These are the current known alumni of the Daily Trojan, the newspaper of the University of Southern California. Exactly 2101 names are listed. Look for your old girlfriend by her maiden name, the same way you always think of her. For a list of recent changes, click here. There are also lists sorted by year, by place and by department.
Gabaj, Richard
Staff Writer
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gaffey, David
Advertising Intern
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Galante, Mary Ann
Managing Editor, City Editor, SoCal Editor, News Editor, Features Editor, And other stuff no one remembers
1969 - 1973
Last Jackie Lapin heard, she was practicing law. In fact, Galante has been at the Riverside Public Defender's Office since 1990, where she supervises felony cases and does some trials, mostly death penalty cases and homicides. (She'll be on an episode of Cold Case Files sometime this winter for a case she tried this summer involving a serial child killer/molester.) Mary Ann was a legal journalist in LA for 10 years, as managing editor of the LA Daily Journal then LA bureau chief for the National Law Journal. She ended up as a financial writer for the LA Times before joining the Public Defender in 1990. Never married and no kids -- but she was once engaged to Dodi Fayed and is waiting for Donald Trump on the rebound. (And she's not "Marianne" -- I had it wrong here for years!)
See also: Jackie Lapin, Michael Coates, Michele Drake. First added: 6/26/2000. Last updated: 8/15/2004
Galardy, Joann
City Editor, Campus Editor
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Galaviz, Adriana
Staff Writer
1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Galka, Kristan
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gallegos, Devon
Columnist (The Comfy Chair)
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Gallwas, Heather
Assistant Entertainment Editor
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gambill, Jason
Staff Writer
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Gannaway, Bobs
Cartoonist (Buckaroo Bobs)
1984? - 1987?
Gary Vonderlinden says Bobs's a Hollywood writer. Jun reports it's for Disney TV.
See also: Gary Vonderlinden, Jun Falkenstein. First added: 10/1/2000. Last updated: 4/18/2001
Gannon, Paul
Unknown
1997 - 1998
Purports Paul: "I was laid off from my job at sa360.com in Oct. 2001 a week before my birthday, got three months severance, was hired back by sa360 in January (great timing) and then the company went out of business in May right before my wedding anniversary. I got another three months severance out of it and found a job as the Web manager at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. Seguin is not a bad town, but the commute from San Antonio is killing my -- ahem -- marital fun and my car. Hey at least something's gettings some miles on it!" After graduating from USC, Paul was a reporter in the Houston area in a small city called Baytown. Baytown had "a smelly refinery [and looked] like a post apocalyptic wasteland -- but the people are nice." So nice, in fact, that's where he met his wife Mary Anna.
First added: 6/20/2000. Last updated: 9/27/2003
Gantt, Deidre
Editorial Columnist
1994? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Garber, Mary
Editor
1962? - 1966?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999
Garcia, Alejandro
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Garcia, Alex
Staff Writer
1997 - 1997
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Garcia, Jamie
Staff Writer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Garcia, Rocco
Photographer
1986? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Garda, Andrew
Editorial Columnist
1991? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Gardner, Susannah "Susie"
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Susannah "Susie" Gardner
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Managing Editor, Editorial Director, Assistant Editorial Director, City Editor, Assignment Editor, Assistant City Editor, Columnist (The Morning After), Staff Writer
1992 - 1995
Latest update: Susie has asked me to add that she's Queen of the World, she can talk with animals, she has become a magnet for $100 bills, and her hair is curly now. If you get the idea that I don't fact check these very well, you're right! Susie was born in Germany, but spent no time dawdling and quickly grew up in D.C, California, Virginia, Alabama, Germany again, Hawaii and finally at USC. She worked at the Los Angeles Times as an electronic editor, then as the multimedia director. She captured Travis Smith with her charming smile, and the two of them fled to Paris (c.f. Henry Miller's magnum opus) for a year of French culture. She is currently living in a smashingly well decorated house in Pasadena, and has just started her own small business: Hop Studios. If you need a Web site, some Internet consulting, audio, video, you name it, she's your go-to-girl. She's still teaching multimedia journalism at none other than USC, where she had been "research director and technical director, online program, Annenberg School, USC."
