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Trojans in Public Service

Featured Trojan

Dana Rohrabacher, U.S. Congressman (R-CA)

DanaRohrabacher Congressman Dana Rohrabacher received a master’s degree from the University of Southern California in American Studies in 1975. Rohrabacher represents California’s 46th district, which includes portions of Los Angeles. Now serving his 12th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rohrabacher is chairman of the Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Learn more.


Trojans on Capitol Hill

Trojans in the Administration

  • Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (MS '77)
  • Raphael W. Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (Professor, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development)
  • Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, United States Department of Defense (BA '77, MA '78)
  • Michael E. Kassner, Director of Research, Office of Naval Research (ONR) (Professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering)
  • Daniel Levinson, Inspector General, United States Department of Health and Human Services (BA)
  • Mercedes M. Márquez, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (BA '82)
  • Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, United States Department of Education (PhD '95)
  • Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor (MPA '81)
  • Robert O. Work, Under Secretary of the Navy, United States Department of Defense (MSSM)