BLACKSTONE’S WAY? It’s sandwiched between a real-estate...
BLACKSTONE’S WAY? It’s sandwiched between a real-estate firm and an insurance company. But a huge portrait of 18th-Century British legal scholar William Blackstone greets you on entry to Chapman University’s new law school, which opened Monday on State College Boulevard in Anaheim. Its 160 students are well aware they’re part of something historic for the university. . . . “I wanted a law school that will produce ethical, noble lawyers,” says Rosha Zielinski, 24, a UC Irvine graduate. “I think I’ve found it here.”
LEARNED JUNK: Schools get lots of different donations. How about a diesel engine? . . . The county Transportation Authority has donated a $2,500 used bus engine to Saddleback High School for auto mechanics classes. John Catoe, the agency’s operations director, says it’s got more than 300,000 miles on it, but is still in good working condition: “Normally, it would be sold as junk. But here’s a good opportunity to provide a teaching tool.”
HEAD SATCH: Satch Belles was created 18 years ago as a fund-raising group for Western Medical Center-Santa Ana--the name coming from the satchels doctors carry. The group’s leaders want to hold its annual fund-raising dinner in October in honor of co-founder Betty Belden-Palmer, who has been active on numerous boards in the county. . . . She agreed, but only on condition that her original committee members be honored too. . . . So more than 30 of them will attend a reunion luncheon in Orange today. “It’s my way of saying thank you to them,” says Belden-Palmer.
OTHER NIXON: Julie Nixon Eisenhower is in frequent contact with the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda and has made numerous appearances there. At noon today, however, it’s her older sister, Tricia Nixon Cox, who represents the family interests at groundbreaking ceremonies there for the Nixon Center for Peace & Freedom Building. . . . Cox will be accompanied by her husband, Edward, and their son Christopher. The center, built from private donations, will open next year, with offices for scholars.
