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OUT 10 1980 San Joaquin Delta College 5151 Pacific Avenue Stockton, California 95207 CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE ASSOCIAT16.1 2017 "0" Street • Sacramento, California 95814 • (916) 444-8641 • Executive Director, Lloyd E. Mes.;.!rsrnith October 7, 1980 nr1T,"1 fnu.r.a Dr. Dale Parnell Superintendent and President OUT 10 1980 San Joaquin Delta College 5151 Pacific Avenue Stockton, California 95207 Dear Dale: This letter confirms the earlier telephone conversation with our office relative to the selection of Ms. Janet Leigh, an alumnus of San Joaquin Delta College, as the recipient of a CCJCA 1980 Distinguished Alumni Award. We are delighted that you have nominated such an out- standing person for this honor and, further, that the committee has seen fit to select her. The formal presentation will be made at the CCJCA Annual Conference Awards Luncheon, Sunday, November 9, at 12:30 p.m., in the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. If you have not already done so, you should invite Ms. Leigh to be your College's guest at the luncheon. Seating will be reserved for you and Ms. Leigh at the head table. You should be prepared to briefly introduce your College's award winner, citing appropriate accomplishments. He will then have the opportunity to respond to the award. Luncheon tickets will be provided for the award winner plus one guest. As we indicated, we hope that it will be possible for your distinguished alumnus to join with us for this, recognition. If we can assist in making any local arrangements, please do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, (7-7-r-Toyd E. c;41-smith Executive Director LEM:slz I',es input Vice Pi esident VrCe PI esident Vice President Post President John C. Petersen Peggy Buckley Harriett S. Walther Mark Robertson Basil Clark Superintendent and President Director of Health Services Member, Board of Trustees Student Member, Board of Trustees President, Board of Trustees Cabrillo College Bakersfield College Saddleback Community College District San Mateo County Community College District Los Rios Community College District SAN JOAOUIN DELTA COLLEGE 5151 PACIFIC AVENUE • STOCKTON, CA 95207 • (209) 478-2011 DALE PARNELL, President Ext. 300 LAWRENCE A. DeRICCO, Vice-President, Management Services Ext. 210 October 24, 1980 Ms. Janet Leigh 1625 Summit Ridge Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Dear Ms. Leigh: It is indeed an honor to have you as our guest at the presentations of the "Distinguished Alumni" awards at the annual conference of the California Community and Junior College Association at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Timothy Cox, our director of information, has told me that he has contacted you regarding the luncheon. The luncheon and ceremony will be held at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, November 9, in the Biltmore Bowl. Mr. Cox will call you on Saturday (November 8) to make final arrangements for your transportation to and from the luncheon. You and a guest will be our guests at the luncheon/ceremony. The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented annually to individuals who are alumni of community or junior colleges and who have-. achieved "eminence" in-their careers. Other distinguished alumni to be honored this year include: --Mark L. Hicks, a quadra-plegic artist. --Dr. Julian Nava, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. --Gordon L. Hough, Chairman of the Board of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph. --Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr., owner of the Houston Oilers football team and a founding member of the American Football League. --Glen Craig, commissioner of the- California Highway Patrol. You will be in good company. We are honored that you are the seventh distinguished alumni to be selected from San Joaquin Delta College (formerly Stockton College). Please send Mr. Cox several photographs and an up-to-date biography so that we can accurately pass this information on to the state and local media. I look forward to meeting you personally. DALE PARNELL President DP/gb "SPACE AGE EDUCATION FROM MOTHER LODE TRADITION" BIOGRAPHY FOR JANET LEIGH, ACTRESS As a student at the old Stockton College campus, Janet Leigh had already started on her road to success, beginning a career in music and acting but also her lifelong devotion to helping those less fortunate. Long recognized for her talents in acting, she has won numerous awards including Best Comedienne of the Year, the Golden Globe for best performance in "Psycho," an Academy Award nomination also for "Psycho" and the Most Popular Star, among others. Active in several chaitable organizations including the Cedars-Sinai Women's Guild for free holspital patients and clinical service, she has remained a vital force in Care, Seeing Eyes for the Blind, the Deaf Ski Team, the Los Angeles Recreation Commission, the Kidney Foundation, the National Committee of the