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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. San Fernando Valley State College is now California State University, Northridge. Photograph caption dated March 1, 1962 reads "Jim Slosson is shown in his Valley College classroom where he teaches geology, sampled here by the 'prop' used in showing how the layers of deposited matter form a part of the earth's crust. From his geology classes he goes into his other professional role as an assistant to head USC track and field coach Jess Hill, the Trojan athletic director who took over after the death of Jess Mortensen. Slosson formerly started as a runner for the Trojans." The college is in Van Nuys.
Slosson, James E.,--1923-2007 Los Angeles Valley College--Faculty College teachers Coaches (Athletics) Men Classrooms Blackboards Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs
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