USC NROTC Class of 1974

Welcome to the 50th Reunion website for the USC NROTC Class of 1974

Below you can view the multimedia presentation prepared for our 50th anniversary dinner that took place on 14 September 2024. Experience the sights and sounds of the Trojan Battalion, USC and LA from 1970 – 1974

Our Reunion was a great success!

 

We gathered in West LA on 13-14 September to reconnect with each other, meet our spouses, catch up on our families, and enjoy each others’ company.

  • Friday: Dinner at Caffe Pinguini (Playa del Rey)
  • Saturday: Tour of NROTC spaces and campus tour
  • Lunch at USC Village
  • Dinner at SOL (Playa Vista)

There were 9 Class of 1974 attendees and 6 spouses. You missed a great event if you were not there.

Front row: Katin, Hobbs, Barnum, Anderson
Back: MIDN 3/C Scott, Odekerken, Offutt, Stearns, Stephens, MIDN 3/C Ganguly (missing: Lievens)

Friday Night

An excellent Italian restaurant
Lievens, Barnum, Yvonne Barnum
Stearns, Anderson, Kelly Anderson
Susan State-Offutt, Mary Beth Hobbs, Chris Hobbs
Kelly Anderson, Elane Scott, Rick Stephens
Hobbs, Odekerken, Katin

Saturday Morning

PE Bldg. entrance
Wardroom Hatch
The Wardroom
The Wardroom
PE Bldg. 1st deck passageway
USC NROTC Unit Staff
PE Bldg. Atrium
Naval Science classroom - now on the 3rd deck
NavSci classroom
NROTC Computer Lab
Computer Lab
PE Bldg. rooftop workout area
Campus tour
Campus tour - Engineering complex
Susan & Tom Offutt at the School of Cinematography
Town and Gown
Marks Tower and the location of the former Marks Hall dorms
Traveler statue and fountain across from Tommy Trojan
Front row: Hobbs, Barnum, Stearns, Katin
Back: Stephens, Offutt, Anderson, Odekerken (missing: Lievens)
All entrances to the campus are gated and USC ID is required to enter
We walked across Jefferson to USC Village for lunch
Lunch at Rock & Reilly's - an excellent student pub

Saturday Night

Dinner @ SOL in Playa Vista

We enjoyed a fantastic dinner and an overview of the unit provided by our keynote speaker, Col Tracy Perry, the new CO. We were also joined by MIDN 1/C Paradis and Schweizer, Battalion CO and XO respectively.

FYI:  There was  a press blackout for this event, so no photographs were taken during or after dinner.

Our private dining room for the reunion dinner

Click here to see the USC and national NROTC updates provided by Col Perry at our reunion dinner.

MIDN 1/C Paradis
Col Tracy Perry, USMC
MIDN 1/C Schweizer