replace others that had previously been blown over in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs). Anthony helped to bring major league baseball to Los Angeles. This resulted in the Los Angeles Dodger games being carried on KFI and Dodger owner Walter O'Malley becoming a board member of Earle C. Anthony, Inc., according to his biographer, Arthur Landing. Anthony also founded the Los Angeles Auto Show, introduced neon signs to Southern California from France, and personally built the first automobile ever constructed in Los Angeles (later rebuilt and now in the possession of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles). Personal life, death and legacy Anthony was a lifelong Episcopalian. Anthony died on August 6, 1961. Anthony's only son, Kelly Anthony, was disabled in a WWII mishap and died a few months after his father. Anthony's fortune was left to a trust that was established mainly for endowing fellowships at the California Institute of Technology and UC Berkeley which was Anthony’s alma mater. Some of Anthony's employees and friends also received pensions from the trust for the rest of their lives. His home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles was designed by Bernard Maybeck. Over the property's history, many internationally distinguished visitors were entertained in the mansion and its eight and one half acre environs. The core building was designed by Maybeck in the style of a medieval renaissance castle. The basic Norman-French and Spanish structure also exhibits Greco-Roman and Moorish influences. After the death of Anthony's wife the home was purchased in the early fifties by Sir Daniel J. and Countess Bernardine Murphy Donohue. The mansion was donated to the Immaculate Heart Sisters in 1971 upon the death of the Countess. The interior of the Nordic entrance tower was furnished by Donohue as a replica of the Pope's prayer room at the Vatican in Rome. As noted, Donohue bequeathed the property to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is currently now known as the Cardinal Timothy Manning House of Prayer for Priests and the Immaculate Heart Retreat House. It is an urban sanctuary available to individuals or groups for a few hours or a day for reflection and prayer. A chapel, dining room and conference rooms are available. References External links Trominoscar.com: 1897 Anthony Electric at the Petersen Automotive Museum (French and English; retrieved 12 November 2012) 1880 births 1961 deaths Radio pioneers Businesspeople from Los