University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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School of Dentistry and Jack Steele be- came dean of the School of Business Administration. The College of Continuing Edu- cation was headed by an interim dean, Harvey Stedman, formerly the col- lege ' s executive director, while the search for a permanent dean continued. There were also new faces among the university ' s trustees, including that of a prominent black woman, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke. She is an alumna of the use Law Center and a Democratic congresswoman from the Los Angeles area. Also joining the university ' s govern- ing board were three corporate execu- tives: Edward Carlson of United Air- lines: Carl Hartnack of Security Pacific National Bank: and Gordon Hough of Pacific Telephone. The activities of the university ad- ministrators are removed from the life of the average student, despite the great effect those individuals have on the quality of education at USC. Fur- ther changes will undoubtedly be made as the university continues in its avowed quest for intellectual excel- lence. One thing is certain: the university has proved it can move rapidly to in- stitute changes of substance, if not form, when it wants to. Whether the same energy can be channeled into finding solutions for the other prob- lems facing the university is, for now, an unanswered question. ABOVE LEFT: Richard Oliver: ABOVE: Mathies; LEFT: Yvonne Bralhwaile Burke.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 research, was named interim academic vice-president to fill the position vacat- ed by the retirement of Milton Kloet- zel. A. Quincy Jones, a prominent Southern California architect, was appointed dean of the School of Architecture and Fine Arts. Allen Mathies Jr., who was serving as interim dean of theSchoolof Medicine,assumed the job on a permanent basis. In other professional schools, Richard Oliver was named dean of the

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Grads, seniors participate in London program Students had the opportunity to study advanced public relations in Lon- don, England for three weeks during the summer. The new program was offered to graduate students and qualified seniors by the School of Journalism. Twenty students participated in the four-unit seminar course. International Public Relations. It focused on the building and maintaining of international rela- tionships through communication. Part of the seminar activities includ- ed traveling to locations in Britain such as the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) main office and Winsor Castle. The final trip of the program was by train to Edinburgh, Scotland for a dis- cussion with the director of the Edin- burgh Festival. The session was conducted by Ken- neth Owler Smith, head of the journal- ism school ' s public relations sequence, and William R. Faith, a senior lecturer in public relations. '