History
Club Timeline
1901 - The Harvard Club of Southern California founded
1918 - The Radcliffe Club founded
1934 - HCSC incorporated in the state of California: Club address 306 West Third Street
1946 - HCSC buys the property at 234 South Loma Drive, Los Angeles
1956 - By-laws amended
1960 - Clubhouse sold for $21,637. New Club address: 816 W. 5th St., Suite 702
1961 - Clubhouse Proceeds Trust created with 10-year mandate to buy a new clubhouse
1966 - Earliest membership directory - 401 members (193 college, 73 HBS, 96 HLS, 39 HMS)
1971 - Clubhouse Proceeds Trust mandate expires with no new clubhouse
1974 - First John Harvard Award for Distinguished Community Service given to Tom Bradley
1975 - First joint Harvard and Radcliffe Clubs directory - 680 combined members
1976 - Suzanne S. Labniner MAT ’55 becomes first female president of the Harvard Club
1982 - Clubs merge to form “The Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Southern California”
1984 - Membership Directory begins publishing annually
1985 - Articles of Incorporation amended to make the Club a non-profit corporation
1992 - First Excellence in Education award given to Judith Codding, Principal of Pasadena High
2001 - Club centennial celebrated
2008 - The Club changes its name to “The Harvard Club of Southern California”
2009 - Final Membership directory. “The Club has approximately 1,000 members out of an estimated 11,000 alumni/ae living in Southern California.” Address is 627 Aviation Way in Marina del Rey
2010 – New Mission Statement adopted
2012 - First Fred Smith Award for Distinguished Service to the Harvard Club of Southern California given to Jonathan Baskin ’61
2014 - By-laws amended
Past Club Presidents
Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Southern California
1982-1983 Dana F. Bresnahan ’47, MBA ’49
1983-1985 W. Garwood Kleinhen ’50, MBA ’52
1985-1987 Gerald H. Levin ’48
1987-1989 Edward C.H. Carterette ’51
1989-1991 George B. Newhouse, Jr. ’76
1991-1993 Ciji Ware ’64
1993-1995 Robert E. Schauer MBA ’62
1995-1998 Don A. Hernandez ’83
1998-2000 Nehama Jacobs ’74
2000-2002 Diana V. Farnsworth MD ’60
2002-2004 Elizabeth Gillis Warden ’82
2004-2006 Susan E. Reardon ’77, JD ’80
2006-2008 Cynthia Torres ’80, MBA ’84
Harvard Club of Southern California
2008-2010 Kenneth S. Williams ’78
2010-2012 Dan Medina ’79, MBA ’83
2012-2014 Albert Chang ’63
2014-2016 Kay Park ’87
2016-2018 Steven Arkow ’84
2018-2021 Patric M. Verrone ’81
2021-2023 Joan Chu Reese ’85
2023- Gary Barkin ’86, JD ’93