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USC Photo Gallery Oct. 31, 2004 The site dedication and naming ceremony--complete with backhoe tractor--for USC's new Galen Center was held on the southeast corner of Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard. Benefactors Helene and Lou Galen visit with USC football coach Pete Carroll and USC senior associate athletic director Don Winston (right) prior to the ceremony. Hard hats and shovels await as the ceremony begins in front of a crowd of several hundred. The ceremonial "shovels unearthing dirt" is conducted by (left to right) L.A. City Council members Bernard Parks and Jan Perry, USC President Steven Sample, Helene and Lou Galen, USC athletic director Mike Garrett, USC senior associate athletic directors Carol Dougherty and Don Winston and USC senior vice president for administration Dennis Dougherty. Helene and Lou Galen pose at the future center court of the Galen Center, which should be completed in the spring of 2006.