University Southern California Trojans
Mike Garrett To Speak At California African American Museum
July 19, 2005 | USC Athletics
July 19, 2005
USC athletic director Mike Garrett will participate in the California African American Museum History Council's "Conversations At CAAM" at 1 p.m. on July 30.
Admission is free to the event at the California African American Museum, 600 State Drive in Exposition Park adjacent to the USC campus. Parking is $6 at 39th and Figueroa. Call 213-744-2056 for reservations.
Garrett will be interviewed by Michael Reed, a history expert and literacy coach for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Garrett, USC's 1965 Heisman Trophy-winning tailback who went on to play in a pair of Super Bowls in the NFL, has been Troy's athletic director since 1993. He oversees 19 men's and women's teams and the $44 million budget that make up the nation's most tradition-rich athletic program. During his tenure, USC has won 15 national championships and 31 conference titles.
He is recognized as a national leader in collegiate athletics. In 2005, he was named one of the "50 Most Powerful African Americans in Sports" by Black Enterprise magazine and was ranked fifth among the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Los Angeles' Most Powerful Sports Executives." In 2004, he was ranked 21st in Sports Illustrated's list of the nation's "101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports" (the highest of any collegiate executive).
His journey from prep All-American running back at Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles to the Heisman Trophy and an eight-year NFL career is a narrative of personal triumph. Along the way, Garrett has maintained a strong commitment to the community by working on various social causes.
"Conversations At CAAM" is a Q&A conversation with distinguished members of the local African American community who have compelling stories to tell. Guest speakers have included Judge Consuelo B. Marshall and Reverend James M. Lawson Jr. Marshall is Chief Judge of the United States District Court, Central District of California, the first woman to hold that post and the first and only African American woman west of the Mississippi River to be Chief Judge of a District Court. Rev. Lawson is a world-renowned spiritual leader and peace advocate who worked in the civil rights movement at the request of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and served as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for 14 years.
For more information, call 213-744-7432 or go to www.caamuseum.org.
