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68-418: CCF states it is dedicated to strengthening communities of Los Angeles County through philanthropy and civic engagement. It fulfills its mission through fundraising, charitable fund management, grantmaking, and meetings with donors, financial advisors, local nonprofits and foundation partners. It also serves as an advocate for the vulnerable and poor. The CCF was founded in 1915 by Joseph Sartori . For 65 years,

136-653: A focus on community clinics and uninsured individuals. The Housing and Neighborhoods Program concentrates on increasing access to affordable housing and efforts that emphasize multiservice, geographically focused approaches to improve the conditions of underserved neighborhoods. In conjunction with this program, the Community Foundation Land Trust of CCF buys land, works with private and public partners that obtain financing and approvals to build, and then ensures that they remain affordable homes for decades to come. Foundation grants are also made on

204-670: A full academic load, he managed to play on the ball team and attend dances. After graduation in 1881 he went to work for the legal firm of Conner and Shaw in Denison, Iowa , mainly working with land titles. Leslie M. Shaw would later become Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt , and he asked Sartori to become Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, a post that young Sartori declined. Sartori then moved to Le Mars, Iowa and partnered with lawyer Isaac S. Struble . At some point he realized he would not make

272-573: A great trial lawyer. Through his work, he began to study buying and selling land in Northern Iowa and Southwestern Minnesota. Struble, meanwhile, was elected to Congress, and Sartori then worked for lawyer Peter S. Rishel, a new arrival in Le Mars. Rishel was more artist than businessman, and Sartori offered to manage the business end of the practice, which prospered. Sartori and Rishel joined Struble, forming Struble, Rishel and Sartori. It

340-727: A limited basis to nonprofits for adults with developmental disabilities, aging adults, animal welfare, disaster relief, and transitional-age foster youth. Donor advised grants comprise the majority of annual grantmaking by CCF and may be directed to worthwhile causes and qualified organizations anywhere in the world. CCF believes the actions of ordinary people can affect the outcomes of larger issues in their lives through collective engagement and shared problem-solving, and therefore advocates and invests in civic engagement activities that foster social change. These activities include: Immigrant Integration A concentrated effort through local nonprofits with cultural competence to integrate newcomers into

408-489: A member of the Board of Water Commissioners, had advance knowledge of the project, which he may have passed on to some of the men who were part of the syndicate. The Panic of 1907 led the state of California to appoint a commission to draft a banking act. The California Bankers Association appointed a legislative committee to work with the commission; Sartori was a member of the committee. He made substantial contributions to

476-512: A natural leader. When at first he was not allowed to join the baseball team, he created a competing team that challenged and beat the existing college team. He was known as an outstanding shortstop. He excelled at Cornell, earning high grades, running the baseball team, competing in swimming championships, starting a new college newspaper and organizing dances, musical programs and social outings. Because of his short stature, he "resolved to become so big that men would have to look up to me." He

544-614: A partnership with Maurice S. Hellman, with offices located in the Bradbury Building , to deal in municipal bonds and other securities. In this he was supported by Isaias W. Hellman, Herman W. Hellman, Henry O'Melveney and Jackson Graves. In the January 1895 meeting, through the purchase of Myers' nephews stock, Sartori and his friends were able to take back control of the firm. Sartori was elected president; Maurice S. Hellman became an active vice president, and Willis D. Longyear

612-721: A post he would hold until 1924, when the bank was acquired by Sartori's Security Trust and Savings. In the summer of 1887, Monrovia decided to incorporate. The first election was held in December and Sartori was elected Treasurer, his first and only public office. In early 1888, real estate sales in Los Angeles began to wane and soon the boom was over. First National weathered the subsequent depression, but Sartori saw that opportunities in Los Angeles would be greater than those in Monrovia. Sartori moved to Los Angeles , and by

680-614: A total of $ 575,750, or $ 35 an acre, was brokered by Leslie C. Brand , and comprised the middle third of the northern half of the San Fernando Valley . Negotiations had been ongoing since the spring of 1901. This land deal would later be controversial, as the terminus of the Owens Valley aqueduct would be located near the Porter ranch lands, making them more valuable, and there was a suggestion that General Moses Sherman ,

