Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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FOUNDER “Freely ye have received, frrri) give.” This motto of Pcpperdine College is a fitting tribute to tlae philosophy of il great founder, George Pcpperdihcs After achieving success in the business world by founding one of California's greatest chain stores. Western Auto Supply, Mr. Peppeidinc deckled to retire from the competitive world to do good for all mankind in any way possible. His one ambition was to become a preacher of the gospel. However, because of the lack of early education, this became impossible. So Mr. Pcpperdine did the next best thing. From the proocrcds of the sale of his thriving business, lie founded a Christian college to educate those who wanted a Christian education. In 1937. Pep|M:nlinc College was founded. Mr. Pcpperdine did not stop with just the founding of the college. With tin remainder of his money Ik aided in the establishment of some fifty Churches of Christ on the West Coast, financed the work of missionaries in foreign Iannis, aided the | oor during the Depression, and donated the land in tlie San Bernardino Mountains for Camp Pcpperdine. now owned hv the Boy Scouts. 11 title of ll«e biographical book just released. Faith Is My Fortune, beautifully sums up tin? life of George Pcpperdine. GEORGE PEPPKKP1NK. Founder Mr. Pcpperdine helps with the new girls’ dorm. ground-breaking (or the 7 Mr. and Mrs. George Pcpperdine aid in raising bonds (,ir Pcpperdine College at the Associated Women for Pcpperdine Fair.

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Pep Mudents can be seen daily rushing up ihe Admini -tralion stairs to beat the last bell. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Donald V. Miller. Chairman. Pasadena Iceland I . Derrick. Burbank Robert P. Jones. San Marino James L. Lovell, Los Angeles 0. V. Melton. Burbank George Pepperdine. Los Angeles Helen Pepperdine, Los Angeles Clarence Shattuck. Glendale Lee 0. Sparks. LaMesa Karl Warlord. Bakersfield PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL J. L. Atwood. North American Aviation Pat Boone. Kntertaincr Walter M. Briggs. Walt’s Auto Parks Horace Brower. Occidental Life Insurance S. B. Burnham, Union Bank Trust Co. La Motte T. Cohu, Kay Lab D. W. Darnell. Fluor Corporation Clinton Davidson. Fiduciary Counsel. Inc. Donald Douglas Jr.. Douglas Aircraft Co. Fred J. Korly Jr.. Fred J. Karly Jr. Co. Bryant Kssick. Essick Manufacturing Co. l eonard K. Firestone. Firestone l ire Co. Charles R. Fleishman. A. J. Bayer Co. John D. Fredericks. Pacific Clay Products David G. Gordon. Gordon Construction Co. George Hawley. So. California Edison Co. Paul Helms Jr.. Helms Bakeries Sidney Hoedmaker. Hody’s Restaurants J. Frank Holt. Arden Farms Company Preston Hotchkis, Founder's Insurance Co. S. Everett Hunkin. Hunkin-Conkey Construction Fritz Huntsingcr. Ventura Tool Co. Gerald M. Jennings, Everest Jennings. Inc. Edgar F. Kaiser. Kaiser Industries Corp. W. E. Kier. W. E. Kier Construction Co. G. E. Kinsey, Real Estate Investments J. Fred Landers. The Southwestern Co. I). R. Lewis. Dr. Ross Dog Cat Food Co. Charles Luekman. Charles Luekman Associates P. S. Magruder, General Petroleum Corp. Dr. Dan MeKachern, General Construction Carl P. Miller. Wall Street Journal Robert Mitchell, Consolidated Rock Emerson B. Morgan. I- A. Stock Exchange H. W. Morrison. Knudsen-Morrison Co. Clint W. Murchison Jr., Tecon Corp. Oscar C. Palmer, Palmer Industries Edwin W. Pauley, Edwin W. Pauley Associates Ivouis Perini, Perini Corp. R. W. Pullen. Public Savings Insurance Peter J. Batican. Ratican Hardware A. Lee Read. Ross Meeham Foundries Irving Salomon. Retired Industrialist George A. Scott. Walker-Scott Co. Charles W. Smith. Security-First National J. H. Smith, 7-U'p Bottling Co. R. E. Smith, Oil Operator Dorsey Straitiff. Rocky Mountain Drilling George Taubman, Dcnio, Hart, Taubman Walter Trepte, Trepte Construction Co. Alton C. Watson, Western Maintenance Co. W. A. White, Huggins-Young Coffee Co. Randy Wood, Dot Records. Inc. 6

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