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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.

To change or remove an entry, please use the feedback page, or e-mail Travis Smith, (nep@hopstudios.com).

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Wachholtz, Sophia
See Harang, Sophia "Mercedes".

Wachner, Jeff    Staff Photographer, Assistant Photo Editor, Photo Editor    1990 - 1994
After graduating in 1995ish, he started a very successful ~5-year career at Xerox. In 1999, after the untimely death of his father, he left there to held run his family's company. He was General Manager there until he sold the company in 2003. He currently is trying to fingure out what's next in life from his home in Hermosa Beach, California.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 5/8/2004

Wadowski, Heather    Film Editor, Staff Writer    1998 - 2002
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Wagaman, Kari    Staff Writer    1986? - 1986?
"Hi. In my freshman year (1986) I considered writing for the DT but never actually joined the staff."
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 3/13/2003

Wagner, Jeremy    Staff Writer    1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Wagner, Joey    Sports Editor    1988? - 1991
Greg Sandoval ran into Joey Wagner at an USC basketball game in Spring 1998. He was engaged and planning to live on a Kibbutz in Israel for a year. He told Sandoval he had worked for several years with the Democratic National Committee as well. He was planning to take a job with C.C.-based Powell Tate as a Senior Research Associate, which is rumored to be a PR firm.
See also: Greg Sandoval, Manny de la Rosa. First added: 6/30/1999. Last updated: 6/30/1999

Wagner, Kirsten    Staff Writer    1997? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002

Waight, Raquel    Editorial Columnist    1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Wakai, Glenn    Staff Writer    1985 - 1986
After leaving 'SC in 1990, Glenn began his career as a television reporter/anchor in Guam. In 1994 he moved home to Hawaii to become a reporter with the NBC and FOX affiliates. In 2002 he turned in his microphone to run for elective office. Glenn is now in the Hawaii House of Representatives.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/9/2004

Walden, Jack    Staff Writer    1989 - 1995
After graduating from the World's Greatest University around 1995, Jack was snatched up immediately for employment by the U.S. government to do God knows what. He's very secretive about his work and actually doesn't like it when anyone tries to initiate contact with him. He prefers to make the first contact, always. Jack is also a little sensitive about his weight, so be careful what you say about him if and when you do decide to e-mail the guy. Note: Walden's e-mail address has been invalidated for unknown reasons. He lives in Quantico, Va.
First added: 10/20/1996. Last updated: 12/27/1996

Walker, Clay    Photographer, Staff Writer    1988 - 1989
Clay worked at the DT while he was completing his degree at USC's Cinema School. Clay is currently living in Atlanta where he runs his own film & video production company, "Plan B Productions."
First added: 5/31/2004. Last updated: 5/31/2004

Walker, Jed    Unknown    1987? - 1989?
From a list of alumni gathered by Ed Guthman. I'm tracking down more info, so be patient.
First added: 2/14/1999. Last updated: 2/14/1999

Wallace, Robert    Assistant Sports Editor, Staff Writer    1986? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Walsh, Bernadette    Staff Writer    1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Walshaw, Margery    Staff Writer, Illustrator    1986 - 1987
Margery continues to use her writing and editing skills to assist first-time screenwriters to break into the film industry. Through her company, Evatopia, aspiring screenwriters are provided with literary management and career advice.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/30/2004

Walton, Charles    Staff Writer    1994 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Wan, Tatum    Unknown    1996? - 1996?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002

Wang, Alice    Staff Writer    1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001

Wang, Maggie    Staff Writer    1994 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Wang, Peter    Illustrator    1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Ward, Lauren    Staff Writer    1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Ward, Russell    Editor    1947? - 1951?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999

Warfield, Jocelyn    Unknown    1974? - 1976?
Jocelyn, I was anonymously told, lives in The Woodland, Texas with her husband Jerry and sons Jeremy and Jesse. Jees. No verification or contradiction of whether she was possibly on a Gardena High School drill team in 1972 (Direct link to the picture is now dead, unfortunately.)
See also: Jim Loftin. First added: 12/30/2001. Last updated: 11/22/2004

