As seen on the Penn State campus earlier this year - on the day of the Nittany Lions' first home game, as a matter of fact.
Wait... as in NCIS Donald Bellisario?
Apparently, yes. He was a 1961 journalism grad from PSU; and in 2017 he bestowed a $30 million endowment on the university, which prompted them to rename the College of Communications after him, all according to Wikipedia.
I did always think it clever that his TV production company was named 'Belisarius Prductions' - his last name in Latin transliteration - also the name of a highly successful Eastern Roman general of the 6th century. Bellisario was (something else I didn't know) an enlistee to the Marine Corps in the late 50's. This seems to have influenced his character creation process as a lot of his main characters are Navy and Marine vets.
I also didn't know that he was from Cokeburg, PA, a tiny town in Washington County southwest of Pittsburgh. Cokeburg's Wikipedia page explains that the town was used to film the series finale of another Bellisario creation - Quantum Leap.
Now I actually want to see that last episode.
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