HENRY CARLETON
Westwood

Henry received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School and his residency training at Wadsworth VA Hospital in Los Angeles. He practiced for thirty-nine years with Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles and then for thirteen years at Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center in Downey, specializing in internal medicine and nephrology. He retired from full time medical practice at the end of 2007, but continues to do some volunteer practice and teaching.

His interests include reading, gardening, plant ecology, watercolor painting and studying the violin. He has been widowed since 1999 and currently shares his home with his daughter, Ruth, who is a physician, and her family.

PAT  DUNN
Westwood

Pat was born and raised in Los Angeles. She studied art with Corita Kent at Immaculate Heart College, where she received her B.A. She toured Europe for a semester, then obtained a lifetime teaching credential from USC.

Patricia taught art to gifted children, later returning to IHC for an M.A. in Clinical Psychology and an M.F.C. license.  She was accepted at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles for analytical training. Maintaining a private practice in Westwood, she’s proudest of the creativity workshops she’s led over the years, combining art and psychology.  She struggles with the craft of writing creative non-fiction and belongs to a writing group.

She most enjoys travel and also the outdoor life that California offers. She’ll sail, ski, or hike the deserts or Santa Monica Mountains at the drop of a hat. Her most profound experiences have been backpacking in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.

LARRY GITTLER
Century City

Larry was born in New York and moved to California in 1928. He received a basketball scholarship to UCLA and was a teammate of Jackie Robinson. He has the privilege to be a member of the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame.

After serving as a naval officer in the second world war, Larry became the president of Retail Corporation with outlets in the world famous Farmer’s Market.

Since retiring in 2000, he has kept busy as the vice president of Congregation Mogen David, promoting the advocacy of inter-faith religion, and volunteering his time and talents to Cedar Sinai Hospital and the Meals on Wheels program

SHULY HIRSCH
Hancock Park

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ART LAMBERT
Los Angeles

Art was born and raised in upstate New York, graduating from Syracuse University in 1960. He was drafted for the Korean War and taught mapmaking in the Army Engineer School at Fort Belvoir. After being discharged, he moved to Southern California and started a career in mechanical and electro-mechanical engineering. That career took him from designing and building electronic production machines to aircraft deicing and then to automatic assembly machines and robots. Along the way, UCLA Extension provided the occasional input of math, physics, and computer science that was needed to keep abreast of the changing technology needed in his work.

Arthur retired from full time engineering in 1992, and became a part-time consultant, a part time student, and a full time amateur philosopher. He spends many enjoyable hours reading some of the works of the great philosophers and writers.

HOWARD PHILLIPS
Mar Vista

Howard was born in England, immigrated to Australia in his adolescence and, as a teenager, immigrated once more to the United States. He graduated from UCLA in political science and in later years received a Master’s Degree in organization development from Pepperdine University. He recently retired from the County of Los Angeles after forty years of service in Human Resources. He managed, designed and conducted training and development programs focused on increasing employee effectiveness.
He continues to work part-time for Los Angeles County.

His favorite hobby is reading while smoking a good cigar and listening to classical music. He is a member of a small literature group whose purpose is to read and discuss works of such authors as Proust, Nietzche, Marcus Aurelius, Freud and others. He and his wife, Lorenda, regularly attend concerts at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

FRED REIMER
West Los Angeles

Fred was born in Norwalk, Connecticut and lived there and in upstate New York during his early years. At the start of grammar school, his family moved to Santa Monica.  Later travels to Southern Germany, and living in that culture for extended periods, gave him a lifelong love of European culture, sports, history and values.

He attended Loyola High School, and Loyola University of Los Angeles, majoring in physics, enjoying fraternity life, and playing rugby.

Fred worked for almost 36 years in the defense industry as a military analyst. He specialized in the leadership of multi-discipline study teams addressing difficult or poorly defined problems. This work involved extensive domestic and foreign business travel.

After retiring in November 2007, he is enjoying a variety of activities including miniatures wargaming, hiking, wine, theater, reading, weightlifting, world music, paddle tennis, movies, cycling, politics and loitering in museums. Fred and his wife Denise, an acupuncturist, live in West Los Angeles.

BRUCE SPECTOR
Century City

As a youth, Bruce lived at various times with either his parents or grandparents in such diverse places as the Brownsville area of Brooklyn, and El Centro, CA.  He came to Los Angeles in 1960 upon graduating from high school. His B.A. and J.D. degrees are both from UCLA. 

He practiced law in Los Angeles, specializing in complex corporate restructurings and bankruptcies.  In 1992, Bruce joined a private equity firm, Apollo Management.  Over the next fifteen years, Bruce was involved in the acquisition and sale of, and/or serving on the boards of directors of a number of diverse companies. As of January he assumed a part time, senior consulting role. 

Bruce’s interests include photography, traveling, bicycling, golf, and a love of music.  Bruce and his wife spent all of January bicycling through parts of Southeast Asia; much of March was spent traveling in South America. 

ILANA SPITZ
Westwood

Ilana was born in Haifa, Israel, and moved to California in 1956.  She attended UCLA, receiving a B.S. degree in bacteriology.  After doing several years of research work in bacteriology, she made a major career move into the field of men's high-fashion design and marketing, which took her all over the world.

After retiring 11 years ago, she has been active in charity fund raising and working in schools with inner-city children.  She is an avid adventure traveler, especially in underdeveloped countries, and continues to enjoy the fine arts, especially opera and classical music.  One of her favorite pastimes is reading diverse publications and keeping current with world affairs.

BERNICE WESTON
Westwood

Bernice was born in New York and attended both Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School. After working as an attorney for a number of years, she decided to relocate to London where she married, raised a family and founded Weight Watchers of Great Britain.

She became very interested in the challenges facing the adult population and, through her research, published a number of books on the subject. This led to the establishment of an adult support organization called AgePower.

She is still politically active but also finds time to enjoy attending the opera, listening to classical music, reading, traveling and skiing.

JOHN WICKMAN
Marina del Rey

John was born in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, but fled to California at age 5.  He received a B.S. degree in geological engineering from the University of Arizona, and after spending three years in the Sahara searching for oil, he attended Columbia for an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing. 

John spent his entire career with oil companies and lived overseas for 25 years, mainly in Asia.  He was able to do a great deal of travel for both business and pleasure.

In his retirement he enjoys sunning and skiing and sailing and skating and scuba; and that’s just the s’s.  Travel to far off lands remains a constant temptation. His two children live in California, and small family gatherings are not uncommon with gourmet cooking always attempted, but with more than one cook, are not always achieved

ARCHIE WILSON
Westwood

Archie was born and raised in Los Angeles.  Other than 2 years in the US Army and 1 year as an intern, since high school, he has been associated with the University of California as an undergraduate, medical, and graduate student (UCLA and UCSF) as well as a career in medical education and patient care (pulmonary and critical care at UCLA and UCI). 

His research has been mainly in physiological and therapeutic topics including airway function and disease, transcendental meditation, and acid-base.  Though retired, he continues to consult on research projects related to aerosol delivery of medication.

Reading (particularly history), classical music (including very amateurish piano playing), gardening, and cycling are past and current interests.