See also: George Stankow, Jeff Wong, Paul Goldberg, Travis Smith, Elaine Pan, Toni Sciacqua, Brian Cochrane. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 12/22/2002
Gargan, Julie
Photographer
1995 - 1997
Tall, tall Julie Gargan returned to Moreno Valley to partake of the Julie Gargan Personal Lottery Service (basically, mooching off her parents). She took a couple more classes in graphic design and computer animation. Then she started at a web design company, and went from Zentropy to Spike to Kickmedia (which was known as Carbon 14). And she's living in a guest house in Atwater Village. And she says she's doing design and flash now. Ten-four.
First added: 12/27/1996. Last updated: 4/18/2000
Garton, Tamara
Staff Writer
1997 - 1998
After graduating in 2000, Tamara moved to Missoula, Montana, to work at the CBS affiliate as the morning anchor and reporter. She then went to the University of Montana and earned an elementary teaching credential and just finished her first year as a 4th grade teacher at Arlee Elementary School. While teaching, she's also started an online newspaper called the Arlee Times. Check it out at: http://my.schooljournalism.org/mt/arlee/arlee/ By the way, Tamara married a cop in May 2003 and her new last name is McDermott. Fight on!!!
First added: 3/6/2001. Last updated: 6/17/2004
Gary, Gordon
Artist, Assistant Editorial Director, Staff Writer
1986 - 1988 Personal recollections
Gordon Gary, now Gordon Tokumatsu, is now at KNBC-TV. Gordon started his professional (i.e. paid) career at KNX NewsRadio while still a student. First on-air job: KESQ, Palm Springs, followed by KLAS in Vegas, KCRA, Sacramento. Came to L.A. in 1993 ... been here ever since at NBC-4. "It's been a grand tour," he reports. By the way: "Tokumatsu" (his on-air handle at NBC) comes from his mother's side of the family. Causes less confusion than "Gary" as a surname.
See also: Danielle Sanford, Azniv Ketenchian, Sean Grady, Diane Diaz, James Lee. First added: 5/10/1998. Last updated: 2/23/2003
Garza, Gina
Staff Writer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gaven, Matthew "Matt"
Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1986? - 1986?
Matt currently works as an independent television producer, when he's not "wearing an orange caltrans jumpsuit on the side of the 101 Freeway." He has managed to achieve reasonable sucess since the glory days of USC. From game shows to reality shows, hidden camera to court and talk shows, it's been "a wild ride in a wacky business." After a brief stint with NBC Sports, he worked with a company called Lorimar-Telepictures as a program developer and producer and was responsible for the development and production of a children's gameshow called Fun House, in addition to some 8 to 10 pilots in various genres. The mid-90's sent him into the world of reality television as a writer and producer for RealTV. After that I took a management job as supervising producer of Moral Court with Larry Elder for Warner Brothers, followed by Card Sharks for Fremantle Syndication.His latest venture is the launch of his own production company as a tax shelter, said company having just finished a pilot for the television version of SCRABBLE for the Game Show Network.
See also: Gary Caffey. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/11/2003
Geiger, Chris
Staff Writer
1974 - 1976
Currently women's basketball head coach at USC, Chris graduated USC in 1977 and headed with the Peace Corps to Western Samoa. Coming back, she coached in high school, then Division I Cal State Fullerton, then at University of Washington (11 years), then Florida State (1 year), and finally USC third season. She's married (she goes by Chris Gobrecht now) to her husband and has two kids, 13 and 10.
