Oldest Living Alum Turns 103
Photo/Norm Schneider
Emery Stoops, professor emeritus in the USC Rossier School and a recipient of the USC Distinguished Emeritus Award in 1993, was feted by Dean Karen Symms Gallagher at a luncheon held in Stoops’ honor.
Stoops taught at USC for 17 years before retiring in 1970. He then embarked on a second career in estate planning, life insurance and tax-sheltered annuities. He is the co-founder and president of the First Penn-Pacific Life Insurance Co. and served as a top-selling financial adviser and estate-planning consultant for the Aetna Life Insurance Co.
Stoops is a longtime supporter of USC. In 1994, he and his wife, educator Joyce King-Stoops, created a $1.25 million trust fund to establish the Emery Stoops and Joyce King-Stoops Chair in Educational Administration in the USC Rossier School of Education.
In 1996, an additional gift from the couple of $2.25 million – together with a $250,000 contribution from the Rita H. Small Charitable Trust – endowed the chair in perpetuity. The chair currently is held by Gallagher.
Stoops earned his Ed.D. in educational administration and supervision at USC in 1941. He taught English, speech and social studies in Whittier, Beverly Hills and Los Angeles high schools and held administrative posts in Los Angeles County public schools before joining the USC faculty in 1953 as a professor of educational administration and supervision.
The author of more than a dozen books and 60 magazine articles, Stoops served as an educational consultant to the U.S. Office of Education, the California State Department of Education and numerous school districts, including the L.A. Unified School District.
He was a visiting professor at a number of universities, including New York University, the University of Alaska, UC Berkeley, UCLA, the University of Denver, the University of Hawaii, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Washington.
Stoops is a member of the USC Associates, the university’s premier support group.
Latest stories
- USC Price School Celebrates Naming Gift February 9, 2012 2:45 PM
- George Will Shares His Perspective on Politics February 9, 2012 1:10 PM
- Life on the Rez February 9, 2012 12:10 PM
-
For Journalists »
-
USC in the News
for 2/8/2012 »-
The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
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.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
-
-
Campus News
- Capital Connections
- USC faculty, staff and alumni in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento
- In Print
- New and recent books written or edited by USC faculty and staff
- Family Matters
- Achievements and awards
- Obituaries