See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 12/11/2001
Ramanathan, Anusha
Staff Writer
1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Ramirez, Rich
Editor
1980? - 1984?
Last Gary Karr heard, Rich was assistant to the publisher or other high-ranking position at the San Jose Mercury News. Rich himself adds: After serving as editor of the Daily Trojan in the spring of 1984, Rich took an internship at the San Jose Mercury News. He has been there since, serving as assistant to the executive editor since May of 1995.
See also: Gary Karr. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 11/11/2001
Ramirios, Esther
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito, Nik Trendowski. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Ramos, Lydia
Staff Writer
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Ramos, Lydia
Staff Writer
1988 - 1989
Lydia Ramos was launched from USC in 1991, in the graduating class of Manny De La Rosa. She's now teaching journalism at her high school alma mater in Los Angeles, Banning High School, as an English teacher and the journalism advisor for the school paper, The Portlight. She had worked at NBC.
See also: Manny De La Rosa. First added: 12/11/1998. Last updated: 10/17/2004
Ramsay, Audrey
Unknown
1965 - 1968
Audrey Ramsay, now Audrey Ramsay Karraker Prest, in one of the perks / hazards of the campus paper, met Roger Karraker at the DT and later married him. She's been an editor at the L.A. Daily News (currently assistant news editor) for the past 20+ years, according to Roger.
See also: Roger Karraker. First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 12/22/1998
Ranchod, Kaushik
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Kaushik Ranchod
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Editorial Columnist
1994 - 1994
Kaushik used to live in Colonial House (which just recently burnt to the ground, according to another alum). He was studying for the LSAT when last I heard from him via email in 1994. But then I got this note, so I guess it all worked out: "Kaushik practices in the areas of immigration and nationality law with emphasis in employment and family-based immigration. Mr. Ranchod is admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court and the United States District Court for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California. Kaushik Ranchod serves on the Board of Directors for the South Asian Bar." His law firm takes Pay Pal -- I think that's very savvy of him.
See also: Travis Smith. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 2/23/2003
Rancik, Anitalyn McDonnell
See McDonnell, Anita.
Randall, Stephen
Entertainment Editor, Editor of SoCal
1971 - 1972 Personal recollections
Hop on over to Stephen; he's now executive editor of Playboy magazine. [This site's editor applied in 1996 to be editor of Playboy's Web site, but was sadly overlooked.] Randall, meanwhile, joined the magazine as its West Coast editor in 1981 and had served as articles editor since 1994. (the DT's magazine supplement) in spring 72. Look for him on Amazon now: Randall's book, "The Other Side of Mulholland," was released by St. Martin's in May, 2001 -- there was a signing at Skylight Books in June 2001.
See also: Cathy Meyer, Frank Culbertson, Laurinda Keys, Janet Janjigian. First added: 2/18/2001. Last updated: 6/5/2002
Rashkin, Darren
Staff Writer
1992 - 1992
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Rasmussen, Peter Anthony
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Peter Anthony Rasmussen
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Staff Writer, Assistant Sports Editor, Sports Editor, Editor in Chief,
2000 - 2003
Peter -- or "Petey," as his beloved fans call him -- graduated in May 2003 and has been hanging out in his hometown, Pico Rivera, Calif., desperately trying to keep women from falling in love with him. He's now interning on the sports desk at The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, Calif., through March 2004. Submitter: Yvonne Ngai Alex adds: Not to mention his hard-to-handle design director, Alex. Confirmed reports have it that he [was] working at the OC Register.
See also: Yvonne Ngai, Alexander Nguyen. First added: 7/21/2003. Last updated: 7/15/2004
Ratner, Herb
Film Editor, Cinema Editor
1992? - 1996?
Allegedly, the USC alumni magazine reported that he sold a couple of screenplays. The Web sez it's called Wally & Pepper and his agent is CAA. Web sez: "Preemptive buy from first-time scribe, to be produced by Gary Ross and Jane Sindell's Larger Than Life Prods. Ross may direct as well. Speaking of Ratner, Ross said, 'He has one of the most unique voices I've seen in a long, long time.' " Recently sold a pitch to Revolution Studios entitled "Mr. Lucky," being produced by Blue Star Pictures, which is run by another alumnus, Jason Shuman. Cool!
