We are pleased to announce that Sterling and Larry Franklin, trustees of the Morris S. Smith Foundation, pledged $500,000 to the USC State Capital Center in Sacramento to create the Professor Chester A. Newland Endowed Professorship in Public Administration in the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD). The school will raise a matching $500,000.

Professor Newland is the Duggan Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at USC. He has an impressive record of public service, having served as a research fellow for the U.S. Supreme Court; city councilman of Denton, Texas; director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library; task force head for President Jimmy Carter’s civil service reform project; two-time director of the Federal Executive Institute; and government consultant to ten nations in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has written over 100 books and articles on public administration. He served as editor of the Public Administration Review for eight years and as national president of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). In April, ASPA bestowed its highest award, the Dwight Waldo Award, on Professor Newland for his “outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended career.”

Professor Newland is one of the most respected figures nationally and internationally in the field of public administration. He is to public administration what USC’s Professor Warren Bennis is to leadership. To create an endowed SPPD professorship in his name is to honor Chet Newland for his lifetime of commitment to teaching and to the field of public administration.

Make a Gift

To make a gift to the Chester A. Newland Endowed Professorship in Public Administration, please contact Dr. Richard Callahan, Associate Dean at (916) 442-6911 X25 or by e-mail at rcallaha@usc.edu.

Additional Resources

Full story from USC website (8/29/07): Sacramento Center Gains Newland Honor

USC Chronicle Article (PDF Version)

A Case for Giving -- "Chester A. Newland: A Devotion to the Greater Good"

Announcement about the Chester A. Newland Professorship in the American Association of Public Administration national conference program brochure