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anced and holistic development that is the goal of a USD education. JOHN PENDAS (BS/BA) works as a data analyst for Viasat in Carlsbad, California. He obtained the opportunity through an on- campus recruiting function. DANIELLE ROMASANTA (BS/ BA) was hired directly by Northrop Grumman, starting as a manufac- turing engineering intern while attending the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, and now serves as an industrial/manufacturing engi- neer in Woodland Hills, California. ALEXANDRO SCALCO (BS/BA) is a test engineer at General Atomics working out of its San Diego office. ZACH SOURWINE (BS/BA) found his first professional job out of college through the USD Fall Engineering Career Fair. He works as a naval architect for the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center SWRMC) for NAVSEA in San Diego. MICHAEL STEAD (BS/BA) received four job offers and accepted a position as a software developer for Leidos based out of San Diego. His position requires him to aid the soft- ware architect and algorithm team to develop a cohesive system that works across multiple platforms using dif- ferent programming languages and operating systems. SAMANTHA TERRANOVA (BS/ BA) works for General Atomics in Poway, California as a price/cost analyst. This position is responsible for analyzing statistical and pro- posal data to develop independent price and cost recommendations to support negotiations with cus- tomers and suppliers. THERESA THOMAS (BA) has moved to Omaha, Nebraska to begin her first year of medical school at Creighton University. She is interested in specializing in surgery. “I have so many mentors and advocates at USD to thank for their support along the way,” she says. “I am beyond stoked to be joining other alumni as part of the Torero-Bluejay family!” WILLIAM TREVENA (BS/BA) received the University of Florida Graduate School Preeminence Award for its PhD program. The program helps academic units offer highly

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forces with USD, ultimately funding the Stanley W. Legro Professor-in-Residence in Environmental Law. He taught as an adjunct professor of law at USD, joined the Board of Visitors in 2001, and the Board of Trustees in 2011. In 1975, Legro became the as- sistant administrator for enforce- ment for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he worked on preserving the envi- ronment and solving pollution issues. Legro said in the EPA Journal at the time, “It is critical that we plan now for future

maintenance of environmental quality rather than reacting, of- ten with limited options, to envi- ronmental crises as they occur.” Owing to Legro’s legacy of ser- vice on both the law school’s Board of Visitors and USD’s Board of Trustees, President James T. Harris sent a personal message to USD Board of Trustee members inviting them to “honor Stan’s memory and his impact in environmental law, gifts may be made to the Stanley W. Legro Professorship in Environmental Law Fund or to the Law Student Aid Scholarship Fund.”

supporter of the environment and an ordered system of envi- ronmental law on August 20, 2020, when Stanley “Stan” W. Le- gro passed away. After graduating first in his class from the U.S. Naval Acade- my, Legro served in the U.S. Ma- rine Corps before earning his Juris Doctor degree in law from Harvard University in 1966. He immediately began his long and storied career defending the en- vironment. In 1968, he joined

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