USC Trojan Family Magazine - Winter 2001: In Support: Giving Back

SCULPTOR FRANCISCO ZUNIGA'S six-foot bronze Evelia de Pie (1978) has been given to the USC School of Cinema-Television by Dorothy Meisel and her late husband, Harry.

Now a part of the university’s permanent collection maintained by USC Fisher Gallery, Evelia de Pie is on display on the lawn adjacent to the Norris Cinema Theatre on the University Park campus.

“The Meisels are truly a Trojan family and have been supporters of the school for many years,” said Elizabeth M. Daley, dean of the cinema-TV school. “Their son and daughter are both USC graduates, and their grandson, Tony, is a recent cinema-television alumnus. We’re delighted to be the artwork’s new home.”

Before the Meisels owned it, Evelia de Pie had been on display at the Mizrachi Gallery in Mexico City.

“I am so happy to see this wonderful piece in its new setting,” said Dorothy Meisel. “USC has been so much a part of this family, and it means a great deal to us to have this sculpture on campus for all to enjoy.”

ZUNIGA (1912-1998), who was born in Costa Rica and moved to Mexico City in 1936, is one of Mexico’s leading sculptors and printmakers. His work can be found in the permanent collections of more than 20 museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

“Francisco Zuniga is one of Latin America’s finest artists,” said Selma Holo, director of the USC Fisher Gallery.

“We’re honored to have received one of his monumental bronze works and to give our community the gift of being able to see it on a regular basis.”

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Trojan League of Los Angeles Honors Its First Lady

AT THEIR MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, the Trojan League of Los Angeles honored their founder and first president, Lucy Ann MacLean Webster ’37, who died last summer [see page 67]. Chartered in 1958 at the request of then-USC Alumni Association executive director Arnold Eddy ’24, this alumnae group has grown over the years into an Association of Trojan Leagues comprising nine groups and 800 volunteers throughout Southern California and the Midwest. Their work in support of USC involves raising scholarship funds, hosting various admissions-sponsored programs for prospective students, and sponsoring yearly benefits showcasing USC academic programs. In 1961, Lucy Ann Webster and the new Trojan League created another seminal USC Alumni Association program, the SCions program, designed to reach out to high-school-age descendants and relatives of USC alumni to encourage their interest in attending USC.

Lucy Ann Webster’s daughter, Judith McHenry ’65, brought photos, scrapbooks and other mementoes of her mother’s long association with USC to share with the Trojan League of Los Angeles as they paid tribute to their founder and guiding light. With her are, from left, Joanne George ’52, past TLLA president; Joann Koll ’52, past TLLA president; Michele Engemann ’67, current TLLA president; Judith McHenry ’65; Carol Thueson ’54, TLLA honorary life member; Sally Edwards ’65, past TLLA president; Janice Boswell ‘55, past TLLA president.