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2007
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Roy Riccetti
We are pleased to announce the selection of Roy Riccetti, a member of the Palo Alto Host Lions Club, as the 2007 recipient of the Craig P. Calkins award.
Roy is the chairman of the Concours registration services, and he manages this often-thankless task in a tireless and consistently pleasant manner. His duties are time-consuming and require immense attention to detail to keep our car exhibitors well informed and happy to participate.
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A Bay Area native, Roy grew up as part of the West Coast hot rod scene. More comfortable on the mechanical than the driving side of the sport, his avocation started at the age of 12 when he bought a boat whose outboard motor needed a lot of work. At 16 he was on a pit crew which campaigned a stock car. From there, he progressed to building and driving street rods, destruction derby cars, drag cars, go karts, stock cars, autocross cars and Corvettes -- his real love. In fact he competed in autocross and SCCA Solo 2 for 12 years. To support his car addiction, Roy worked for 40 years in the facilities division of Varian Associates in Palo Alto. As a second job, he and his wife Barbara rebuilt and autocrossed Corvettes and other sports cars.
Roy and his cousins attended the Palo Alto Concours each year, so when Corvette was announced as the featured marque for 2003, Roy called to offer to exhibit the two Corvettes he owned. The next thing he knew he was organizing the entire display of 100-plus Corvettes for the Concours. He was soon a permanent member of the Concours organizing committee.
Today, Roy's found a place in retirement where he can continue to indulge his passion for automobiles while contributing to a charitable cause. He considers himself lucky. But we're the lucky ones to have Roy working for us. The Palo Alto Host Lions Club and the Palo Alto Concours extends its appreciation for a job well done.
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2006
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Joan Peterson
We are extremely fortunate to have Joan Peterson as a member of the Palo Alto Host Lions Club and one of our key people working on the Palo Alto Concours.
Joan has always loved automobiles; she got her first car at age 16, a 1962 Buick Special Convertible. The Buick was followed by about six other cars and a 1965 Oldsmobile Convertible, which she restored last year to concours condition. She recently added to her collection a 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider. Joan is a real "Car Gal." She is a member of many car clubs and is an active member of the Car Guys Lunch Bunch, a group of car enthusiasts, who meet each month to share special events and listen to presentations made by famed car speakers.
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One of Joan's first employers was George Paddleford, one of the founders of the Concours. George recognized her car knowledge skills and asked her to work with him at the Concours. While the tasks were minor - she started out distributing the programs - the seed was planted and the rest is history. Her automotive experience also includes working for Martin Swig at the San Francisco Auto Center. She and Martin have remained friends ever since. Joan's outgoing personality helped her make friends and she quickly got involved in all aspects of The Concours.
Gil Gilfix, executive Director of the Concours, recognized Joan's talents and asked her to became a Concours board member and a member of the steering committee. She manages The Concours "Kick Off" luncheon at the Candy Store that is held in early March, the Saturday night Concours dinner and the Patrons Pavilion on Concours day.
The Palo Alto Host Lions Club and the Palo Alto Concours extends its appreciation for a job well done and for her continued success as our favorite "Car Girl".
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2005
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Charles Nelson
Chaz grew up in St. Paul and Seattle, and went to university at Washington State and UC Berkeley. As an academic, he spent much of thirty years working in East Africa where poverty and other social ills are like the unwanted relative who comes to visit and just won't leave. While teaching in Nairobi, Chaz observed the Lions in action and liked what he saw. So he became a Lion in the mid '90s and when he retired from Africa to come and play the dot-com game here in Silicon Valley, he transferred to the Palo Alto Host Lions Club.
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Chaz happened to arrive in May of 1998 when the Club needed a newsletter editor, volunteered, and has been scribbling furiously ever since. He has grown the newsletter, embracing color and high production values, wining awards in 2002 and 2003. In 1998, he also created a website for the Club and subsequently went on to create and manage the Lions District 4-C4 website, help other clubs in the District to enter the age of the web, and become webmaster for Lions Eye Foundation of California and Nevada. By the by, he has also been active in the Peninsula Council of Lions and on the MERLO Extension team for East Palo Alto. He is currently President of the Palo Alto Host Lions.
