Laure sudreau rippe biography of william shakespeare

By James Lomuscio

On the surface, it seems like an unlikely match: a conservative, Christian, mostly Republican university and a woman who describes herself as &#;a Democrat, liberal, and I&#;m Jewish.&#;

The match seems even more unlikely when one considers the enormity of Westporter Laure Sudreau-Rippe&#;s recent gift to Pepperdine University&#;s School of Law&#;$3 million. The money goes to establish an endowed chair, the first to be given by a female alumna.

True, the law school is different from the undergraduate school, Sudreau-Rippe says, but there was something about the school&#;s overriding message that she saw reflected her own faith&#;giving back.

&#;People right now who have the ability to give back and to help people should,&#; she said.

&#;But they&#;re not doing it. There&#;s a general sense of that in our country in hard times.&#;

She says gratitude to her alma mater that &#;has given me so