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Article: Director Howard donates $750,000 for U. Southern California screening room
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- January 25, 2000
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Kimberly Taba
University Wire
01-25-2000
(Daily Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- A digital screening room will be added in the University of Southern California's Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts, thanks to a donation to the School of Cinema-Television by actor, director, producer and former student Ron Howard.
The amount of the donation was $750,000, according to the Los Angeles Times.
"There's no digital facility (at a school) like this in the country," said Marlene Loadvine, associate dean for external relations. "Many alumni, especially George Lucas and Robert Zemeckis, know this is where the industry is headed and they have encouraged us to do so, to train students for the ...