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4 4 | PULSE W i n t e r 2 0 1 5 FLASH TORRANCE MEMORIAL'S 90/90 CELEBRATION SEPTEMBER 8 Torrance Memorial Medical Center Torrance Memorial Medical Center celebrated a milestone in its history this year. Ninety years ago the vision of city founder Jared Sidney Torrance and his wife Helena Childs Torrance was realized when the doors to the 32- bed Jared Sidney Torrance Memorial Hospital opened in Old Torrance. To celebrate, Torrance Memorial honored 12 hospital volunteers who are more than 90-years-young. Back Row: Carol Pedersen, Gay Rubasky, John Rubasky, Dan Colburn (90+), Joan Anderson. Front Row: Leo Harris (90+), Sonia McCoy, Jack Newman (90+) Michele Stratton, Laura Schenasi, Lucy Kimball, Mimi Brody and Mary Matson celebrate Kimball's "retirement" from 47 years of volunteering. Back Row: Tom Brewer representing Assembly member David Hadley, David Leger representing U.S. Representative Ted Lieu, Sally Eberhard, Torrance Mayor Pat Furey, and Fernando Morales representing State Senator Ben Allen's office. Front Row: Dan Colburn, Doris Griffin, Leo Harris, Dorothy Lisman, Lois Lunde, Mary Nakaji, Jack Newman, Pinkie Pirie, Della Weinhuff, Alice Young. (Unable to attend: Louise Colin, Ginny Loos.) Jerry Perry, Marti Sewell, Geneva Chantlin. Some 90-year-young guests, Dorothy Lisman (90), Guest, Lois Lunde (90), and Pinkie Pirie (90+), enjoy the musical entertainment.