Long Beach. continue to focus public attention on A gift of $150.000 to the city Of Lng the plight of prisoners of conscienceBeach to construct the citys Bicenten- Soviet citizens who are imprisoned for nial tower. their human rights activism and reProvisions for generous giftsto the fuseniks--Soviet Jews who have been YMCA. Boys Club. St. Marys Hospi- deniedexit visas. tal. the Bay Shore Community One young refusenik is Ilya Essas. a Church. and the. Red Cross. 30yearold mathematician from Pull athletic scholarships and. in Moscow. His wife. Anya. was an archi1979. a gift for an endowment of tect until 1973 when she was dismissed $30.000. the largest single gift ever re- from work on applying for exit visas. ceived by the 49er Athletic Founda- Ilya had given up his career as a mathtion. California State University. Long ematician and had entered the Beach.