See also: Arash Markazi. First added: 12/16/1999. Last updated: 10/1/2000
Geipel, Gary
Assistant News Editor
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Geisler, Chris
Photographer
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gekko, Joann
Staff Writer, Assistant Features Editor, News Editor
1983? - 1984 Personal recollections
Joann (Gekko) Ng is a copy editor/page designer in the features department of The Oregonian in Portland. She is married, has two sons and loves living in the beautiful Northwest. Says Joann: "While at USC I had internships at KNX radio as a weekend news writer, at ADWEEK magazine, and at a couple of TV stations. I also had an internship after graduating at the Fresno Bee, where I ended up working after living and studying in Cambridge, England, for a year on a Rotary International Scholarship. I worked as a copy editor/page designer at the Bee for five years before moving to Portland to work at The Oregonian in 1993."
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 4/17/2003
Gentleman, Jim
Assistant Sports Editor, Staff Writer
1986? - 1988?
Azniv produces: "There was a recent write-up about Jim in the USC Alumni Magazine. I remember him as a very nice guy - but very quiet and somewhat shy...unlike all the others in the Sports Department. He would come into the Sports Office, do his thing and leave." USC's mag did say this: "MBA '93 joined Certified Airline Passenger Services in the newly created position of vice president of marketing and sales. CAPS is the country's first off-site airport baggage check-in and passenger ticketing service, based in Las Vegas, Nev. Gentleman oversees the positioning and communications of the CAPS brand via advertising, public relations, sales, interactive and other marketing programs."
See also: Azniv Ketenchian. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/23/2002
Germani, Clara
Feature Editor
1975 - 1978
Was a reporter for City News Service and the O.C. Register. Started at the Christian Science Monitor in 1980 and had several positions there including correspondent postings in San Francisco, South America, and Washington, D.C. Went to Baltimore Sun in 1993 to be assistant national editor and then moved to the Sun's Moscow bureau for a two-year stint in 1995. Returned to the US in 1997 to be editor of the opinion page at the Christian Science Monitor in Boston. Starting Sept. 1, though, she'll no longer be handling opeds -- she's on a one-year leave on an editorial consulting job for the Christian Science Church's two magazines on spirituality. Married to Marshall Ingwerson, managing editor of the Monitor. 3(?) year old daughter, Ellen Ingwerson.
See also: Gina Germani. First added: 6/15/1998. Last updated: 11/1/2000
Germani, Gina
Staff Writer, Feature Editor
1980 - 1980
Now a Fox anchor in Cincinnati, according to her sister, Clara, also on this list.
See also: Clara Germani. First added: 12/8/1998. Last updated: 8/12/1999
Gershman, Jeremy
Staff Writer
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Geyer Jr., William
Advertising Executive
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gholdoian, Michelle
Staff Writer
1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Gianelli, Gina
Staff Writer
1993 - 1995
Gina graduated from USC with honors double majoring in psychology and theatre. Presently, she is a mortgage broker for her father's firm, American California Financial. Gina still keeps up with her singing, acting and dancing. She is also an active member of the Screen Actor's Guild.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 5/8/2004
Gibbons, Alan
Cheif Copy Editor (sic)
1987 - 1991
It's a joke, don'tcha get it, a joke! Anyway, Alan was my introduction into the ways of the Daily Trojan. She could read a story in 3 minutes flat, write a headline in another 20 seconds, proof pages faster than Ron could photocopy them, and be done in time to listen to two hours of Dan Povenmire trying in vain to come up with a "Life Is a Fish" comic strip that didn't involve scatological references. Arwen Adams says Alan left her job at the Breeze to go join the Orange County Register Sports desk.... As far as another rumor that Alan "followed her man to Asia," I can neither confirm nor deny that at this time.
First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 1/26/1998
Giddens, Audra
Staff Writer
2000? - 2000?
Audra is currently a leasing agent in Irving, TX. She loves her job and is doing very well. She just purchased her first car and is pretty excited about it! Although she didn't finish school at USC, the Trojans still hold a warm spot in her heart!
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 5/31/2004
Gil, Maria
Staff Writer
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gill, Mark
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Mark Gill
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Editor
1980? - 1983
Mark left the job of West Coast president of Miramax Pictures, blew through the position of president of an independent movie company called Stratus Films, and is now the president of Warner Bros. specialty arm, Warner Independent Films, a new division of WB. He's also a member of the USC Annenberg board of councilors. Reported by Steven De Salvo and amended by Elisa Rae Ung and Gary Karr, my peeps.
