations and received his JD and MBA from UCLA in 1981, where he was a member of the law review.
Yoshi Honkawa - 2011
Leader, mentor, advocate, husband, friend, guiding light…how do we capture the career and life of a nationally-recognized leader in healthcare administration and policy in a singular statement?
Yoshi Honkawa embodies the spirit and meaning of demonstrating exemplary volunteer service to the University of Southern California.
Throughout his 50 years of service, he has helped shape the healthcare system to better meet the needs of patients, their families, and healthcare professionals. On the local and national level, Yoshi has provided the insight and leadership to resolve challenging issues and bring about change for the good.
Currently, a consultant in health care advocacy for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, he retired in 2001 from his role as the Vice President for Government and Industry Relations at the Los Angeles-based medical center. Prior to his work at Cedars-Sinai, he held executive positions at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and the L.A. County-University of Southern California Medical Center.
Yoshi was appointed to serve as a member and, subsequently, as the Chairman of the National Council on Health Planning and Development by President Carter and Patricia Harris, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. He also served by appointment of Governor Reagan, as Chair to the State of California Advisory Health Council and by Governors Deukmejian and Wilson to the California Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission. He served on the National Policy Council for AARP.
Yoshi has chaired major health policy and planning, community and professional boards and committees including: the American Hospital Association, the California Hospital Association; the Visiting Nurse Foundation and Association of Los Angeles, the Hospital Council of Southern California, the Federation of American Health Systems; the Institute for Diversity in Health Management and the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center.
Yoshi has been honored and recognized with the California Hospital Association Walker Fellowship, the California Association of Hospitals and Health System’s Award of Merit, and the American Hospital Association Trustees’ Award. He received the Mathies Award from the Partners in Care Foundation and the Volunteer Service Award by WISE Senior Services.
At USC, Yoshi earned a BS degree in Business Administration in 1955. He is a member and previous Chair of the Board of Councilors School of Policy, Planning and Development (SPPD), a current member of the Friends of the Library, a former member of the USC Associates Board and the Board of Councilors to the School of Medicine. In 1992, he was a recipient of the USC Alumni Service Award and in 2008, received SPPD’s Guardian Award. In 1995, Yoshi and May (his wife of 55 years), established the Endowed Graduate Fellowship in their name in SPPD. They both are USC Presidential Associates.
The most enduring and endearing aspect of Yoshi’s career is the impact he has made on colleagues. He has been a mentor to generations of healthcare professionals. May Yoshi’s light continually illuminate our path ahead.
Dann V. Angeloff - 2010
Dann Angeloff graduated from the University of Southern California in 1958 with a B.S. in Finance and returned soon after to earn his M.B.A. in 1963. While an undergrad, Dann was the school’s “Yell King,” which proved a harbinger for the support he would provide to the athletic department, business school and University in general over the years that have followed.
Dann has found numerous ways in which to serve the university, including as President of the USC Alumni Association in 1980, and as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1979 to 1986. He has served as Director of the Half Century Trojan Board (2008-present), Director of the Spirit of Troy Board (1990-present), Co-Chairman of the Class of 1958 Fifty Year Reunion Committee (2007-present), Chairman of the Trojan Board of Governors (1993-1994) and President of the Trojan Junior Board of Directors (1965-1966).
Additionally, Dann has remained active in the Marshall School of Business and the USC Athletic Department, helping them grow and mature by contributing as a Director of the Marshall Leaders (2005 – present), Founding Chairman of the Marshall Partners (1999 – present), Founder and Chairman of the Annual SC Football Recruiting Dinner (1996 – present), as a part of the Athletic Director Cabinet (1995 – present), as well as director on the Athletic Board of Counselors (1996-2000).
Other awards Dann has received in service to USC include the USC Alumni Association Alumni Service Award and his first award named in honor of Arnold Eddy, the Arnold Eddy Athletic Volunteer of the Year Award.
Dann is the founder and President of The Angeloff Company, a Los Angeles-based corporate financial advisory firm, a position he has held since 1976 and currently serves on several boards of directors including: Electronic Recyclers International and Public Storage Inc. (New York Stock Exchange). Additionally Dann is Chairman Emeritus, Past Chairman and Past President of the Southern California Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Dann lives in Pasadena and has been married to his wife of 46 years, JoJeanne. They have two daughters and one son – both of their daughters attended USC.