See also: Andrew Asch, Tracy Slobotkin, Jason Shuman. First added: 10/29/2001. Last updated: 11/29/2002
Rauzi, Robin
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Robin Rauzi
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Editor, Life/Arts Editor, Editorial Director, Columnist (Is It Just Me...), Faculty Adviser
1988 - 1992
Robin rocks. She is back in L.A. and at the L.A. Times after living in Berlin. She and her girlfriend Amy spent seven months traveling around Europe. She worked at the Los Angeles Times from 1995 to 2002 as a features writer and deputy editor for Calendar Weekend. Her cat, Dorothywas cared for in the interim for by D.T. alumna Rachel Campbell. Also, she just got a Tivo.
See also: Travis Smith, George Stankow, Mike Carlson, Liz Washburn, Rachel Campbell, Blake Hennon. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 4/13/2003
Ray, Jacques
Film Critic
1994 - 1995
Jacques received his M.A. from USC in Communication Management in 1997 and is currently a Multimedia Instructor at the Art Institute of California-Los Angeles in Santa Monica. He married Chona Ray in 1997(also Trojan alumni) they are expecting their first child in July 2004.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 6/14/2004
Ray, Rita
Staff Writer
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Rebmann, Dana
Staff Writer
1991 - 1992
Dana got a job as a news producer for KRON-TV in San Francisco and is working part-time now, spending the rest of the week chasing her two girls. She was a producer at a TV station in Bonita Springs, FL, and is married to Brian Welsh (not a USC alum, but her boyfriend while she was in school) in 1994.
See also: Susan Graham. First added: 6/15/1997. Last updated: 2/23/2003
Redford, Jessica
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Married to John Hoelle.
See also: John Hoelle. First added: 6/5/2002. Last updated: 6/5/2002
Reed, Brian
Editor in Chief
2001? - 2005?
Hmmm. Dunno.
First added: 1/21/2005. Last updated: 1/21/2005
Reed, Ryan
Assistant Diversions Editor, Staff Writer, Columnist (Face the Music)
1995 - 1996
Ryan Reed is working as a big computer geek for at a software company called FileWave, Inc., after leaving a job as a big computer geek at Chiat/Day Adverstising. He wrote a multitude of reviews of bad CDs at the DT, but it didn't scar him permanently. Ryan also played in Happybomb with K.T. Wiegman, Wes Biggs and Jordan Crane, as the first drummer (chronologically; it's not like they had several simultaneous drummers).
See also: Keith Caulfield, K.T. Wiegman, Wes Biggs, Jordan Crane, Adam Stackhouse, Melanie Asp, Laura Lanchester, Jen Hamm, Erik Sanjurjo. First added: 5/31/1998. Last updated: 3/31/2003
Reed, Vita
Staff Writer, News Editor
1983 - 1986
"Knew I had seen her byline recently in a California publication, so searched for her today: she covers health care for the Orange County Business Journal." Thanks, Mark Lowe! The OJBJ site goes on to say: "An alumna of the University of Southern California, [Vita] covers healthcare for the Orange County Business Journal. Reed started with the Business Journal in June, after 4 1Ú2 years with the Las Vegas Business Press. Her experience also includes reporting jobs with the Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel and the Charlotte Observer. Reed likes to listen to and collect jazz CDs and LPs, particularly from the 1950s cool, West Coast, hard bop and Third Stream genres."
See also: Mark Lowe, Catalina Camia, Dan Janeck, Rosemarie Klahn, Joe McDade. First added: 10/29/2001. Last updated: 12/11/2001
Reeder, Sara
Assistant Feature Editor
1981 - 1982
Good name for a journalist, eh? Sara has been actually writing for pay for the past 20 years. (Gasp!) Half that was spent doing computer games for EA, Lucas, and folks like that....years of high weirdness and big fun. Married a game designer. Also did quite a bit of travel and sports writing, edited some books, and has had a couple national magazine columns. Now semi-retired and homeschooling two precocious prepubescents in Half Moon Bay, CA. (You can bet these kids can punctuate.)
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 3/13/2003
Reeves, Kristin
Staff Writer
2000? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Regan, Lisa
See Heimlich, Lisa.
