Alumna Donates $25million to USC

<p>[For</a> USC, a sizable gift from an accomplished alumna - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uscgift19apr19,1,1175115.story]For”>Accomplished alumna gives a sizable gift)</p>

<p>Excerpt:</p>

<p>"It’s not everybody’s favorite spot on the USC campus, but to Verna B. Dauterive the basement of Doheny Memorial Library remains a beloved landmark where her life changed.</p>

<p>There, in 1947, she was doing homework for her master’s degree in education when another student struck up a conversation. He was Peter W. Dauterive, a former soldier who was getting his business degree on a GI Bill and one of the few fellow African American students at USC in those days. Both were recent arrivals from segregated Louisiana looking for better opportunities in Los Angeles.</p>

<p>“It was good chemistry, and that started everything,” recalled Verna Dauterive, 85, who retired just three years ago after a long career as a Los Angeles school administrator.</p>

<p>That “everything” included a long marriage to a man who became a prominent banker and their shared devotion to the campus where they met. Now, Verna Dauterive is giving $25 million to USC in the memory of her husband, who died in 2002.</p>

<p>" 'SC has a great light on this earth and that light has been very bright on our pathways and our careers," she said. “It was very meaningful to both my husband and me because it had the greatest influence on our careers and life in general.”</p>

<p>Wow, thanks for the link.</p>