Albert D. Shonk, Jr. - 2009
Albert D. Shonk, Jr. received his degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1954. Since that time, in addition to his professional career, he has been a long-time supporter and leader at his alma mater, his fraternity and the community.
Al has most recently served as President of the Half Century Trojans and has served in numerous roles within the USC Alumni Association, including the Homecoming Committee, member of the Board of Governors, and Co-Chair of the Class of 1954 Reunion. He was a Founding Member of the President’s Circle, Treasurer of the National Board of Directors of the Marshall School of Business, and the Marshall Associates/Partners, Orange County Board of Directors. He is a USC Presidential Associate and received the President’s Award from the USC Alumni Association in 2008.
At USC, Al joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, and since that time he has served in nearly every leadership position in the fraternity, including serving as Grand President from 1979-1983, President of the Phi Sigma Kappa Foundation and President of the Signet Circle Corporation, the local housing corporation and alumni association. He has been honored by his fraternity with the title “Mr. Phi Sig” bestowed in 1996 and with the fraternity’s leadership school being named in his honor in 1988.
Within the USC Greek System, Al served as President of the Interfraternity Alumni Association of Southern California and later as a Co-Founder and President of the Inter-Greek Society. He received the Order of Omega John R. Hubbard Award in 1985.
Within the community, he has served on the board of directors and President and Chairman of the Florence Crittenton Center in Los Angeles, President of the Balboa Island Museum and Historical Society and President of the Balboa Island Improvement Association. He is a member of the board of directors of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles Foundation and the Exceptional Children’s Foundation.
Al was owner and president of Albert D. Shonk Co, a publishers advertising representative company for 32 years from 1965 to 1997. He currently lives in Newport Beach.
James Femino & Sue Femino - 2008
Sue and Jim Femino are both long-time supporters of the University and were selected for membership in the Society in 2001.
As a student Sue Masi Femino, received a full tuition scholarship from the General Alumni Association and later served as president of her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. She graduated in 1961 with a degree in Dental Hygiene. Sue is currently on the USC Athletics Board of Councilors and the Friends of he USC Libraries, having served as its chair from 1998 to 2002. She was co-chair of the Centennial Celebration of her sorority, co-chair of the Class of 1961 25th reunion committee and a member of the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors.
In the community, she serves as a trustee of the Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School, the Huntington Library Membership Committee and the Pasadena Guild of Children’s Hospital. Sue is a real estate broker and serves as vice president of the Femino Foundation.
Jim retired in 2002 from his practice in Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation. He received his MD degree from USC in 1961 after obtaining his BS degree from UC Riverside.
He is currently on the Board of Directors of Salerni Collegium, and has been on the Board of Councilors of the School of Medicine, the USC Graduate Orthopaedic Surgeons Society and the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors. He is a Trustee of the Huntington Medical Research Institute, and has been a member of the board of trustees of the Pasadena Polytechnic School and the San Gabriel Valley Medical Foundation.
Sue and Jim reside in Pasadena, California and have four children and five grandchildren.
Hilton Green - 2007
Hilton A. Green (1968) has been selected to receive the Arnold Eddy Volunteer Service Award for 2007. The Eddy Award is presented annually to that member of the Society whose volunteer service to the University of Southern California is exemplary. Mr. Green has had an outstanding career as a motion picture producer and director. He was a production manager with Alfred Hitchcock for 25 years and was president of H&H Productions, Inc. before his retirement in 1996. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
While a student at USC, he was a member of the football team from 1947 to 1951, served as president of his fraternity Phi Kappa Psi, and was a member of the Trojan Knights. After graduation, he served in the US Army. Mr. Green has been very involved in alumni activities, including serving as president of the Trojan Club, Cardinal and Gold, and of the Athletic Advisory Board. He received an Alumni Service Award in 1981. Mr. Green is a past president of the USC Alumni Association and served as a member of the USC Board of Trustees from 1990 to 1994. He is married to Helen Harker Green (LAS ’52) and all three of his children, Wendy, Pamela and Brad, attended USC.