Reger, Quentin
Editor
1928? - 1932?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999
Reich, Sara
Staff writer, Theatre Editor
1996 - 1999
Sara Reich now works in publicity at Columbia Pictures, where she delicately markets cinematic wonders like Charlie's Angels and that Jennifer Lopez one called The Wedding Planner. She was last seen at Cafe Luna on Melrose eating an artichoke. Sources say she really likes cheese.
See also: Ryan Reed. First added: 4/1/2001. Last updated: 4/1/2001
Reilly, Chris
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Reilly, Pat
Staff Writer
1986? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Reilly, Shawn
Advertising Executive
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Reinhold, Dorothy
Unknown
1975 - 1978
Executive editor of the San Gabriel Valley Newspapers is what and where you can find this graduate. Alumnae April Haitsuka and Liz Washburn, among others, worked or still work for her.
First added: 12/7/1997. Last updated: 12/7/1997
Reite, Jennifer
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Reitman, Jason
Film Reviewer
1996 - 1997
One report (OK, so it's a report from Jason himself, but still, it sounds fantastical) says he's "breeding champion Bull Mastiffs in Texas. Little success so far, but enjoying every minute."
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 12/4/2002
Rellas, Athena
Staff Writer
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Renuka, Sridhara
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Renwick, Walter
Staff Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Retzer, Kristen
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Reyes, Melanie
Co-Diversions Editor, City Editor, Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer,
1995 - 1998
Melanie was working for a small town weekly in central California. She was there more than a year when she and longtime beau Joseph Soqui decided to exit the ink-stained wretch profession and move into education (the chalk-stained profession?). Now they both teach elementary education. Vickie says "Soqui's a kindergarten teacher, how precious is that?!, and Melanie the 1st grade. Too cute for words, I'd say. As far as I know, they're still together and happy as ever." Melanie reports they're all that happy and more: they got married in June 2002, and had a son in November 2003. Now they're back in L.A. County, still teaching!
See also: Vickie Manley, Joseph Soqui, Kelly Pullin, Tamra Fitzpatrick. First added: 2/21/1999. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Reyes, Raymond
Staff Writer
1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 8/28/2002
Reynolds, Mari
See Aoki, Mari.
Rich, Kathy
Copy Editor
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Richmond, Rob
Staff Writer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Ridenhour, Chris
Cinema Staff Writer
1993 - 1993
Literary manager at Evolution Management. And there ain't no more info here, folks.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 5/8/2004
Ridgway, Daisy
Staff Writer
1986? - 1986?
Reports Aaron Van Curen... "I don't know what Daisy is up to now days, but I wonder if Bob Barker does. One day we sent Daisy to cover an animal rights demonstration at the medical school. I remember answering the phone for months afterward. I'd put the call on hold, then yell across the city room, "Daisy! It's Bob Barker for you...again."
See also: Kelimia Mednick, Aaron Van Curen. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 4/19/2004
Rifkin, Adam
Editorial Cartoonist,
1984 - 1985
Disney has chosen Adam Rifkin to write and direct "Posse," a sci-fi action comedy. The deal is worth a high six-figure sum, with Rifkin to complete the screenplay in order to get the picture approved by Disney for Rifkin to direct. The project will be produced by special f/x wizard Stan Winston. Rifkin has written and directed several feature films including "The Dark Backward" with Judd Nelson and Bill Paxton, and "The Chase" with Charlie Sheen. He wrote two of the first five Dreamworks features: "Mousehunt" and "Small Soldiers." He no longer wears mismatching stripes, polka dotted converse tennis shoes, or fluorescent green furry socks. (Source: Dan Povenmire, though this editor did see the Dark Backward at a midnight movie and was very uncomfortable walking back to his car alone for fear he might actually run into Mr. Rifkin.) Anecdote: Rifkin reportedly received a rejection letter from Hustler magazine for cartoon "too graphic" for their readership. Every effort will be made to recover this cartoon, if it truly exists. Anecdote update: Says Mike Melson: "Yes... that cartoon DID exist; it WAS rejected by Hustler; AND I remember it way too vividly."
