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kyburgJoan Kroc, 75, died of brain cancer on Oct. 12 in San Diego. She had been a longtime listener of NPR’s local affiliate, KPBS, but had no formal association with NPR or history of funding it. People at NPR said yesterday that she had expressed admiration for NPR’s coverage of the events leading up to the war in Iraq and its reporting of the war itself.
She's left $200 million, cash to NPR. If you're wondering, that's the Joan Kroc who was the widow of Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's.
She gave a lot of money away, it turns out. Places like the Salvation Army and St. Vincent De Paul. The Carter Center (w00t!) and the University of San Diego.
I wish I'd know her. She met her husband playing piano -
She's left $200 million, cash to NPR. If you're wondering, that's the Joan Kroc who was the widow of Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's.
She gave a lot of money away, it turns out. Places like the Salvation Army and St. Vincent De Paul. The Carter Center (w00t!) and the University of San Diego.
I wish I'd know her. She met her husband playing piano -
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Date: 2003-11-06 05:56 pm (UTC)She got the tote bag, I hear.
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Date: 2003-11-06 06:35 pm (UTC)