LittleSis: Donald Bren

Son of Hollywood producer attended U. of Washington on skiing scholarship; halted Olympics bid after injury 1956. Joined Marines, then built first house on $10,000 loan 1958. Developed 10,000-acre Rancho Mission Viejo in California, sold to Philip Morris 1967. With partners, bought real estate developer Irvine Co. for $337 million 1977. Became firm's sole owner in 1996. Developed central Orange County, Irvine and half of Newport Beach. Today owns 9,000 developable acres in Orange County, 400 office buildings, 40 retail centers, 90 apartment communities, hotels, marinas, golf courses. Paid $1.4 billion last October for 90% stake in 16 apartment complexes owned by Archstone-Smith. Republican donor actively involved in McCain's presidential bid. Gave $20 million to UC, Irvine's law school last August, another $8.5 million to California afterschool program for low-income students this year.

Donor	Common Recipients
Richard E Wiley	Susan Collins, David Timothy Dreier, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Romney Victory
Cinda Cree Hicks	John McCain, Phil Gramm, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Romney Victory
Phyllis Acklie	John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Romney Victory
Jeffery Hildebrand	John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, Romney Victory
Howard S Jonas	John Boehner, Larry Edwin Craig, Lindsey Graham, John Kerry, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Edward Randall Royce, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney
Doyle Bartlett	John Boehner, David Timothy Dreier, Edward Randall Royce, Katherine Harris, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Bill McCollum, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, George H W Bush
Carol J Feinberg	John Kerry, John McCain, John Thune, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee
Robert F Greenhill	Kit Bond, John McCain, John Thune, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina
Paul Tudor Jones II	John Boehner, John Kerry, John McCain, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Phil Gramm, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Tom Campbell, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Boehner for Speaker Cmte
Everett G Roehl	John Boehner, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee
Robert Mercer	John Boehner, Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina
Robert J Wright	John Thune, Phil Gramm, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Andrew Shechtel	John Boehner, Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, John Thune, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, Republican National Committee, Tom Campbell, Mitt Romney, Boehner for Speaker Cmte
Henry G Herzing	John Boehner, John Kerry, John McCain, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, Mitt Romney, Idaho Republican Party, Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee
Lawrence Kadish	Kit Bond, John McCain, Edward Randall Royce, Phil Gramm, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Massachusetts Republican State Congressional Committee, George H W Bush
Yuri Vanetik	Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, Edward Randall Royce, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Majority Committee PAC--MC PAC, Mitt Romney, McCarthy Victory Fund 2014
Robert A McNeil	John McCain, Phil Gramm, Michael Huffington, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Matthew K Fong, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Tom Campbell, John F Seymour, Carly Fiorina
John F Babbitt	John Boehner, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Oklahoma Leadership Council, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Romney Victory
J Norman Estes	John Boehner, Kit Bond, John Kerry, John McCain, Kevin McCarthy, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Congressional Majority Committee, Mitt Romney, McCarthy Victory Fund 2014
Thomas L Phillips	John Boehner, Lindsey Graham, Edward Randall Royce, Katherine Harris, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte

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Richard E Wiley