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John R. Hubbard papers
Collection
Identifier: 5009
Abstract
John R. Hubbard served as the eighth president of the University of Southern California from 1970 to 1980, during which time the university rose from 33rd to 19th in National Science Foundation rankings for federally sponsored research. During that decade, applications for admission to USC rose from 4,100 in 1970 to more than 11,000 in 1979, and the mean grade point average for admitted freshmen vaulted to 3.4 on a 4.0 scale. Prior to joining USC, Hubbard served as President of Newcomb...
Dates:
1935 - 1988
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History George T. Cussen collection on aviation
Collection
Identifier: 0053
Abstract
The collection consists of Cussen's personal scrapbook pages, books and photographs pertaining to the commercial aeronautic industry from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a collection of World War I and World War II war effort posters and maps. George Cussen worked the Santa Fe Railway for eight years before a brief stint at Maddux Air Lines in 1929. From 1932 to 1940, he worked for Transcontinental and Western Airlines as a traffic manager, alternating between Los Angeles and San Francisco...
Dates:
1918 - 1963
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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