See also: Steven DeSalvo, Elisa Ung, Casey Wian, Gary Karr, Belma Johnson, Jon Soohoo. First added: 4/13/1998. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Gillette, Aimee
Staff Writer
1998? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Gima, Craig
Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1980 - 1981
Craig relates: "After graduation, I was the one who was not chosen to intern at the Long Beach Press Telegram and writing summer camp stories at the Los Angeles Times. I went into broadcast instead and worked at KCRA in Sacramento, KPIX in San Francisco and KHON in Honolulu. Then made the transistion back into print where I am now assistant city editor and a reporter at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin."
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 2/23/2003
Ginther, Lisa
Staff Writer
1988 - 1988
Migrated from SoCal to NY to Seattle. Moved from daily news to technology journalism then to mobile and wireless marketing and PR.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/10/2003
Glad, Dana
Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1984 - 1986
Dana decants: "I spent almost 20 years in journalism, including my time at the DT and Rolling Stone during college. Went on to work as a copy editor and designer at the Orange County Register and ended up marrying Frank Farrar, a colleague there. I quit on my honeymoon to go to the Times, and spent 13 happy years there. I really enjoyed the hard news excitement of the Northridge earthquake, the riots and the OJ years and was honored to share in three staff Pulitzers. I also wrote a weekly "Dining With Dana" restaurant review colunmn for the San Gabriel Valley section of the Times. After the second daughter was born, I quit and ended up running my own PR firm from home. My husband left the Times for a brief sojourn in the corporate world, but is happy to be back at the Calendar section doing writing and editing."
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 4/11/2004
Glaser, Matthew
Diversions Columnist
1999? - 2000?
Glaser, since gradutaion, has drifted into the glamourous world of professional wrestling. Since being taken under the sweaty wing of Vince McMahon, Glaser, or "The G-Laser" as he's now known, has made quite a name for himself over the past few years. Battling the infamous El Caliente Pupusa twice, once to a draw and once to victory in a feared "Bowling Alley Match", Glaser has risen in the ranks to be one of professional wrestling's hottest up-and-comers. Look for Glaser this summer in the newest Wrestlemania, where he and the The Fashion Fascist will take on the Dr. Bjorn Bonecrusher and The Human Fondue Pot in a tag-team match, celebrity refereed by The Iron Yuppie. Also, look for the new G-Laser action figure out this fall from Bandai, with cool lefty-beating action and removable self-esteem. Great for Hanukah!
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 5/6/2003
Glashow, Jack
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Glasson, Jaimie
Staff Writer
1992 - 1992
Jaimie is now married to Asher Pergament. She recently left E! Networks where she was an Executive Producer, heading the network's fashion and beauty programming. She is now freelancing. Her current role is as Senior Producer on Tyra Banks "America's Next Top Model." She also designs and owns a line of dog clothing and accessories called Ruff Ruff Couture (www.ruffruffcouture.com).
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 6/17/2004
Gleiter, Nicholas
Editorial Columnist
1995 - 1997
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Gobrecht, Chris
See Geiger, Chris.
Goebel, Susan
Staff Writer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Goel, Sangita
Copy Editor
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Golay, John Ford
Editor
1934? - 1938
A Rhodes Scholar. Received BA in journalism 1938, fought in RAF during WWII, received doctorate in history from Oxford in 1955. Author of "The Founding of the Federal Republic of Germany" (U. Chicago Press, 1958). Served in administration at Roosevelt University and then as Provost and professor of history at West Virginia University. He died in 1969.
See also: Michael Carter. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 4/21/2002
Goldberg, Jenn
See Sansing, Jenn.
Goldberg, Paul
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Paul Goldberg
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Sports Editor
1992? - 1995
Paul Goldberg works in USC's Sports Department, where he was tricked by an evil elf into working with the men's basketball team. He joins a cadre of elite DT sports folk who have stayed with USC; others include Roger Horne and John Tamanaha. If you look for him, you will find him married to Jenn Sansing (hitched in June 2001).