Warga, Wayne    Staff Writer    1956? - 1960?
"The late Wayne Warga (he died late April of 1994) should be added in the W section. PR major, class of 1960. President of the Trojan Knights, DT staffer. We in Sigma Delta Chi wouldn't let him in because he intended to go into PR. What a joke: he later worked for Life (covered the civil-rights marches in the South), the L.A. Times and the TV show "Entertainment Tonight." Wrote three mystery novels with a San Fernando Valley-based protagonist. One of first group to win School of Journalism alumni awards, along with Jack Jones (part of Pulitzer-winning L.A. Times team) and Al Wesson (author the USC alma mater, longtime USC sports publicist, studio publicist and Hollywood Park publicist -- gem of a guy). Wayne's novels: "Hardcover" (1985) (winner of Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel), "Fatal Impressions" (1989), "Singapore Transfer" (1991). On of the book jackets sez: 'Wayne Warga was a correspondent for Life magazine in Cuba and Central America. He recently completed four and a half years as head writer on Entertainment Tonight. He is co-author with Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin of the best-selling Return to Earth, and with Lana Wood of Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister, also a best seller. Mr. Warga lives in Sherman Oaks, California, where he collects first editions of modern books and contemporary art.' " sez Joe Jares. The dedication to to "The Last Detective" by Robert Crais: Top line: for Wayne Warga. Next three lines: who maintained his post under intense enemy fire and did not waiver even as he was overrun.
See also: Joe Jares. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 8/14/2004

Warmack, Lena    Staff Writer    2000? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002

Wasbotten, Thor    Assistant News Editor    1989 - 1989
After graduating in 1991, Thor attended the University of Oregon and received his MS in 1995. He spent the next nine years working in television newsrooms, moving up quickly from news assistant to assignments editor, to managing editor, to news director and station manager. He is now General Manager of TV Operations and Senior Lecturer at Penn State University.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/22/2004

Washburn, Elizabeth "Liz"    Editor, Managing Editor, City Editor    1991 - 1994
Liz rose through the ranks of DT city to become an almighty yet benevolent editor whose iron rule was tempered by kindness. She was snatched up upon graduation by a paper in Thousand Oaks--the News Chronicle, to be specific--and then went on to the Ventura Star. Now she's hopped to the San Gabriel Valley Newspapers, where she was once upon a time the night city editor and in charge of the election night result charts. She married a bright fellow named Mark Smilor (he's actually a rocket scientist at Boeing) at a Colorado wedding in January of 1997, and in 2003, they added a son into their family. At some point in there, Liz moved to a house in northeast Pasadena that is charming and has a great barbeque used to have a spare room. Now she's a big shot Entertainment Editor at the SGVN and loving it.
See also: Mike Carlson, Travis Smith. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 6/14/2003

Washington, Maya    Staff Writer    1998 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Wasserman, Paul    Unknown    1955? - 1959?
Worked with Joe Jares at L.A. bureau of United Press International. Became a top Hollywood flack but is now in jail for fraud (he was a cover story in L.A. Times Sunday Calendar). Was a bright, colorful guy.
See also: Joe Jares. First added: 12/30/2001. Last updated: 12/30/2001

Watanabe, Teresa    Staff Writer, Assistant City Editor    1978 - 1981
Teresa Watanabe has been at the Los Angeles Times for a while, as Tokyo bureau chief and most recently religion writer, says ...
See also: Mike Schroeder. First added: 6/5/2002. Last updated: 6/5/2002

Watase, Sherri    Advertising Executive    1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Watkins, Mark    Staff Writer    1987 - 1989
I received a tantalizing e-mail recently (Nov 1997) that went like this: "I have valuable, secret information about (list of 6 alumni expurgated for security reasons). I just don't have the motivation at the moment to write." Needless to say, I was intrigued. Mark later got in touch with me from an alternative account, after shaking off his Mafia pursuit, and I have more new alumni than I can shake a stick at (Stick Not Included). About Mark: He studied English and film, worked in interior design, got his Masters in Architecture, and is now working as director of marketing at the Manhattan House of Detention, while still teaching web design with Flash at Parsons School of Design night school.
See also: Forrest Burgess, Kay Kusumoto, Rob Kendt, Craig Hausman, Angel Kim. First added: 11/25/1997. Last updated: 6/27/2001