See also: Dan Povenmire, Gary Vonderlinden, Mike Melson. First added: 12/10/1998. Last updated: 10/17/2004
Riley, Alex
News editor
1974? - 1976?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Jim Carr. First added: 1/3/2001. Last updated: 1/3/2001
Rimac, Peter
Staff Writer
1997 - 1997
Peter started at ESPN in Connecticut in 1998 - working six years in TV production. However, his explosive karaoke skills were wasted on the New England populace and he has since returned to the LA area. He works for NFL Network.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 11/22/2004
Ring, Bart
Staff Writer, Assistant Sports Editor
1979? - 1980?
Bart Ring was a sports staffer in fall '79, and assistant sports editor in spring '80. Nothing currently known.
See also: Gary Kilbride. First added: 12/28/2000. Last updated: 12/28/2000
Roberson, Cari
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Robertazzi, Alan
Editor
1985? - 1988
One-time Editor Alan Robertazzi now hangs at the New York Times, according to reliable Danielle Sanford. According to our alumni magazine, he's a copy editor/layout editor there. Prior to the appointment he served in the same capacity at the Chicago Sun-Times.
See also: Danielle Sanford. First added: 5/10/1998. Last updated: 12/30/2001
Roberts, Matt
Staff Writer
1990? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Robertson, Dylan
Staff Photographer
1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Robertson, Quincee
Copy Editor
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Robinette, Brian
Unknown
1971? - 1975?
I dunno. doing PR for KNBC at one point, says Alan Freisleben.
See also: Alan Freisleben. First added: 8/3/2003. Last updated: 8/3/2003
Robinson, Derek
Assistant Chief Copy Editor, Copy Editor, Staff Writer
1994 - 1997
Derek is still living in Northern California, but there the similarities to his former biography end. He now works as the lead instructor for a San Francisco technology firm (and just spent two months working in Australia as a result). He's engaged to Jennifer Thyken, a non-Trojan who nonetheless has captured his heart completely; they'll marry in November. You may hear him singing Sinatra at the Plush Room or see him onstage in musical theatre productions throughout the Bay Area.
First added: 7/22/2000. Last updated: 8/19/2002
Robinson, Jerome
Staff Writer
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Robinson, Laura
Unknown
1992? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Robinson, Sara
See Reeder, Sara.
Robson, Scott
Staff Writer
1982? - 1982?
Hangs occasionally with his peeps, Paul and Ruth Anne. That's all what I know.
See also: Paul Vercammen, Ruth Anne Allison. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 1/5/2003
Rodriguez, F. Eric
Staff Writer
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Rodriguez, Gloria
Staff Writer, Assistant Sports Editor
2000 - 2003 Personal recollections
'At Columbia, G-Rod continues to impress her broadcast classmates with her dedication and hard work. Her speciality though, are creative standups... "You can enjoy this fish product from Taiwan!" ' -- sayeth Aarne Heikkila. She has now graduated (2004). Sez Alexander Nguyen: "After internship stints at the Boston Globe and New York Times, she is now studying for her masters at Columbia. Gloria also won several journalism awards while at 'SC."
See also: Alexander Nguyen, Aarne Heikkila. First added: 9/28/2003. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Rodriguez, Laura
Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Rodriguez, Maria Teresa
See Rodriguez, Teresa.
Rodriguez, Rose Ann
City Editor, Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1986? - 1988?
Rose Ann was last seen my Mika Manty in '93; she was a lawyer in LA then.
See also: Mika Manty. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 1/16/2005
Rodriguez, Teresa
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Lizzle Singian '99, Teresa (Rodriguez) Acosta '97, on the DT balcony
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Copy Editor, Chief Copy Editor
1996 - 1997
New words to appear here soon -- stay tuned!
See also: Ben Acker, Vickie Manley, Melanie Asp, Joe Soqui, Greg Keraghosian, Armen Keuilian, Griffin Maghari, Lizzle Singian. First added: 10/1/2000. Last updated: 8/29/2002
Roebuck, Patrick
Staff Writer
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Roeca, Samuel "Sam"
Editor
1939? - 1943?
Sam Roeca became a writer for Westerns and "Hawaii Five-O". He married Constance, another USC graduate, she of law, I believe.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 6/5/2002
Rogers, David
Staff Writer
1991? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Roggeman, Buck
Copy Editor, Sports Feature Writer
1991? - 1991?