See also: Matt White, Jenn Sansing, Arash Markazi. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 7/14/2004
Golden, Gayle "G.G."
Staff Writer, Feature Editor
1977 - 1979
G.G., as she now spells her nickname, is a lecturer in journalism at the University of Minnesota. She has been a national science reporter for the Dallas Morning News, winning several prestigious awards including the AAAS Westinghouse Award for science reporting and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for legal reporting. Since 1990, she has freelanced for national magazines and been a contract stringer for The New York Times. She's married to Chris Worthington, class of '79 too. and has a passel of kids.
See also: Chris Worthington. First added: 12/21/2002. Last updated: 11/22/2004
Golden, Jay
Photographer
1985? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Golden, Robert
Photographer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Goldman, Paul
Staff Writer
1986? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Goldstein, Leona
Unknown
1959? - 1962?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Michael Furtney. First added: 11/30/2004. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Gomez, Rene
Illustrator
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gonzales, Ruby
Staff Writer
1989 - 1990 Personal recollections
Currently staff writer at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. It's part of the Los Angeles County papers owned by Dean Singleton.
See also: Roger Tefft, Robin Rauzi, Anita McDonnell, Debbie Townsend, Michael Utley, Julie Chen. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/3/2003
Goo, Sara
Staff Writer
1995 - 1995
Sara Kehaulani Goo was a rising star at the DT when she did a "reverse-Brenda" (think 90210) and transferred to the University of Minnesota. She's had internships at the Orange County Register, Cape Cod Times and St. Paul Pioneer Press. April reported she was scoping out the job market for after graduation. And then this came in from Sara... "What's written about me is correct: I am now a business reporter at The Washington Post but somehow got transfered to cover airport security post 9/11. I'm living in DC so would be happy to see people when they pass through. Very happy, very single. I've been moving around a lot (as we all have) and DC is finally a place I'd like to stay and hang out for a while. The Post is great. A quick synopsis for anyone who cares: After leaving LA in 95, I moved to Minneapolis and graduated from U of Minn in 98. interned at The Wall Street Journal in Detroit buro in 98 summer, then hired to work for their New England section out of Boston that fall. WSJ axed all of those regional sections in Nov. 2000. I then was hired by The Washington Post and moved to DC in 2001.". Matt O'Gara confirms it: "I'll tell you that I live directly across the street from Sara Goo in D.C.; she worked for the WSJ in Detroit, then the WSJ in Boston, now she's a business reporter at the Washington Post."
See also: Nick Divito, April Haitsuka, Matt O'Gara, Jon Fox, Victoria Manley, Jen Hamm. First added: 5/31/1998. Last updated: 5/6/2002
Goodrich, Germaine
Staff Writer
1986? - 1986?
Germaine unpacks: "After surviving an exhausting stint in Hollywood, I become a graphic designer (most recently designing packaging for Mattel). I followed my then fiancˇ to San Francisco and we were lucky enough to have both been laid off following the dot com bust of 2000 and subsequently traveled through 15 countries over 10 months - a real adventure! We're back in So. Cal and our family has grown with the recent addition of our son, Nolan. I have fond memories of my days at 'SC and working for the Daily Trojan."
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Gortikov, Stanley "Stan"
Editor
1938 - 1941
From the Los Angeles Times, June 2004: Stanley M. Gortikov, a former head of Capitol Records who served as president of the Recording Industry Assn. of America during a time when record companies, responding to outside pressure, agreed to print warning labels on rock albums containing explicit or suggestive lyrics, has died. He was 85. Gortikov, who died of natural causes Thursday, June 24, 2004 at his home in Brentwood, served as president of the Recording Industry Assn. of America, the industry's main trade organization, from 1972 to 1987. A Los Angeles native who graduated from Fairfax High School, where he was editor of the school paper, Gortikov attended USC on a four-year scholarship and served as editor of the Daily Trojan. After graduating in 1941, he entered the Army. During World War II, he served in the Engineering Battalion of the 86th Infantry Division in Europe and, at the age of 25, attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. Gortikov worked as an advertising copywriter and executive before joining Capitol Records in 1960 as director of corporate development. He served as president of Capitol Records from 1968 to 1969 and as president and chief executive of Capitol Industries from 1969 to 1971.
