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.
Yablon, Sharon
Staff Writer
1986? - 1986?
Yes, I am here! I am a playwright and have been writing and directing my plays in LA for some years now. I also teach playwriting at Antioch University.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/11/2003
Yahnker, Eric
Staff Writer
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Yakubik, Jeffrey "Jeff"
Photo Editor, Some Layout Stuff
1990 - 1992
Jeff responds to the challenge. I had written: "One in a long line of crazy but expert "Jeff" photographers. He's a buyer at Merisel now." He replied: "Great site. I happened to "google" my name on a dare and found it. You had the Merisel thing right and the multiple "jeff" thing. I rode the dot com wave and still am playing in the "tech" space. I work for Arrow Electronics. We sell Sun Microsystems gear. I am the Dir of Operations there. Married with a newborn and living in the South Bay."
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 11/22/2004
Yamada, Scarlett
Advertising Executive
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Yamamoto, Julie
Assistant City Editor, Staff Writer
1990 - 1994
A career update -- Julie's director of marketing for Acoustiguide, the world's leading producer of audio tours for museums. She's still happily married to Arcy Douglass (USC School of Architecture 1995). Previously, Julie held the title of media relations manager at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, home to the second-largest collection in the world. She had worked for R&R Advertising, one of the largest shops in Las Vegas, doing PR for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Before (Viva!) Las Vegas, she toiled as the media coordinator at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in California (perhaps in San Marino). She married Arcy Douglass somewhere along the way. Before Huntington Library, she worked for the Associated Press, covering--among other things--the L.A. Criminal Courts. I think she was also a nightshift supervisor of some sort. And that's the scoop, Boop.
First added: 12/27/1996. Last updated: 1/2/2001
Yang, Terry
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Yap, Rizza
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Yaro, Boris
Unknown
1962 - 1967
Just retired from the Los Angeles Times after 37 years and 4 team Pulitzers. Operates his own photo business. "Lives in Northridge. Loves SC.," says Boris.
See also: Greg Hill, Steve Harvey. First added: 10/19/2001. Last updated: 2/5/2002
Yasuda, Junji
Photographer
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Yasui, Glenn
Advertising Executive
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Yau, Shin-Yee
Staff Writer
2000? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Yawitz, Steve
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Steve Yawitz
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Chief Copy Editor, Editorial Director, Resident Derelict, Staff Writer
1992 - 1996
Steve writes in. "My wife, Heather (a fellow elementary teacher), and I had an eventful 2002: We bought a house in July and had our first child, Ella Kathryn, on 19 August. As incredible as parenthood is, I must admit that I briefly deserted said family for a few days in late December so that I could go to the Phish NYE show at Madison Square Garden with fellow DT alum Richard Osuna." He was married in Las Vegas in June, 2001. Also in 2001, he received his Missouri certificate in elementary education and teaches in a classroom for students with behavioral and/or learning disorders."
See also: Jenn Sansing, Bryan Winchell, Paul Goldberg, Stacy Osbaum, Richard Osuna, James Brown. First added: 1/26/1998. Last updated: 2/23/2003
Yee, Jennifer
Copy Editor
1991? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Yegiaian, Sharon
Staff Writer
1996 - 2001
Attending University of Vermont Medical School, expected graduation date June 2007.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 5/9/2004
Yellen, Bridgette
Photographer
1999? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Yeung, Irene
Staff Writer
2000 - 2001
Irene emotes: 'I am currently an assistant at Vertigo Entertainment, which has produced "The Ring" and is currently in production on "Dark Water" and "The Grudge." '
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 2/20/2004
Ylinen, Kyle
Music Editor
1991? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 2/1/2001. Last updated: 3/3/2003
Yoon, Arthur
Staff Writer
1989 - 1989
Arthur is an attorney practicing business law at Lippenberger Thompson, a San Francisco law firm, for emerging growth companies. Prior to living in San Francisco, Arthur served as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a devoted USC football fan and can be found on campus during the fall when the Trojans play UCLA or Notre Dame.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 4/13/2003
Yoshihashi, Pauline
staff writer, Editorial Director
1980? - 1982?
Pauline Yoshihashi, last Casey Wian heard, was an investment bank for Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette in L.A. And might have had some connection to the Wall Street Journal, to be determined. Gary Karr reports she was in the Wall St. Journal's LA bureau for a while. Is she married to Steve Padilla? I must know! I also think she was a spokesperson for HomeGrocer for a while -- Google tells me things.
See also: Casey Wian, Gary Karr, Tina Kannarr, Steve Padilla. First added: 3/18/2000. Last updated: 6/5/2002
Yoshimura, Carrie
Staff Writer, Assistant Managing Editor, Entertainment Editor, Copy Editor
1985 - 1988 Personal recollections
Carrie gave up journalism after covering a cockroach race in Hawaii. She earned an MA in English, worked in disability services at two universities and is now an assistant copy editor at the American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C. She's lived, post-USC, in Arizona and Texas.
See also: Joe McDade, Jona Frank, Dan Povenmire, Frank Buckley. First added: 2/6/2001. Last updated: 6/14/2003
Young, Ian
Diversions Editor, Assistant Diversions Editor, Copy Assistant, Staff Writer
1998? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Mike Dutra. First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 8/3/2003
Young, James
Viewpoint Columnist
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Young, Lesley
Copy Editor
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Young, Patrick
Staff Writer
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Yu, Jackson
Staff Writer
1992 - 1992
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Yu, Joseph
Assistant Art Director, Illustrator
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Yu, Penny
Staff Writer
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Yu, Roger Jaetaik
Staff Writer
1987 - 1988
Staff reporter at the Dallas Morning News, was also a staff writer for the Seattle Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Seoul bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 12/4/2003
Yum, P.S.
Viewpoint Columnist
1988? - 1988?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Yungling, Elizabeth "Betty"
Co-editor
1934? - 1938?
According to Michael West, her grandson: "Born 1916 in San Luis Obispo, a fourth-generation Californian. Attended USC 1934-1938 (?). She wrote poetry and light verse for the Trojan, and was co-editor with John Ford Golay. After graduation (BA in Journalism) she went to work for J Walter Thompson's Los Angeles office as copywriter and coincidentally the only female in the Creative Department. While still at JWT, she married a young Art Director, Barton West, with whom she was to have four children: Helen (b 1943), Michael (b 1944), Anne (b 1949) and Steven (b 1959). After WWII, they lived in Chicago. They were later divorced, and she raised the children alone for a few years until her second marriage, to Robert Gregory Durham. Mr Durham died in 1993, and Elizabeth now resides in a senior care center in Evanston, Illinois."
First added: 7/14/2004. Last updated: 7/14/2004
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