Buck Roggeman is teaching English and Journalism at Pacific Grove High Schoool in Pacific Grove, California, where he is also the varsity football coach. He continues to write fiction in his spare time, which is about to become quite limited as he and his wife, Ginny, are expecting their first child together in Ocotober.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 6/14/2003
Rogness, Chris
Copy Editor
1990 - 1992 Personal recollections
Chris announces: "After graduation, I moved to Tokyo and worked as an editor for a textbook publishing firm. After a year of that, I returned to Iowa and worked as editor of the VDTA News, the monthly publication of the Vacuum Dealer's Trade Association, a prestigious and highly sought-after position with a giant in the publishing industry. Right. From there I became chief copy editor for The Communicator, a now-defunct alternative tri-weekly in Des Moines. It was about this time I realized that, as much as I loved it, I was never, ever going to make money as a journalist. So I sold out, moved to San Diego, and started working in software development. Spent five years working for Intel Corp., which I left last year to become manager of the publication and design department at a software startup. I've taken up competitive sailing, as well as mountain biking, golf, and some other hobbies that are simply impossible to pursue in Iowa in January.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 5/11/2003
Rohan, Craig
Staff Writer
1995? - 1995?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Rojas, Aurelio
Staff Writer
1973 - 1975
Now a staff writer at the Sacramento Bee after spending 1998-99 as a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford. Previously he spent several years as a reporter at UPI and at the San Francisco Chronicle. And last Kevin McKenna heard, he had a few sylvan acres up in Oregon as a getaway spot.
See also: Jim Carr, Kevin McKenna. First added: 1/3/2001. Last updated: 1/9/2001
Rojo, Shane
Photographer
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Roland, Charla
Staff Photographer
1998 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Romanko, J.R.
Assistant City Editor
1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Ron,
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Melanie Asp and Ron
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Prod God, Printer
1976 - 2001+
Ron, the Prod God, started at the Research Annex of USC in 1971. He worked at the DT from the time that it was still typewriters and a linotype with all the stories rekeyed to today, when they use Macs, scanners and all sorts of fancy-shmancy templates. And today (Oct. 20, 1996), I found out that Ron has an e-mail address and is responsible for the online version of the Daily Trojan. Be sure to drop Ron an e-mail.
See also: Melanie Asp. First added: 10/8/1996. Last updated: 10/26/1997
Roodsari, Kristina
Staff Photographer
1998? - 1998?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Root, Wendy
Staff Writer
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Rosa, Tom
Editor
1974? - 1978?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999
Rosen, Claudia
Staff Writer
1993 - 1994
You see, if I don't update these items, I run into problems like the one with this listing: I was still saying she was engaged, when really, she's married and pregnant. sigh. [extra embarrassing note: she now has two boys. ack!] Life sure does happen. Claudia has the somewhat lame honor of being the first person I added to this list that I could't remember personally, to my eternal regret. George Stankow assures me, though, that she was quite nice. Claudia recently got in touch with me and assured me she does exist and wrote for the paper for about one year -- just a handful of feature articles, theatre reviews and art reviews. She attended USC between 1990 - 1994: major - Social Sciences and Communications, minor - Spanish. She graduated with an MSW (Masters of Social Work) from USC in May, 1998. She's currently working at the Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles.
See also: George Stankow. First added: 3/22/1997. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Rosenbaum, Melanie
Staff Writer
1996 - 1997
Broadcast Journalism major for Master of Arts at the Annenberg School for Communication. Never completed degree, but went on to work at Hearst, other local newspapers & industry magazines & in government and corporate communications departments.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 3/13/2003
Rosenberg, Gayle
See Moss, Gayle.
Rosenberg, Scott
Sports Editor
1981? - 1984?
Catalina Camia says he was Sports Editor. That's all I know.
See also: Catalina Camia, Harry Lister. First added: 6/24/1999. Last updated: 6/24/1999
Rosenbloom, Steve
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Steve Rosenbloom
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Unknown
1952? - 1958?
Sports columnist with the Chicago Tribune. I believe he wrote for the DT while at 'SC. He guests on the sports radio station in Chicago pretty often.
See also: W. Guy Finley. First added: 11/2/2003. Last updated: 11/2/2003
Ross, Natalie
Photographer
2000 - 2000
Natalie graduated in the fall of 2000 with a BA in Cinema-Television Production and a minor in Fine Arts, Media-Based Imaging. She is currently exploring SCUBA diving, surfing, camping, and swing dancing, while trying to make enough money to support such habits.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 1/16/2005
Ross, Rick
Staff Artist
1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Ross, William B.
