Calif. University Receives $16.4-Million
March 7, 2008
California State University at Long Beach has received $16.4-million from the estate of Bob Cole, a real-estate entrepreneur and amateur pianist, to endow scholarships for music students, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Cole, who died in 2004, founded of Bob Cole Realty, in Long Beach. The university plans to rename the department of music the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music in honor of the donor.
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