Venture capital leader and philanthropist John Doerr of Woodside will be honored at the 11th annual “Pioneers & Purpose” dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
Sponsored by the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, the event will run from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The museum is at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd, in Mountain View.
Mr. Doerr, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, will be named the 2015 Pioneer Business Leader for his contributions to education.
Since 1980, when Mr. Doerr joined Kleiner Perkins, he and his firm have backed such entrepreneurs as Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, and Scott Cook and Bill Campbell of Intuit.
Mr. Doerr, who led Kleiner Perkins’ investment in Twitter, serves on the boards of Amyris, Google, Zynga and several private technology companies.
Outside of Kleiner Perkins, he supports entrepreneurs focused on the environment, public education and alleviating global poverty, including NewSchools.org, TechNet.,org, the Climate Reality Project and ONE.org.
Mr. Doerr has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Rice University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Individual tickets to the diner are $500 each with $7.95 processing fee. For more information, call 408-790-9525.
Free folksinger concert
Singer/songwriter Michael McNevin will present a free concert at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the City Council Chambers, 701 Laurel St. in Menlo Park. A veteran of the folk scene, Mr. McNevin has written more than 150 songs and logged more than 20 years of concerts across the country.
The free concert is presented by the Friends of the Menlo Park Library. Refreshments will be served. No reservations are needed to attend.
Day of the Dead
There will be music, traditional food, a processional, and a Festival of Altars at the Day of the Dead to be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the San Mateo County History Museum. Children’s crafts will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The museum is located at 2200 Broadway in downtown Redwood City.
Visit historysmc.org or call (650) 299-0104 for more information.
Talk on Julia Morgan
Karen McNeill will give a talk about “Julia Morgan in San Mateo County” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the San Mateo County History Museum,2200 Broadway in Redwood City. She will focus on the handful of buildings Ms. Morgan designed on the Peninsula.
Ms. McNeill has published many articles on Julia Morgan and is writing a biography of the architect. The program is free with the price of admission to the museum ($6 for adults, $4 for seniors and students.)
Docent orientation
The San Mateo County Historical Association is looking for volunteer docents. A docent orientation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 7, at the San Mateo County History Museum, housed in the county’s old courthouse at 2200 Brooadway in downtown Redwood City.
Go to education@historysmc.org or call (650) 299-0104, ext. 231, to register.
Rosener House raises funds
Peninula Volunteers Rosener House in Menlo Park raised nearly $50,000 in the Alzheimer Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s, held Sept. 19 in San Francisco. Rosener House raised more than any of the other 350 teams taking part throughout the state. As a nonprofit partner, Rosener House receives 60 percent of team proceeds to offer assistance to individuals and their families living with dementia.
