<p>Some members have notified me that there may be some discrepancies in some of the facts I noted above. I should have posted a disclaimer that I wasn’t guaranteeing that this was all correct! (I just reported as I heard it.)</p>
<p>-The amount reportedly donated by George Lucas was $175 million. I don’t know why Dr. Sample said $275 million- either a mistake or George upped his donation! </p>
<p>-USC endowment- the math doesn’t seem to add up. I think he was saying that it reached $5 billion at its peak, has come down about 25%, with $1 billion of that loss coming in 2008. (That all could be off a little; the latest published figure I can find is from June 2008 with the value noted at $3,589,225.)
<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/private/factbook/USC.FR.2008.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/private/factbook/USC.FR.2008.pdf</a></p>
<p>-There were six Grammy nominations of Thorton Staff. In addition, there were two alumni and four advisors nominated.
[USC</a> Thornton School of Music : Alumni: 2009 Grammy Awards](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/alumni/09grammys.html/]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/alumni/09grammys.html/)</p>
<p>If anyone knows of any other corrections, please feel free…</p>