25
Nov
2002

Hope Restored

Los Angeles Times

It is a sunny Saturday afternoon in San Miguel de Allende as a group of Los Angeles philanthropists boards a chartered bus with a flashy paint job. As the bus heads north on the Dolores Hidalgo Highway and turns west onto a dirt road leading to the tiny village of Atotonilco, the passengers chat about their children, the stock market, last night’s margaritas and the best places to buy Mexican Jewelry. But when they disembark, stroll down a path lined with stalls of Catholic goods approach the village’s claim to fame, an 18th century church in a walled complex, they snap to attention.

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25
Oct
2002

Magical Medici Tour

Distinction Magazine

The more you give, the more you get back. We all know it in our hearts, but it is one of those truths that seems counterintuitive. If I give more, will not there be less for me? As I discovered when I joined a group called Friends of Heritage Preservation, there are all sorts of rewards for philanthropic largesse. Founded by my pal Suzanne Booth, an arts powerhouse whose resume would make anyone feel inadequate, the FofHP gives grants to restore or conserve works of art all over the world. in return we enjoy the warm glow of knowing we have done our bit for posterity.

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25
Sep
2002

The Family Ethos: Suzanne Deal Booth

Chicago GSB Magazine

“It’s been brewing for a while,” says Suzanne Deal Booth of her and her husband’s decision to make a precedent-setting gift to the business school. But she also sees it as a natural progression of their shared personal interests, as well as their professional and philanthropic commitments. Booth has made her career in the field of artistic and historic preservation; she met David Booth shortly after moving to Los Angeles to work at the Getty Conservation Institute.

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