Updated at 6:52 a.m., Thursday, September 27, 2007
L&L founder donates $500,000 to UH's Shidler College
Advertiser Staff
A $500,000 gift from L&L Drive-Inn and L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurants founder and CEO Eddie Flores Jr. was matched through Jay Shidler's matching gift fund to total $1 million — the largest endowed scholarship established at the Shidler College of Business since its inception in 1949.The University of Hawai'i Foundation announced the gift yesterday via news release and it will be used to create the Eddie Flores Jr. and Elaine Flores Endowed Scholarship Fund.
Eddie Flores earned his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1970 from the business school. He turned Hawai'i's traditional "plate lunch" into a national phenomenon, opening more than 140 restaurants nationwide. He opened his first restaurant in 1976 as a gift for his mother. Today, L&L Drive-Inn is the largest restaurant chain in Hawai'i.
