1. Marianne McDonald was born on January 2,1937 and is a scholar and philanthropist.
14 Facts About Marianne McDonald
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Marianne McDonald's donation led to the creation of the McDonald Center at Sharp HealthCare.
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Marianne McDonald went to school at the Convent of the Sacred Heart there and finished her secondary education at the Chicago Latin School.
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Marianne McDonald grew up in New York City and became the head of the family at age twelve when he had to drop out of school in order to support his family.
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Marianne McDonald has been teaching for the majority of her life.
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Marianne McDonald has taught primarily at University of California, Irvine and University of California, San Diego as a professor of Classics and Theater.
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Marianne McDonald has been a visiting professor of Classics at Trinity College, Dublin, University College Dublin, University College Cork, Dublin City University, and the University of Ulster in Coleraine.
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Marianne McDonald has published over 250 books, translations, plays, and poems and she has written even more articles.
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Two of Marianne McDonald's projects are the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae and the Thesaurus Linguae Hiberniae.
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The TLG is a computerized compilation of Greek literature that Marianne McDonald founded and funded at the University of California, Irvine.
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Marianne McDonald has been awarded honorary doctorates from the National University of Ireland, University College Dublin, the American College of Greece, the University of Athens, and the University of Thessalonika.
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In 1999, Marianne McDonald was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for distinguished achievements as an American.
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Marianne McDonald has been given Irish citizenship on the basis of all that she has done for Ireland.
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Marianne McDonald's performed translations include: Sophocles' Antigone, dir.