school and assist in the construction of a new building to house it. The contribution, which the university said would help address critical healthcare concerns, was the largest single gift ever to UCI. Together, the couple became synonymous with Southern California philanthropy, with Sue leading their eponymous foundation. Hospitals and research wings throughout the state bear the Gross family name, as well as a $10 million Smithsonian Institution stamp-collecting gallery in Washington, DC, where they avid philatelist’s collection is on display. In 2017, Sue Gross started her own charitable vehicle, Sue J. Gross Foundation. The first announced donation was a portion of the $36.9 million in proceeds from Sue's sale of Pablo Picasso’s “Le Repos”. She donated $35,000 in October 2018 to the inaugural Chef Masters event on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Family Center in Orange County. She gave $5,000 to the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice’s 46th Annual Awards Gala in May 2019. Personal life In 1985, Sue married Bill H. Gross, the billionaire co-founder of Pacific Investment Management Co. before Bill left to join Janus Capital Group (now Janus Henderson) in September 2014.[1] Together, the two had a son: musician and entrepreneur Nick Gross, with Bill Gross. She was also the stepmother to Bill Gross’ two adult children from a former marriage. Sue and Bill divorced in 2018. Sue is a noted fan of fine art. Bill even praised her abilities in a 2015 letter to investors, saying she loved to trace her own versions of famous works by projecting them onto a blank canvas. Her former husband characterized her as "the artist in the family. She likes to paint replicas of some of the famous pieces, using an overhead projector to copy the outlines and then just sort of fill in the spaces. ‘Why spend $20 million?’ she’d say – ‘I can paint that one for $75’, and I must admit that one fabulous Picasso with signature ‘Sue’, heads the fireplace mantle in our bedroom." When it came to divvying up their assets, in August 2017, Sue won a coin flip for “Les Repos,” a sensual 1932 painting of Picasso’s “golden muse” and lover, Marie-Therese Walter. The Picasso became a source of contention during the couple's divorce when Bill Gross accused his ex-wife of switching out the original Picasso "Le Repos" with a forgery though legal testimony made it clear that Mr. Gross had instructed