ISSUE NO. 32
MARCH 9, 2001
OUR 80th YEAR
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FOR THAT FAILING FEELING
Each of us feels futile at times. Our business and
civic endeavors skid into rough patches. We – like all upward strivers –
occasionally need ideas that will reopen our eyes and jump-start our energies.
Such ideas are a specialty of Jefferson Goodman, our speaker this Friday.
He is a consultant to top-drawer organizations:
Hewlett-Packard, Pacific Bell, Arthur Andersen, Citibank, and the Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences. Probably they began calling him when they
began to notice good reviews and high sales figures for three books he wrote
on strategic planning. He now speaks often to assembled business groups. His
cheery topic, “Success on the Far Side of Failure,” takes him into matters
of “leadership, management, and corporate and personal business planning,”
according to his firm Sterling Strategies Inc., which operates from the
upscale community of San Marino.
In addition to his speaking and writing, Mr. Goodman
is known for civic leadership. He recently served a term as chairman of
Goodwill Industries of Southern California. He is a director of the Los
Angeles chapter of the American Red Cross, and is active in the massive
workings of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles (LA5).
We may detect agreeably sugary notes in Mr.
Goodman’s way of speaking. He was born a Southerner. He graduated from
Vanderbilt University, then earned a master’s degree in business
administration from the University of Virginia.
IN MEMORIAM
RICHARD G. REDMAN
Any friendship with Dick Redman was likely to be
lasting. A number of Rotarians, and other people around town, have felt close to
him since they were elementary schoolmates, or since they got acquainted with
him at Lincoln Jr. High or at Samohi.
Dick loved to be on teams. In his boyhood the Santa
Monica elementary schools fielded softball teams, and Dick was the energizer of
the Franklin Bombers. In sandlot or playground touch football, he was likely to
be the play-caller and quarterback. When he reached Scout age he was an
enthusiastic member of Troop 100, sponsored by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
After graduation from Samohi in 1950, he volunteered for the Navy and served
aboard the destroyer Silverstein during the Korean War. Then he enrolled at USC,
joined Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and became a lifelong heartfelt rooter for
Trojan teams.
Three years after graduating from USC he joined our
club, at the invitation of Clarence Michel. By then he was working for Redman
Van & Storage, which his father Fred and uncle Frank had founded. After
fifteen years in the company he became president in 1975, as well as managing
partner of Redman Properties.
He served as our president in 1978-79. During that
year the local Boy Scout council sustained a severe blow, with the destruction
of Camp Josepho by fire. Dick quickly announced a club drive that raised $17,000
to help the camp get back into operation. Dick’s sessions as presiding officer
of the club were always lively. He joked about his short stature, and frequently
stood on a chair to levy fines; this was a signal that the fines were doubled.
Dick enjoyed many hobbies and avocations. He owned
and operated La Quinta Air Services from the California desert town of Thermal.
As a member of the Quiet Birdmen Association he earned a commercial pilot’s
license, and logged three thousand hours flying multi-engine planes. He was a
competent skier on water and snow, a good golfer, and a skilled pilot of his Lil
Chief yacht.
He was well known as a civic leader hereabouts. For
five years he was on the personnel commission of the school district. He was
active in the Jaycees for a decade. For nearly thirty years he helped steer
Century Federal Savings as a member of its board of directors.
In 1998 he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary
thrombosis, but it didn’t seem to slow him down much. He and his wife Joan
took a cruise through the Panama Canal last year. They had lived at Big Bear
Lake in recent years, but his funeral was held here on February 28, and
countless Santa Monicans still thought of him as a beloved neighbor.
FRIDAY MEETINGS FOR YOUR CALENDAR
March
16th:
Past Presidents’ Day, Judge Edward Rafeedie presiding.
March
23rd:
“Our Mental Health?” skits by members.
March
30th:
Robert Brown, former Angels' president, on professional baseball.
April
6th:
Four-Way Test talks by school students.
April
13th:
DARK. Good Friday. No meeting.
April
20th:
Craft talks by two members.
FINES LEVIED AT CAMP JOSEPHO
Lionel Ruhman didn’t make it to the Camp Josepho
meeting. Here are the fines levied by our president:
Bill Hunt moved into a condominium in the Marina recently. He
was fined $20 for the move, and $200 for the paint job (done by the Pres. and
his crew). Jack Gregory recently took a trip to Cancun – and that cost
him $250. Finally, Monte Herring got fined twice – $50 for giving John
a bad “scratcher” during the recent birthday celebration and $300 because
Monte was overheard bragging at the recent district breakfast that he hadn’t
been fined in three years!
ROSTER UPDATES
As mentioned above, Bill Hunt has moved. His new home
address is: 4338 Redwood Avenue, #B-206, Marina del Rey 90292-7647. New phone:
(310) 823-4033.
And speaking of updates, this is the last opportunity you will have to correct or change any information in either the roster book or on the master membership listing. Both are in the process of being updated. Please, if you have any changes, give Barbara Hopper a call at (310) 434-9992 and give her the new information.