Watkins, Suzanne    Staff Writer    1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Watson, Kelly    Staff Writer    1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Watson, Kim    Staff Writer    1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Weaver, Mark    Staff Writer, Assistant Sports Editor    1996 - 1997
Greg provided this: "Mark Weaver, who worked with me in sports, [may be] doing minor league baseball broadcasting." Mark has a bangup followup: "I graduated SC in '98, got a gig doing independent baseball in Jerry West's native land: West Virginia. Then, dabbled in sports talk in Ohio before going to Clinton, Iowa to cover Class-A baseball. Since February, 2000: Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations for the Fort Myers (FL) Miracle, Advanced-A Affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. Love it 'cause it also includes hobnobbing with the major-league players and management during spring training."
See also: Greg Keraghosian, Armen Keuilian. First added: 7/4/2000. Last updated: 7/22/2000

Weedn, Isaiah    Photographer    1995 - 1997   Personal recollections
Currently in law school at USC. Scheduled to graduate Spring 2003.
See also: Troy Witt. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 6/5/2002

Weeks, Monica A.    Staff Writer    1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Weems, Colleen
See Lacey, Colleen.

Weems, John    Staff Writer    1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002

Weems, John    Unknown    1995? - 1996?
From a list of alumni gathered by Ed Guthman. I'm tracking down more info, so be patient. Married to Colleen Lacey.
See also: Colleen Lacey. First added: 2/16/1999. Last updated: 4/13/2003

Weide, Robert    Editor    1940? - 1944?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999

Weiner, Lisa    Copy Editor    1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002

Weinstein, Lissa    Assistant Editorial Director    1982 - 1983
Worked at the DT when Mark Feldmann was editorial dir & Casey Wian, editor. Did not end up fighting for gay nurses rights in Namibia - which was the parting projection from DT staff on "where we'll be in 10 yrs." Went to work importing Russian & Polish Arabian horses to the U.S. for about 10 yrs until that market bellied-up. Now resides in Chicago, works helping out-of-towners find temp fancy digs & permanent housing.
See also: Casey Wian, Mark Feldmann. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 1/16/2005

Weisberg, Nancy    Photographer    1982? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Weitzenfeld, Alfredo    Illustrator    1986? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Wells, David    Viewpoint Columnist    1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Werdesheim, Brian    Advertising Executive    1986 - 1986
Still don't know much.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 1/22/2005

West, Dennis    Illustrator    1988? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

West, Erin
See Nordby, Erin.

Whang, Jin    Editor-in-Chief, City editor, Diversions editor, Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer    1996 - 1999
Ironically quit smoking once she became EiC but did keep a bottle of wine and/or port, always, in the bottom drawer of her desk. JW now works in movie advertising for a major Hollywood studio.
First added: 3/6/2000. Last updated: 7/14/2003

Wharton, David "Dave"    Staff Writer    1981 - 1982
David's feature on Trojan Elias Ayuso was one of the pieces picked for the The Best American Sports Writing book in 2000. Michael Lazarus reports that David works, or did work, for the Los Angeles Times Valley Edition, and also for the DT at some point. David provided a reliable second source, and adds that he, along with L.A. Times-ites Steve Padilla (city editor in the Valley edition), Hans Tesselaar (news editor in Valley/Ventura Sports), Stephanie Chavez (asst. Metro editor) and Mary Ann Hoffarth (editor in national), all met at the DT. Also Pauline Yoshihashi (Wall St. Journal) and Casey Wian (CNN) and Randy Johnson, a photographer, all of whom I'll be adding shortly.
Anyway, David started out as a news-side reporter for Herald Examiner before coming to the Times a few months after graduation in 1983. Worked Westside metro, took a year off, then became a feature writer in the Valley. He also received his Masters in Professional Writing at 'SC.
See also: Tina Kannarr, Michael Lazarus, Steve Padilla, Hans Tesselaar, Stephanie Chavez, Pauline Yoshihashi, Casey Wian, Randy Johnson, Belma Johnson, Arash Markazi. First added: 10/26/1997. Last updated: 9/15/2002

Wheeler, Christel    Staff Writer    1992 - 1993
After graduation, Christel got a job in Las Vegas (no, a newspaper job, but thanks for asking). I assume it was for the Las Vegas Sun, but I'm not sure. When the yoke chafed, she waited for her lease to expire working for a real estate PR firm. After that rumor placed her at GoldMine Software in Pacific Palisades, where she was the PR Coordinator. Then, and this I know is true, she was a PR Specialist for LowerMyBills.com. Currently, she's publicist for the Disney Channel.
See also: Jennifer Katz. First added: 2/9/1997. Last updated: 1/9/2001

