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Posted: November 2, 2009 at 4:59 a.m.
Steven B. Sample, 68, who dramatically boosted the academic prestige, financial resources and civic engagement of the University of Southern California during nearly 19 years as its president, says he will step down next summer as chief of the 34,000-student private campus.
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