First president of Glendale National dies

Jenna Bordelon

GLENDALE -- Linus E. Southwick II, former chairman of the Board of

Valley National Bank, has died. He was 89.

He died March 6, 2000, at his home in La Canada Flintridge.

Southwick was born in Lincoln, Neb., and grew up in Friend, Neb. He

graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1936 with a degree in

business administration and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

In 1957, he was named the first president of the Glendale National

Bank, later known as Valley National Bank, which he started in a room at

the Maryland Hotel. He later became chairman of the Board Emeritus until

the bank was sold to Wells Fargo in 1990.

He served as director of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve

Bank and president of the Independent Bankers Assn. of Southern

California.

In 1977, he was honored as Glendale’s “Financial Ambassador” and

received the Chamber of Commerce’s Recognition Award for his economic

contributions to the city. He was the director of the California Bankers

Assn. and president of the Glendale Clearing House Assn.

He is survived by his daughters, Susan Southwick of La Canada

Flintridge and Janet Southwick Servatius of La Crescenta; son, Linus E.

Southwick III; and grandson, Jason A. Servatius. His wife, Helen Drummond

Southwick, died before him.

Services were held March 10 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Donations

may be made to a charity of choice.