Still Making a Difference

Doy Henley, an Orange County businessman and philanthropist, 在他人生的第十个十年成为了康考迪亚大学欧文分校的慷慨捐赠者, knowing that, “You can’t take it with you,” he says. “You’ve got to invest it the best you know how.”

亨利说，他“非常尊重我们在康考迪亚所做的一切. 我正在为未来的利益制定投资计划, 利用这些资源帮助年轻人找到自己的路.

Tim Jaeger, Concordia Vice President for University Advancement, Marketing and Communications, calls Henley “a humble difference-maker.”

“他真的很专注于照顾别人，”耶格说. “He helps out under-privileged young moms. 他记得他的根，知道他的祝福来自哪里.”

在我那个年代，奥兰治县的发展是惊人的. I was fortunate to be here at the right time.

Surviving Tough Times

亨利是在经济大萧条时期由一位“生活在偏远地区”的单身母亲抚养长大的. 直到后来他才意识到那个时代的事情是多么具有挑战性. 他只知道他放学后总有兼职——擦鞋, doing yard work, “things where I could make money to help my mother,” he says. “It was expected.”

在家里，他学会了坐在母亲的腿上看书，面前放着报纸上的连环画. “She taught me to read the funnies,” Henley says. 这是她的阅读练习，也是我学习阅读的方法之一.这些课程的结果是，他很小就成为了一个读者. “这是帮助我度过难关的巨大优势，”他说. “I had this zeal to try to learn things.”

他还把出色的课堂体验归功于他的老师. “In those days, especially in the Midwest, 教师是社区里最受尊敬的人, right up there with pastors, lawyers and doctors,” he says.

In high school, 他们把他送到职业学校，而不是大学预科班, 他知道他母亲没钱送他上大学. 第二次世界大战刚刚结束，年轻的亨利学会了焊接和成为一名机械师. 他找到了一份很好的焊接工作，并继续寄一些薪水给他母亲.

“That was part of the routine. It was just something you did,” he says.

Soon married to Dolores Jean, known as “Dee.当亨利发现周末版的《博彩平台推荐》时，一则报纸广告再次改变了他的生活. 大量的招聘广告引起了他的注意，这与他所居住的中西部地区缺乏就业机会形成了鲜明对比.

“I looked around at the people who were five, ten, fifteen years older than I, and they weren’t doing any better than I was.”

多伊和迪通过66号公路拖着一辆拖车来到南加州，来到英格尔伍德的一个拖车停车场. 从那里，他们发现了太平洋，“就在他们说的地方，”多伊打趣道.

世纪大道两旁是美丽的建筑，公司似乎到处张贴着“招聘”的标志. 第二天，他找到了一份工作，很快就赚了不少钱, running lathes, mills and other machines.

“我以为我们到达了乐土，因为我有加班费，”他说.

Riding a Real Estate Boom

They soon moved to Orange County with a new company, buying a little house off Tustin Avenue, not far from where he lives now. 后来，亨利的生活发生了重大变化，他开了一家自己的小机械车间.

他的公司为道格拉斯、波音、洛克希德和诺斯罗普等航空航天客户提供服务. 生意的成功使亨利一家得以投资当地的房地产, which was surging in value.

“在我那个年代，奥兰治县的发展是惊人的，”他说. “I was fortunate to be here at the right time.”

As their business grew, 他们为当地学校提供大量帮助的能力也是如此, colleges, like Chapman University and Concordia, 其他慈善事业和政治事业. One example is St. 约翰的路德教会和奥兰治的学校，亨利夫妇慷慨支持.

Dee passed away a few years ago, 但多伊仍然是教会的成员，也是这所有700名学前班到8年级学生的学校的支持者.

Through friends, 亨利发现康科迪亚及其所有产品的时间相对较晚, 他之所以成为支持者，是因为这所大学“真的做得很好”,” he says.

他说:“当你成熟时，你会比年轻时有更好的判断力。. “You look at the value of what they’re doing, how they’re influencing society, doing things for the good, 他们如何对待人，如何鼓励人们过基督徒的生活方式, 以及在耶稣基督的光中行走意味着什么. 作为一个基督徒意味着什么，这个概念很简单，并不复杂. It makes life easier to live — kinder and gentler.”

亨利特别受到他与崔名誉主席库尔特·克鲁格的友谊的影响, “a dear friend, a rare individual, and a very smart, terrific guy,” Henley says.

“学生们为教会提供了使教会成功的人才, which is really when you get down to it, the key thing,” he says. “Successful churches, when people in the congregation are doing well, require people who are trained as teachers, 音乐家，最重要的是牧师和牧师. That's one of the many things Concordia supplies. They make sure students are trained to lead churches.”

You can’t take it with you. You’ve got to invest it the best you know how.

Doy最近的捐赠支持了神学院院长的职位，并提供 scholarship support for Pre-Seminary and Pre-Deaconess students. “This will help students pursue their vocations,” notes Jaeger, 为那些想在教会和其他事工服务的人消除了经济障碍.”

‘No Regrets’

Henley still tends his businesses and portfolios, 他仍然参与政治事业和教会生活. He recently sold his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, though he regrets it and is “trying to retrieve it,” he says. 多年来，他经常骑马穿越美国. He also enjoys shooting guns at the shooting range. “I have no regrets,” he says. “如果上帝今天下午打电话给我，那就再见了，祝你好运。. No problem.”

Henley never received education beyond high school, 除了在当地社区大学上过几门商业课程. 他对金融和投资的了解都是通过阅读得来的. 他说:“我一直都是一个读者，现在仍然经常阅读。. “That’s what gave me what I needed. I admired people who had an education.”

他回忆起他和母亲是如何白手起家的，以及她是如何在大萧条时期抚养他的. “Everything I needed most, she taught me,” he says.

他对自己和迪伊这么多年来得到的祝福感到惊讶. 现在，他正在用自己的财富帮助CUI和其他地方的学生“拥有智慧，以正确的理由做正确的事情”.”