62, Irvine ... President of the...

62, Irvine ... President of the Orange County Performing Arts

Center ... One of the integral, early figures in making the center

the fifth-largest performing arts center in the country ... Has

planned many a gig at which to play his tenor saxophone, including

the Opera Ball in November and at a special reception at Morton’s

Steakhouse in Costa Mesa that same month ... Favorite show he saw at

the center this year was “Phantom of the Opera” ... Favorite show he

saw on the East Coast was “Hairspray” ... The avid reader still reads

books on neuroscience, but the majority of his reading time is spent

poring through books on music theory ... Says he will devote his

spare time in the next couple of years to practicing and reading

music theory ... Married to Whitney ... Last year’s ranking: 19