Whisnand, Charles    Managing Editor, Sports Editor, Assistant Sports Editor    1985? - 1988?
Charles, known to his colleagues as the "The Doctor of Style" graduated from USC and became the Sports Editor of the Porterville Recorder in the Central Valley. But he has sinced moved on to the lovely Washoe Valley and the state capital of Nevada, Carson City to lead the sports department of the Nevada Appeal.
See also: Gary Caffey. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/10/2003

Whit, Garrett    Copy Editor    1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002

White, Lonnie    Staff Writer    1985 - 1987   Personal recollections
Lonnie White has been a sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times since November 1987. A three-time APSE award winner, White writes a weekly column, X's and O's, that provides an inside look at sports. Currently writing a book about the history of the USC vs. UCLA rivalry, which will be published by the LA Times and released fall 2004. White established a school record for most kickoff return yards in a season (1986) that still stands as of 2003.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/2/2003

White, Matt

Matt White

   Sports Editor, Graphics Editor, Sports Columnist    1991 - 1994
Matt recently served our country in Afghanistan as a member of the Air Force Special Operations. While in his gear, high in the sky above Kabul, White found time read a copy of the Daily Trojan. If you don't believe it, I have a picture to prove it. Following his time in the Middle East, Matt came up to the DT to tell some interesting war stories. White writes: "I'm a USAF Pararescueman, which is a great job. Ask me about it if you want. I was active duty and spent about a year in Afghanistan, but more recently I've joined the Alaska National Guard. I'm in Anchorage, a FANTASTIC city, doing a lot of civilian search and rescue, and freelancing for the Anchorage Daily News." White is still in charge of the greatest Jim Healy website/sound archive known to man. (OK, well it's the only Jim Healy website/sound archive out there).
See also: Jenn Sansing, Paul Goldberg, Tracy Wilson, Arash Markazi. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 7/14/2004

White, Renita    Staff Writer    1997 - 1997
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Whitmore, Jeff    Advertising Intern    1981? - 1981?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Whitney, Joan    Staff Writer    1985? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Whitt, Garrett    Staff Writer    1986? - 1989?
From a list of alumni gathered by Ed Guthman. I'm tracking down more info, so be patient. David Childers pipes up, saying "Also I recently had the pleasure of meeting Garrett Whitt, a former sports guy who left just as I was getting to USC. He is working somewhere up in the wine country, for a small paper covering sports - mostly preps I believe."
See also: Ed Guthman, David Childers. First added: 2/14/1999. Last updated: 2/1/2001

Wian, Casey

Casey Wian

   Staff Writer, Assistant Editorial Director, Managing Editor, Editor    1980 - 1982
In trendy bullet form for web surfers with short attention spans:

Stints at the Hillsboro (Ore.) Argus, Investor's Daily, and Financial News Network.

Hired by CNN in 1990 as a New York correspondent for Moneyline.

Moved back to L.A. with CNN in 1992, first day of work was during the L.A. riots. (Welcome home!)

West Coast Correspondent for CNN Financial News. Been with CNN since 1990.

Personal: Married to Nicole (Pankopf) Wian, a member of two NCAA Championship women's volleyball teams at USC (1980, 1981).

Two children: Haley-5, Jack-1.

Live (with short "i") in Huntington Beach. Mark Lowe gets the assist on this alumni update.
See also: Mark Lowe, Paul Vercammen, Mark Gill, Pauline Yoshihashi, David Wharton, John Lamb, Jim Radcliffe, Scott Howard-Cooper, Gary Karr. First added: 12/9/1998. Last updated: 3/18/2000

Wiegman, K.T.

K.T. Wiegman

   Cartoonist (Byrne), Columnist (Signal to Noise)    1992? - 1994?
So, like, I'm all "responsible" because I update this site and pay my mortgage and stuff. But K.T., she's amazing. She's married, with house, kid, dog, cat, and still has an aura of cool that extends around her in every direction like that glow that Jesus had. Her new baby boy (Brendan, aka Niblet) is a charmer. K.T.'s and her other bundle of joy, her hubby Eric Rapp, have a house near Paramount Studios. The duet has a Saint Bernard slightly smaller than my Miata. A while ago, K.T. joined the Reserves and is off at a training course that involves lots and lots of pushups.
See also: Wes Biggs, Travis Smith, George Stankow, Ryan Reed, Jordan Crane. First added: 6/15/1998. Last updated: 5/31/2004

