"Mrs. Jerene Harnish," 7/1/71 (Pepperdine University Archives Photograph Collection)Jerene Appleby Harnish
Donor
Jerene Appleby Harnish gave $5 million dollars to Pepperdine, including a $1 million naming gift to fund the Appleby Center for American Studies, which was dedicated in 1972. Harnish was a newspaper publisher and proponent of conservative Republican politics.1
In later years, she would also fund the law library, which is named in her honor.
Sources
- Baird, 2016, p. 289 (Pepperdine University Press)