LittleSis: Jerry Buss

A former aerospace engineer and real-estate developer, Buss has been a prominent name in American sports since he bought the Lakers, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and the Forum from Jack Kent Cooke in 1979. Buss immediately transformed the Lakers into the NBA's most glamorous franchise, winning 10 NBA championships under his watch. When he graduated from the University of Wyoming, Buss earned a doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Southern California (USC) and taught there in the late '50s. He launched his career in real estate with $1,000 in 1959 - a venture that proved lucrative. In addition to his daughter Jeanie and his son Jim, survivors include another son, Johnny, and another daughter, Janie Drexel, all from his marriage to the former JoAnn Mueller, which ended in divorce in 1972; his sons Joey and Jesse from a former girlfriend, Karen Demel; a half-sister, Susan Hall; a half-brother, Mickey Brown; a stepbrother, Jim Brown; and eight grandchildren.

Donor	Common Recipients
A Jerrold Perenchio	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, George H W Bush, Leo T McCarthy, Jim Salomon, Joan Milke Flores
Bradford M Freeman	Gray Davis, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush, Jim Salomon
Barron Hilton	Gray Davis, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, George H W Bush
Kenneth R Dickerson	Gray Davis, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, Leo T McCarthy, Jim Salomon
Robert A Day	Gray Davis, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush
Robert Holmes Tuttle	Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, George H W Bush, Jim Salomon
Robert J Lowe	Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, Jim Salomon, Joan Milke Flores
Frank Baxter	Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, George H W Bush, Joan Milke Flores
Jerry Weintraub	Gray Davis, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Susan Golding, George H W Bush, Jim Salomon
Lodwrick M Cook	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Susan Golding, George H W Bush, Jim Salomon
Stephen Bechtel Jr	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, George H W Bush
Joseph Petrone	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush
Eric M Javits	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Salomon
James S McDonnell III	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush
Robin C Parsky	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, Jim Salomon
Duane R Roberts	Elizabeth Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush, Joan Milke Flores
John Gavin	Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, Jim Salomon
Dana K Anderson	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush
Douglas F Manchester	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding
Stephen Schwarzman	Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush

Donor

Common Recipients

A Jerrold Perenchio

Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, George H W Bush, Leo T McCarthy, Jim Salomon, Joan Milke Flores

Bradford M Freeman

Gray Davis, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush, Jim Salomon

Barron Hilton

Gray Davis, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, Susan Golding, George H W Bush

Kenneth R Dickerson

Gray Davis, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, Leo T McCarthy, Jim Salomon

Robert A Day

Gray Davis, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Bill Jones, George H W Bush