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

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Every home game, Dr. Zumberge hosts approximately 50-75 guests of the university for brunch before the game. That includes a fair number of trustees but also past donors, potential donors, and those who volunteer their services for the university. This allows me to combine the tough jobs like fund raising with the fun parts of being president, like watching the football games. This is my fourth presidency. I was president of a small college in Michigan, Chancellor at the University of Nebras- ka at Lincoln, President of Southern Methodist University and now USC. This has got to be a very great culmina- tion of a career in the academic world. It is a great school and I ' m honored to be president. ABOVE LEFT: GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN — Dr. Zumberge greets guests at this formal academic reception. LEFT: RELAX AND ENJOY — Relaxed and comfortable, Dr. Zumberge an- swers questions in an informal interview. ABOVE: WORLDLY HOME — President Zumberge stands in front of a geological map representing his various travels. President Zumberge 23

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Zumberge: More Than a President Most of my own personal life revolves around my family and my non-adminis- trative interest in the academic world, the profession of geology in my own ca- reer as a polar scientist. I try to keep up as much as I can in the polar activities. I make occasional trips both to the Arc- tic and the Antarctic whenever I can squeeze them in, said Dr. James H. Zumberge, the ninth president of USC. I am a great trapper, because as a geologist I feel that the whole world is my laboratory if I want to make it such. There is really no place on Earth that a geologist can ' t find something of pro- fessional interest, so when I decide to take a trip somewhere that underlies most of my travels. I intend to continue to travel in that respect for a long time to come. It is a very interesting life (that of a geologist) - always something new, always unfolding and developing, nothing is ever static about it. In col- lege, I took a course in Geology and got hooked. I ' d always been interested in the polar regions even as a kid because I read about exploration in the Antarctic and the Arctic. I never dreamed that I would stand at the geographic south pole myself, but I did eventually and have had several expeditions. It is still a very consuming interest of mine, said Dr. Zumberge quite emphatically. For his dedication to geological ad- vances. Cape Zumberge was named in his honor. Although he has never been there, he possesses a rock specimen from the location. In addition. Dr. Zumberge co-authored a book entitled The Elements of Geology and eventually looks to updating it and several other books he has written. His co-author, a fellow graduate student of the University of Minnesota, is present- ly a geology professor at UCLA. Having a similar philosophy on the teaching of geology, Dr. Zumberge feels they make a good team. In my family life, I have four chil- dren, three of whom are boys and one girl. The three boys have all received their Ph.D. ' s in Physics or Chemistry. They did their undergraduate work at the University of Michigan where they grew up when I was a professor at Mich- igan in the 50 ' s and early 60 ' s, said Dr. Zumberge. As for their graduate work, one just finished his doctorate in Physics at Cal Tech, another in Physics at the University of Colorado and the third in Chemistry at the University of Arizo- na. His daughter is presently in adver- tising. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Nebraska specializ- ing in Journalism Advertising, he said. My wife is a big part of the universi- ty. She will go to one event and I ' ll go to another, both representing the universi- ty. She works with a lot of support groups. He then beamed and said, Mrs. Zumberge and I are proud grand- parents now. He likes music and plays the piano for enjoyment. However, during college, he used this talent to pay for his education. I enjoy classical music. I listen to it quite often when I ' m working in my stu- dy. I ' m also a fan of country western because I have a summer place in Jack- son Hole, Wyoming where I try to spend some time with the family every year. I ' m also an avid sports fan. Of course I love college football and basketball. I attend as many of the football games as I can, usually all the home games. They are a cultivation of potential fri ends of the University. After all, about 75% of my time at USC is spent trying to con- vince people that we ' re a good place to leave or give their money. 22 President Zumberge v ' .f ;.. ' ;■.■) ' . ' ■ ' ' ' !- - f rT '

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Administration Takes the Lead ABOVE: JOHN R. HUBBARD — President Emeritus ABOVE: MICHAEL RADOCK — Senior Vice [ ' resident, ABOVE: JAMES R. APPLETON — Vice President, Student Development and University Affairs Affairs ABOVE: CORNELIUS J. PINGS Academic Affairs Senior Vice President, ABOVE: CARL M. FRANKLIN Affairs Vice President, Legal 24 Administration