Giving Archives

Dec 01

Photo collage of Davis family members and the USC Leonard Davis School

The Davis Family: A Creative, Compassionate Legacy

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Giving, School Culture

Within the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and its mission lies a legacy of philanthropy, vision and commitment. It’s one that began with Leonard and Sophie Davis, who foresaw the need for better aging research as well as for age-informed professionals. It continues today through the Leonard and Sophie…

May 14

Arts and Healthy Aging Center Fund launched with $2.5M gift and $1M matching opportunity

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Giving

Gift and matching challenge from the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund supports the study of artistic engagement and the aging process.

Jun 26

Sisters add to endowed research fund with nearly $1M contribution

By Beth Newcomb Featured, Giving

The USC Cheong and Mui Wong Endowed Research Fund supports the study of diseases of aging and ultimately how to prevent, diagnose and treat them.

Jan 11

Magazine cover of Vitality with Marilou and Mark Hamill sitting side by side smiling with their daughter and dogs

Role Models: Marilou and Mark Hamill on Healthy Aging

By USC Leonard Davis Communications Featured, Giving, Lifespan Health, Pop Culture

USC Leonard Davis supporters Marilou and Mark Hamill share their thoughts on aging well, their advice to younger people, and why “there’s no greater gift than education.”

Jan 08

Portrait of Wm and Anita Jeung seated on a couch

Jeung Family Donates Estate Gift to Support Biology of Aging Research in Women

By USC Leonard Davis Communications Alumni, Cultural Affairs, Giving, Research

Anita and William Jeung, both graduates of the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, recently donated via their estate a very generous gift to support biology of aging research in women.

Jun 21

Brain scan displaying various sections of the brain

Anonymous gift advances Alzheimer’s research

By USC Leonard Davis Communications Alzheimer's and Dementia, Featured, Giving, Research

An anonymous family donated $150,000 to support the research efforts of Associate Professor Andrei Irimia after hearing him present his work on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its link to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.

Nov 01

Patricia Will and Mercedes Kerr seated in a well-furnished room

Belmont Village Establishes First Industry-Created Endowed Scholarship

By Beth Newcomb Giving

Belmont Village founder and CEO Patricia Will and Mercedes Kerr, president of Belmont Village, have arranged for the first industry-created endowed scholarship at the USC Leonard Davis School.

Oct 14

String of illustrated lightbulbs and person touching a lit one to symbolize lightbulb idea

Hanson-Thorell Family Research Awards Support New Studies on Diet & Exercise

By Orli Belman Giving, Honors and Awards, Research

Research Assistant Professors T. Em Arpawong and Sebastian Brandhorst will each receive $25,000 in funding for one-year pilot projects.

Oct 14

Two Health Food Industry Pioneers Support Research on How Diet & Nutrition Affect Alzheimer’s

By Beth Newcomb Alzheimer's and Dementia, Giving, Health and Wellness, Mitochondria, Nutrition, Research

The USC Daryl and Irwin Simon Nutrition for Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Research Fund was created to explore the role diet can play in the prevention or delay of Alzheimer’s disease.

Oct 14

Keith Renken and Edward Schneider smiling at school event

New Scholarship Fund Honors Edward Schneider

By Beth Newcomb Giving

Friends of the Leonard Davis School and Dean Emeritus Edward Schneider joined with foundations and companies to endow the new Schneider Scholarship Fund.