Teaching Award
The California State University at Los Angeles Outstanding Teaching
Award for 2003-2004 was recently awarded to Domnita Dumitrescu (M.A.,
Spanish, ’87; Ph.D., Spanish, ’90). She is a full professor of Spanish
linguistics at the institution.
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
César López (B.A., Political Science, ’96) has returned to USC as a
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the program in American studies and
ethnicity.
Ambassadorial Appointment
Graeme Wilson (M.A., International Relations, ’81) is a senior career
officer with Australia’s department of foreign affairs and trade. He
was recently appointed Australia’s Ambassador to Mexico.
Joining the Dodgers
Howard Sunkin (B.A., Political Science, ’85), a public affairs
executive with Cerrell Associates, Inc. for almost 20 years, has joined
the Los Angeles Dodgers as a senior vice president for public affairs.
American Bar Association
Todd M. Ebersole (B.A., Political Science and Environmental/Biological
Sciences, ’91) was appointed vice chair and chief editor for the
American Bar Association’s Tort, Trial and Insurance-Medicine and Law
Committee’s Annual Survey Journal. For the past five years he has
served as legal counsel to CIGNA HealthCare.
Columnist for the Arts
The 2004 Muse Award for “Columnist for the Arts,” given by the Arts and
Cultural Alliance, was awarded to Naomi Donson (M.A., International
Relations, ’50). Donson’s long-running “Art Beat” column appears in the
Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Vice Chairman
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. appointed Suzanne Nora Johnson (B.A.,
Interdisciplinary Studies, ’79) vice chairman of the firm. Johnson
previously served as head of the firm’s global investment research
division and chair of the global markets institute. She is on the Board
of Councilors at the College.
Law Practice Formed
Kimberly Vaughn (B.A., Psychology, ’00; J.D., ’03) has started a law
practice, Mozafarian & Vaughn, LLP, which focuses primarily on the
areas of estate planning, probate and general business law.
The Vietnam Files
David Prendergast (B.A., Linguistics, ’75) launched a Web site,
www.thevietnamfiles.com that contains an archive of documents and
records from the Vietnam War, created and maintained by the Marine
Corps from 1960-1975.
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