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Los
Angeles was still a growing frontier town in the early 1870s, when a group of public-spirited citizens led by Judge Robert Maclay Widney first saw the need and imagined establishing a university in the city. It took nearly a decade for this vision to become a reality, but in 1879 Widney formed a
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On August 29, 2014, a statue of Judge Robert Maclay Widney was unveiled by USC President C. L. Max Nikias before USC Trustees, senior leadership, and members of the USC community, including descendants of the founder. The bronze monument, sculpted by
Christopher Slatoff, stands on campus at the
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In 1874 Widney began the first successful public rail transit company in Los
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in 1867. In 1871, he was named a judge of the Court of
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board of trustees and on July 29, 1879, secured a donation of 308 lots of undeveloped land in
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Robert M. Widney died on
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