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University of San Diego Digital USD News Releases USD News 1982-11-17 Gene Klein Named to USD Board of Trustees Office of Publicnfor I mation Follow this and additional works at: http://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases Digital USD Citation Office of Public Information, "Gene Klein Named to USD Board of Trustees" (1982). News Releases. 3063. http://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/3063 This Press Release is brought to you for free and open access by the USD News at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in News Releases by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. I NEWS RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF SAN IEGO OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR: SARA FINN, APR PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION OFFICER: SANDRA A. EDELMAN TELEPHONE: 714·291·6480 / EXT. 4296 ~ ADDRESS: RM. 266 DE SALES HALL, ALCALA PARK, SAN DIEGO, CA 92110 release upon receipt GENE KLEIN NAMED TO USD BOARD OF TRUSTEES San Diego Chargers president Gene Klein was elected to the University's Board of Trustees at their Fall meeting, according to an announcement made recently by Author E. Hughes, Ph.D., president. A well-known businessman and community figure even before his association with the San Diego football team, Klein was chairman of the board and president of National General Corporation, a firm which under his stewardship was one of the outstanding growth companies in California. Klein's background als o includes banking, publishing, insurance, and television and movie production in addition to his sports involvements. A native of New York, Klein moved to San Diego in 1979 from Los Angeles. In both communities, he is widely known as a strong supporter of the arts and has served the United Jewish Appeal and the American Red Cross. He was awarded the Medallion of Valor in 1969 by the Government of Israel. Klein also serves on the board of the City National Bank, Beverly Hills, and the Zenith National Insurance Corporation. He is married and h as two children. - more - UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 "We are most fortunate," said Dr. Hughes, "in having Gene Klein on the University's Board of Trustees. His business acumen, his insights, and his interest in the development of young men and women will be of enormous value to the University." Also serving on the USD Board are: Rev. Leo T. Maher, D.D., Chairman of the Board and Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego; Mrs. Helen K. Copley, Vice Chairman, La Jolla; Rev. Msgr. I. Brent Eagen, Secretary, San Diego; J. Philip Gilligan, Treasurer, Carlsbad CA; Manuel Barba, M.D., San Diego; Thomas C. Barger, La Jolla; Mrs. Wilson B. Baugh, San Bernardino; Rev. Robert T. Callahan, San Diego; H. John Cashin, Ph.D., Santa Monica; James W. Colachis, La Jolla; Sr. Frances Danz, RSCJ, Menlo Park; Daniel W. Derbes, La Jolla; Mrs. William G. Duflock, San Ardo, CA; ( Mrs. Ernest 0. Ellison, San Francisco; Anita V. Figueredo, M.D., La Jolla ; Kim Fletcher, San Diego; Charles M. Grace, Santa Monica; Ernest W. Hahn, Rancho Santa Fe; Bruce R. Hazard, San Diego; Dr. Hughes; Peter J. Hughes, San Diego; Edmund L. Keeney, M.D., La Jolla; Tawfiq N. Khoury, San Diego; Douglas F. Manchester, La Jolla; George M. Pardee, Jr., La Jolla; Leland S. Prussia, San Francisco; 0. Morris Sievert, La Jolla; Rev. Msgr. William D. Spain, Solana Beach; A. Eugene Trepte, San Diego; Richard P. Woltman, La Jolla; and Walter J. Zable, Rancho Santa Fe. The Hon. Gerald E. Thomas, U.S. ambassador to Guyana, is on leave in the service of the country. Trustees emeritus include Arthur H. Kaplan, Beverly Hills; Mrs. Timothy Parkman, Tucson; and William K. Warren, Tulsa. # # # 11/1 7/82 .