Louis "Lou" Joseph Galen was an American philanthropist.
11 Facts About Louis Galen
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Louis Galen grew up in West Los Angeles, graduating from Fairfax High School.
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Louis Galen practiced law briefly, before focusing on a career in business, initially getting involved in homebuilding as well as the savings and loan industry.
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In 1959 his mother and Louis Galen formed Trans World Financial Corporation as a holding company for World Savings, and he and his mother subsequently took Trans World public.
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Louis Galen followed a conservative approach to business, which provided protection from the boom-and-bust cycles that victimized many of his competitors.
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Louis Galen was a longtime fan of the USC Trojans, buying his first football season tickets in 1947.
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In 1997, Louis Galen suffered complications after heart surgery to replace a valve and was in a coma for 42 days; after he recovered he decided that he wanted to give away most of his money.
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Louis Galen endowed the Helene and Lou Louis Galen Professorship of Neurology, housed within Keck Medical Center of USC's department of neurology.
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Louis Galen was married for over thirty years to his wife Helene and had a family that includes five children and 11 grandchildren.
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Louis Galen died on November 12,2007, at his home in Rancho Mirage after a brief illness; he was 82.
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Louis Galen is buried in the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.