L. Joe Enloe - 2006
Leslie Joe Enloe (Class of 1960), along with his wife Joan, has been an active USC volunteer for over forty years primarily in the Northern California Bay Area. He has served as president and founding member of a number of alumni organizations, including the East Bay Alumni Club, the Contra Costa Alumni Club, and the Associated Alumni Clubs. He was elected president of the USC General Alumni Association in 1994 and served on the USC Board of Trustees from 1993 to 1998. He continues to serve as Chairman of the Bay Area SC Weekender.
Joe was born on a farm in Greenville, Illinois and may explain his uncanny likeness to President Abraham Lincoln. He attended college at Mt. SAC in Walnut, California. He graduated in pre-med in May 1955 with honors, while lettering in track and working in the evenings at the railroad docks in East Los Angeles. He was named Mt. SAC Alumnus of the Year in 1994.
He attended USC School of Medicine and graduated with his MD with honors, having served as President of the Student Body. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha Omega Alpha. Upon graduation in 1960, he was selected for the Skull and Dagger Society.
Dr. Enloe spent four years in the Army Medical Corp and then was appointed Assistant Chief of Surgery at Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center, where he served, ultimately as Chief of Surgery, until his retirement in September 2004. He is a member of many medical professional societies, including membership as a Fellow of both the American and International College of Surgeons.
In addition to the USC organizations mentioned above, he served, among others, as a member of the USC General Alumni Association Board of Governors from 1984 to 1992, as Chairman of the Northern California Regional Board from 2001 to 2005 and as a member of the Alumni president’s Council since 2002. He received an USC Alumni Service award in 1987.
Joe is married to the former Joan Eleanor Rose (whom he met at USC and married in 1958) and they have four children (Leslie, Tracie, Sean and Gregory), three of whom attended USC, and nine grandchildren.
Gordon Gray - 2005
Gordon Gray (Class of 1945) has shown strong support for USC and has served on and chaired many boards and committees. He has been a member of the President’s Convocation Committee continuously since 1995. He also served for seven years on the Board of Governors of the USC Alumni Association. In addition, Gray was President of the Half Century Trojans and a six-year alumnus of the USC Associates Board. In addition, he is also a Presidential Associate, a member of Cardinal & Gold and a member of the Committee.
His notoriety, though, can be traced back to the football field where he was an All-American and specifically the Rose Bowl, where he played in three Bowl Games for the Trojans.
With WWII on the horizon, Gray joined the Navy and attended USC under the Navy V12 Officer Training Program. Gray was tapped as a sophomore in 1945 because he says, tongue in cheek, “in those days they (Skull and Dagger) probably did not want to tap us posthumously”. Thankfully, having won the war, Gray returned from active duty in the Pacific to finish his education at USC, graduating with honors in January 1948 with a degree in History.
As a student, he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Blue Key, Wampus and Phi Alpha Theta. Listed in Who’s Who in Colleges and Universities, he earned the Interfraternity Scholarship Award and the Helms Olympic Athlete Foundation Award. On the field, Gray was called the “Gray Ghost” according to him because, “I was like the willow of the wisps, I was here, there and everywhere and if they were going to catch me, I would just run out of bounds”. When asked if that meant he was afraid of being hit, he quickly explained that getting hit was never a problem for him!
Professionally, Gray had a long and successful career as an insurance broker, as a partner with David X. Marks Company and finally as Managing Director of Marsh McLennan, Inc., the world’s largest insurance brokerage.
He was a long-time member of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles (LA5) where he served on the Board in 1991 and 1992. He is a Commissioner on the Los Angeles County Commission on Local Governmental Services where he served as Vice Chairman from 1992 through 1999. He served as a Director of the Los Angeles Olympic Festival in 1991 and was a member of the Track and Field Commission for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. His passion for athletics earned him the Los Angeles Athletic Club Achievement Award.
Gray is very interested in the security and defense of our country and was the 2003 –2004 Chairman of the Defense Orientation Conference Association. As well, in 2004, he was elected to the Board of the National Defense University Foundation. The Foundation provides scholarships to and endows chairs at the National Defense University where programs and advanced degrees in military and industrial strategic planning are offered.
