Alum George Marcus Featured on Forbes List of Billionaires

THE NATIONAL HERALD -- Marcus completed his undergraduate studies in Economics at San Francisco State University in just two and a half years, and founded the University’s first economics club. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the California State University System in 1981 – 1989. He was named SFSU Alumnus of the year in 1989 and one of its 11 distinguished centennial alumni in 1999. He and his wife (also an SFSU alum), helped create SFSU’s International Center for the Arts with a $3-million gift. Marcus also helped develop SFSU’s Greek Studies program and chairs its Modern Greek Studies Foundation, which supports the Nikos Kazantzakis Chair for Modern Greek Studies.