on the campus of University of California, San Diego. Named for Price, the Price Center, which houses the main student bookstore, food court, movie theater, ballrooms, and meeting rooms, opened on April 21, 1989. In 2011, the Price Family Charitable Fund donated $50 million to the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. The school was renamed the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy as a result of the donation. Price is responsible for injecting money and aiding the renaissance of the San Diego mid-city neighborhood of City Heights, near his childhood home. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., the Board of Directors for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the San Diego Financial Review Panel. References 1916 births 2009 deaths Businesspeople from New York City Businesspeople from San Diego San Diego State University alumni USC Gould School of Law alumni American businesspeople in retailing Jewish American philanthropists American chief executives Lawyers from San Diego Philanthropists from New York (state) 20th-century American philanthropists 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews San Diego High School alumni