The USC
Emeriti Center College in collaboration with the San Marino Historical Society,
cordially invites you to participate in this six-session class, Health, Wealth and Intellect: John Randolph
Haynes, USC and the Making of Los Angeles, 1880-1932 which will be taught
by DR. JOHN G. (TOM) TOMLINSON. Dr. Tomlinson is the former Associate Dean of the Gould School of
Law and has served as an administrator, instructor, and researcher of USC and
southern California history for the past 32 years. The class will take place in
the Library’s Barth Community on the following six Thursdays from 10:30 am to
12:00 noon: September 26, October 3,
October 10, October 31, and November 7 and November 14.
Using the
life of John R. Haynes (1853-1937) L.A. physician-millionaire-philanthropist
and the development of USC, these lectures track the growth of Los Angeles from
a dusty town of 12,000 in 1880 to an international metropolis approaching
2,000,000 in 1932 when the city hosted the Olympic Games. Participants will explore Los Angeles as a
place of tuberculosis sanatoria, citrus orchards, oil fields, aqueducts, film
sets, airports, with a diverse and international peoples. An avid student of
Los Angeles history, Dr. Tomlinson will present cameos of the people who built
this great city. He will share original publications that contain their visions
of the future for the vast southern California region. He also will share an
extensive collection of photographs and postcards.
The
fee for the class is $60. Reservations are required, so please contact:
ecrsvp@usc.edu or call (213) 740-7122. Mail your check payable to USC Emeriti Center College, and mail to
3715 McClintock Ave., 220, L.A., CA 90089-0191. For further Information,
contact: Jerome B. Walker, Ph.D., Director, jbwalker@usc.edu or Judith C. Diaz,
Assistant Director, judydiaz@usc.eduUSC Emeriti Center College,
emeriticollege.usc.edu, (213) 740-8841
