Jerry Wiley; USC Law School Official

Jerry Wiley, 63, vice dean and chief administrative officer of the USC Law School. As CAO for three decades, Wiley was responsible for the law school’s finances, personnel, facilities and fund-raising. He also taught liability and health care law. Among his many publications was “California Cancer Quack Laws: The Best Is None Too Good.” Born in Borger, Texas, Wiley earned a bachelor’s degree at Union College in Lincoln, Neb., and in 1955 founded Jerry Wiley and Associates, a planning and fund-raising firm for professional, service and educational institutions such as the American Medical Assn. and Loma Linda University. Wiley earned a master’s degree in economic and social history from the University of Nebraska and a law degree at USC, then joined the school’s administration and faculty in 1967. He served on the boards of La Sierra University, Loma Linda University and its medical center, White Memorial Medical Center, the Hewitt Research Foundation and the Southern California Assn. of Seventh-day Adventists. On Feb. 21 in Los Angeles of cancer.