Years ago I sat next to a Ball State official at a conference in Baltimore. Of course I asked him about the school's most famous graduate. In essence he said: "you wouldn't believe how much Dave donates to the school."
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Melissa Neal <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 1:18 AM, PGage wrote: > > Dave's Foundation is called: "The American Foundation for Courtesy and > Grooming".The Wiki's say they gave away about $2.5 Million from 2001-2004, > and Forbes ( > http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0719/outfront-letterman-oprah-mcgraw-dialing-for-celeb-dollars.html) > says they gave away $1.2M last year, with an amazingly efficient overhead of > $25.00! The wikis say he gives to a wide variety of mostly Indiana and > Montana charities (lots of children's programs, schools, other celebrity > foundations (including Paul Newman's) and a long list of medical and other > groups. > > You ought to see David Letterman Hall at Ball State, completed in 2007. > Everything is state-of-the-art, so I'm guessing he gave them a huge boatload > of money to build it. My son had his first day of classes there this > morning, and I can only imagine what I could have done with facilities like > that when I taught TV production. Every time I go in the building I leave a > visible trail of drool behind me. > > Melissa N. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
