Former Administrator of 2 Counties Honored

Harry Hufford, former chief administrator, at different times in his career, of Los Angeles County and Ventura County, has been awarded the Earl Warren Public Service Award.

The award, presented by the Los Angeles chapter of the American Society for Public Administration, is given to civic leaders who have made an “outstanding, sustained contribution to good movement in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area.”

Other recipients include former President and former Gov. Ronald Reagan, former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, the late Los Angeles County Sheriff Sherman Block and former Los Angeles Times Publisher Otis Chandler.

Hufford served as the chief administrator for Los Angeles County from 1974 to 1985 and worked as interim chief administrative officer in Ventura County from December 1999 through March. He retired from public service on April 1.