USC Dedicates Architecture Program
“It was Dean Timme’s vision that my gifting be to the [Graduate] Building Science Program and associated physical plant,” said Leavitt, an alumnus who has cultivated a lifelong interest in architectural methods and materials. “This gift seemed to me to be a fitting match for my passion of architecture. I am so saddened that Bob, with his recent passing, is unable to enjoy the fulfillment of his vision.”
The Chase L. Leavitt Endowment will assist in consolidating the Graduate Building Science Program’s facilities and resources into a single space along with the school’s four other graduate programs in the Architectural Research Center currently under construction.
The endowment will encourage interaction and interdisciplinary cooperation among the programs and allow the Building Science Program to expand. Within the Center, which is scheduled for completion in 2006, the endowment establishes the Building Science Program’s Resource Conference Suite, presentation space and design studio.
Leavitt earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the USC School of Architecture in 1967 and an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business in 1973. He is a member of the USC School of Architecture Board of Councilors.
Until 2004, he was president and CEO of the Los Angeles-based Reynolds Industries where, over the course of 35 years, he directed the development of proprietary electro-mechanical products serving high-tech aerospace, petroleum, semi-conductor and mobile phone industries worldwide.
Leavitt established the Chase L. Leavitt Traveling Fellowship at the school in 2000.
Graduate Building Science students research current topics relating to earthquakes, wind, gravity, energy and water conservation, comfort and sustainability. They seek solutions that are both efficient and elegant while integrating knowledge and concepts from related technical fields.
The Building Science Program currently offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and is in the process of adding both certificate and doctoral programs to the curriculum.
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The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
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