About ATRI
Daniel J. and Phyllis Epstein
“We’re in the make-a-difference business, and that’s what we’ve tried to do. It’s about finding situations where, if we support them, it will be meaningful and make a difference in people’s lives.”
— Dan Epstein
The Epstein family have given back by supporting a variety of impactful initiatives, programs and facilities across the university, including the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the Epstein Family Alumni Center, the USC Epstein Family Center for Sports Medicine, the RAND-USC Epstein Family Foundation Center for Veterans Policy Research, the USC Capital Campus, Trojan Athletics and the USC Shoah Foundation.
Above all, the Epsteins have invested in advancing USC’s global leadership in the fight against Alzheimer’s, a disease that is deeply personal to the family. Epstein’s late brother and identical twin, David, lived with Alzheimer’s for 15 years before passing away in 2021.
“USC is leading the way to end Alzheimer’s as we know it, and so much of that work has been made possible by the generosity of Dan and the Epstein family. Their support of USC’s groundbreaking work will be critical in making this terrible disease treatable, and even preventable, in our lifetimes.”
— USC Interim President Beong-Soo Kim
Fueled by the Epstein family’s generous support, the USC Epstein Family Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute believes Alzheimer’s disease will become preventable within the next ten years.