WOODLAND HILLS : 5 Fernando Award Finalists Are Named
Two retirees and three businessmen were named Friday as the finalists for this year’s Fernando Award for service to the San Fernando Valley community.
The five finalists were chosen from a list of 17 and were announced in Woodland Hills at the first Jesse McHam Fernando Nomination Luncheon, honoring the 91-year-old businessman who helped establish the award 35 years ago.
They include Gilbert Benjamin, a Granada Hills resident and a retired FBI agent; Bud Brown of Thousand Oaks, a former GTE employee who retired in June; Guy Weddington McCreary, a North Hollywood resident who is with the firm Weddington Investment Partnership; Robert Neiman of Encino who is with the firm Pacific Investment Associates, and Clyde Porter, a Woodland Hills businessman and a Los Angeles resident.
The award is intended to honor the individual who has compiled a record of outstanding and selfless community service in the Valley. The 1993 finalists have supported a host of organizations ranging from community advisory councils and battered women shelters to local history groups and elementary schools.
This year’s recipient will be announced Nov. 5 at a dinner at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City. Mayor Richard Riordan will present the award.
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