the La Jolla Music Soci- ety — set to open in 2019. They’re already calling it “The Conrad.” Prebys, who died


of cancer, donated $45 million for the Conrad Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, a heart hospital in the Golden Triangle. I visited the Prebys as a patient last year. Post- surgery, for my overnight recovery, I was wheeled into a private room. “There must be some mistake,” I said, worried I’d owe extra. “No mis- take,” the nurse said. “Mr. Prebys insisted everyone have his own room.” The San Diego State


alumnus, who endowed a chair in its Biology Department for research into viromics (the genet- ics of viruses), built his empire developing real estate. Over 50 years, he was a housing builder


Irwin Jacobs, cofounder of Qualcomm, at dedication of Computer Science and Engineering building at UCSD


extraordinaire, owning 90 properties and 8000 rental units through his Pacific Beach Progress Construction and Man- agement Company. His life partner is Debbie Turner, who continues to give away money. Indeed,


San Diego musicians might still be playing in garages if not for Pre- bys’s demanding ear. The best estimate of his local donations floats, like the Jacobses’ buoy, near the half-billion mark.


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The Jacobs family has helped carry the La Jolla Athenaeum


6. Mary and Gary West, both 70


RANCHO SANTA FE Estimated net worth: $1.5 billion


Major donations: West Wireless Health Institute in 2009 and 2010: $70 million Gary and Mary West Senior Emergency Care Unit at UC San Diego: $11.8 million Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center:


$2 million The Wests made


oodles of money with call centers. Their telemar- keting empire was WATS Marketing of America, later West Corp, the one job, cold-calling, where opportunities are always available. When they sold their stake in 2006, they raked in $1.45 billion. Pockets bulging,


the Wests launched a small fleet of hospitality,


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private equity, and real estate businesses, most of which operate elderly housing communities and healthcare cen- ters. Their munificence helped open Serving Seniors, a day program that attracts hundreds of attendees, 95 percent of whom live below the pov- erty line. The Gary and Mary West Senior Well- ness at Fourth and Beech, downtown, pulses with fun: line-dancing, tai chi, bingo, knit-and-crochet circles, and round-trip bus jaunts to “Over 60” classes at San Diego State.


7. Darlene, 70, and Donald Shiley (1920–2010) PENTHOUSE OVERLOOKING BALBO A PA RK; ALSO PAUMA VALLEY


Estimated net worth: $440 million Major donations: University of San Diego in 2002 and 2012: $30 million The Old Globe Theater in 2006: $20 million University of California San Diego in 2000 and 2005: $6 million In a half-century


career, the biomedical engineer Donald Shi- ley developed medi- cal implants and sur- gical machinery. His chief invention was a mechanical heart valve


PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDY BOYD


PHOTOGRAPH BY DANANDERSON AT THE WIKIPEDIA PROJECT


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