Donor Focus: My Big, Fat, Greek Donor Base

The passion Anagnostopoulos exuded for the project persuaded Vassiliadis and other individuals to become supporters.

“I was surprised to learn that there was no Greek history chair at UCSD, and only one on the West Coast,” she says. “Georgios asked me if endowing a chair would be something I’d like to do in my late husband’s memory. My husband’s heritage was Byzantine, and he loved all things Greek — he would have been so happy to help.