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Town and Gown Outreach Group Launched
Judy Piercey | February 12, 2007
When Lucy Haugh moved to San Diego 12 years ago, she didn’t miss the smog, congestion or general hassle of living in Los Angeles. But Haugh did miss the friendship and events offered by USC’s Town and Gown group – so she decided to do something about it.
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Chancellor Marye Anne Fox |
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Watch a video from the Town and Gown presentation (RealPlayer required). |
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Haugh gathered a committee of friends from across the county and started a similar organization – Town and Gown, UC San Diego – to support the region’s leading research university. On Feb. 6, more than 150 attendees attended the inaugural luncheon for the group, whose mission is to integrate and engage San Diego residents in the life of UCSD through thought-provoking programs and events, and to support student scholarships.
For their first event, the Town and Gown committee would have been happy with 60 guests; instead, they were thrilled with the enthusiastic response. Was it charismatic speaker Maurizio Seracini, ’73, a UCSD alumnus, known as the “Da Vinci Detective,” who attracted the crowd? Seracini is now director of Calit2's new Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology. Or perhaps it was simply time for this type of support organization to be established for the university. Either way, Haugh’s pleased comment was, “Look what we did!” |