748-600: A while, they returned to Le Mars. Then Sartori got a telegram about the land boom in Southern California . On March 4, 1887, Sartori arrived in Los Angeles and traveled to Monrovia, California in the San Gabriel Valley , where the climate and country had impressed him on his last visit. But this time there was a new atmosphere of excitement and activity, and he thought he would check out

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816-413: Is " Cfb " (Marine West Coast Climate/ Oceanic climate ). The Baden-Baden weather station has recorded the following extreme values: Baden-Baden is a German spa town. The city offers many options for sports enthusiasts; golf and tennis are both popular in the area. Horse races take place each May, August and October at nearby Iffezheim . The countryside is ideal for hiking and mountain climbing. In

884-535: Is now part of Südwestrundfunk . From 23–28 September 1981, the 11th Olympic Congress took place in Baden-Baden's Kurhaus . The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden , Germany's largest opera and concert house, opened in 1998. CFB Baden-Soellingen , a military airfield built in the 1950s in the Upper Rhine Plain , 10 km (6 mi) west of downtown Baden-Baden, was converted into a civil airport in

952-529: Is rich in salt and flows from artesian wells 1,800 m (5,900 ft) under Florentine Hill at a rate of 341 litres (90 gallons) per minute and is conveyed through pipes to the town's baths. Roman settlement at Baden-Baden has been dated as far back as the emperor Hadrian , but on dubious authority. The known ruins of the Roman bath were rediscovered just below the New Castle in 1847 and date to

1020-643: The Margraviate of Baden-Baden (1535–1771), from the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach . "Baden-Baden" thus means the town of Baden in the territory of Baden, whereas the name of the Margraviate of Baden-Baden meant "the Margraviate of Baden with its princely seat at Baden". Baden-Baden formally got its current name in 1931. Baden-Baden lies in a valley of the Northern Black Forest in southwestern Germany . The western districts lie within

1088-510: The Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos , ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine , the border with France , and forty kilometres (twenty-five miles) north-east of Strasbourg, France . In 2021, the town became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name " Great Spa Towns of Europe ", because of its famous spas and architecture that exemplifies

1156-600: The San Joaquin Light and Power Company , and eventually sold a controlling interest to Kerckhoff. Sartori continued to be interested in investing in land. He was one of many investors in the George K. Porter Ranch in October, 1903, along with E.H. Harriman , Henry E. Huntington , William G. Kerckhoff, General Harrison Gray Otis , Edwin T. Earl , George C. Hunt and A. B. Hammond. The ranch sale, 16,450 acres for

1224-651: The Thirty Years' War , particularly at the hands of the French , who plundered it in 1643. They returned to occupy the city in 1688 at the onset of the Nine Years' War , burning it to the ground the next year. The margravine Sibylla rebuilt the New Castle in 1697, but the margrave Louis William removed his seat to Rastatt in 1706. The Stiftskirche was rebuilt in 1753 and houses the tombs of several of

1292-667: The Upper Rhine Plain . The highest mountain of Baden-Baden is the Badener Höhe ( 1,002.5 m above  sea level (NHN) ), which is part of the Black Forest National Park . The old town lies on the side of a hill on the right bank of the Oos . Since the 19th century, the principal resorts have been located on the other side of the river. There are 29 natural springs in the area, varying in temperature from 46 to 67 °C (115 to 153 °F). The water

1360-606: The West Adams district had organized "The Los Angeles Golf Club", rented 16 acres at Pico and Alvarado and built a 9-hole golf course, the Windmill Links, so-called because an old windmill served as the clubhouse. In September, 1898, the club decided to incorporate, filing papers on October 3, 1898, as the Los Angeles Country Club . At the time, Sartori was considered one of the best five players in

1428-566: The 1850s and '60s, Baden became "Europe's summer capital". With a population of around 10 000 , the town's size could quadruple during the tourist season, with the French , British , Russians , and Americans all well represented. (French tourism fell off following the Franco-Prussian War .) The theater was completed in 1861 and a Greek church with a gilt dome was erected on the Michaelsberg in 1863 to serve as

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1496-569: The 1990s. Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, or Baden Airpark is now the second-largest airport in Baden-Württemberg by number of passengers. In 1981 Baden-Baden hosted the Olympic Congress , which later made the town awarded the designation Olympic town . The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is precipitation year round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate

