Alumna Gives USC History Department Historic $15 Million Gift

The University of Southern California in Los Angeles on March 11, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

The University of Southern California’s humanities department just received a $15 million donation from alumna Elizabeth Van Hunnick, who was born and raised in Cypress.

She donated in her family’s name to the Department of History at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, from which she graduated. It was the largest single donation to USC’s humanities department.