Commencement! - Western University of Health Sciences
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Towne & Gown<br />
Golf Classic Raises<br />
More Than $34,000<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong>’ third<br />
annual Towne & Gown Golf Classic raised more<br />
than $34,000 - a new record - to benefit bright<br />
and deserving students.<br />
T.F. Chen, DDS, underwrote the golf tournament<br />
that benefits student scholarships.<br />
One hundred golfers participated in the<br />
scramble-format tournament on Monday, June<br />
10, 2013 at Red Hill Country Club in Rancho<br />
Cucamonga, Calif.<br />
“The numbers look great,” said <strong>Western</strong>U Senior<br />
Vice President Thomas Fox, PhD. “Last year we<br />
did more than $28,000, and this year more than<br />
$34,000. As Senator Everett Dirksen used to say,<br />
‘pretty soon, you're talking real money.’”<br />
Students can leave the<br />
<strong>University</strong> with<br />
$150,000 to $200,0000<br />
in debt or more, Fox<br />
said.<br />
College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Dean Daniel Robinson<br />
students. That’s what we are looking at, and it’s<br />
what’s great.”<br />
Samaritan <strong>Health</strong> Services President and CEO<br />
Larry Mullins won the helicopter golf ball drop<br />
and happily returned the 50-50 cash prize,<br />
which will be split between the College <strong>of</strong><br />
Osteopathic Medicine <strong>of</strong> the Pacific (COMP) and<br />
COMP-Northwest scholarship funds.<br />
A helicopter team dropped more than 170<br />
numbered golf balls at a designated flag, and<br />
Mullins’ ball landed closest to the pin. Nearly<br />
$1,500 worth <strong>of</strong> golf balls was sold.<br />
L-R: Dean Friedrechsen, CDM Associate Dean<br />
Robert Hasel, DDS and Dr. Connett<br />
“The fact we can raise<br />
scholarship money,<br />
whether it’s through A<br />
Tribute to Caring, East<br />
West Scholarship<br />
Dinner or the Towne<br />
& Gown Golf Classic,<br />
that’s showing that<br />
these folks<br />
(participants) are<br />
giving back,” Fox said.<br />
“They want to help the<br />
Symes Cadillac <strong>of</strong> Pasadena sponsored the holein-one<br />
competition for a chance to win a 2013<br />
Cadillac. No one won the silver Cadillac ATS<br />
that was on display near the putting green.<br />
Several other sponsors helped make a difference:<br />
Tournament sponsor T.F. Chen, DDS, and<br />
tournament golf shirt sponsor Inter Valley<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Plan.<br />
Silver sponsors Mission Hospice & Palliative<br />
Care; Wells Fargo Bank; Mutual <strong>of</strong> America Life<br />
34 <strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong>
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