Wilcox, Jonathan    Assistant Editorial Director, Columnist, Editorial Director (Summer Trojan, 1989),    1988? - 1989?
A former speechwriter for Governor Pete Wilson and public affairs advisor for SBC, Wilcox is now a consultant for clients in the public and private sectors. Most recently, he was the communications director for Rescue California, the lead committee that organized the recall of Gray Davis in 2003. He's also now an adjunct professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication, teaching JOUR 499, "The Role of Celebrity in Public Relations." He's written for many of the state's top executives, including the chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, the CEO of Coldwell Banker, the executive vice president of Wells Fargo Bank and the deputy president of McDonnell-Douglas. He also authored remarks for Ronald Reagan, former California Governor George Deukmejian and former FCC Commissioner Andrew Barrett.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/8/2004

Wiley, Chris    Staff Writer, Columnist    1989 - 1990
Says one source: "I found Chris Wiley, Sports Reporter from the 1989-90 for the DT... Of course, he was one of our most talented writers at the time ... Wiley is working for Our Times in Westlake Village. I believe he's covering area sports for the publication. Good Luck!!!!!" A later message reported something completely different, namely, that he was writing for the San Bernardino Sun. So like any good journalist, I report both unverified bits of news, call it "balanced reporting" and let you sort it out. Manny de la Rosa saw Chris at Unity '99. Oh, and here's the final draft version of these rumors: "Chris is still working at the San Bernardino Sun, where he does a little bit of everything. He can usually be found at Avengers games talking with John Tamanaha about the good old days at Ron's bar.
See also: Manny de la Rosa, John Tamanaha, Arash Markazi. First added: 8/7/1999. Last updated: 9/16/2002

Willardson, Nicole    Staff Writer    1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Willdorf, Reva    Unknown    1996? - 1996?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002

Willes, Christine    Staff Writer    1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Williams, Davey    Editorial Columnist    1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Williams, Dmitri

Dmitri Williams

   News Editor, Columnist (Random), Assorted other positions    1991 - 1993
Dmitri blurts: "I just got my first academic job, a tenure-track position at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Chapaign. When not dodging tornados, I'll be teaching in the department of Speech Communication." He earlier proclaimed: "We welcomed our first baby last October [2002], Mia Ffion Williams. She's got her own page on my web site if anyone wants to see what a giant baby looks like." Congratulations! He's married (as of June 23, 2001) in L.A. to Cindy Canning, who has emerged from a longtime girlfriend-chrysalis into a beautiful wife-butterfly. Dmitri has finished a Ph.D. program in Communication Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Quote: "My research is on the economy and cultural effects of the mass media, specifically on corporate tampering with news divisions and on audience research. I've become a big old grad geek, and I've also unfortunately lost any semblance of a tan I might have had in So Cal. On the plus side, my darts game has improved and I get to watch lots of good artsy flicks at the campus theaters. I spent the 2000 New Year on a beach in Costa Rica with several friends (including Eddie Siegel), where we had a smashingly good time and once again pondered why it is I'm living in the snow. With any luck, I'll be done with coursework in a year and a half and I hope to head back to L.A. to do some hands-on research (and to get a tan). And then I hope to get a professorship somewhere with palm trees."
D. moved with his then-girlfriend to the University of Michigan to work on his Ph.D. at UM, Ann Arbor in Communication Studies. That's the Wolverines. He was working for USC admissions before that. He roomed with Jordan Crane for many a year in Venice Beach. He also got his masters in 1996 from USC.
See also: Eddie Siegel, Jordan Crane. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 8/15/2004

Williams, Kimberley    Staff Writer    1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Williams, Laurel    Photo Editor, Photographer    1993 - 1994
Laurel is a neurologist in Texas. So now she can finally take pictures of REAL brains, not just the ones at USC! Submitter: Lisa Heimlich, her former roomie.
See also: Lisa Heimlich. First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 7/30/2003