See also: Rich Feldman. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 7/14/2004
Gould, Jennifer
Staff Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Govan, Eboni
Copy Editor
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Grabow, Mark
Staff Writer
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Grady, Sean
Staff Writer, Copy Editor
1986 - 1988
Sean worked as a street reporter at a handful of newspapers in California and Nevada. He eventually settled in Sparks, NV, where he writes school textbooks, last we spoke. Submitter: Gordon Gary
See also: Gordon Gary. First added: 4/18/2001. Last updated: 4/18/2001
Graeber, Suman Elizabeth
See Shealey, Suman.
Graham, Susan
Copy Editor, Assignment Editor, Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1991 - 1992
Every once in a while, someone writes such a good self description, you're force to run it just as it arrives: "I live in northern Vermont, near Jay Peak Resort and Canada. I became engaged in July, and moved in with my fiance, Scott Staples, in September. [Editor's Note: They were married Sept. 29, and Bernadette Garcia was the maid of honor.] I am an "instant mom," since he has custody of his three kids: a daughter, 18, and two sons, 15 and 12. So now the word is out: Yes, I am a saint! Just kidding, the kids and I really get along great. I am now the western editor of Ski America & Canada, a guidebook to winter resorts, and senior Web editor of our online site, www.resortspace.com (we've changed our name from worldrec.com). Site was named "Best of the Web" skiing site by Forbes! We also provide ski content to Expedia and Lycos, so I work with their ski editors to keep information updated and accurate. Naturally, this job requires a lot of travel, but someone has to ski all that terrain, eat all that wonderful food, and check out the nearby lodging. I couldn't resist volunteering, it's the only way I could think of to get paid for being a ski bum. Life is truly fun! Other jobs I've held since leaving USC: PR and marketing consultant for the outdoor lifestyle/adventure sports industry, PR coordinator at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont, assistant editor at the now-defunct Snow Country and Snow Country Business magazines, assistant news editor at the Torrington (CT) Register Citizen, and city editor at South County News/The Orange County (CA) Register." Susan adds: "You can keep my address information as is, since my 'home office' didn't move with me--no place to put it! I now have to commute to my home office. What's wrong with that picture?!!"
First added: 6/15/1997. Last updated: 2/5/2002
Grane, Thomas
Staff Writer
1982? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Grange, Lori
Assistant Viewpoint Editor, Viewpoint Columnist, Copy Editor, Staff Writer
1986? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Grant, James
Editor, Managing Editor, Features Editor, Co-Entertainment Editor
1978 - 1982
Following graduation, Grant worked at Time/Warner for seven years; as special correspondent for People Magazine; as Los Angeles bureau chief of Life Magazine; and under contract to Entertainment Weekly. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Harper's Bazaar, Detour, In Style, Cosmopolitan and other publications.
See also: Galen Gruman. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 7/15/2004
Grant, Jason S.
Staff Writer
1991? - 1997?
Nothing currently known - found on an old staff list. But I hope this isn't the same person at the DT for 7 years, 'cause that'd be a real record. There was one listing for Jason Grant and another for Jason S. Grant. The Jason S. Grant I remember from 1992 was a tireless, enthusiastic, but ultimately chaos-enducing entity in the newsroom.
See also: Travis Smith. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Granville, Kari
Editor
1971? - 1975
Kari Granville worked for a time at the O.C. Register and married Peter Boyer, who I think was at the L.A. Times, AP, the New York Times, CBS and Vanity Fair; they moved to New York where she is now a writer and the food editor at Newsday; Boyer is now a writer for The New Yorker and an award-winning author, according to Kevin McKenna.
