Joel S. Marcus, founder, chairman and chief executive of Pasadena-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Board of Directors for the 2015-2016 term. M... More »
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a global construction services firm with headquarters in Pasadena, announced today the appointment of Steven J. Demetriou as new President and CEO, replacing Craig Martin who retired in December last year citing health reasons. W... More »
Parsons is pleased to announce that Jeffery Kishel has joined the company as Vice President & Water Deputy Division Manager. In this role, he will assist Parsons’ environment and infrastructure business unit with global management of the Water Division, focusi... More »
Dan Stathy Stathatos, a Greek immigrant’s son who founded Pasadena’s iconic Stats Home Decorative Center, died on the Fourth of July, 2015 at his home in San Marino, California. He was 91 years old. The family announced that services will be held at Saint Soph... More »
Bill Thomson, who ran for Mayor and lost earlier this year, announced Monday that he will seek a third term to the Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees for Area 4, which covers most of Pasadena. Thomson says he wants to build on advances ... More »
Caltech professor of mathematics Nets Katz has received the 2015 Clay Research Award from the Clay Mathematics Institute. The award was given jointly to Katz and his collaborator, MIT professor of mathematics Larry Guth, for their solution of the Erd?s distanc... More »
The Pasadena Village, a non-profit organization supporting older adults who wish to age in place, is pleased to announce the selection of Peggy Buchanan as its new Executive Director. Buchanan will take over the role from Sue Kujawa, who steps down July 1. Buc... More »
Hiroo Kanamori, Caltech’s John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus, was awarded the Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal by the American Geosciences Institute at the 2015 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention... More »
Mitchell Guttman, an assistant professor of biology, has been named as one of five Pew-Stewart scholars. The scholarship is awarded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust, and provides four years of funding to “pursue innovat... More »
This June, Kidspace Children’s Museum officially welcomed Andre J. Cronthall as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Cronthall is a Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, a law firm founded in Los An... More »
The Frostig Center Board of Trustees elected new officers to guide the non-profit organization in 2015-16 and also welcomed five new members. Nancy Hogg, a retired public school administrator with the Walnut Valley Unified School District, will take over as bo... More »
Pasadena Water and Power General Manager Phyllis Currie is this year’s recipient of the Alex Radin Distinguished Service Award granted by the American Public Power Association (APPA) as its way of recognizing her “exceptional leadership and dedication to publi... More »