Willman, Chris    Entertainment Editor, Assistant Entertainment Editor, Staff Writer    1982 - 1984
Gary Karr remains convinced that Chris Willman is a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. Here's EW's bio of him (it's gotta be him, because Gary knows Chris wrote for the LAT after leaving 'SC). "Chris Willman has been a senior writer with Entertainment Weekly since 1995. His latest cover story for the magazine: a roundtable interview with Alicia Keys, India.Arie, and Nelly Furtado, the three major belles of this year's Grammy ball. Previous cover stories include profiles of the Dave Matthews Band, 'N Sync, U2, Aerosmith, and Jakob Dylan. Prior to joining EW, Willman wrote about music, movies and TV for the Los Angeles Times for 11 years, interviewing everyone from Sophia Loren and Kirk Douglas to Trent Reznor and Adam Sandler. Career highlights include writing liner notes for Steely Dan's boxed set and getting a long, nasty note from Phil Collins. You can occasionally find him representing EW on television, including an appearance on a two-and-a-half-year-old Alanis Morissette "Behind the Music" that, inexplicably, still seems to get rerun every other day. These are a few of his favorite things: The Beatles, the beatitudes, "The Band Wagon," "Bat Boy--The Musical," Elvis' Sun sessions, Elvis Costello, raspberries, the Raspberries, Albert Brooks, Busby Berkeley, bootlegs, "Out of the Past," "Twin Peaks," drive-in theaters, '70s car chase movies, alt-country, gurgling mountain streams, and winning the Grammy office pool." Willman also appears onGoldDerby.com as an expert pundit.
See also: Gary Karr, Dave Stanton. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 7/21/2003

Wilner, "Kimberly" Kim    Staff Writer, Co-Assignment Editor    1990? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Andrew Asch. First added: 2/1/2001. Last updated: 2/1/2001

Wilson, Chrysta    Staff Writer    1998 - 2000
Began writing for City her freshman year in 1998, her sophomore year, she dwindled down her city stories and began writing editorials. She graduated from USC in May 2002, and will soon finish her Masters in Public Administration from USC in May 2004. Go Chrystal go, learn learn learn!
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 1/23/2004

Wilson, Gordon    Editor    1939? - 1943?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999

Wilson, Tracy    Editor, Diversions Editor    1989 - 1993
Tracy's on marternity leave. What can be inferred from this, I leave as an exercise to the reader. In 2000, she was married at a winery in Santa Barbara County. Her hubby was a fellow staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, Fred Alvarez. He's an agriculture, labor issues and general social issues reporter. Tracy's still covering courts for the Ventura County Edition. Fred has a 10-year-old daughter, who lives with them part-time -- they share a small house in Ventura with three cats and one 100-pound Rhodesian ridgeback (that's a dog). Honeymoon was in romantic Tuscany, Italy, where they frolicked amid cardinal-colored wine and gold fall grape leaves. Tracy got her master's from USC.
First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 11/30/2004

Wilson, Yumi    Staff Writer    1987 - 1988
After stints in the Oakland and the Sacramento bureaus of the S.F. Chronicle, plus some time on the L.A. AP news desk, Yumi returned to S.F. (in 1993) to be a general assignment reporter at the newspaper. She became a city hall reporter for the Chronicle, and then Open Forum editor, and now Deputy Readers' Representative. She writes to say she will be going to Japan for three months on a Fulbright Research Grant, having just returned from an eight-month fellowship at the University of Michigan as a Journalism Fellow. "Fellow" -- that always cracks me up, same as the word "guy wire". She's also teaching news writing at San Francisco State University.
See also: Jeordan Legon, Cynthia Lin. First added: 11/25/1997. Last updated: 7/16/2004

Winchell, Bryan    Staff Writer    1992 - 1994
Update for January 2003: These days, we find Sir Winchell enjoying himself immensely while working at a hip used bookstore in beautiful Tacoma, WA. Sure, it rains here a lot, but that just gives Mr. Winchell more time to read. However, after meeting a wonderful woman from Japan last winter, Winchell is spending much of his free time studying Japanese so he can go to Japan (probably next year) to teach English and very possibly tie the knot. Banzai! Since incarnating as a freelance sportswriter and agate editor at the L.A. Daily News, Sir Winchell has been on an extensive, roundabout journey to the top of the alternative newspaper world. He was working as an associate editor of the Tacoma Reporter, a small alt-weekly, covering such hot topics as lying county auditors, dishonest judges and why, if the world were to end, it would start in Pierce County, which challenges Cook County in Illinois for the title of "America's most corrupt county." When he's not hot on the trail of some whacked-out conspiracy theorist, Winchell entertains himself by traveling around the United States seeing various musical acts like Phish and writing about it for www.jambands.com. He tries to keep a steady head through all of this, but as in college, Winchell sometimes frequents the dark room for a needed break.
First added: 1/26/1998. Last updated: 1/30/2003

Winckler, Reavis    Editor    1936? - 1940?
Died in March 1977.
See also: Michael Carter. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 8/19/2002

