Billy Bean while Linda was pregnant, but separated when Billy was six months old. Linda married Ed Kovac, a police officer, and they had five children together. Bean attended Santa Ana High School, and won a state championship with the school's baseball team. He enrolled at Loyola Marymount University on an athletic scholarship to play college baseball for the Loyola Marymount Lions. After his junior year, the New York Yankees selected Bean in the 24th round of the 1985 MLB Draft. Though the Yankees offered Bean a $55,000 signing bonus, Bean followed through with his promise to return to Loyola Marymount for
Jardine Scholarship Former chairmen of the Scholarship Committee include Duncan Robinson, Sir Ivor Roberts and Geoffrey Grimmett. The Jardine Foundation specifies four standards against which applicants are to be judged: The scholarship covers full tuition fees, college fees, an annual stipend, and return airfare from the students' country of origin. The scholarship has been valued at $200,000. Upon acceptance, scholars are bound by a set of regulations, decided by the Scholarship Committee. In addition to the financial coverage of the scholarship, Jardines also maintains the network of scholars and offers them summer internships within the conglomerate. It also hosts regular gatherings with