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To a gathering of 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 and SCA students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and trustees, as well as leaders in the greater Los Angeles community, Bettison-Varga thanked the Donald T. Leahy Charitable Lead Trust and Mr. Leahy’s sister, Patricia Jean Van Every, for a very generous gift to endow eight Leahy Scholars each year in perpetuity, and Cathy Gilson and her husband, Larry Gilson, for an important gift to pilot an expansion of the 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 summer program.
President Bettison-Varga also thanked the staff and chefs of Bouchon Bistro in Beverly Hills, where the event took place. Bouchon cut its party price to “a ridiculous low,” as its contribution to higher education for women, according to Jay Weston, who attended the event and .
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To a gathering of 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 and SCA students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and trustees,
as well as leaders in the greater Los Angeles community, Bettison-Varga thanked Patricia
Van Every and the Donald T. Leahy Charitable Lead Trust and Mr. Leahy’s sister,
Patricia Jean Van Every, for a very generous gift to endow eight Leahy Scholars each
year in perpetuity, and Cathy Gilson and her husband, Larry Gilson, for an important gift
to pilot an expansion of the 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 summer program.