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John Sperling
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John Sperling (January 1921 - August 2014) Sperling founded the University of Phoenix for working adults in 1976. Sperling also co-founded Genetic Savings & Clone of Sausalito, California. Sperling donated to multiple ballot measure-related campaigns, including campaigns for marijuana-related ballot measures. Sperling died in August 2014.
Ballot initiative activism
Sperling donated to over 17 ballot initiative campaigns in 11 different states to end marijuana prohibition.[1][2]
Donations in 2008
In 2008, Sperling:
- Gave $500,000 in support of California Proposition 5 (2008).
Pre-2008
Ballot measure campaigns to which Sperling gave in years prior to 2008 included:
- Arizona Marijuana Legalization, Proposition 203 (2002), $1,323,716.[3]
- Arizona Proposition 107 (2006). $91,000.[4]
- California Proposition 36 (2000), $1,193,000.[5]
- California Proposition 72 (2004), $150,000[6]
- California Proposition 66 (2004), $500,000[7]
- Utah Initiative B (2000)[8]
Background
John Sperling's parents were sharecroppers. Sperling worked as a sailor for several years. His education included the following:[9]
- an undergraduate degree from Reed College, Oregon,
- a master's from the University of California, Berkeley, and
- a Ph.D. in Economic History at Cambridge University.
He taught as a tenured professor at San Jose State University.[9]
He also co-founded Genetic Savings & Clone of Sausalito, California. He also funded animal cloning projects. Later, Sperling funded research into extending the life span of humans.[9]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Sperling: A Guide to the Drug-Legalization Movement
- ↑ Phoenix New Times, "Autograph Hound," April 13, 2000
- ↑ Follow the Money on Arizona Prop 203
- ↑ Follow the Money on Prop 107
- ↑ Sperling donations to Yes on 36
- ↑ Follow the Money on Prop 72
- ↑ Follow the Money on Prop 66
- ↑ A Guide to Drug-Related State Ballot Initiatives
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Eye of the Blackbird, "#382: John Glen Sperling – Info," July 31, 2013
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