Taking the Cause of the Spouse to Heart

Sue Young, the vivacious wife of UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young, will take the cause of the spouse to heart in her newly assumed post as chairman of the Council of Presidents/Chancellors Spouses of the National Assn. of State University and Land-Grant Colleges.

She was elected in Denver last year, and 70 wives watched her take over in Washington, D. C. recently. Now, she’s busily planning panels and workshops for the next annual meeting in Phoenix.

“The position of the college president’s wife is an isolated one, and spouses need to know they are not alone and can work together finding solutions to problems,” she said.

Sue Young’s an ace at solutions. She’s a magna cum laude graduate of UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in political science. She’s past chairman of the Partners Committee of the prestigious Assn. of American Universities. She is also former chairman of the Host Committee for the International Assn. of Universities Eighth General Conference, held on the UCLA campus in August.

Besides, she’s only the second person to be honored with the UCLA Alumni Assn. Special University Service Award. And, she’s one of 13 partners of American university leaders asked to contribute to “The President’s Spouse,” an anthology published last year.

Experience is the best teacher: she and Chuck Young are in “their” 18th year as chancellor at UCLA, where she finally adjusted to the “fish bowl” life. They’ve been married 35 years and have five grandchildren--all girls.

Here’s another update on the Dec. 13 roast of CBS Entertainment President B. Donald (Bud) Grant at the Beverly Wilshire.

Surprise guests will join master of ceremonies Steve Allen and the celebrity dais that will include Marvin Davis, Linda Evans, Mark Goodson, Larry Hagman, Harvey Korman, Suzanne Pleshette, Lee Rich, Harvey Shephard, Brandon Tartikoff and Flip Wilson.

Underwriting the cause for the Friends of the Los Angeles Free Clinic celebrity roast fund-raiser will be Barbara and Garry Marshall, Mimi and Berni West, Commercial Acceptance Corp. and Rothschild Registry International, Inc.

Tickets are $175 or $2,500 for a Gold Circle table.

A pre-performance discussion with members of “The Gospel at Colonus” cast is the fillip of the private cocktail reception the Fraternity of Friends of the Music Center have arranged for Dec. 10 at the newly renovated James A. Doolittle Theater (formerly the Huntington Hartford).

Alan Rothenberg, fraternity executive vice president, coordinates the evening with fraternity president Roger Kozberg and Chairman Marc Marcussen.

“Gospel” is the Obie Award-winning contemporary and unconventional music/theater performance combining the text of a Greek tragedy (Oedipus) with gospel music. Opening night is Thursday.

Over in the posh Huntington East Suite of the Westin Bonaventure, Susan M. Fernau, chairman of the Green and White Select (a corporate support group for the Angeles Girl Scout Council), announced Richard Eils, president of Thrifty Corp., will receive the 1986 Good Scout Salute.

She’s set May 12 for the black-tie gala in the Bonaventure’s new California Ballroom.

Christmas is upstairs, downstairs and in every doll house at Angels Attic, the museum of antique doll houses, miniatures and toys housed in the Victorian cottage at 516 Colorado Ave. in Santa Monica.

Attic aficionados will be celebrating the Second Victorian Christmas open house Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with refreshments on the veranda. Donations are $10 per person.

According to Eleanor LaVove, the Attic gift gallery is a fount of fabulous treasures for Christmas shoppers, including beautiful blown glass ornaments covered with intricate designs made of silica from Mt. St. Helens. Also, the greenhouse in the garden is asplash with collectibles and planted baskets.

On display will be “Lauren’s Santa’s Workshop,” designed and built by Bill Pickerill, and given to Angels Attic in memory of Lauren Kay McLaughlin by friends and family.

Proceeds will go to the Brentwood Center for Educational Therapy, serving the autistic.

The California Historical Society hosts holiday cheer next Sunday to celebrate its 20th anniversary in Southern California at the Old Mill. The party honors the City of San Marino and those who have worked to enhance the landmark.

Mrs. Norman B. Terry, vice president, will represent San Francisco president Mrs. Bernard Maushardt. And Dr. Joseph Giovinco of San Francisco, executive director of the CHS, will recognize San Marino mayor Benjamin Hammon and Mrs. Hammon and former mayor Lynn Reitnouer and his wife, Winnie.

Margaret Eley, CHS director at the Old Mill, says reservations are a must.

Benefit chairmen Marcia Medavoy, Joe Smith and Joyce Wilson are collaborating to stage the Neil Bogart Memorial Laboratories’ second annual fund-raiser “Night at the Races” at Hollywood Park on Wednesday.

There will be a 10th “Race to Beat Cancer” featuring 10 corporate-sponsored horses and jockeys. The park runs it expressly for the charity.

Twenty sponsors who have contributed $15,000 each to the cause include Marvin and Barbara Davis, Leonard and Wendy Goldberg, Dick Clark, Lionel Richie, Leonard and Merilee Ross, Paramount, Warner Bros., Westwood One, Cherokee and A&M; Records.

Elizabeth Taylor and Neil Diamond are honorary chairmen.

Created in association with the T. J. Martel Foundation, the Neil Bogart Memorial Laboratories is a facility which accelerates the research of the national Children’s Cancer Study Group, an international network involving 1,200 pediatric cancer specialists in 80 medical centers.

All month long, one can drop in at La Couronne Restaurant and, for every bottle of wine purchased and for each dinner served, donate to the Braille Institute Auxiliary of Pasadena. “Just say ‘Braille,’ ” says Lud Renick, owner of the elegant restaurant in Pasadena.

Much the same principle applies at the fresh-roasted chestnuts street-vendor stand in front of Jerry Magnin’s on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Proceeds from sales will benefit Richard Simmon’s Reach Foundation, established to provide exercise facilities for physically disabled adults.

The Smith Club of Pasadena will be selling greenery and offering a sumptuous buffet and auction at its benefit holiday celebration next Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Larson in Pasadena.

Mmes. Asa Meudell and Henry Eversole III are co-chairmen of the event, assisted by Mmes. Kenneth Boyda, Robert Davidson, David Estes and Sidney Tyler. Club president Mrs. Thomas Reilly will transfer all proceeds to the scholarship fund, says Kathy Gillespie.

Exactly how to make plum pudding will be demonstrated by the Friends of Banning Park at their Victorian Christmas party next Sunday at the Banning Residence Museum in Wilmington. Admission is but $3 for the museum tour, music and refreshments.

Dorothy Kirsten French hosts a kickoff tea Tuesday at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Murphy to announce the March 16 gala to benefit the John Douglas French Foundation for Alzheimer’s Disease.

Los Angeles Times columnist Jack Smith will be interviewed by TV personality Diane Glazer.

KIIS radio personality Rick Dees, Los Angeles Dodger Jerry Reuss, California Angel Bobby Grich and KABC-TV news anchor Harold Greene are giving their all for a first celebrity golf classic Monday to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It’s at El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana.