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Steven B. Sample (born 1940) is the 10th and current (1991-) President of the University of Southern California. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan in June 2006. ...

Background

He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was formerly president of the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York from 1982 to 1991. Under Sample's leadership, USC has become world-renowned in the fields of communication and multimedia technologies, received national acclaim for its innovative community partnerships, and solidified its status as one of the nation's leading research universities. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems… … and complex electronic circuits. ... The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. ... University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (also known as University at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo or simply UB) is a coeducational public research university, which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, USA. Offering 84 bachelors, 184 masters and 78 doctoral degrees, it...

Patents and Books

Sample is the author of numerous journal articles and published papers in science and engineering and higher education. His 2001 book The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership, foreworded and supported by Warren Bennis, details his style of leadership in the context of USC's rise as an institution in his decade as president. His patents in the field of digital appliance controls have been licensed to practically every major manufacturer of appliance controls and microwave ovens in the world. Over 300 million home appliances have been built using his inventions. Warren Bennis is a lecturer, management and leadership theorist and writer. ...

Campus Fundraising

During his tenure at USC, Sample’s fundraising initiatives have topped the $430 million mark in sponsored research and concluded two comprehensive, university-wide strategic planning processes designed to take USC to the next level of academic excellence. It also mounted the second most successful fundraising campaign in the history of higher education, raising nearly $3 billion. USC became the only university to receive four separate nine-figure gifts in one campaign — $112.5 million from Alfred Mann to establish the Mann Institute of Biomedical Engineering, $120 million from Ambassador Walter Annenberg to create the Annenberg Center for Communication, $110 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation for the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and a second gift from the Annenberg Foundation of $100 million. ^[1] Walter H. Annenberg Walter H. Annenberg KBE (March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) was an American billionaire publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat. ...

More recently, Sample has overseen the $175 million gift from George Lucas to name the USC School of Cinematic Arts. George Walton Lucas, Jr. ...

Campus Construction

USC University Hospital (Health Science Campus)

Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Library (LVL)

Jane Hoffman Popovich and J. Kristoffer Popovich Hall (POP)

The International Residential College at Parkside (IRC)

Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute (Health Science Campus)

Ronald Tutor Hall (RTH)

USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center expansion project

Ray R.Irani Molecular and Computational Biology Building

Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts Robert Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award-winning American movie director, producer and writer. ...

The Galen Center The Galen Center is the USC Trojans basketball and USC Volleyball facility for the University of Southern California Trojans. ...

Also built and opened under Sample's watch include a number of parking structures including the University Parking Center (UPC), Parking Structure 1 (PS1), and Parking Structure 2 (PS2)

Opening Soon:

The Arts and Humanities Residential College at Parkside (opening Fall 2007)

New George Lucas Building

New Athletic/Football Complex behind Heritage Hall

Notes

References

Sample, Steven B. The contrarian's guide to leadership. 1st ed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2002. xix, 192 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0-7879-5587-6

External links

• University of Southern California, President website