Gray lives in Glendale, California with his wife Patricia. Gray has two sons (with his wife the former Miriam Franz, who passed away several years ago) who are also Trojans: Gordon, Jr. and Richard as well as two grandchildren, who keep him busy.
Otis M. Healy - 2004
Otis M. Healy, founder of Troy Camp and a member of the Class of 1950, is the 2004 recipient of the Arnold Eddy Service Award. Mr. Healy served as President of the USC Alumni Association in 1990-91 and was a member of the USC Board of Trustees from 1989 to 1995. Previously, he had served as President of the USC Commerce Associates.
Prior to his graduation with a BS from the Marshall School of Business, Mr. Healy was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Squires, Knights and Blue Key. As an undergraduate in 1948, he founded Troy Camp, a community project that took children from the surrounding neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles to camp for a week-long fun learning experience. Troy Camp has since grown to be a diverse student-run volunteer organization. Mr. Healy has continued to support Troy Camp over the years.
Mr. Healy has a long background in the securities industry, serving from 1950 until 1976 at Dean Witter & Co. Incorporated, ultimately as a Director and Senior Vice President responsible for branch offices in the southern half of the United States.
Linda Dean Maudlin - 2003
Linda Dean Maudlin is a 1961 graduate of USC’s Marshall School of Business and a founding partner of Portfolio Partners, an investment group. She also serves as secretary/treasurer of Descolin, Inc., a commercial real estate development and management firm. A former high school teacher in the Lynwood Unified School District, Linda has volunteered her time and efforts to many causes in the community at large. She has been an active member of the Junior League of Los Angeles since 1969 and a sustaining member of that organization since 1980.
A former president of USC’s Alumni Association, she has been an active member since 1966, when she helped to found the Trojan Affiliates support group. Linda is a life member of Women of Troy and a Provost member of the USC Associates, and currently serves as Chair of the Dean Joan Metcalf Schaefer Scholarship Committee. A Trojan Tribute scholarship has been named in her honor.
She is a recipient of the Alumni Association’s Alumni Service Award, the Fred B. Olds Support Group Award and the Women’s Athletics Helen of Troy Award. She served on the USC Board of Trustees from 1996 to 2001. She has been a member of the Society since 1986 and serves on the Skull and Dagger Foundation Scholarship Committee.
George N. Boone - 2002
Dr. Boone is a member of the Board of Trustees and served as President of the USC Alumni Association during 1989-1990. He and his wife Mary Lou have supported the School of Dentistry by establishing the George and Mary Lou Boone Chair in Craniofacial Molecular Biology and have supported the arts by establishing the Mary Lou and George Boone Gallery in the Huntington Library. He is currently a member of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Board of Councilors and the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies Advisory Board. He has served on numerous advisory boards for the schools of dentistry, medicine and fine arts.
Following a successful career as an orthodontist, he organized George Boone Associates, a Southern California real estate and development firm. He currently serves as president of the Boone Foundation. He is a former lecturer in the orthodontic program and remains a member of the dental school faculty, leading seminars on business management.
Robert R. Dockson - 2001
Dr. Dockson received his Ph.D. in economics from the University in 1946. He earned his master’s degree from the School of International Relations in 1940 after having received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois in 1939. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy in the Pacific. After having moved east in 1946 to join the faculty of Rutgers University in New Jersey, he also served as an economist for Prudential Insurance Company and the Bank of America.
In 1953, he joined the USC business faculty as a professor and chairman of the marketing department. He soon became the dean of the business school. In 1969, he began a second career in industry by joining California Federal Savings and Loan Association. In 1984 when CalFed Inc. was formed he became Chairman of the Board and CEO of California Federal Savings and Loan. Dr. Dockson has served on the boards of more than thirty corporations and charitable organizations. He has received the Asa V. Call Achievement Award from the USC Alumni Association and the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from the Marshall School of Business.
Barbara Taft Galpin - 2000
Barbara Taft Galpin has served her University in a wide variety of volunteer activities. After graduating from the University with a degree in business in 1947, she went on to serve as President of the Trojan League of Los Angeles, President of the Association of Trojan Leagues, and Vice Resident of Town and Gown. She served as Chairman of the Homecoming Centennial Celebration in 1980 and co-chaired the first Women’s Day on campus.
