News Scrapbook 1981-1982

LA JOLLA LIGHT DEC 1 O 1981 Douglas Manchester makes $500,000 gift to USO A leader !up gift for the

of the Executive Conference Center, which will bear the Man- chester name. The center, on the planning boards for the past two years, will be the university's premier conference facility, housing a board of trustees conference room, a 256-seat auditorium, seminar settings, and classrooms for many of the programs of the university's Continuing Educa- tion divi ion. The 10,000-square-foot facility

will be constructed on a site adJa- cent to the Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing's Muriel Marsh Hahn Pavilion. Manchester, a USO trustee since I 978, vice chairman of the finance committee of the board , and president of Torrey Enter- prises, has been active in numerous civic and social groups , including the Young Presidents' Organization, the La Jolla Town Council, San Diego Yacht Club, Big Brothers. and

All Hallows Church. Voted one of the 10 most outstanding young men in San Diego in I 971 and again in 1976 by the San Diego Jaycees, he is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Round Table. Betsy Manchester is a member of the USD Auxiliary and served as chairman of the 1980 Auxiliary Fashion Show. She is also an alumna of the Sacred Heart, the religious society which founded the San Diego College for

Women, a predecessor institution of the University of San Diego. In presenting their gift, Man- chester said, "My wife and 1 feel fortunate and blessed, and realize how much the city of San Diego means to us and how important the University of San Diego will be to our children and to future generation ·. We want to be con- sidered among the citizens who will be recalled as having made the university great.

"Therefore, 1t 1s with much pride that we commit our time and resources to build the Man- chester Executive Conference Center, which we pray will be us- ed for years to come as a meeting place for important pro- fessional and business groups, shaping ideas and finding solut- ions to problems which will build a better life for us all." Architects for the Center are Tucker, Sadler, and Associates .

Umvcr ity or San Diego's cam- pus development effort has been made by Douglas and Betsy Man - chester ot I.a Jolla, Author E. Hughes, U D pre ident, an - nounced yesterday . Manchester presented his girt, described by Hughe as "major nd significant," during a per- onal visit to the Alcala Park campus. ccording to the univer- ity, the SS00,000 contribution will be used for the con !ruction

EVENING TRIBUNE

DEC 1 0 198

~ND LARGEST GIFT IN SCHOOL 'S HISTORY $500,000 Given For USD Building By MICHAEL SCOIT-BLAIR Education Writer, The San Die90 Uruon said yesterday he is confident the balance can quickly be raised to complete the center by the end of the 1982-83

academic year. . The building will continue the architectural s~yle of the USO campus and will include a 256-seat auditorium, sem- inar facilities a conference room for the campus board of trustees, and ' classrooms for the university's contmumg . Manchester is a trustee of the umvers1~y. and 1s the vice chairman of the board's finance committee.. He is a 1965 graduate of San Diego State Umvers1ty, and his wife graduated from that college a few years later She is also an alumna of the Sacred Heart, the religious society that founded the San Diego College for Women, a predecessor institution of USO. (Continued on 8-13, Col. 8) education programs. . .

A $500,000 check for a new conference center at th_e Umversity of San Diego was presented to campus Presi- dent Author E. Hughes yesterday by Douglas and Eliza- beth Manchester The couple's donation is the second largest personal gift in the university's history, second only to an anony- mous gift of $15 million made to the campus over the . The new Manchester Executive Conference Center will be a 10,000-square-foot building on the southwest end .of the campus, west of the nursing school and east of the site for a proposed new business sch?Ol. . . The total cost of the project will be $15 m1lhon. Hughes past three years.

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DA I L V CALI FORr\llAN OEC.1 0 1S81

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BENEl<'ACTORS - University of San Diego President Author Hughes, right, admires a rendering of the school's proposed confer-

ence center, for which Douglas and Betsy Manchester gave $500,000. - Tribune photo by Barry Fitzsimmons

LA JOLLA LIGHT

[ClO u"so plans holid:x..~r~f~!~!~30pm '""' I holi feature a variety of items will . carolers can French Parlor' Founders d The held for sale including\ silkd ~:r~~:~\etween II :30 Hall. ay era f the screened appare a~ on the campus o . o linens etchings, air- University of San D1e~o brush;d clothing, hand- tomorrow from 9 a .m. crafted jewelry' floral ~r- 5 p .m. _ rangements, personahz- More than 40 localha~ ed Christmas stockings, tisans w~II display t stained glass, mirrors, work in front_ wooden calligraphy, Founders Hall a nd m t~e weavings, bread-dough Founders_ ~fa~I _foyet~ sculpture and more . The pubhc _is m~ited . 11 Holiday refreshments the craft fair which w1

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THE SAN DIEGO UNION

Thursday• December 10, 1981

, $500,000 Given For Conference Center At USO

(Continued from B-1) At 39 Manchester is one of the . ' ~un est real estate develop- city sHy I g bed the Torrey Pines ers e aunc h 27 B~iness Park, has develo~d t e - sto downtown Commercial c.enter, whi~h is the city's tallest bmldingd and is the developer for the propo~ Intercontinental Hotel and manna on the waterfront. In presenting the check yestefrla¥, the Manchesters said they saw ~heir gift as a tribute to the educational benefits and quality of life they have received from and enjoyed m San Diego. · \ved in some "We have been mvo . · ts and buildings m San large pr~~ we believe have been Diego w c ith a lot of class and completed w · 11 pleased t le But we are especia Y . . ~lth . this addili_on to the umvers1ty because it is gomg to ~~r~a:~!tir people in the future, said.

BLADE TRIBUNE 1 OWi

Holiday refreshments will be available and Christmas carolers can be heard between 11 :30 am . and 1:30 p.m. in the French Parlor, Founders Hall. There is no admission charge. Proceeds from the crafts fair will benefit USD student organizations m- cluding BACCHUS. ____.,,L..,_ ;

f' . t variety ot items for sale in- cludin'g silk-screened apparel

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USD Has Craft Fair Friday

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annual hoh~a} craft fan \I Ill and be held on the cam1ius of th e brushed hand- Uni\'crsity ol San p1ego Dec. crafted jewelery, floral ar- 11 from 9 a.m . lo~ p.m. l personalized More tha_n 40 at-is~ns ~-~i ~tnrr:i1;~~ !tockings. stained display their wor 111 ron th glass mirrors. wooden Founders Hall and m e calli 'raphy weavings. Founders H_all foyehr. '.hr~ breatdough sculpture and public is inv1te_d to t e ~1 a fair ,,hich will featu1e a more. linens. etchings, air- clothing,

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Author Hughes shows artist's USO conference center

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to Mr. dan$500 000 for the building. donate ,

President rendering of the new