Now, Chaz is not what you call a car-guy, as the old heap that he drives demonstrates. But in 1999, he undertook the job of creating a website for the Concours d'Elegance and has managed it ever since, making it an integral part of the Concours experience. Those whimsical marque logos and in-your carburetor photo galleries of miniature engines, the motor pool, and the California Mille all grow out of his non-car-guy perspective on the technology and its styling.
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2004
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Dennis Daly
Dennis Daly is well known as a raconteur, bon vivant, and man about town. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, he was born in a log cabin, raised by wolves, and once walked five miles through the snow to return an overdue video rental, uphill both ways. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, and played for Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl. (No, he wasn't a bare foot place kicker, he was a piccolo player in the band.) He also holds graduate degrees in Business Administration and Law from St. Louis University. He is a member of the Missouri Bar.
He has been a resident of California for 20 years, which qualifies him as a native by Bay Area standards. He has been employed for the past 18 years as president of Life Organizers, a tax and financial planning firm in Los Altos.
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A relative newcomer to the Palo Alto Lions (he has only been a member for about 15 years) he regards his participation in the Lions and in Lion activities such as the Concours d'Elegance as a way to give back to his community. He began working with the car show as head of the cars-for-sale lot, and a few years ago moved up to overseeing the food booths and entertainment stage. Other community-minded activities include serving as a musician and as a member of the board of directors of the Los Altos Olde Towne Band. He is also a director-elect of the Avenidas Senior Day Health Center.
Among his claims to fame are that he owns a baseball with Babe Ruth's autograph on it. Also, he once saw Bart Starr in O'Hare airport eating a hot dog. He is the father of a wonderful 12-year old daughter named Rosaleen who, due to her raging hormones, will probably turn on him any day now.
His secret desires in life are to get a job as the guy who draws chalk outlines at crime scenes, or, failing that, to sail on a tramp steamer to Egypt where he will sand blast hickies off the Sphynx.
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2003
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Al Thomas
Al Thomas grew up in a town where the Lions club members were also the
Volunteer Fire Department, where the Lions club sponsored the 4th of July
parade and where the Lions club built the community center and Little
League fields. All of this was a positive influence on Al and, because of
this influence, Al is very committed to the spirit of Lionism.
Al joined the Palo Alto Host Lions club in June of 1992 and, since our
Concours is in June, was immediately involved in the big event. He has
been actively involved in the Concours ever since. He is our Master of
Ceremonies for the Concours and for all of its
related events, and is a member of the Concours Board of Governors.
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Al has been President twice, Treasurer for the last 5 years and, at the
district level, is the President-elect for the Peninsula Council of
Lions. He is also a Director of the Lions Hearing Foundation.
Al Thomas represents the true meaning of the Lion Motto, "WE Serve", by
giving back to the community with his energy, efforts and time in the
tradition of Craig Calkins, in whose name this award is given. Well done,
Al!
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2002
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Roger Stroud
When Roger joined the Palo Alto Host Lions Club in 1991, the Concours was in the process of change, becoming larger and more involved in its presentation. Roger, lookiing for a way to make a contribution to the club and the Concours, thought: what this outfit needs is an accountant! In addition to performing the normal duties of the club treasurer, Roger provided the year-around service of accounting for the income and expenses of the Concours and filing the necessary tax and information returns.
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But it is during the
Concours weekend that Rover really shines, because he manages ticket sales and cash collection, which he continues to do to this day. As Roger so eloquently stated, "While the accounting jobs are not as exciting as being out amongst the glamorous automobiles, they are an essential part of the Concours". Roger's contribution to the Concours, each and every year, is one of the many reasons that the Palo Alto Host Lions club has become so successful.
Roger is the newly elected President of the Palo Alto Lions Club and the Palo Alto Lions Caritites, Inc., and a member of the Concours Board of Governors. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the California Society of CAPs and a co-owner of Moon & Mandella Accountancy Corp, located in Palo Alto.
The Board of Governors of the Palo Alto Concours d'Elegance extends its appreciation for a job well done and for his continued success at the Concours' best Treasurer.
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2001
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Roy Minor
Roy Minor has worked in the graphic arts field on the Peninsula for the past 48 years. Having worked with Roy in the past, in 1984 Vic Befera, past Concours program editor and fellow Lion, asked Roy to join him in preparing the Palo Alto Concours díElegance program for publication. Over the following 16 years, Roy has become Publications Director with responsibility for the design, advertising sales and publication of the Concours programs.
