Richard Blum was known as a fiercely devoted Regent who worked tirelessly to trim the bureaucracy and make the UC system function better.
Richard Blum speaks while his wife, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, laughs alongside George Shultz at an event at the Blum Center at UC Berkeley.
This realization would inform the remainder of his life. He was a wildly successful businessman, political adviser, intrepid traveler and philanthropist. He was a close friend of the Dalai Lama, and notably, the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. He died on Feb. 27 at his home in San Francisco after a long battle with cancer. He was 86 years old.
“When I came on to the Board of Regents and became chairman, I decided that this place needed to be shaken up and restructured, and I set out to do that,” Blum told Berkeley’s Victor Geraci. “An easier thing would have been to just show up at the meetings and pound your gavel every now and then.” “I’ve never met anyone quite like him,” said Yudof. When he wanted something done, “no bureaucrat was going to stand in his way.”
“You can’t understand Dick without his feeling of loyalty to people and to the institutions that he encountered along the way,” said Yudof. “His interest was in always doing the best he could do for the University of California.”
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Russia’s Wikipedia volunteers risk their freedom for truth - The San Francisco ExaminerThousands of volunteers worked on Russian Wikipedia last month, some at great personal risk. One of those volunteers, Pavel, said that it's become “one of the main sources of information for millions of people' due to strict media censorship.
Weiterlesen »
Opinion: What Zelensky means for world democracy - The San Francisco ExaminerOPINION: What can San Franciscans do? Lifelong Giants fans know how to root for an underdog. San Franciscans are showing blue and gold flag Zoom backdrops, sending aid and demonstrating publicly. We are rooting for Ukrainians, rooting for Zelensky.
Weiterlesen »
A major victory for car-free JFK Drive - The San Francisco ExaminerPark officials and the SFMTA recommended that JFK Drive remain closed to vehicles along a 3-mile stretch between Lincoln Way and Kezar Drive, which has been closed since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Weiterlesen »
S.F. State on the short list to receive major affordable housing grant - The San Francisco ExaminerCalifornia’s Department of Finance recommended that San Francisco State, along with five community colleges, UCLA, UCSD and San Diego State, receive a piece of nearly $480 million to create affordable housing for 3,545 students.
Weiterlesen »
Jack Kerouac at 100 - The San Francisco ExaminerThe Bay Area never provided Jack Kerouac with a real home. But it played a major part in his life, as it did in the lives of his fellow Beat writers Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the latter of whom founded City Lights Bookstore in 1953.
Weiterlesen »