First added: 3/24/1997. Last updated: 5/8/1999
Grassi, Joe
Assistant City Editor
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gray, Brandon
Editorial Columnist
1995 - 1995
If you're in the entertainment industry, chances are you've heard of a little site called boxofficemojo.com. Brandon's toned down his Napoleonesque ire (a bit) and offers his readers scarily accurate box office predictions. From his "About Us" Page: Box office analyst Brandon Gray founded the site on August 7, 1998 with just a couple of charts, including the Box Office Forecast. Thanks largely to word-of-mouth, Box Office Mojo has grown into the #1 box office site on the Internet, currently averaging over 500,000 unique visitors per month. Mr. Gray has been regularly quoted in such publications and sites as USA Today, Forbes, The Drudge Report, Bloomberg, E! Online and many more. He has been a talking head on CNN and Access Hollywood. Submitter: Michelle Ishida
See also: Michelle Ishida. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/30/2003
Gray, Roger H.
Assistant City Editor, Editorial Director
1981 - 1982
Just the facts: Went to law school in Washington D.C., 15 years as a trial lawyer handling largely employment and business disputes and appeals. Opened Gray Mediation, Conflict Resolution Services in Pasadena, but discovered that warriors get paid more than peacemakers, and "retired" from the law to teach sixth grade. For the last several years active in the City of Pasadena, particularly as a member of the Transportation Advisory Commission, and various city planning committees and commissions. Co-founder of Pasadena Walks! a pedestrian advocacy group working for a livable, walkable Pasadena. Co-founder of Pasadena Zen, Buddhist sitting group (www.zenpasadena.org). Board member, California Walks, and Boy's Republic in Chino Hills (Youth Services Agency). Married twice, divorced twice -- one son, Spencer, born 1995. Currently living in Pasadena with gorgeous redhaired amazon, and her daughter Kathryn, born 1998.
See also: Brandon Bailey, Ben Dib, Jane Zachary. First added: 1/24/2001. Last updated: 12/5/2004
Gray Jr., Ezell Marcus
Staff Writer
1979 - 1982 Personal recollections
Gray goes public: "Just a college newspaper staff member enjoying being on the DT. Mentors Roy Copperud, Jack Langguth and Bill Farr. DT experience and collegiate years at USC were excellent. Loved every minute; despite being a loner."
See also: Roy Copperud, Jack Langguth, Bill Farr. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 2/10/2004
Greenberg, David
Editorial Columnist, Staff Writer
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Greenberg, Matthew
Assistant City Editor
1994 - 1994
Last time we heard from this G man, he announced he was "still the proud owner of his very own pica pole," and his therapist was very relieved. Other than that, though, Matt was "practically invisible" at the DT and gone before anyone ever even knew his name -- a notion borne out by the fact that he went nearly three months (out of four) before he had his own login to the ATEX system. Matt was working in 1998 as Online Producer for the Washington Post's online thing, after leaving Politics Now when it shut down rather suddenly. Said Matt: "I'm sitting about 15 feet away from where I used to work. I mention this only because knowing where to go for lunch is a very important facet of any job, and I know this neighborhood like the back of my hand."
