The thought was to clear the Plaza de Panama and other areas of the park of cars in time for the Centennial Celebration to allow that to be available for pedestrians and to be a major gathering spot for San Diegans. And they’re always full of people, so that was very positive.Īnother project that has gained a bit of notoriety is the Balboa Park plan. One of the things we’ve done as we travel is always go in and visit libraries. We had a family debate as to whether public libraries are going to be important institutions going forward. The issue of the central library has been before us for many years.
I think the first very large donation we made locally was to the San Diego Symphony. Probably one of the major challenges we’re facing right now is the decreasing support to both the K-12 system here in California and around the country and also to the universities. We recognize that the research universities in the country are very critical to our being able to succeed economically. Giving others that opportunity has been very important to us. And we particularly are focused on education because I probably would not have gotten as far as I have without a very good education, and to a large extent that was supported by scholarships in undergraduate years and a fellowship plus government support when I went through MIT for graduate school. JACOBS: Anybody involved in philanthropy probably has several different areas that they want to support.
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