Christmas Card from Ruberta Weaver

From 103-year-old Ruberta.

SRA Birthday Card 2018

Birthday card from the USC Staff Retirement Association.  Thanks to Mike Klineman, Dick Martin, and all the members of the SRA Board of Directors.

USC Emeriti Center Holiday Card 2017

SRA Birthday Card 2017

Birthday card 2017 from the USC Staff Retirement Association.  Thank you President Mike Klineman and all the SRA Board of Directors.

My USC Business Card

Provost's Faculty Retirement Recognition Luncheon 2017 Invitation

"Thank-You" Card from Norris Cancer Center

"Thank-you" card from Dr. Alan S. Wayne, Interim Director, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Gilbert Siegel Obituary

Good friend and colleague.  His daughter, Holly, was a student of mine.

SRA Birthday Card 2016

Grateful for the birthday card from the USC SRA President Mike Klineman and his fellow board members.

Provost's Faculty Retirement Recognition Luncheon 2016

Just RSVPed for this year's recognition luncheon honoring USC faculty who retired during 2015–2016.

Sol Golomb Obituary

SOURCE: USC Trojan Family, August 2016, p. 71.

USC Tower at South Park Center

The former AT&T Tower in downtown Los Angeles is now owned by USC.

SOURCE: USC Trojan Family, Autumn 2016, p. 23.

Anniversary Card 2016

Thank you Mike Klineman, Dick Martin, and the rest of the SRA Board of Directors.

Mac User Group Business Cards

The late Leonard Wines was founder and chair of the USC Macintosh Users Group (MUG for short).  My very first computer had been an Apple II+, but after my unit at the university provided Windows computers in all the offices, I left the Apple II+ behind and purchased a Windows desktop for my office at home for compatibility purposes.  Many years later, it was Len who convinced me to buy my first iPad, the iPad 1.  Since then, I have become totally immersed in the "Apple-sphere" (iPhone, iPad Mini, MacBook Air, and now this iMac that succeeded my last Windows desktop which crashed several days ago).  I am grateful to Len and think about him frequently when I am using an Apple product.

Office Photo

A photo of me taken in one of my Von Kleinsmid Center offices by a USC photographer for publicity purposes.  Obviously this was taken during one of my previous chubby phases.  Note the old technology storage device on my desk.

Rolodex Substitutes

Used to store references and citations on 3" x 5" unlined index cards (left) and keep them in a long cardboard tray that opened like a desk drawer. . Names, addresses, and telephone numbers were kept in pocket-sized address book with a rubber cover (right).

Drawing from a Former Graduate Student from Korea

This original drawing was given to me by a graduate student from Koerea as he prepared to return home after completing his degree.  The personal note [upper left corner] reads:

"Dr. Stallings,
Thank you for wonderful teaching.
I wish God bless you
and your family.
May 3, 1999
Youngho Kim"

Plaques from Former Graduate Student

These two plaques were given to me several years ago by a graduate student from Turkey after he had finished his dissertation.  He promised to invite me to lecture in his country and to pay my expenses to do so.  Alas, that never happened, but these plaques nevertheless remain in a prime location on the wall in my study.

Colorful USC Traffic Barrier

One of four safety barriers on the sidewalk outside the entrance to the Merle Norman (sand volleyball) Stadium, McCarthy Way and South Figueroa Street (Entrance 3, USC University Park Campus).

Yummy Dessert

Dessert served at yesterday's Thirty-First Annual Staff Retirement Recognition Luncheon in Town and Gown (USC University Park Campus).