Friday, July 20, 2007

Daily Herald | Business-Giving back to his roots

Daily Herald | Business: "Giving back to his roots

Philanthropist helping Alexian Brothers raise money for hospital

By Michael Sean Comerford
Daily Herald Business Writer mcomerford@dailyherald.com
Posted Friday, July 20, 2007


Every successful Hollywood story has a back story, and Bob Lorsch’s back story carries themes of entrepreneurship, networks of people and extraordinary philanthropy.

The son of an immigrant German-Jewish father who escaped the Holocaust, Lorsch posted poor grades at Maine East High School in Park Ridge before going to California — eventually Hollywood — to make his fortune."

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