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.
Shajanian, Melineh
Staff Writer
1998 - 1998
Melineh Shajanian graduated in 2001 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. She is currently attending St. George's University School of Medicine in Granada.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 6/14/2003
Shalit, Michelle
Staff Writer
1995? - 1995?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Shamsian, Eliza
Staff Writer
1999? - 1999?
Nothing currently known, but I did get this flattering yet deranged message for her in mid-November 2003: "I love her so much!" That's all fine sir, but do you happen to know what she's up to these days?
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 12/4/2003
Sharif, Jamal
Staff Writer
1995 - 1995
One-time editorial columnist; currently working as an engineer in Southern California. "I would really like to get a copy of the editorial I wrote back in '95."
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 10/17/2004
Sharp, Todd
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Shaw, Kevin
Staff Writer
2000? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Shealey, Suman
Editorial Writer, Assistant Editor,
1994 - 1996
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 2/2/2004
Shearer, Donnie
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Donnie Shearer
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Photographer
1969 - 1971 Personal recollections
Returned from Vietnam as a Combat Photographer. He was an excellent photographer winning the "Gold Press Card Award" for 1970 for best photo story. Presently retired and living in Thousand Oaks, Ca. He says, "After leaving USC I worked at Camp Pendleton for a while directing and shooting productions, then went to Hawaii for 3 years and while there I was assigned to cover the Military pull out of Cambodia and Vietnam taking pictures of both operations. The most memorable part of that bit of combat was when they left me in the Landing Zone (a soccer field) and had to fly back to pick me up when they realized I was not on board any of the helicopters. That was scaaarry! I did receive the "Military News Film Award" for my coverage of the evacuation. In 1976 I returned to California and directed a few films for the Highway Patrol titled "Keep it 55 and stay alive". That was fun and nice to see my work on the TV each night. I worked at Camp Pendleton until 1980 when I retired from the Marine Corps. The Vietnam Memorial in Sacramento was copied from one of my Combat Photographs that I won an award for in 1969. In December of 1980 I started working with the Weapons Quality Engineering Center testing weapons and munitions, rockets and bombs. I did a lot of high speed photography of test in conjunction with testing the explosives and weapons. In 1985 I transfered to Point Mugu to do mainly Photogrpahy of the Navy Ship and Air launched Missiles until March 2001 when I retired from there ending 41 years 7 months of service to our country. I now live in Newbury Park, California where I make copies of Scottish swords for collectors and museums. I have also appeared in a few films as an extra. Presently I am trying to get an exhibit set up at USC of my combat photography and pictures of the battle sites and people in Vietnam today. I'm working with Ms. Sherry Moore, a Grad Student in the School of Fine Arts who will currate the exhibit. She is presently working on my display at the VA center in the Federal Building in Westwood, which will be an introduction to help get the exhibit at USC. Next March we will team up with another USC Graduate, Frank Lee also a Marine Corps Combat Photographer in Vietnam in 1967 to go to Vietnam to photograph the battle sites where we took combat pictures. There we will meet some North Vietnamese Photographers who were there the same time we were and include some of their pictures in the exhibit. In conjunction with this, a Canadian Producer wants to shoot a documentary on my experiences in combat and the USC exhibit will be a great lead in to the show and flaunt the best University in the USA. I will try to compare the combat photography with shooting USC football games."
See also: Nancy Myers. First added: 7/14/2004. Last updated: 8/15/2004
Sheehy, Tara
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Tara Sheehy
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Staff Writer
1988? - 1988?
Tara Sheehy (now Tara Tisopulos) lived through the Big Fat Greek Wedding experience (reversed) and has become an accomplished author of children's books, actively involved in greyhound societies, and a part-time environmental consultant on the side. Even had a featured stint on one of the E! network's reality shows. She lives in So Cal with her husband Laki (a USC grad himself) and two beautiful daughters with Greek names.