Winkler, Elizabeth    Viewpoint Columnist    1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Winston, Lela    Staff Writer    1999? - 1999?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002

Wiseman, Rich    Editor    1969? - 1973?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999

Witt, Troy

Troy Witt

   Photo Editor, Photographer    1994 - 1998
Following graduation, Troy moved back down to Orange County where he now resides and continues to run Take One Productions, his photography and video production business. You can still find him on campus shooting since now the university is one of his biggest clients. He even drops in on the DT every so often to offer help to Mona and Ron. Troy joins the ranks of the 'married' in March 2004. He did some stringing photos for the Times Community Newspapers. In November 2000, Take One Productions was awarded an Aegis Award--a peer recognition in the independent video industry-- and a Communicator Award, for a 15-minute show that took Troy to China for 4 weeks.
See also: Melanie Asp, Joseph Soqui, Greg Keating, Julie Gargan, Laura Lanchester, Patrick Dent, Christian Cooper, Melanie Reyes, Elisa Ung. First added: 8/8/1999. Last updated: 2/10/2004

Wolf, Scott    Sports Editor, Assistant Sports Editor, Sports Columnist, Advisor    1984 - 1987
Scott is currently the USC beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News. He's been with the Daily News for six years now and previously covered the Los Angeles Clippers and prep sports. Scott can often be found at the DT, where he serves as the sports advisor. Scott also frequents the DT offices through the back door to visit Ron. He recently spoke at Joe JAres' sports writing class at USC.
See also: Ron, Arash Markazi. First added: 12/7/1997. Last updated: 2/23/2003

Wolinsky, Leo    Staff Writer    1969 - 1971
Leo did all his journalism classes in one year, I guess to prepare himself for the fast pace of life as a centrifuge. Actually, Leo is now executive editor at the Los Angeles Times (he started there in 1977). He says that he did work for the Daily Trojan, but didn't rise very high, partly because he had an outside job at the county morgue that kept him busy.
First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 2/13/2000

Wolper, David    Unknown    1945? - 1948?
Last year, TV Guide singled Wolper out as one of 45 television pioneers, calling him "a true original whose vision and innovation shaped the medium." The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences agrees: in 1988, that distinguished body inducted Wolper into its Hall of Fame, alongside TV greats Red Skelton, David Brinkley and George Burns. Last spring, celebrating his 50th anniversary in entertainment, the 71-year-old Wolper handed over his entire personal and professional archive -- a vast collection of scripts, awards and business records -- to his alma mater. The new David L. Wolper Center for the Study of the Documentary, based in USC's Doheny Memorial Library, is an invaluable resource for School of Cinema-Television scholars. To date, he has produced nearly 800 projects, including 373 documentaries, 262 sit-com episodes, 20 feature films, 15 miniseries and 11 live spectaculars. (Text from article on USC Alumni magazine Web site)
See also: Art Buchwald. First added: 11/11/2001. Last updated: 11/11/2001

Wong, Ben    Staff Artist    1998 - 1998
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Wong, Brenda    Assistant City Editor, Assistant News Editor, Staff Writer    1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Wong, Hector    Editorial Columnist    1995 - 1995
Hector graduated with an MPA in 1998 and is now a National Security Senior Analyst with the US GAO. He dealt with issues related to smuggling, counterproliferation, counterterrorism, and military stategy. Visits to interesting US and international locations are the delights of the job. However, the doldrums are the tedious report writing process and administrative duties. Feel free to contact him.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 6/14/2004

Wong, Jason    News Editor, Assistant News Editor    1992 - 1996
Says Wong: "I moved to Colorado. Living in Westminster and working in Boulder for a money management firm." He had been in Chicago, and before that in Santa Fe, New Mexico doing research for real estate. Thanks for the update, Jason!
First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 9/3/1999

Wong, Jeannie    Unknown    1983? - 1985?
Maybe.
See also: Mark Lowe, Scott Howard-Cooper. First added: 2/12/2001. Last updated: 2/18/2001

