Editors in Chief

Until 1966, editors served terms of one year. However, some editors before then did not finish their terms. Cleve Herman (1939-40) resigned because of ill health.

From 1942 to 1947 only one editor served the entire term for which he/she was appointed (Mary Frances Touton, 1944-45) because of World War II and the postwar adjustment period. During this time, staff turnover was rapid because of demands in the military services.

The boom in USC student enrollment in the postwar period caused even more problems for staffs. Not until 1947 was calm restored.

One-semester terms were instituted for editors in 1966 because of concern over stress of the intensive job and academics of the students serving. Since the start of one-semester terms of service (1966), only five editors have been reelected to serve an additional semester, or a full year: Mike Parfit (1968-69), Leef Smith (1989-90), Carole Cleveland (1990-91), Emma Peplow (2017-18), and Allen Pham (2018-19).

Here presented are the editors of the Daily Trojan from 1912 to the present:

1912-1913

W.R. LaPorte

1913-1914

Julia N. McCorkle

1914-1915

Fred Aden

1915-1916

Clifford F. Burr

1916-1917

Phillips W. Murray

1917-1918

Ruth T. Durkee

1918-1919

Raymond L. Haight

1919-1920

Tom Metcalfe

1920-1921

Charles W. Paddock

1921-1922

Carl Farman

1922-1923

Lowell E. Jessen

1923-1924

Cecil E. Carle

1924-1925

J. Marquis Busby

1925-1926

Lee Conti

1926-1927

George C. Jordan

1927-1928

Ralph Huston

1928-1929

Virgil Pinkley

1930-1931

Ray Zeman

1931-1932

Tom Patterson

1932-1933

Quentin Reger

1933-1934

Wendell Sether

1934-1935

Jack Frankish

1935-1936

Tom Lawless

1936-1937

Lionel Van Deerlin

1937-1938

John Ford Golay

1938-1939

Ben Cook

1939-1940

Cleve Herman (resigned)

Reavis Winckler

1940-1941

Stanley M. Gortikov

1941-1942

Mike Minnick

1942-1943

Sam Roeca (resigned)

Gordon Wilson (resigned)

Bob Brandson (resigned)

1943-1944

Robert Weide (Fall 1943)

Pat Ebey (Spring 1944)

1944-1945

Mary Frances Touton

1945-1946

Jack Estes (Fall 1945)

William Griffith (Spring 1946)

1946-1947

Dick Thomason (Fall 1946)

Ed Prizer (Spring 1947)

1947-1948

Dick Eshelman

1948-1949

Gerald Maher

1949-1950

Frank Ashley (Fall 1949)

Marion Sellers (Spring 1950)

1950-1951

Russell Ward

1951-1952

Bob Erburu

1952-1953

Chuck Sweet

1953-1954

Hank Alcouloumre

1954-1955

Charlie Barnett

1955-1956

Susanna McBee

1956-1957

Peter Synodis

1957-1958

Jerry Burns

1958-1959

Jim Bylin

1959-1960

Larry Fisher

1960-1961

Joe Saltzman

1961-1962

Barbara Epstein

1962-1963

Hal Drake

1963-1964

Dan Smith

1964-1965

Gregg Peterson

1965-1966

Mary Garber

1966-1967

Steve Harris (Fall 1966)

Greg Kieselmann (Spring 1967)

1967-1968

Audrey Ramsay (did not serve)

Hal Lancaster (Fall 1967)

Stan Metzler (Spring 1968)

1968-1969

Mike Parfit (Fall 1968)

Mike Parfit (Spring 1969)

1969-1970

Bill Dicke (Fall 1969)

Andy Miller (Spring 1970)

1970-1971

Roger Smith (Fall 1970)

Bob Ingram (Spring 1971)

1971-1972

Cathy Meyer (Fall 1971)

Rivian Taylor (Spring 1972)

1972-1973

Rich Wiseman (Fall 1972)

Bernard Beck (Spring 1973)

1973-1974

Michele Drake (Fall 1973)

Peter Wong (Spring 1974)

1974-1975

Al Flores (Fall 1974)

Kari Granville (Spring 1975)

1975-1976

Kevin McKenna (Fall 1975)

Sherry Stern (Spring 1976)

1976-1977

Marc Nowadnick (Fall 1976)

Cathy Taylor (Spring 1977)

1977-1978

Tom Rosa (Fall 1977)

Stephen Sass (Spring 1978)

1978-1979

Valerie Nelson (Fall 1978)