See also: Scott Mullet. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 3/29/2003
Sheldon, Stephen
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Shelton, James
Staff Writer
1995? - 1995?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Shelton, James
Staff Writer
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Sher, Brian
Staff Writer
1988? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Sherman, Patrick
Assistant Editorial Director
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Sherwood, Jeff
Photographer
1992? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Sheth, Ami
Staff Writer
1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Shikuma, Mark
Staff Writer, Entertainment Co-Editor,
1980 - 1984
Former NY resident, Shikuma has moved back to Humboldt County in Aug. 03 to pursue his writing. Former Director at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Mark has worked and lived in New York (twice), Los Angeles (twice), Ireland (Cork City), Eureka, CA, and Memphis, where he received his MFA in Creative Writing at (formerly) Memphis State in '93. Still spinning stories and poetry. Still poor. "I'm glad to be back in the bosom of beauty of Northen California," he said. "Please send me money."
See also: Mark Lowe, Laura Castaneda, Ellen Plotkin. First added: 10/29/2001. Last updated: 1/17/2004
Shin, Candy
Illustrator
1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Shisido, Lisa
Unknown
1992? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Shoosani, Sherly
Unknown
1992? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Short, Garry
Fake Daily Bruin Co-Creator, Sports Editor
1957? - 1959? Personal recollections
Joe Jares points the finger at Garry Short as one of the instigators of the first faux daily Bruin. Garry hasn't gotten back to me with details yet -- spill the beans, Garry! Joe adds: "He was an excellent sports editor of the DT as well as co-editor of the first phony DB. He was a newsman in Orange County, then went into syndicate sales for many years. He lives in Newport Beach and does consulting work. He flies to St. Louis as often as possible to visit his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. (Son Steve also went to USC but didn't major in journalism.)"
See also: Joe Jares, Larry Lichty, Bob Erburu, Steve Short, Nita Biss, Peter Plagens. First added: 7/31/2001. Last updated: 7/31/2001
Short, Steve
Staff Writer
1988 - 1989 Personal recollections
"Steve did a two-year stint as an sports intern for Fred Roggin at KNBC, a job coveted by his fraternity pledge brother, Will Farrell. Steve today is an executive with Enterprise Rent-a-Car at its corporate headquarters in St. Louis. He and his wife, Kristina, a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, live in Wildwood, MO, with their three children, Meghan, 7; Kelsey, 5; and Ryan, 2.
See also: Garry Short. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 1/16/2005
Shubert, Anthony
Staff Writer
1994 - 1994
Anthony scribes: "I left USC early to produce an online videogame and computer game magazine. In 1994 I started a dot-com. Not the best idea ever, but "Intelligent Gamer" was sold to Ziff-Davis in November, 1995. I left journalism in mid-96 and went into the game development business. (I became the story, what a journalism no-no!) Currently, I am the producer of an online wrestling game entitled "WWE With Authority!" for Genetic Anomalies/THQ." Was also a member of the USC Deckmasters.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 8/23/2002
Shuman, Jason
Staff Writer
1993 - 1994
Producer based at Revolution Studios. Name of production company is Blue Star Pictures. Produced upcoming Revolution/Sony motion picture "Darkness Falls." Jason graduated in '96. Worked for two years as an exec at Kopelson Entertainment working on "A Perfect Murder," "U.S. Marshalls," and "The Devil's Advocate." Then started his own company, Blue Star Pictures. In 2000, signed a five year deal with Revolution Studios. The company has three more films about to go into production. One of those films, "Mr. Lucky," is written by another alumni named Herb Ratner.
See also: Herb Ratner. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 11/29/2002
Sicherman, Reed
Copy Editor
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Siddiki, Anjum
Copy Editor
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Siegel, Eddie "Edward"
Chief Photographer
1990 - 1993
Following the glory that was USC, Eddie started trading stocks, bonds, derivative, currencies and pretty much anything that wasn't bolted down. Eddie started in New York, and also worked in London, Zurich and Hong Kong where he had a first-hand view of the handover to China: "It rained a lot." Leaving the world of trading behind, Eddie attended INSEAD (a business school outside of Paris) for a year and then joined Philips Electronics in Amsterdam. Working for their Mergers & Aquisitions / Corporate Venturing department, Eddie spent nearly 2 years in Amsterdam before being transferred to California in early 2002. After a year in California, Eddie moved to Korea for 6+ months for a work project, then returned to California for 6 months, then moved back to Korea for a time, etc. A lot of air miles, and a few worn out passports later, Eddie is theoretically living in Mountain View (near San Francisco), but continues to travel frequently.
