Mini-Bio Project

We need your mini-bio for these Web pages!  Please share with your USC colleagues what you have been doing since your retirement from the university as well as lessons that you have learned about retirement.  Simply fill in the Mini-Bio Submission Form and click on "Submit."

Louise Ball retired from USC and went on to run her own business managing non-profit medical associations dedicated to advancing continuing medical education for physicians.  At the age of 75 she published a book titled The International . . . more

Although he was ready to retire from the university after 40 years as a full-time faculty member, George Bekey continues to be active in his community and in his profession.  He now teaches part-time at California Polytechnic State University . . . more

Like several of his colleagues, retirement is not retirement in the traditional sense.  Robert P. Biller remains an active member of the USC community as a member of the Retired Faculty Association, for which he served as president . . . more

Since retirement, Steb Chandor has remained an active member of the medical staff at the USC University Hospital and Norris Medical Center, performing consultative duty.  He also continues to teach medical students and pathology residents . . . more

Since his retirement in 1994, Henry Clark has been able to explore his interest in writing fiction and has actually written several novels, only one of which has now been published, Trophy Boy.  Not only does he spend hours upon hours writing, he has . . . more

Although Robert E. Coffey left USC in 1998, he remained an independent management consultant until 2001.  He is the current President of the Palos Verdes Sunset Rotary Club, a board member of the Peninsula Symphony, and former president . . . more

Despite earning a well-deserved break, Janet Eddy has managed to stay busy in retirement.  As a true Trojan for life, Janet enjoys giving back to the USC community in various ways.  She is currently an active member of Phi Kappa Phi, in which . . . more

Distinguished Professor Emerita Frances Lomas Feldman (deceased 2008) was working on a new book urged by her biographer daughter until just before her death at the age of 95.  The unpublished book draws on her own . . . more

While Carole Gustin is no longer paid to work at USC, her love and commitment to the Trojan Family keeps her quite busy!!  She became Program Chair of the USC Staff Retirement Association in 2003, and in 2005 she became the SRA President, . . . more

After retiring from USC in 1996, Hal Hendrick spent 10 years operating a private consulting firm in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Human Factors and Ergonomics.  He is now semi-retired but still writing and staying active . . . more

As long as health permits, retirement for Robert B. Kaplan means keeping busy.  In 1998–99, Bob had the opportunity to serve as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Applied Linguistics at Meikaiu University in Japan.  . . . more

Robert Penny, M.D., is a USC Keck School of Medicine Emeritus Professor.  He came to the USC Health Science Campus (USC-HSC) in 1971 as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, and on the USC-HSC he was, respectively, director of the . . . more

Since retiring, Betty Redmon has concentrated on building her art career under her maiden name, “Daron.”  Her work and art bio can be viewed at DaronDesigns.com.  She has also taken on the daunting task of digitizing and preserving extensive . . . more

Since retirement, Gil Siegel has kept himself busy with various volunteer activities both on the USC campus and off.  Volunteer USC activities have included: Chair, USC Retired Faculty/Staff Benefits Committee; member, Board of Directors of the . . . more

Since retiring in 2004 after twenty-nine years on the USC faculty, Bob Stallings expected to finally have time to finish several manuscripts that were in various stages of completion.  Instead, he discovered interests in things that he had never . . . more

Joe Titone lives in Vancouver, Washington, which is just across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon.  His hobbies include walking, classical music (especially opera), and computers.  Joe assists walking clubs in setting up and maintaining . . . more

Dr. Robert Tranquada is currently as busy as he was as a full-time professor at USC.  Because staying intellectually involved in life has been an important part of his retirement, he has remained an active part of the community as Chairman . . . more

Mitzi Tsujimoto began her service at the Emeriti Center in 1997, as the Associate Director Staff Liaison and Volunteer Coordinator, after retiring from the School of Pharmacy.  She has been contributing to the center ever since, . . . more

Ron Violette worked at the Southern California Safety Institute in Torrance, CA, for four years after retiring from USC.  In 1995, Ron and his wife, Bonnie, both having grown up in La Crosse, WI, decided to have a house built on the shore of . . . more