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He served on the Concours Executive Committee from 1986 until 1999 when he was chosen to serve on the newly established Concours Board of Governors.
In 1986 Roy transferred from the South Palo Alto Lions Club to the Palo Alto Lions Club where he has served as Treasurer and President. He has been involved with Lions on many levels. He has served as a District Chaplin, Publicity Chairman and Hearing Chairman. Roy has also served as Treasurer for the Ear of the Lion Foundation, and before transferring had been Secretary and President of the South Palo Alto Lions Club.
In April of 1957, after a short courtship, Roy married Hinda (Helen) Raymond, whom he had met while both were living in San Carlos. Hinda retired as an Administrative Assistant for Kennedy/Jenks Engineers of Palo Alto in 1984.
In 2001, Roy will be celebrating his 20th year as a member of Lions. Roy has served the local area as a volunteer with numerous civic organizations. He has been Chairman of the City of Mountain View Visual Arts Committee, The Anne Frank Exhibit Committee for Mountain View, he has been Executive Secretary of the Friends of the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and is currently President of the Friends of the Mountain View Library. He has served as a lay member on the Palo Alto Bar Association Fee Arbitration Hearing Board and as a member of the VTA Tasmin Light Rail Aesthetics Committee.
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2000
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Clarence Rinne
Clarence E. Rinne was there in the beginning when the Concours was a struggling charity benefit. He was one of a group of Lions who thought the idea of a car show to raise money was workable and then, over the years, did so many of the jobs before, during and after each show to help insure its success.
Clarence graduated from the University of California as a civil engineer. Using his engineering skills, his major contribution to the Concours was surveying, preparing and marking the Concours field before each show.
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A member of the Palo Alto Lions Club since 1962, he served as president in 1992. In his capacity as Sight Chairman since 1989, using the Sight Committee budget derived from the proceeds of
the Concours, he worked closely with local school nurses, eyeglass dispensers and the Lion Eye Foundation to help those in need get corrections for their sight impairments. Clarence also sat, on two occasions, 1967 - 1973
and again 1983 - 1989, on the board of The Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired which, by the way, is our
Featured Charity for this yearís Concours. (See page 10).
Clarence has lived in Los Altos for the past 44 years and retired in 1993. He continues to work as a consultant at
his namesake firm, Rinne & Peterson. The members of The Palo Alto Lions Club extend their heart-felt thank you
to Clarence for his commitment to the continued success of the Palo Alto Concours díElegance.
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1999
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James W Steiner
Jim Steiner, came to the Palo Alto Concours in 1993, having been recruited to fill the job of Executive Director. Jim had no experience in the car collector world, other than owning a 1967 Plymouth convertible. He certainly didn't have any background that related to organizing one of the best car shows in the west, but he had persusasive organizational and management skills that were put to the test early and often. |
Skills in 'crisis management' were called upon early for Jim. In 1994, the date of the Concours was changed from
June to May and he had to work around World Cup Soccer. In 1995, he had to orchestrate the change in
available fields at Stanford. Then, in 1996, fortune took a turn for the better for Jim and the Concours.
Lamborghini was chosen as the featured automobile and 'car guys' started to get involved. Life was injected into
the Concours again, and the result was great success for the Concours and a job well done for Jim.
Jim and Nina live in Los Altos Hills, have three children, and are proud grandparents as well. Jimís community
interests include serving as Chair of the Los Altos Hill Finance Committee for a number of years and serving as
Finance Elder and Church Treasurer of the Union Presbyterian Church in Los Altos.
Jim continues to work on the Concours but in a different role; a role that again requires his abilities to adapt. He
coordinated all of the Public Relations/Advertising efforts required for this yearís successful Concours! Jimís
dedication to the Concours and to the Lions Club is exemplary, and for that- and other reasons too numerous to
mention - he is this yearís worthy recipient of the Craig P. Calkins Memorial Award.
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1998
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Vic Befera
Vic Befera graduated from Michigan State University in Journalism and took his first job with the Palo Alto Times, where he met his wife Bea, his sweethart and business partner for more than 45 years. In 1953, Vic joined the San Francisco Chronicle to handle restaurant and entertainment news and advertising. Among his lasting contributions was the "Nevada Scene" column in the sunday Datebook section, which Vic originated and wrote weekly, reporting on the hottest nightlife in Reno and Vagas. |
In 1966, Vic left the Chronicle to found Vic Befera & Associates, one of the region's busiest advertising and public relations firms, specializing in restaurants and entertainment, with clients ranging from Bimbo's 365 Club to the Oakland Coliseum.