See also: Tracy Wilson, Mike Carlson, Larry Stone, Travis Smith, Dmitri Williams. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 7/14/2004
Siegelin, Kurt
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Kurt Siegelin
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Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
I'm told he's the sports reporter at News 12 New Jersey.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 1/28/2005
Sifuentes, Marissa
Staff Writer
1992 - 1993
Graduated in 1996. Currently working at KNBC in Burbank. She had doe-y eyes and was very quiet and serious. Worked in the journalism office, I believe. Order of Troy. JGM Scholarship winner.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/28/2003
Signor, Charles "Chuck"
Unknown
1955? - 1959?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 6/5/2002. Last updated: 6/5/2002
Silberstein, Robin
Staff Writer
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Silverstein, Dan
Staff Writer
1997? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Simon, Rich
Associate Sports Editor
1971 - 1974
Graduated from USC in 1974 and now works at the Los Angeles Times. Says Simon, "As a staff writer, I remember covering hundreds of noontime speeches at Bovard Auditorium. I later went on to become associate sports editor, writing a number of stories that did not endear me to then football coach John McKay."
First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 4/24/1997
Simons, Pat
Staff Writer
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Simonsen, Nicole
Investigations Staff
1992? - 1992?
Nothing currently known - found on an old staff list. Good friends with Gayane. Worked in the Journalism office. Exceedingly pleasant, and fun to talk to.
See also: Gayane Keshishyan. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Sims, Tammy
Staff Writer
1986 - 1988
Graduated in 1988, interned with L.A. Times Calendar section. Worked as Public Information Officer for LAUSD and Mayor's Office/LA's BEST After School Program under Mayor Tom Bradley and Mayor Richard Riordan. Worked as Senior Program Office for The Riordan Foundation. Married DT Alumni Belma Johnson in 1997 and lives happily ever after in Burbank.
See also: Belma Johnson. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 4/11/2004
Singh, Aparna
Staff Writer
2000? - 2000?
Currently at Santa Clara Law School.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 10/17/2004
Singh, Hardip
Photographer, Assistant Photo Editor
1989? - 1990?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Singian, Lizzle
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L to r. Karolynn Bayaca '99, Lizzle Singian '99, Teresa (Rodriguez) Acosta '97
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Editorial Columnist, Assistant Editorial Director
1996 - 1999
Listen up: "A Trojan through and through, I am now a student at the prestigious USC Law School and continue to write extensively. I keep in touch with my fellow alums from undergrad and am still best friends with Teresa!" She has yet to pick a practice area -- I suggest a court room. (haw haw haw!) -- and hangs in Old Town, Pasadena, with fellow D.T. alumns Teresa Rodriguez and Benjamin Acker.
See also: Teresa Rodriguez, Griffin Maghari, Benjamin Acker, Greg Keraghosian. First added: 10/22/2000. Last updated: 6/5/2002
Skjonsby-Winslow, Amy
Photographer
1989 - 1990
Achieves fame on this web page because she worked briefly as a DT photographer. Recently was married, hence the Winslow. Hangs around with a rough-and-tumble film crowd (mostly the "friends of Robin Rauzi" type). Has a child now, I'd say less than a year old, spotted at the Rauzi Backyard BBQ in Fall 2000.
See also: Robin Rauzi. First added: 3/24/1997. Last updated: 11/5/2000
Sloan, Barry
Sports News Editor, Staff Writer
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Slobotkin, Tracy
Movie Review Writer
1994 - 1995 Personal recollections
Tracy writes: "I have put my skills at the DT to work in reality TV. Most notably, writing for 'For Love or Money' and 'Endurance.' " What, you didn't think those people were naturally that scheming, did you?