Peace Corps and the Crippled Children's Society of Southern California, including holding executive offices in each of these organizations. Her participation in one of Hollywood's most effective and successful charities for the mentally retarded, Share, Inc., won her the organization's prestigious "Member of the Year" award in 1975, the City of Hope award for charitable activities and the St. Caritas award for working in mental retardation. In addition, she is still supportive of her hometown, appearing quite frequently for charitable events. Her new book, an autobiography title "There Really Was a Hollywood," is currently on sale throughout the nation. Her life has been varied and busy: she was asked to serve as President Johnson's Ambassador to Finland, she traveled at the request of the state department touring South America where she spent her time with the ill, less fortunate children of Brazil and Argentina; and was honored by the Stockton Arts Commission last year for her lifetime achievement. In between it all, Janet Leigh has been one of Hollywood's most versitile actresses and the mother of two daughters. -SJDC- KRAMER .8z REISS / 'PUBLIC RELNFION,_ JANET LEIGH BIOGRAPHY' The dictionary contains two adjectives, both of which describe, Janet Leigh perfectly: Incessant ... "ceaseless or uninterrupted activity" ... Perpetual ... "blooming continuously" ... This extraordinary woman, whose success story smacks of some- one's imagination, is, indeed, the true Cinderella. She was plucked from obscurity by one of the Legends in the world of motion pictures, Norma Shearer. It was Miss Shearer who, while vacationing at The Sugar Bowl Ski Lodge, a resort in Northern California, saw a photograph of the-then Jeanette Helen Morrison; the young girl's beauty immediately attracted her attention; Miss Shearer contacted her studio--the biggest and most prestigious of them all--MGM. Reacting to their star's enthusiasm, MGM sent for 'Miss Morrison'; she was immediately tested, signed to a contract, had her named changed to 'Janet Leigh' and, in a matter of weeks, was making her motion picture debut starring opposite Van Johnson in "The Romance Of Rosy Ridge". ("It was all so fast; that was the way things were done in those days; even today I sometimes (more...) _ 9100 SUNSET BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90069; (213) 273-3242 JANET LEIGH -2- BIOGRAPHY find myself wondering, 'how did it all happen?'.) Happen it did, however, and the film critics very soon added . their own huzzahs. Janet portrayed what she, in reality, was in this lyrical love story--beautiful, .fresh-faced and unsophisticated. ("To this day, that film remains one of my favorites. As for Van, well, we're still very close friends. If it hadn't been for his help and understanding, I'm not sure everything would have turned out so well.") Born in Merced, California, Janet, the only child of the ski 0 lodge's receptionist, was soon living in Stockton, çalifornj where g4304.4a„e4f,r she attended the city's grammar and highAa schools. She later en- SfocAc_Tzry, rolled at the College of th_p Pao5tie wher&she majored in music. The seeds were sown; her interest in music brought about many ' involvements in the college's chorale and musicales; on one occasion 0-9 she artici ated in a concert for atients of-W near-by state men- tal hospital. Once again, the seeds were sown. Her encounter with the patients left an indelible impression down through the years. jk-C-o Since l95 'she has been a member of one of the Hollywood community's 04-4-LL L&4. most effective and successful charities, SHARE, Inc., working on a-oucit-,_cuLA. behalf of the mentally retarded,of all ages, races and cree s. a In keejing with her deep-rooted feelings, Janet, at the request of our State Department and the U.S.I.A. (United States Information Agency)i toured South America where she spent her time with .121-4-ra, ss fortunate children of Brazi3,3-iiia-Argentineet_ JANET LEIGH -37 BIOGRAPHY Returning to Janet's love for music ... she has, among her more- than 40 films, starred in a number of musicals such as: "My Sister • Eileen", "Bye, Bye Birdie", "Two Tickets To Broadway" and "Walking My Baby Back Home", among others. Award-winning producer-director John FrankenheimerCionsideAd Janet one of the Industry's_ most versatile actresses in both films And television. Another fan, Alfred Hitchcock asked for her to essay the pivotal role of 'Marion' in his incredibly-successful boxoffice bonanza, '"Psycho". Critical response once again played an important role in Janet's career. "Psycho" brought her an 'Oscar' nomination as "Best Supporting Actress" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She considers this film one of, if not the most demanding of all her films. ("That shower sequence took weeks to shoot and Mr. Hitchcock closed the set all during its filming. '1 can't remember ever being so--please pardon the pun-- submerged in one scene.") To this day, Janet takes baths only.
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