First added: 6/15/1997. Last updated: 6/22/2000
Greene, Beverly
Production Staff
1982? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Greene, Marcelle
Copy Editor
1988? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Greene, Marcelle
Contributing Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Gregory, Wesley "Wes"
Unknown
1957? - 1961?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Peter Plagens. First added: 2/9/2004. Last updated: 2/10/2004
Gribben, Steve
Unknown
1996? - 1996?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Grierson, Tim
Staff Writer
1993 - 1997
Tim Grierson is an editor of The Simon, a weekly online publication of culture, politics, and humor. His writing and criticism on music, movies, and pop culture have appeared in the Village Voice, the New Times, the L.A. Alternative Press, Knot Magazine, Under the Radar, and the Black Table. His documentary, Mama Laura's Boys, played at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival, the CMJ Music Marathon, the Cleveland International Film Festival, and on PBS.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 9/28/2003
Griffin, Nick
Staff Writer
1986? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Griffith, Glenn
Staff Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Griffith, William
Editor
1942? - 1946?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999
Grossman, Alan
Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gruendemann, Eric
Entertainment Editor, Staff Writer
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Gruman, Galen
Staff Writer, SoCal Magazine Editor, Other positions I've forgotten
1979 - 1982 Personal recollections
Gruman spent three years at the DT in various positions, as well as a production geek at the same time for two of them. Since then, he has been an associateeditor at IEEE Software; executive editor of Macworld, Upside, and M-Business; editorial director of IT Wireless; and West Coast burea chief at Computerworld. he has also freelanced for Cnet, CIO, Magazine Design & Production, PC World, Fortune Small Business, and Science Digest. He has also co-written 13 books on desktop publishing. He now freelances part-time and sells real estate in San Francisco.
See also: David Stanton, Carole Long, Robin Oto, Mike Schroeder, Steve Padilla, James Grant, Mary Ellen Hickey, Denise Killian, Laura Nicholson, Matthew Kane, Jane Zachary. First added: 9/3/2003. Last updated: 12/4/2003
Gu, Helen
Staff Writer
1997? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Gualvez, Cass
Viewpoint Columnist
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Guarino, Doreen
Staff Writer, Assistant City Editor, Features Editor
1981? - 1985
Mark Lowe proposes: "Features editor (I think) and former staff writer for the Journal Inquirer in her native Connecticut."
See also: Mark Lowe. First added: 10/29/2001. Last updated: 6/11/2002
Gubitz, Ron
Staff Writer
1998 - 1998
Ron co-founded the international non profit organization Hip Hop Congress, with its first chapter at USC. He started the second chapter at Indiana University. Ron now teaches in St Louis as part of the "Teach For America" program and still works for the Hip Hop Congress. Submitter: Jordan Bromley
See also: Jordan Bromley. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 5/9/2004
Gudmundsen, Wind
Columnist
1993 - 1995
Wind (now Wind Cowles) is currently a researcher in the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex in merry ol' England. She has a daughter. (Home Page given is hopelessly out of date!) She's no longer a 5th year graduate student in linguistics at UC San Diego. She has a daughter. Thanks to James Kaufman for this tidbit.
See also: James Kaufman. First added: 2/22/1998. Last updated: 8/25/2002
Guerrero, Francisco
Staff Illustrator
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Guidry, Philip
Viewpoint Columnist
1996? - 1999
Phil's living in Los Angeles with his wife working on several writing projects. His travel articles have appeared on several travel websites... a story he wrote was recently published in a textbook.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Gulmert, Gustav
Staff Writer
1983 - 1983
Red Rover, Red Rover, we call Gustav over! Gustav reports: "In July 2002, I transferred from Northrop Grumman's Information Technology sector to the company's corporate offices in Arlington, Va., where I am now manager of corporate and international communications. In 1998, I left Southern California, moved to Annapolis, Md., and have since become familiar with blizzards, humidity, hurricane, tornados, and other joys unknown to Angelenos. I [was then] the manager of Corporate Communications for Logicon, the information technology sector of Northrop Grumman Corp., in Herndon, Va."
First added: 8/7/2000. Last updated: 8/23/2002
Gund, Lawrence
Photographer
1982? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Guthman, Ed
Honorary Alumni
1980? - 2001+
Check out the Web site link! Ed Guthman didn't work at the DT to my knowledge, but he is a fount of knowledge about so many Daily Trojan alumni I thought I would include him.
See also: Aaron Curtiss, Tamra Fitzpatrick, Garrett Whitt, Glen Justice, Petula Dvorak. First added: 4/1/2001. Last updated: 4/1/2001
Guthrie, Mary
Copy Editor
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Gutierrez, Valerie
Staff Writer
2000? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Guzman, Arlene
Staff Writer
1986? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Guzman, Gabriel
Artist
1992 - 1992
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
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