See also: Travis Smith. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/16/2004
Smart, Julie
Advertising Executive
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Smilor, Elizabeth
See Washburn, Elizabeth "Liz".
Smit, Jamie
Staff Writer
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Smith, Cheryl
Staff Writer
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Smith, Colin
Staff Writer, Editorial Director, Diversions Editor, Managing Editor, Design Director
1995 - 2000
"Just a quick update, I'm now living in beautiful Orem, Utah and working as the news/features designer for the Daily Herald in Provo. I don't have any current Web projects. And, in case anyone is wondering, Utah does have the best snow on earth. Unless you have to shovel it off your car at midnight. Then it's just annoying." Colin's early years at the DT took him to, then through, several editorial board positions finally landing at Design Director in fall 1998. After graduating USC in May, he discarded his Urban Planning degree and got a job as a designer at the Press-Telegram in Long Beach. He continued to volunteer at the Daily Trojan, writing a Style Guide.
See also: Greg Keraghosian. First added: 7/4/2000. Last updated: 4/4/2004
Smith, Dan
Staff Writer, News Editor, Assistant City Editor, City Editor, Editor
1960 - 1964 Personal recollections
Smith, 1963-64 Daily Trojan editor, currently is director of regulator affairs for the Association of California Water Agencies, his employer for the past 28 years (!). He is married to journalism school graduate Hazel Smith (nee Browning). They live in Sacramento. He tells a fascinating story: "My first job after graduation was with UPI--whee I found myself at one point in Watts covering the 1965 Watts Riots. I spent an interesting, but tiring,18 months at UPI. Then I was hired by the Southern California Gas Co., where I worked for nearly seven years--I was a publication editor, a news bureau rep and, when I left in 1972, I was Publications Supervisor. I moved to Sacramento and worked in Public Information for the California Department of Commerce for about a year and a half, and then spent another year and a half trying to make a go of a PR/business development consulting business with another gentleman. When that did not work, I went to work in March 1975 for my present employer--the Association of California Water Agencies as Director of Public Affairs--PR work, publications, meeting planning, etc. In 1985 they decided I could be a lobbyist and I spent the next ten years trying to get the California Legislature to do sensible things--and now and then I was successful. In 1995 we decided we should also be lobbying various regulatory agencies and we established a Regulatory Affairs Department and I was named director--and I am still in that position. I've got good people working for me, so I have been able to take on special assignments that have been more challenging then anything else I have done. One of my special assignments was to help our members buy electricity in the deregulated electricity market. We probably had the first truly cost savings energy purchasing agreement and saved our members several million dollars before the energy crisis hit and the direct access market collapsed."
See also: Hazel Browning, Richard Cox, Hal Drake, Alan Bine, Steve Bisheff, Jim Perry. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 2/24/2003
Smith, Eric
Advertising Account Executive
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Smith, Fritz
Assistant Chief Photographer
1984? - 1984?
I am now teaching English at Granada Hills Charter High School. Currently living in Brentwood (West L.A.), CA.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 7/14/2004
Smith, Hazel
See Browning, Hazel.
Smith, Katy
Feature Editor, Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Smith, Keven
Staff Writer
1997 - 1997
Nothing currently known - found on an old staff list. He is a graduate student in the school of music.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Smith, Kevin
Assistant Editorial Director, Editorial Columnist
1993 - 1994
Kevin is married and living in Santa Clara County where he works as a Deputy District Attorney. He is sure his job in law enforcement is a shock to those who read his conservative columns.
