to local buyers, but a final deal was never consummated with Padres owner Joan Kroc. Philanthropy In October 2013, George and Julia Argyros announced two $1 million donations benefiting the arts in Julia's hometown of Adrian, Michigan. One was to help kick off a $3.5 million capital campaign for the Croswell Opera House and another was to benefit a fine arts education endowment through the Adrian Schools Educational Foundation. The family foundation pledged $7.5 million in January 2018 for the purposes of renovating the Los Angeles Coliseum. Argyros also donated money towards the construction of the Performing Arts Center, named after him, at the American School of Madrid. Argyros is on the board of directors of the Richard Nixon Foundation, which operates the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California; he is also a longtime trustee of his alma mater Chapman University. He is a trustee of California Institute of Technology, and also a board-member for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. See also List of billionaires References External links 1937 births Living people Baseball executives Businesspeople from Detroit American people of Greek descent People from Pasadena, California Ambassadors of the United States to Spain American billionaires Seattle Mariners owners Major League Baseball owners Chapman University alumni California Institute of Technology trustees California Republicans Real estate and property developers 21st-century American diplomats