One day in 1984, Craig Calkins, George Paddleford and Erv Austin, founding fathers of the Palo Alto concours, marched into Vic's office, imploring him to bring his professional publicity expertise to the Concours. For the next 14 years, Vic plunged into the world of motorcars, learning just what made these icons of technology so fascinating to Americans. In addition to bringing the Concours attention from media throughout California and the West, he served as editor and chief writer of the Concours Magazine and Program. As a member of the Concours Executive Committee, Vic also elevated the stature of the Honorary Judges to include auto immortals such as Phil Hill and Carroll Shelby, and brought in media stars such as Dave McElhatton.
It was Vic who saw the need for a distinctive new Concours trophy and convinced famed sculptor Lawrence Braun to create the handsome and unique Leaping Lion trophy now in use. Over the years, he also jazzed up the Concours field with Art Deco Society exhibits in which flappers, jazz babies and raccoon-coated "hep cats" in period costumes picnic and gambol among the cars. He brought in local Big Bands and introduced automotive fine art shows. All of these features have become regular fair for the Concours.
In 1997, Vic produced the first joing luncheon of the Palo Alto Lions Club and the exclusive Candy Store classic automobile organization. Hi also produced the first promotional television film for the Concours and recruited Ron Kimball, the nationally acclaimed aautomotive photographer, to create the outstinading poster and magazine cover photographs for the 1998 Concours. Though now retired from from an active career in public relations, Vic continues to contirbute in hundreds of small ways, including providing a good deal of text and design advice for this web site.
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1997
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Jim Mclaughlin
Jim McLaughlin became a member of the Palo Alto Host Lions in 1973 after doing a survey of local service clubs. "Lions were international and they were doing things for their community, when some other clubs just talked and partied," he recalls. |
From the beginning, Jim's major interest was Youth Welfare. He has served ably as Youth Chairman ever since. Under his tireless leadership, a major portion of the club grants goes to a host of programs for young people. The YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs of East Palo Alto, California Youth Symphony, Explorer Scouts, and the City of Palo Alto Halloween and Hippity Hop programs are among the many to benefit.
Beyond financial help to youngsters, Jim brings personal involvement including coaching, managing and umpiring in youth athletic programs. Together with an abundance of character-building virtues, this makes Jim an excellent role model.
Jim's early work for the Concours began on a soggy field at El Camino Park, in a year after the event had lost money. "We sold beer from ice chests while standing in mud, but that year we made our first profit," he laughs. But he soon helped get us out of the mud. You see, Jim is an old hand at fire fighting, a breed that stays alive and prevents fires by careful analysis, planning and controlled execution. He brought these perspectives to the early Concours, helping to provide the persistence and discipline necessary to running such a event on a large scale. Without Jim, this might never have been achieved.
As a veteran member of the Concours Executive Committee, Jim has served as Concours Security Chief, providing perimeter control, protection for the vehicles, traffic control, liaison with a raft of officials and police jurisdictions, first aid and field communications.
Over the years, Lion Jim has also served in virtually every Club post, including Club President in 1977/78. Jim - was that really 20 years ago? Wowsers!
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1996
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Dan Armistead
Move over, Pavarotti! Soothing taped music is played by dentists to soothe nervous patients. When Dr. Dan
Armistead D.D.S. is attending to toothaches or bridgework he could, but doesn't, sing operatic arias from "La
Boheme.". That's because "Dr. Dan" didn't set out to be a dentist. Growing up he wanted to be an opera singer
and music teacher. |
There is no dispute that he is the premier vocalist in the Palo Alto Lions Club of which he has been a
member for 18 years. Dubbed "The Dentist of Seville" by the California Dental Association, Dan's lyric tenor may
be the only voice on-key during the singing of the "My Country Tis of Thee" by fellow Lions before their weekly
luncheon meetings at Hyatt Rickeys.
