BRENT BRODY INITIATION AT PIERCE COLLEGE 1961

CHERISHING OUR VALLEY       2012

The student members of the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity at Los Angeles Pierce College took their oaths of lifelong loyalty so seriously that their youthful bond still holds much of the group together in 2012. For example, 13 alumni "brothers" just shared a "13th hour" lunch at the Red Robin restaurant this June in Calabasas.

While kneeling, Brent Brody of Pierce College swears his lifetime loyalty to the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity before the Beta Chapter President Donald Collins. Standing at the podium was Paul Martz, the Fraternity's Pledge Master. At Paul's left standing is LeRoy D. Hunt the organization's Master of Rituals and Traditions, Seating at the right is Donald B. Taggart Founder and first President of the Fraternity. To the left are Bob Marko and Larry Tunison. Spring 1961.

Brent Brody went on to co-found Brent's Deli in Northridge, California. He later establishing a second Brent's Deli in Honolulu, Hawaii. (click on image to enlarge)

Photo number 5092 - Phi Delta Psi Archives - The Museum of the San Fernando Valley

STUDENTS IN THE 60s LEARNED PHILANTHROPY IN COLLEGE

Discovering Our Valley - 2011

Students in the 1960s were taught that philanthropic work was part of their entry into the adult world. Organizations such as college clubs expected their members to participate in charitable activities. Here, in this promotional photograph for the Heart Fund, Pierce College students (l to r) Tony Simmers, Robert Marko and LeRoy Hunt pose with the Heart Fund poster child at the historic Caballero Country Club.

(click on photo to enlarge - Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns 2010) 

SMALL THINGS BECOME PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE.

Historic Mission San Gabriel - founded 1771 - Postcard Collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - Gift of LeRoy Hunt - 2008 (click on image to enlarge)

Museum artifacts and even minor things like post cards and school year books a vital components to the "Big Picture" of events and circumstances of other times and places. The Mission San Gabriel, while not in the San Fernando Valley, was the sister compound of the Mission San Fernando Rey. The location of the Valley's Spanish mission was due, in large measure, to its traveling distance by foot/horseback to San Gabriel. This true also to the location of the Pueblo of Los Angeles. Thus the story of San Gabriel Mission is of significance to Valley history.
Thanks to LeRoy Hunt for the little but important gift to his and your Museum.


The San Fernando Valley deserves a great Museum of history and culture.