Editor
1933? - 1937?
August 24, 2003 the L.A. Times had paid obit on William B. Ross, 88, "political advisor and journalist." Obit said he had been editor of the DT. My records indicate he was a 1937 graduate of the School of Journalism, but he is not listed as editor. (Perhaps he was AN editor of some sort.) Died aug. 21 at Cedars Sinai "from complications following surgery." Obit said he was retired for last 8 years. "Called 'The Kingmaker' by the Saturday Evening Post, Ross' firm, Baus and Ross, was the most successful campaign management and advertising firm in California for over 40 years." Born 1915 in Spokane, graduated from Glendale High. ... "Avid horseback rider until the onset of his illness three months ago. He had been riding in the Burbank equestrian area since 1945, was widely admired for being the oldest rider in the area, and outlived three horses. He was a well known figure on the Griffith Park equestrian trails, riding several times a week." Active in banking. "In 1947, his father, William G. Ross, founded the golden State bank in Bell Gardens, California. William B. Ross served on the board of directors beginning in the mid-1970's. The bank ultimately grew to 134 branches in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. In 1978, Golden State bank merged with the Sanwa Bank, and Mr. Ross continued on its board of directors for another 17 years." Obit said, he and partner Herbert Baus "went on to become the msot successful campaign management and advertising firm in the state of California. They were responsible for numerous successful campaigns for many of Los Angeles' and California's notable elected officials, as well as many groundbreaking propositions and bond issues. Among those crediting Ross for their ... elections were Los Angeles Mayors Sam Yorty and Norris Poulson, San Francisco Mayor George Cristopher, Los Angeles police Chief Tom Reddin..."
See also: Joe Jares. First added: 12/4/2003. Last updated: 12/4/2003
Rossi, Mitchell
Staff Writer
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Roth, Joseph
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Roussey, John
Photographer
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Rowen, Jane
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Roxas, Gabriel
Editorial Columnist
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Roys, Christen
Staff Writer
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Rudawsky, Gil
Columnist
1989 - 1990
"I never thought a stint as a columnist at the DT would guide my career, but it did. These days, I'm an deputy business editor at the Denver Rocky Mountain News. The DT: warping young minds every semester." Do you read the word "deputy" and always think "dawg"? No? Me neither, then.
First added: 10/1/2000. Last updated: 9/3/2003
Rudolph, Romi
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Romi Rudolph
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Staff Writer
1990 - 1991
Romi is with DDB Bass & Howes in Seattle, doing public relations and public affairs work. She also has a health coaching business, Health By Romi (www.healthbyromi.com), through which she teaches individuals and families how to incorporate healthy eating into their lives. She recently was married to John Neustadt, a former journalist, hi-tech writer and now naturopathic medical student. Quite a change from her lawyerly NYC previous incarnation.
See also: Vivien Chen. First added: 11/25/1997. Last updated: 11/2/2003
Rudy, Conrad
Illustrator
1986? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Ruggs, Talicia
Photographer
1992? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Runzler, Mike
Editor of the Campus section, SoCal Editor, Managing Editor
1971 - 1975
Michael's career has taken him to the Silicon Valley, where he is senior corporate communications manager at Intuit, the people behind Quicken software. For someone who studiously avoided college math, he finds it ironic to be working for a company that designs income tax preparation and other financial software. He lives in Walnut Creek [tres chichi -ed.] with his wife and two daughters, the older of whom is hoping to be admitted to USC's class of '05. Runzler was director of worldwide public relations at Trimble Navigation in said fair berg and before that did 13 years of media relations, public policy and finance work at Pacific Bell and Pacific Telesis. Humorous writings of Runzler's recently appeared as a op-ed piece on area codes in the Christian Science Monitor, at the request of another DT alum, Clara Germani.
See also: Clara Germani. First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 3/5/2000
Russell, Mark
Staff Writer
1991? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Rustia, Micaela
Staff Writer
1996 - 1997
Nothing currently known, except an email address.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 9/14/2002
Ryan, Angel
See Kim, Angel.
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