Steven Sample

Steven Browning Sample (November 29, 1940 – March 29, 2016)Office of the President: Our past presidents: Steven B. Sample , University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014, Retrieved 3 June 2014.Steven Browning Sample , Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who LLC, 2014, Retrieved 3 June 2014. was the 10th president of the University of Southern California (USC).About us: Steven B. Sample: President Emeritus website , University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California, 2010, Retrieved 3 June 2014. He became president in 1991 and was succeeded by C.L. Max Nikias on August 3, 2010.C. L. Max Nikias named 11th president of USC , USC News, Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California, 11 March 2010, Retrieved 3 June 2014.

Before he was president at USC, he held the same position at the University at Buffalo (UB) in the State University of New York (SUNY) system from 1982 to 1991.  He was succeeded by William R. Greiner.

 Personal life and death 
In 2001, Sample was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, but said he still felt able to serve as president of USC.President of USC is fighting Parkinson's disease: Health: Steven B. Sample is the latest in a series of prominent Americans to publicly acknowledge being diagnosed with the neurological disorder, Los Angeles Times. December 8, 2001. Retrieved June 3, 2014.  On March 29, 2016, Sample died at the age of 75.  He had lived in San Marino, California.

References

Other websites
 Steven B. Sample University at Buffalo presidential biography 
 University of Southern California, President website


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