She has served on the Board of Councilors of both the USC School of Medicine and of the School of Continuing Education. Along with her late husband, Kennedy Galpin, who served as President of the USC Associates and as a member of the USC Board of Trustees, she chaired the Pre-Game Picnics of the USC Associates. She has also been very active with the Athletic Apartment, having chaired several of its Hall of Fame dinner.
Outside the University, she has served as President of the Luminaries of the Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation, President of the Pasadena Guild of Children’s Hospital and President of the Pasadena Junior Philharmonic.
Herbert G. Klein - 1999
Mr. Klein is Vice President and Editor-In-Chief of the Copley Newspapers. A graduate of the School of Journalism, he began his career in the 1940 as a copy boy for the Alhambra Post-Advocate, later becoming its news editor. He moved to the San Diego Evening Tribune and then to the San Diego Union, serving as editor from 1959 to 1968, when he resigned to the join the presidential campaign of Richard M. Nixon.
Mr. Klein played a role in five presidential campaigns and served as Vice President Nixon’s press secretary during the Eisenhower administration and later as While House Director of Communications during Nixon’s presidency.
He served as President of the USC Alumni Association in 1975-1976 and was awarded USC’s Asa V. Call Achievement Award, its highest honor, for his outstanding commitment to the University. He has served as a trustee of the University since 1982.
Richard Van Vorst - 1998
Mr. Van Vorst received his masters in economics from the University in 1956 and is President of Caliente Products, Inc. He is a Past President of the General Alumni Association, having served from 1988-1989. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1987-1993. He is a Past President of Cardinal and Gold and the Downtown Trojan Club.
He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Kenneth T. Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center, a member of the National Board of Directors of USC Commerce Associates and the Board of Directors of the Trojan Club.
Richard takes greatest pride in having been the founder and first chair of the SCions Scholarship program that today awards over $500,000 each year to SCions attending USC.
Ann Bothwell - 1997
Mrs. Bothwell is a graduate in Social Work. She was married Lindley Bothwell, USC’s first yell leader, founder of card stunts and Knights and a long-time advisor to the spirit squad.
She operates Bothwell Ranch, a citrus growing operation and also owns a collection of vintage vehicles, many of which are used in motion pictures.
She served for many years on the Board of Trustees, serving as President and Chairman, of Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Services and Orange County Crittenton Center, residential facilities for young girls and babies. She served on the Board of Councilors for the School of Social Work.
She was involved in the formation of the USC Song Leaders and has served in an advisory capacity to the group since Lindley’s passing in 1986.
She currently serves as a member of the Spirit Advisory Group for Song and Yell Leaders, a Band Board member for the Spirit of Troy, and is a member of USC Associates, Cardinal and Gold and Town and Gown.
Raymond Arbuthnot - 1996
Raymond Arbuthnot is a 1933 graduate in business. Mr. Arbuthnot served as President of the General Alumni Association from 1971 to 1972 and was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1971 to 1983. He currently serves as a University Counselor. He is a former rancher and citrus grower, who retired in 1972. He has served as President of the La Verne Orange Association; President of the National Orange Company in Riverside and a Board Member of the Sunkist Growers Association. He has served as Chairman of the La Veme Chapter of the American Red Cross, President of the La Verne Heights school board, Director of the La Verne First National Bank, and a Director of the First National Bank of Pomona. He has also served as a trustee of Pitzer College. He served as President of the Los Angeles County Fair Association for six years and a Board Member of the Los Angeles County Fair for 28 years. As an undergraduate, he served as President of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity and Chairman of the Student Union Committee.
May Kay Damson Arbuthnot is a 1946 graduate from the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. She is the Interim President of the Trojan League of the Foothills. She has served as President of the Trojan League of Orange County, Chairman of the Alumnae Coordinating Council, and President of the Association of Trojan Leagues. She served for 11 years as a member of the Board of Governors of the General Alumni Association. She was the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the USC University Hospital Guild and President of the USC University Hospital Guild. She is a recipient of a General Alumni Association Service Award. As an undergraduate, she was a member of Delta Delta Delta and a Helen of Troy.
