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CSU Dominguez Hills president Don Gerth (at far left) at groundbreaking for the Olympic Velodrome; more below. Click here for full story

Joyce Johnson: Emerita Professor Never Typecast in “Second Act” as a Leading Lady
When Joyce Johnson was trying to decide what to do in her retirement from California State University, Dominguez Hills, she considered the option of spending her days watching soap operas. Little did she know that in a short time, she herself would be in front of the cameras. The emerita professor of English has discovered her "second act," a career on film and stage.

Joyce Johnson: Emerita Professor Never Typecast in “Second Act” as a Leading Lady

Doris Ressl: Choreographer Presents Signature Dance Company at CSU Dominguez Hills

When Don Gerth, former president of California State University, Dominguez Hills, wanted to bring publicity to the university during the 1984 Olympics, he offered a portion of the Carson campus to the event chairman Peter Ueberroth, who proposed that a world class cycling venue be built on the Carson campus. After the Olympics, the facility served as a sport and entertainment venue for the Los Angeles community.

Photo above: Ground was broken for the Olympic Velodrome in 1981. After the 1984 Olympics, the world class cycling facility was used as a sport and entertainment venue.

(L-R) Don Gerth, former CSU Dominguez Hills president; Jere Thompson, president, Southland Corporation; Peter Ueberroth, president, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee; and John Thompson, chairman, Southland Corporation

Courtesy of University Archives and Special Collections




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