See also: Darrin McGreevy, Randy Flores. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 11/18/2002
Smith, Kim "Perri"
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Kim Smith and Troy Witt
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City Editor, Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1992? - 1996
Verbatim: "Let's see, the major change is that I don't go by Kim anymore -- my name got changed to Perri (don't ask; it's a long story involving email, the DT and Superman) just after graduation and almost no one calls me anything else anymore (except George when he's begging for me to send more Buffy tapes overseas). I've been living in Chicago as a graphic/web designer for three years, and doing some fairly lucrative freelance writing for the Sci-Fi Channel on the side. (No, I'm not using my expensive journalism degree in any way, shape or form, why do you ask?) When I'm not working or putting in heinous hours on the 8-some web pages I maintain (most of which I will never get paid for maintaining), I'm either a) writing the Great American Novel (okay, working on various stories that I will never get paid for either, damn it); b) traveling to sci-fi and media conventions and to visit various buds around the States; c) going back to Dallas to see the most beautiful and intelligent goddaughter on the face of the planet."
See also: George Stankow, Christian Orr, Troy Witt. First added: 2/9/1997. Last updated: 5/27/2000
Smith, Leef
Editor
1986? - 1990
The Washington Post is currently home to Leef, who I know only from her appearance on the comics page of the Daily Trojan. She appeared to be in good humor then. She's been at The Post since 1991 and shares a house with another DT alumna, Cathy Loper.
First added: 3/24/1997. Last updated: 11/8/1999
Smith, Nep
See Smith, Travis "Nep".
Smith, Roger
Editor, Staff Writer
1967 - 1971
Started at the DT as a reporter, ended up "as editor of the whole damn thing." We feel his pain. After he graduated from USC in 1971, went to work for Business Week magazine's Los Angeles bureau, then moved to its Washington bureau in 1974, joined the L.A. Times financial reporting staff in 1977. He's been there solid since then. In 1979, moved to Metro, became an assistant metro editor in 1981, moved to national in 1984, became deputy national editor in 1990. Currently the editor of the page one "Column One" daily feature of the Los Angeles Times, and "a noted SC honk."
See also: Jackie Lapin, Bob Ingram, Nancy Myers. First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Smith, Scott
Staff Writer, Assistant Viewpoint Editor, Editorial Director, Editor
1998 - 2001 Personal recollections
Scott reports: "I've been around since the Spring of '98, though I didn't actually have anything published until Fall of 1998. I was a Diversions writer, then an Editorial Columnist for several semesters, Assistant Viewpoint Editor , Editorial Director and now Editor in Chief (Spring 2001-Summer 2001). I'm happy to provide any other information you might like -- especially if you know anyone interested in hiring a former EiC with a BA in Cinema-Television. :)" He will be on hand to help out at the 2001 Homecoming game.
First added: 10/7/2001. Last updated: 12/30/2001
Smith, Susie
See Gardner, Susannah "Susie".
Smith, Tony
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Smith, Travis "Nep"
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Travis "Nep" Smith
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Co-Assignment Editor, Technologies Editor, Assistant Chief Copy Editor, Columnist (Half Past Deadline)
1990 - 1995 Personal recollections
Tall, dark and handsome, Travis is the person who writes these descriptions. Travis is now co-owner of a Web development company called Hop Studios (as in, look at the address of this site). He had been working as editor of Variety.com, the award-winning Web site of a well-known entertainment trade newspaper. He moved to Vancouver, Canada, in 2004, but still owns a large pile of money, i.e. a house, in Pasadena, CA. Before Variety, he had a job with the Hungarian Internet startup Pressflex and before that was deputy editorial director of the Los Angeles Times Web site. He has also lived in France, taught at USC (online journalism courses) and spoken at various journalism conferences. He was married on May 18, 1996, to the luminous Susannah Gardner . For this misplaced Canadian, life is good.
See also: George Stankow, Susie Gardner, Toni Sciacqua, Brian Cochrane, Wes Biggs, K.T. Wiegman, Mike Carlson, Eddie Siegel, Robin Rauzi, April Haitsuka, Ken Braslow, All the other people on this site. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Smolin, Melinda
Staff Writer
1982 - 1982
Melinda Smolin went on to UC Berkeley where she covered the UC Regents and the apartheid/divestment protests as well as the recall election of Student Body President Mike Graveley. She became university bureau chief and executive editor. She went on to law school where she wrote for the Law Review.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/22/2004
Sneed, Jeff
Advertising Intern
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Snyder, Eric
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
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