Richard Bozanich (Spring 1979)

1979-1980

Michael Schroeder (Fall 1979)

Robin Oto (Spring 1980)

1980-1981

Linda Lebovics (Fall 1980)

R. Jane Zachary (Spring 1981)

1981-1982

James Grant (Fall 1981)

Steve Padilla (Spring 1982)

1982-1983

Casey Wian (Fall 1982)

Mark Gill (Spring 1983)

1983-1984

Marc Igler (Fall 1983)

Rich Ramirez (Spring 1984)

1984-1985

Dan Janeck (Fall 1984)

Mark Ordesky (Spring 1985)

1985-1986

Jeff Tylicki (Fall 1985)

Douglas Lytle (Spring 1986)

1986-1987

Aaron van Curen (Fall 1986)

James Lee (Spring 1987)

1987-1988

James Logan (Fall 1987)

Alan Robertazzi (Spring 1988)

1988-1989

Tommy Li (Fall 1988)

Kevin Davis (Spring 1989)

1989-1990

Leef Smith (Fall 1989)

Leef Smith (Spring 1990)

1990-1991

Carole Cleveland (Fall 1990)

Carole Cleveland (Spring 1991)

1991-1992

Petula Dvorak (Fall 1991)

Robin Rauzi (Spring 1992)

1992-1993

Michael Carlson (Fall 1992)

Tracy Wilson (Spring 1993)

1993-1994

George Stankow (Fall 1993)

Elizabeth Washburn (Spring 1994)

1994-1995

Sean Conley (Fall 1994)

Michelle Ladd (Spring 1995)

1995-1996

Wes Biggs (Fall 1995)

Nick Divito (Spring 1996)

1996-1997

Melanie Asp (Fall 1996)

Victoria Manley (Spring 1997)

1997-1998

Jennifer Hamm (Fall 1997)

Kamron Barron (Spring 1998)

1998-1999

Elisa Ung (Fall 1998)

Jin Whang (Spring 1999)

1999-2000

David Khalaf (Fall 1999)

Claire Luna (Spring 2000)

2000-2001

Christine Frey (Fall 2000)

Scott A. Smith (Spring 2001)

2001-2002

Meredith Cooper (Fall 2001)

Jennifer Medina (Spring 2002)

2002-2003

Loren Chidoni (Fall 2002)

Peter Rasmussen (Spring 2003)

2003-2004

Blake Hennon (Fall 2003)

Mike Cervantes (Spring 2004)

2004-2005

Brian Reed (Fall 2004)

Elizabeth Brotherton (Spring 2005)

2005-2006

Sara Libby (Fall 2005)

Lindsey Davis (Spring 2006)

2006-2007

Zach Fox (Fall 2006)

Jeremy Beecher (Spring 2007)

2007-2008

Joanna Lin (Fall 2007)

Laura Keller (Spring 2008)

2008-2009

Ryan Furlong (Fall 2008)

Joyce Chen (Spring 2009)

2009-2010

Alexander Comisar (Fall 2009)

Tiffanie Wu (Spring 2010)

2010-2011

Kate Mather (Fall 2010)

Alexandra Tilsley (Spring 2011)

2011-2012

Asher Feldman (Fall 2011)

Giovanni Osorio (Spring 2012)

2012-2013

Sean Fitz-Gerald (Fall 2012)

Eddie Kim (Spring 2013)

2013-2014

Annalise Mantz (Fall 2013)

Sheridan Watson (Spring 2014)

2014-2015

Euno Lee (Fall 2014)

Chelsea Stone (Spring 2015)

2015-2016

Isabella Sayeh (Fall 2015)

Anshu Siripurapu (Spring 2016)

2016-2017

Matt Lemas (Fall 2016)

Danni Wang (Spring 2017)

2017-2018

Emma Peplow (Fall 2017)

Emma Peplow (Spring 2018)

2018-2019

Allen Pham (Fall 2018)

Allen Pham (Spring 2019)

2019-2020

Tomás Mier (Fall 2019)

Kate Sequeira (Spring 2020)

2020-2021

Natalie Oganesyan (Fall 2020)

Raymond Rapada (Spring 2021)

2021-2022

Twesha Dikshit (Fall 2021)

Shaylee Navarro (Spring 2022)

2022-2023

Kacie Yamamoto (Fall 2022)

Sage Wheeler (Spring 2023)

2023-2024

Jenna Peterson (Fall 2023)

Anjali Patel (Spring 2024)

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