In Memoriam: Mitchell Lurie, 86
USC News featured an obituary for Mitchell Lurie, former USC Thornton faculty member and clarinetist, who passed November 24 at the age of 86. Lurie joined USC in 1952 and taught clarinet and woodwind chamber music until several years ago. For more than 20 years, he had similar duties at the Music Academy of the West in the summer, the article noted.