Background
Roski was born to a poor, immigrant Polish family in Oklahoma and raised in Southern California.
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Edward Phillip Roski
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University of Southern California.
Career
He is the President and Chairman of the Board for Majestic Realty Company
He is a graduate of Loyola High School and the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, where in 1962 he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with emphasis on finance and real estate. He is also a Vietnam veteran and a United States Marine and served as an officer of the Marines from 1962 to 1966. In 1994, Roski was awarded the Oxford Cup, the highest honor a brother of Beta Theta Pi can receive.
Roski is behind an attempt to build a stadium in Industry, California to attract a NFL team
Roski is a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and half-owner, with Phillip Anschutz, of the National Hockey League"s Los Angeles Kings. Roski has also been cited in local newspapers as the owner of Silverton Las Vegas (formerly known as Boomtown Las Vegas) in Enterprise, Nevada and in 2001 made a substantial offer to buy the former Las Vegas Hilton.
The University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts was renamed after Roski"s wife, Gayle, following a $23 million donation to the school in 2006. He serves on the boards of the Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts, the California Science Center, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, Loyola High School and the National Geographical Society.
Edward and Gayle Roski both received honorary Doctors of Philosophy from the University of Southern California in 2013.
Roski is also a generous supporter of the Catholic Education Foundation and the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies.
Membership
While attending the University of Southern California he was a member of the Gamma Tau Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Roski is a member of the University of Southern California Board of Trustees. He was elected chairman of the board in 2007 and succeeded Stanley Gold as chairman in 2008.