Although his tender technique with Novacaine injections and saliva ejections is unquestioned by his
patients, they undoubtedly derive more sheer joy from hearing his soaring romantic duets in principal roles sung at
Stanford Opera Theater. His vocalism has also been applauded for roles in "Rigoletto" at West Bay Opera and a
Stanford Savoyard production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Yeoman of the Guard". Dan has also performed
extensively as a church and temple soloist.
Dan graduated with a music degree from Pomona College, 1964, and Stanford with an M.A. in
Education. After serving a stint with the Navy during the Vietnam War, he settled into a music teaching career at
Awalt High, Los Altos, while rehearsing at night in the San Francisco Opera Chorus. But following his bliss he
departed to attend USC to earn an M.A. in Music and Voice. There he met and married Leslie where she was
working on her Ph.D. in Voice Sciences. "When she married me she thought she was marrying an opera singer,"
he says "but I fooled her." Leslie's studies included the
anatomy of the larynx at the dental school which somehow led him into the USC School of Dentistry where he
graduated at 36. "1 was the grand old man of the dental school", he recalls. Today he is The Dentist in Tights Who
Speaks Verdi.
Even before he knew he had passed the board exam he bought a dentistry practice from Dr. "Duke"
Elander, a Palo Alto Lion. Suffering from poor eyesight since childhood, Dan joined the Lions to participate in the
club's major commitment to people with diminished or lost sight. His membership dates to 1978 and service in all
major offices including President in 1983. For 10 years he has served as Club Secretary with duties ranging from
filing reports to Lions International, members' billing and recording minutes of board meetings.
He and Leslie, a librarian, live with their son, Kenneth, who leaves for college this fall.
Dan's vow to "give something back to the community" is echoed by his yeoman work on behalf of the
Concours fund-raiser.
Even before joining the club he volunteered to serve ice and cold drinks to Concours workers. His
present role heading ticket sales and admissions reveals his affection and empathy for people as a caregiver in
coordinating volunteers to staff ticket booths and monitor entrances and exits at the Concours. For his dedication
and unstinting donation of time and talents, his fellow Lions rise as one from their seats to applaud him con brio
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1995
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Bruce Whitson
The early years of the Concours were a tale of woe and comedy, according to Bruce, one of the Concours' most loyal and capable supporters. There was much floundering, too few volunteers, failed experiments, confusion, and much brainstorming. Venues were inadequate and money was short, necessitating "gumshoeing" to beg for donations from merchants. Setting up and dismantling a Concours was back breaking. A colleague suffered a broken arm, press conferences flopped. Yet Bruce persevered. |
After many disappointments, good things began to happen: Experts with classic
car knowledge lent expertise; sanction from the Sports Car Club of America; racing giants
Phil Hill. Carroll Shelby and Dan Gurney came. Fabulous exhibits of Porsche and Ferrari
brought prestige and respect; Lions Club membership was mobilized for volunteer support.
Tennessee Ernie Ford attended as an Honorary Judge. Finally, in 1981, the Concours
graduated to Stanford University property and attendance soared. Bruce weathered the
shaky years and worked diligently towards its success. "It was all worth it for
charity," he says, "and as Bob Hope says, 'Thanks for the Memory."'
Club President 1973/74, Zone Chairman and Deputy Governor 1976/77, Bruce is
a tireless worker for good causes. He was a founding father of The Ear of the Lion of
California and Nevada. He currently directs construction and placement of signs and
banners advertising the Concours. For his unswerving dedication and years of valuable
service he is honored by his fellow Lions Club members.
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1994
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George Carrie
Much of the success of the Palo Alto Concours d'Elegance is owed to the colorful and
prominent directional and advertising signs created for many years by George Carrie.
Although his pioneer Palo Alto family founded the city's first dry cleaners, City of Paris and
Cardinal Cleaners, George's art ability and talent for working with wood led him into design,
construction, painting and placement of up to 175 Concours road signs. |
Beginning back when the Concours was at El Camino Park, George wrangled city permits, repaired old
signs, erected new ones and prepared them for lettering at his home workshop. He and his
committee then flooded the most heavily- trafficked thoroughfares of Palo Alto, Stanford
and Menlo Park with professional-quality banners, directional signs and other
attention-getters. Everyone knew the Concours was coming to town!
A retired member of the Palo Alto Lions Club, George was president in 1957-58,
4-C4 Zone Chairman, headed the Student Speakers' contest and won Best Club Bulletin
honors. A former partner in Willman-Carrie Carpet Cleaners, George lives with wife, Evelyn,
in Palo Alto. He has a son, George Jr., and daughter, Susan.
