Sunday, November 3, 2013

Don't these people watch Showtime?

Chapman gets $15 million for Irvine campus (OC Reg)
     A Newport Beach couple donated $15 million to support Chapman University's health science campus in Irvine, President Jim Doti announced during a fundraising gala Saturday night.
     Harry Rinker owns the Rinker Company, a real-estate investment and development company based in Costa Mesa. He and his wife of 48 years, Diane Rinker, are longtime supporters of Chapman, with two of their grandchildren recent graduates and the law school library named for them….
Beau Bridges honored at Chapman gala (OC Reg)
     Even some of Orange County’s most elite philanthropists and socialites were a bit star struck as Beau Bridges and his family were ushered into Fish Interfaith Center at Chapman University on Saturday evening.
     VIPs strained their necks and camera phones to catch the actor during a private reception before the 32nd annual American Celebration Gala, a black-tie affair that raised some $2 million for student scholarships….
The Real-Life Stories Told in ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ (NYT)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Let the Lou Reed tributes continue!

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...