The Keck School of Medicine of USC community mourns Richard Henry Zeiss, MD, who died on June 17, 2024. A resident in internal medicine at the University of Southern California, he later served on the board of the Hastings Foundation, a steadfast and transformational supporter of the Keck School. Over six decades, the foundation has donated upwards of $50 million to the school to create the Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research and the Hastings and Wright Foundation BSL-III Laboratory, both critical hubs for advancing research and improving pulmonary care for all.

Zeiss was born on February 4, 1942, in Chicago to Chester and Helen Zeiss. He graduated from Morgan Park High School and then the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, graduating with honors in three years. He earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1967 and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. After medical school, he served for two years as a major at Walson Army Hospital in Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Zeiss completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Hospital.

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