Wong, Jeff

Jeff Wong

   Sports Editor, Assistant Sports Editor, Staff Writer    1992 - 1995
I thought Jeff's destiny was to work for Variety.com with me, but in June, 2001, he dropped a (figurative) bomb shell: "I'm outta here, kids. I ship out for U.S. Marine Corps officer training on early Saturday morning. I'll be back in L.A. in mid- to late-December, so I'll see many of you soon. Ten weeks ... 70 days. I'll be home in no time. I've been accepted into the fall class of Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Va." Reporting in, he says: "I graduated from Officer Candidates School in mid-December, pinned on my second lieutenant's butter bars and returned home for three weeks of leave. I'm now back at The Basic School in Quantico, a place that reminds me of my freshman year at SC -- except for the live ammo and penchant for the color green. I can't believe I get paid for this." As of March 2003, Jeff was in Iraq somewhere and his unit had appeared several times on network news. He came back to the U.S. for the summer, and shipped out again to Afganistan (aka that other war), and has now been redeployed to Iraq. Jeff was previously working for Shine.com, a charity news site. He was before that with The Associated Press for four years until summer, 1999.
See also: Susannah Gardner, Sean Kearns, Joe Schlosser, Travis Smith. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 8/15/2004

Wong, Peter    Editor, Managing Editor, Associate editor / Washington, Associate Editor, News Editor, Staff writer, Assistant Editorial Director, Summer Trojan Editor, City Editor    1970 - 1974
Peter pipes up: "Covering student and university government (and politics) was perfect preparation for my career as a state government / politics reporter. I've been at the Capitol bureau of the Salem (OR) Statesman Journal since February 2000; also at dailies in Medford OR (1989-2000), Roseburg OR (1979-89), Ontario CA (not Canada) (1975-79). I also am host of a cable-access TV broadcast."
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 4/5/2003

Wonsono, Anne    Staff Writer    1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002

Wood, Julie    Assistant Editorial Director, Copy Editor, Staff Writer    1985? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Woodall, Tom    Chief Photographer, Assistant Chief Photographer, Photographer    1985? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002

Worthington, Chris    Assistant Sports Editor, Sports Editor    1975? - 1979?
Chris Worthington, June '79 grad and a DT staffer (staff writer, asst. sports editor and sports editor), was recently named Managing Editor at the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minn. Chris worked at the Fort Myers News-Press and the Dallas Morning News before joining the Pioneer Press as Business Editor in about '97. Muchos gracias, Michele! (Married to DTer Gayle Golden, FYI.)
See also: Michele Himmelberg, Gayle Golden. First added: 8/23/2002. Last updated: 12/21/2002

Wright, Moon-Yun    Staff Writer    1985 - 1989
After graduating from USC in 1989, Moon Yun returned home to Hawaii for a short while before moving to Paris, France for a 10-month work stint. She went back to Hawaii to work at a local newspaper as an editorial assistant where after a few months, she got offered her first reporting job in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Her French degree was useful in getting her that job as well as getting into the U.S. Peace Corps where she served as a Small Business Advisor in Mali, West Africa, a francophone country. Most recently, she's been writing freelance for newspapers and magazines mainly on film and entertainment. She's currently back home in Hawaii. Also, she did not get married, if people are wondering about the change in last name. She just went back to using her Korean family name.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 1/21/2004

Wright, Victor    Staff Writer    1985? - 1985?
Victor Wright graduated with a BA in Broadcast Journalism and Economics. He went to Yale Law School and now works as a lawyer for the County of Los Angeles. While at the J-School, Victor brought back the Banana Banquet with help from Frank Buckley and Gordon (Gary) Tokumatsu.
See also: Debra Ono, Frank Buckley, Gary Tokumatsu. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/22/2004

Wyatt, Christopher    Columnist,, Editorial writer, Staff Writer    1987 - 1990   Personal recollections
Wyatt weighs in: "I found my clips yesterday (20-Feb-2003), so I know I was there. I still want to be a reporter -- which is not the same as a writer, Ed Cray wrote on a paper of mine. I edit for a 'living,' had a play produced, owned a bookstore... now what? Maybe try again for a graduate degree and a career."
See also: Aaron Curtis, Robin Hardie. First added: 2/23/2003. Last updated: 2/23/2003

Wyeth, Natalie    Staff Writer    1998 - 1999
Working at Manning Selvage & Lee, a PR agency, in Washington, D.C.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 1/17/2004

Wyland, Jessica    Viewpoint Columnist    1997 - 1999
Jessica Wyland is studying photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico to supplement her journalism career. She plans to travel to Portugal and Japan in the next year to research, write and take photographs. She had been working for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group writing features about food and entertainment. She also wrote a Kids page column called "Ask Jessica." I don't condone old friends posing as children writing in with bizarre questions.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/14/2004

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