Three South Bay residents are among 27...

Three South Bay residents are among 27 Southern Californians who have donated bone marrow to save the lives of critically ill people. Honored recently at a recognition dinner held by the American Red Cross and the National Marrow Donor Program were Linda Diggles and Laurie Szogas of Torrance and Judith Hermann of Manhattan Beach.

Dr. Albert Reff has been elected chief of staff for a two-year term at South Bay Hospital in Redondo Beach. Reff, an orthopedic surgeon in the South Bay for more than 15 years, completed his surgical internship and residency training in orthopedic surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He also completed a postgraduate fellowship in joint replacement and arthritis reconstructive surgery in 1974 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Also elected to the medical executive committee was Dr. Glenn Wishon of Palos Verdes Estates, vice chief of staff and medical education chairman.

Manhattan Beach resident Kenneth W. Simonds will be honored with the City of Hope National Medical Center 1992 Spirit of Life Award on April 11 at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. The award is given annually by the High Tech Industry support group to an industry leader who has contributed significantly to the quality of life in his community and in Southern California. Simonds is chairman, president and CEO of Teradata Corp., El Segundo. He serves on the board of governors of the West Los Angeles Boy Scout Council and board of directors of Advanced Logic Research and of Natural Language Inc.

Dr. Donald W. Inadomi, specialist in nephrology and hypertension, has been appointed chief of staff at Community Hospital of Gardena for 1992. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received his M.D. degree from UCLA School of Medicine, and completed his internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. Inadomi is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA School of Medicine and received the Distinguished Teaching Award from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in 1984 and 1989.

Father Anthony B. Brzoska, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the Graduate Division at Loyola Marymount University, will become research assistant to university president Thomas P. O’Malley, effective July 1. Brzoska will be responsible for keeping O’Malley informed of trends and developments in higher education and their implications for the growth and development of LMU.

Brzoska became dean of the College of Liberal Arts in 1981 and dean of the Graduate Division in 1986. He has played a key role in developing a liberal arts faculty noted for scholarship and teaching, and has supported efforts by departments from across the university to strengthen and deepen graduate programs.

Matthew (Sandy) Rae Jr. of Manhattan Beach has been reappointed by Gov. Pete Wilson as a member of

the Commission on Uniform State Laws. Rae, 69, is a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Darling, Hall & Rae, where he has practiced probate law since 1953.

He has served on the Uniform State Laws Commission since 1985. A Republican, Rae has served on two National Conference Drafting Committees and is a member of the American Bar Assn., the American Legion and the International Rotary Club. He received his bachelor of laws degree from Duke University and belongs to Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.

Alice Young of Palos Verdes Estates is the new president of the Torrance Medical Center Auxiliary.

The auxiliary boasts more than 600 members and is one of the most active groups of hospital volunteers in Southern California. Serving with Young are Beverly Gift, Velta Lanham, Marcia Berman, Joyce Bell, Joe Thompson, Kelli Mathis, Patti Hendrickson, Margie Vancanon, Ruth Scheele, Anita Rogers and Aloha Flick.

Hermosa Beach resident Jean T. Conger has been appointed executive director of the Los Angeles Women’s Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the economic and social well-being of women and girls in Los Angeles. Before joining the foundation, Conger served as director of administration and development at the Switzer Center, a nonprofit special education day school and center serving learning disabled and emotionally disturbed children and adults. She has also served as executive director of Southern California Women for Understanding, a Los Angeles-based educational organization. Conger has been a member of the Delaware State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the Governor’s Council on Women, West Hollywood Women’s Task Force, and numerous state and national boards of directors.

South Bay restaurateurs Robert Bell and Michael Franks have been named Citizens of the Year for 1991 by The Wellness Community-South Bay Cities. The award is given annually to the citizens who have shown exceptional service to the community and for involvement in the support of cancer patients and/or cancer research.

Partners since 1982, Bell and Franks operate five restaurants in the South Bay, including Chez Melange in Redondo Beach. They have received a number of restaurant awards over the years and have managed to balance their business commitments and support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including The American Cancer Society, American Heart Assn., Help the Homeless, Hospice Foundation, Little Company of Mary Hospital, Richstone Foundation, Spastic Childrens League, St. Clare’s Children’s Center, Torrance Memorial Hospital and the Wellness Community-South Bay Cities. In 1984 they organized the first Chez Melange Food and Wine Festival, now in its seventh year. Proceeds from the festival benefit a number of local children’s organizations.

Brian Plott, a senior at St. Bernard School in Playa del Rey, is one of 350 outstanding high school students from across the nation selected to attend the National Young Leaders Conference held Tuesday through today in Washington. Throughout the six-day conference, Plott and other students met with key leaders and newsmakers from the three branches of government, the media and the diplomatic corps. The conference is sponsored by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council, a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization that recognizes outstanding youth and provides them with a hands-on civics learning experience in the nation’s capital.

Linda McNulty of Rancho Palos Verdes has been appointed director of development for Switzer Center, a nonprofit organization that helps learning-disabled children through day school and hourly clinical services in diagnostic testing, educational therapy, speech/language therapy, psychological counseling and student advocacy. McNulty was previously a member of the Switzer Center board of directors and has been a volunteer with the Community Assn. of the Peninsula, the “Spirit of the Peninsula” telethon for nonprofit organizations scheduled for Aug. 27 and Las Mariquitas Auxiliary of the San Pedro-Palos Verdes Assistance League. She was co-creator and chairwoman of the Copley Newspapers High School Press Conference and has worked to benefit Marymount College, the Multicultural Committee, PV 2000, SCROC, the Torrance Symphony Assn. and the Volunteer Center.