A Person of Excellence

- Spring 2015

Sister Sally Furay, RSCJ, 1926-2015

Sister Sally Furay was a professor, university provost, academic dean, lawyer, theater education visionary and active nonprofit board member. At the same time, she devoted her life to her Catholic faith as a … Read More

Spring 2015 Class Notes

- Spring 2015

1960s

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ART WICAL (BBA) and his wife traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and to northwestern India in January 2014. “So far, we have been fortunate to travel to over 62 countries and look forward to additional trips around … Read More

Author Donna Starr-Deelen

Clear and Present Danger

- Spring 2015

ALUMNA’S BOOK EXAMINES PRESIDENTIAL POLICIES ON TERRORISM

Donna Starr-Deelen ’87 (JD) was dropping off her daughter at a suburban Washington, D.C., school bus stop when the world as she knew it vanished. Moments earlier, there had been … Read More

Maj. Gen. William M. Matz Jr. (Ret.) '73 (MA)

Call of Duty

- Spring 2015

THE GOOD FIGHT OF MAJ. GENERAL WILLIAM MATZ

The young Rifle Company Commander knew immediately he’d been shot; the searing pain ripping through his arm like a thunderbolt. The deafening cacophony of gunfire and grenades made it … Read More

Karen and Tom Mulvaney.

Life Changers

- Spring 2015

THE TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT OF TOM ’77 (JD) AND KAREN MULVANEY

John Egan ’08 has spent many a night on a half-inflated mattress on the floor where his cab driver lives. He sleeps in a tangle of blankets, only half hearing … Read More

Extraordinary Lives

- Spring 2015

Alumni Honors celebrates achievements of 12 award recipients

Each year, the university celebrates its most notable alumni during Alumni Honors. The University of San Diego’s best and brightest graduates are the focus of the evening’s festivities, which … Read More

What Lies Beneath

- Spring 2015

ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT ROLLS UP HIS SLEEVES AND DIGS INTO THE PAST

If you’re a student in USD’s Department of Anthropology these days, it’s almost impossible not to get wrapped up in the stories about the … Read More