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Lucas Hands Out $175 Million Force to the USC
Sep. 20, 2006

 

“Star Wars” creator, George Lucas, showed his appreciation to the film school where he studied, by honoring it with a record donation of 175 million dollars.

George Lucas made a public announcement today, September 20, saying that his Lucasfilm Foundation will give away to the University of Southern California a huge donation, actually the larges donation in the USC history, in order to help the construction of a new 137,000-square foot, state-of-the-art home for the university's acclaimed cinema school. The remaining $100 million is to be used to endow the school.

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