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...Jean is more reserved in critiquing his alma mater, opting for subtle jabs...
...Message: As if to prove that smart equals sexy, Mortensen preached the value of activism to his alma mater's class of 2006 by quoting Seneca--in Latin: "Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt." Translation...
...guilty verdicts may be in against former Enron CEO and chairman Ken Lay, but he is still doing battle with, of all things, his alma mater. Seven years after making a $1.1 million gift to endow a chair in economics at the University of Missouri, Lay is now trying to have the money returned. Last September, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he personally sought to have the money - as yet unused - transferred back to Houston to assist 14 charities in relief efforts, including preacher-author Joel Osteen's megachurch. Five months later in February this year, the trustee...
...threatened legal action against his alma mater last fall after he got no action on his request that the $1.1 million be given to such Houston area charities as the American Red Cross, the Catholic archdiocese charities, and five churches, including the one run by Osteen, best-selling author of "Your Best Life Now." Lay's deadline for a reply came and went with no lawsuit, but in February, the trustee for his finances arrived seeking the money for lawyer's fees...
...Mater who teaches Lightning the truth of any Lasseter film: friendship is family. "To Lightning," he says, "Mater represents pure friendship. Like a dog: 'I'll be by your side forever.'" (Mater was the inspiration of Ranft, whose story-tweaking genius infused every Pixar movie. Tragically, he died last August, when the car he was in missed a turn on that beautiful winding road, California's Pacific Coast Highway...