N'DIGO NEWS -- Support for Mellody Hobson (Mrs. George Lucas) Update on N'DIGO June Gala!!
The Gift of the Lucas Museum |
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| | | Usually when people are offered a gift, they accept with a thank you. Not, so in the case with the Lucas family. Melody Hobson (Mrs. George Lucas) is a Chicago jewel. She knows and loves the city and is genuinely concerned about its people, and its future. She is a dear friend and was a business writer for N’DIGO some years ago. I like to think that we started her in media. She is smart and savvy. The native Chicagoan had the good fortune of marrying a very wealthy legendary man, George Lucas. She could walk away from a life in Chicago and move to Hollywood to have her days occupied with the existence of a world-class socialite. She has made the choice of remaining in Chicago as a minority businesswoman. The Lucas wedding was held on the South Side of Chicago at the Point with a memorable performance by the late Prince. |
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| | | She has participated in Chicago’s social life, she has maintained her community roots, and she has maintained her position in her company, Ariel Investments, as President and a career woman. Her story is amazing. She is a graduate of Princeton University and started at Ariel Investments as an intern, to rise to become the President. She has been a contributor in Chicago life - a donor, a patron, and a volunteer. She married a movie icon, her lifestyle changed, but she didn’t. She is grounded and rooted in Chicago and introduced her husband, George Lucas, to the beauty and magnificence of the city she loves. |
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| | | Lucas, of course, is the genius behind Star Wars fortune. He wants to preserve his legacy in Chicago with a museum of his work and art and develop from it a museum that will promote science, math, cinema, production and the like. It is a fantastic idea and a significant contribution. The Lucas family is making a donation to the city for the future. It is an economic stimulus and adds to the rich museums of the city. It is a futuristic move. It is ambitious. It is a gift beyond the average person’s scope because it of its grandeur. The project requires the government to provide land and perhaps tax incentives to become a reality... |
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