Steven B Sample

Steven B. Sample--an electrical engineer, musician, outdoorsman, professor, and inventor--is the tenth president of the University of Southern California. Under Sample's leadership USC has become world-renowned in the fields of communication and multimedia technologies, has received national recognition for its innovative community partnerships, and has solidified its status as one of the nation's leading research universities. USC was selected as College of the Year 2000 by TIME and the...See more

Steven B. Sample--an electrical engineer, musician, outdoorsman, professor, and inventor--is the tenth president of the University of Southern California. Under Sample's leadership USC has become world-renowned in the fields of communication and multimedia technologies, has received national recognition for its innovative community partnerships, and has solidified its status as one of the nation's leading research universities. USC was selected as College of the Year 2000 by TIME and the Princeton Review, was named a "hot school" by Newsweek/Kaplan Review, and has been widely acclaimed in recent years for the excellence of its highly selective undergraduate programs. See less