Pasadena : Memorial for 2 Robinsons
The City Council gave the go-ahead last week for an art memorial in the Civic Center area honoring two of the city’s most famous citizens--Jackie Robinson and his older brother, Mack.
The two brothers both graduated from John Muir High School and attended Pasadena City College.
Representatives of a committee formed to press for the project--including Pasadena attorney Alfred F. Moses and former state Atty. Gen. John K. Van de Kamp--asked the council to consider the grounds of a proposed Water and Power Building, across from City Hall, as the site. The council unanimously agreed.
Jackie Robinson, who died in 1972, broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Mack Robinson, a world-class sprinter, won a silver medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the 200-meter run (coming in behind the late Jesse Owens). Now 77, Robinson still lives in Pasadena.
The memorial is expected to be completed in 1995, at a cost of between $400,000 and $500,000.
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