>> I have been involved with Cal State San Bernardino since 1968, when I was a student. I had a degree in English and a minor in French, although I can't speak much of it today. I got my teaching credential there and I taught for almost 10 years in the Colton School district. And I soon joined a couple of boards: the Arts and Letters Board and then the Philanthropic Foundation Board. And I've been on the Philanthropic Foundation Board for probably 10, 12, 15 years, discovered a whole world of professors and students and programs and so much to be proud of. It just opened up all kinds of opportunities for me, all kinds. What Cal State has done for me, it's opened my eyes to the plight of students that don't have means. If you walk around that campus and you see the students, what you see is gratitude. They are grateful students who are so pleased to be able to have the opportunity to go to school there. I love the way that we honor our veterans. I'm a strong patriot of the United States of America and I love the fact that the campus honors the veterans, that they honor the disabled, that everybody's given a chance. Everybody is given a chance and it is remarkable to see. Well, it became clear very soon after we began our lives together that philanthropy was going to be a very big part of it and it's been that way ever since. And it's been from the heart, from the heart with meaning. You don't realize what your contribution means but it means a lot. It's been thrilling to work with faculty and administrators through my work with the Philanthropic Foundation Board. It's just been eye-opening. It's always the people that make it worthwhile. It's thrilling. Like I have said before, these students, they're the best. They are the best of the best. They're grateful. They work hard. They're invigorated and they seem tireless and they're directed. It's wonderful to walk around that campus. I went one day when there was a bunch of clubs and organizations that were kind of -- they had all of their E-Z UPs up and they were selling their wares. And I went around to every one of them and took pictures of every one of them and they're just delightful young people, delightful young people. They're glowing, you know? You just see the thrill of what they're accomplishing that means so much to them. And you don't realize it when you're younger, you know, what you can do, what you can give. Well, when I see the growth of the campus, the Cal State San Bernardino campus, this place is on fire. It's on fire -- what's happening here.

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