Mary Kay Arbuthnot - 1996
May Kay Damson Arbuthnot is a 1946 graduate from the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. She is the Interim President of the Trojan League of the Foothills. She has served as President of the Trojan League of Orange County, Chairman of the Alumnae Coordinating Council, and President of the Association of Trojan Leagues. She served for 11 years as a member of the Board of Governors of the General Alumni Association. She was the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the USC University Hospital Guild and President of the USC University Hospital Guild. She is a recipient of a General Alumni Association Service Award. As an undergraduate, she was a member of Delta Delta Delta and a Helen of Troy.
Phyllis Norton Cooper - 1995
The 1995 recipient is Phyllis Norton Cooper who received her BA in 1935 and her JD in 1938 from USC. A former Trustee of the University and currently a University Counselor, she served as the first woman President of the General Alumni Association in 1967-68 and was the first woman to be elected President of the USC Law Alumni Association.
Mrs. Cooper was engaged in the practice of law for many years with her husband Grant B. Cooper, who was a former president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and past president of the American College of Trial Lawyers. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
She has served on the Boards of the Assistance League of Southern California, the Junior Philharmonic Committee, the Women’s Division of the Chamber of Commerce and the Municipal Art Commission.
As an undergraduate, she was Vice President of the student body, selected a Helen of Troy, was a member of Mortar Board, Amazons, and the Debate Team and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating magna cum laude.
She Co-chaired President Zumberge’s Commission on Alumni Relations and is a member of Legion Lex, Half Century Trojans, Andrus Associates, a folding member of the Norris Auxiliary, the USC University Hospital Guild and the Trojan League of Los Angeles. She is listed in Who’s Who Among American Women and in 1970 received an Alumni Service Award.
John C. Argue - 1994
The 1994 Arnold Eddy Service Award is presented to John C. Argue. Mr. Argue is a 1987 initiate of the Society. He graduated from Occidental College in commerce and finance in 1953 and received his law degree from USC in 1956, where he sewed as senior class president. He received an honorary degree from Occidental College in 1987.
Mr. Argue is a senior partner in the law firm of Argue Pearson Harbison & Myers in Los Angeles, which specializes in a general business practice.
He is a trustee of the University of Southern California He also serves as a trustee, vice chairman and chairman of the finance committee for Pomona College and is a trustee of Occidental College. He serves as a director of Avery Dennison and the Calmat Company. He is a director and Chairman of Rose Hills Memorial Park Association. He is a director of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. He serves as a director and treasurer of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Mr. Argue is well known for his commitment to the Olympic Games. He served as founding chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee from 1978 to 1979 and from 1979 to 1986 serv& as a director and vice chairman. He has served since 1972 as the president of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. Since 1988, he has served as chairman of the Los Angeles Sports Council. He has been a director of the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles since 1984 and serves as chairman of the finance committee. In 1979, he received the Sparkplug award from the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce as “The Man Most Responsible for Bringing the 1984 Olympics to Los Angeles”. In July, he will be presented the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee.
From 1988 to 1993, Mr. Argue served as president of the USC Associates. He also received an Alumni Merit award from the General Alumni Association in 1984.
Lorna Young Reed - 1993
Lorna Young Reed, 1958 graduate of the Rossier School of Education and community volunteer extraordinaire, is the first recipient of the Arnold Eddy Volunteer Service Award.
In 1982, Reed was selected as president of the USC Alumni Association and at the same time was appointed to the USC Board of Trustees, where she has served her alma mater ever since.
Lorna has served as president of the USC Associates, the Alumnae Coordinating Council, the Los Angeles chapters of the Trojan League and the Trojan Guild, as well as the Half Century Trojans. She has been a long-time member of the board of directors of the USC Norris Cancer Hospital, as well as the founder and first president of the USC/Norris Hospital Auxiliary. The hospital’s research unit is named the Lorna Young Reed Breast Cancer Research Unit.
Lorna was elected into the Skull and Dagger Society in 1985, in the first class that included women, and has served on its Executive Board ever since.
She and her husband, Chuck (Skull and Dagger 2002), have three daughters – Diane (Sam) Nicholson, Kathleen (Alan) Bonde and Megan Bowen.