Timothy R. Busch is a conservative Catholic attorney, businessman, and philanthropist from

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Personal life

Busch grew up in Clinton, Michigan as the second of six children. His father, Joe, founded and operated a chain of upscale supermarkets, Busch's Fresh Food Market. He received his bachelor's degree from

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and his J.D. degree from

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. In 1982, Busch moved to southern California. He married his wife, Steph, in 1985. he has a son, Garrett, and a daughter, Mackenzie. Busch lives in

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and has a second home at the Reserve Country Club in

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. He is a devout Catholic and active in

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and a number of other Catholic organizations and charities.

Career

Busch is the founder of the Busch Firm, a financial services company that specializes in high net-worth estate planning. The Busch Firm also handles real estate and business transactions. Busch also founded the Pacific Hospitality Group which owns and manages eight hotels in California. , Busch is the CEO. Busch and his brothers own the supermarket chain founded by their father.

Philanthropy

In 2011, Busch joined Father

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to create the Magis Institute, an organization dedicated to exploring the intersection of faith and reason. In 2011, he founded the

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with Spitzer in an effort to train Catholic leaders to defend the faith in an increasingly secular society. In 1992, Busch and his wife founded St. Anne's School in

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. They also started JSerra Catholic High School in

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. In 2016, Busch's charitable foundation, the Busch Family Foundation, gave $15 million to

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. Busch helped bring in an additional $32 million in gifts that were used in part to renovate Maloney Hall, and to turn it into a home for the renamed

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. The building has been described as " Harvard on the outside,

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on the inside" and "one of the premier academic buildings in Washington, D.C. if not the country." In 2016, Busch finished serving on the board of the university for 12 years. He also served on the board of visitors of the business school.

References

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