Well-liked and quietly efficient, George forged a keystone which helped build the
Concours into a great classic car show and a community institution. He is honored by his
fellow Lion members for his years of loyal and valuable service to the Concours.
This is the seventh presentation of the trophy awarded through the courtesy of the
University National Bank & Trust Company. |
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1993
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Don Douglas
Don was president of the Palo Alto Lions in 1967, the year the Palo Alto Concours
d'Elegance was founded. Along with other club members he helped spearhead the new
fund-raising venture and nurtured it into becoming an outstanding classic car show and one
of the finest charity events in the Lions International roster of 40,000 clubs. His dedication to
the ideals of Lionism is evident in his record as Zone Chairman and Deputy District
Chairman. |
For 20 years he and his wife, Maryellen, produced the popular and festive
Post-Concours Party for Concours participants.
The Douglas name has been synonymous with downtown Palo Alto business
since 1926 when John and Louis Douglas opened J.K. Douglas Singer Sewing Machine,
later also branching into The Fabric Shop. In 1977 the stores were merged into Douglas
Fabrics, still one of Palo Alto's landmark stores. Louise is the oldest original merchant in Palo Alto. Don's brother, Rich, is still active in the store, but Don is semi-retired and with Maryellen enjoys relaxing and fishing on the Sacramento Delta with their 32' houseboat. With their thanks and gratitude, Don's fellow members honor him for his years of unstinting service to the success of the Concours. |
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1992
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George Rickabaugh
George Rickabaugh was a member of the small group of visionary Palo Alto Lions who hatched the idea of the Concours as a charity benefit in 1967. Then named "El Palo Alto
Concours", it was held at El Camino Park across from Stanford. George was one of the
stubborn believers who supported and worked for the endeavor when others said it was
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Among his major contributions was as chairman of the Trophy Sponsor
and Commercial Exhibit committees, important sources of income. He also coordinated
the "Cars for Sale" feature of the show. Almost a life-long resident of Palo Alto, George
utilized his vast circle of business and personal contacts to build business and professional
financial support for the show. A member of the Palo Alto Host Lions Club since 1955, he
served as president in 1961 - 62. A Mighty Mite of boundless energy and one of the most
popular members of his club, he deserves our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for the early
and continuing energies and commitment he has given to make this one of the finest
classic auto shows for charities in the West. |
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1991
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Marshall Mathews
Marshall Mathews, an avid and longtime auto collector, has been instrumental in elevating the Palo Alto Concours d'Elegance to one of the finest gatherings of rare, vintage and
classic automobiles in the country. Marshall has been responsible for selecting the
annual "Gallery of the Greats" special exhibit, and for recruiting the "Collectors Classics"
exhibit (which features the rare prizes of a sought-after private collection). |
In addition, Marshall routinely loans the masterpieces from his own extensive collection to display at our Concours, and brings in unusual specialty autos to create fascinating exhibits such as this year's "Advent of the Auto" display of the world's earliest motor vehicles. |
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1990
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Erv Austin
Erv assumed the challenging role of Concours Director in 1987, following the
death of Craig Calkins, a co-founder. Under Erv's leadership the Concours, has grown into
one of the largest and most prestigious in the West. A retired New York Life Insurance Area
Manager, he brings vast administrative skills and a talent for weaving together the diverse
factors necessary to a successful classic car charity benefit. His fellow Palo Alto Lions Club
members extend their thanks and gratitude for his years of unstinting work and dedication.
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1989
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George Paddleford
A long-time Olds and Cadillac dealer in Palo Alto, George Paddleford joined with Craig Calkins and fellow Lions in 1967 to create the Palo Alto Concours D'Elegance. The first year ran at a loss, but George picked up the tab and became one of the Concours' strongest advocates. In 1989, George became the first recipient of the Craig P. Calkins Memorial Award, an honor given for outstanding service by a Lion to the Concours D'Elegance.
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Since 1989, Lion George has continued to be a leading participant in the Concours, lending his not inconsiderable name and reputation to the cause. In May, 1999, he was honored by Avenidas for a lifetime achievement in service to our community, and most particularly for his tireless support of the Concours and the charitable works this event makes possible year after year. |
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