Alumni News
Ambassadorial Nomination
The nomination of USC College alum Jack Dyer Crouch II (B.A., M.A.,
Ph.D., International Relations, ’87) to be Ambassador to Romania was
announced by President George W. Bush. Crouch served as the current
administration’s assistant secretary of defense for international
security policy at the Department of Defense. He was also the principal
deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security policy
from 1990-92. Since 1992, he has been associate professor of defense
and strategic studies at Southwest Missouri State University.
Akins Nominated for Literary Award
Morgan Akins (M.P.W., ’02) was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for her
short story, “Twenty-First Century Girl,” a quirky tale of a
transgendered woman’s first encounter with her potential in-laws in
small town America. Writers first noticed by Pushcart include Raymond
Carver, Tim O’Brien, John Irving and many more.
Alberti and “The Simpsons”
John Alberti (B.A., English, ’81) recently published a book of essays
entitled Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibilities of
Oppositional Culture. Alberti, assistant chairman of the department of
literature and languages at Northern Kentucky University, began
teaching in 1991—around the same time that “The Simpsons” phenomenon on
television began.
Honoring Zamperini
Former track star and World War II prisoner of war Louis Zamperini
(B.A., Physical Education, ’40) was honored with a plaza in his name at
USC’s track and field stadium. Zamperini ran in the 1936 Berlin
Olympics.
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