1564-550: The Equitable Savings Bank, and retrained it as its Equitable Branch. In 1912, after the bank acquired the Southern Trust Company of Los Angeles, Sartori changed the name of the bank to Security Trust and Savings Bank. He engaged lawyer and former state senator Louis Roseberry to head the new Trust Department. After World War I , the bank slowly began to consider branch banking . In 1919

1632-1033: The First National Bank of Monrovia. The growth of many communities that Security served allowed the firm to build larger buildings for its larger branches: the Hollywood Security Building in 1922, the Glendale Security Building in 1924, and the Long Beach Security Building in 1925. While Security expanded its branch organization, Amadeo Giannini 's Bank of Italy , already a major force in Northern California, sought to expand his firm's presence in Southern California. He wanted to name his branch organization Security Bank and Trust Company. Sartori felt this

1700-666: The First National Bank was significantly weakened. A merger was proposed, but Sartori insisted that any employee that had any association with the Julian deals had to resign. They did so, and on April 1, 1929, Security merged with the Los Angeles-First National Trust and Savings Bank, creating the 8th largest bank in the United States, Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles. In 1934, 75-year-old Sartori retired as President, and became Chairman of

1768-887: The Legislative Committee of the California Bankers Association. He also took an active interest in the establishment of the Federal Reserve System, serving at one point as a director. He served on the Currency Commission of the American Bankers Association from 1912 to 1918. Security was reorganized to operate in the three banking areas spelled out in the act: Savings, Commercial and Trust. The act allowed branch banking, and Security established its first branch in 1912 when it took on

1836-696: The Los Angeles City Gas Company as competition, to eventually be sold to Los Angeles as a municipal system. This ultimately did not happen as planned, and in September 1908, the City Gas Company was purchased by the Domestic Gas Company, whose President was William G. Kerckhoff . This company would be taken over two years later by the newly formed Southern California Gas Company . Sartori also owned stock in

1904-608: The Monrovia area, buying and selling lots. In one, the Pacific View Tract, he built his first home. In Le Mars, Sartori had been a director and member of the loan committee of the Plymouth County Savings Bank and Trust Company. Since banking seemed more to his liking than real estate, he called on friends Brossart and Wilde, who, along with John H. Bartle, F.N. Meyers, and others, formed the First National Bank of Monrovia. A national charter for

1972-464: The Realty Company, the organization formed to purchase and hold the land, proposed to sell the club 145 acres for $ 22,300 and to use the balance of the property to finance the course and the clubhouse. The clubhouse, designed by Hunt , Eager and Burns , opened May 30, 1911. Sartori was elected president, and was continually re-elected until his death in 1946. In 1896 the name of the bank

2040-564: The age of eleven or twelve, young Joseph began working on the railroad as "train butcher", selling newspapers, candy and other notions. When other men were happy to earn $ 30 per month, Sartori was earning $ 100. In 1874, at the age of 15 he entered Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa . He was very impressed by the Navy and wanted to join. But his parents did not want him to enlist and, after some negotiations, they told him he could go to any school in

2108-467: The arts by diverse, low-income residents and professional artists. The Education Program focuses on improving school readiness and K-5 student performance in reading and math while supporting partnerships among schools, districts, teachers and parents that demonstrate a commitment to this goal. The Health Care Program seeks to improve access to regular, sustainable and affordable sources of quality health care for low-income adults and children, with

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2176-582: The bank acquired Hollywood National Bank and Citizens Savings Bank of Hollywood. It operated both as the Hollywood Branch. In 1920, it opened a third branch at Seventh and Grand. By the end of 1920, now a $ 100 million bank, Security engaged with 30 other banks to more thoroughly study branch banking. After their report was received, the banks began expanding. Sartori, always careful, expanded cautiously. Acquisitions included seven in 1922; eleven in 1923 and thirteen in 1924, including his old firm,

2244-650: The bank was secured after he sent a telegram to his former partner Isaac S. Struble in Washington, D.C. , who helped arrange for permission. In the beginning, Sartori became the bank's Cashier, while Brossart became President and Perkins was made Vice President. Later, Isaias W. Hellman became the bank's president, while Wilde was Vice President and Sartori remained Cashier. Hellman would become an important influence in Sartori's future efforts. The bank opened July 2, 1887. Sartori would later become Vice President,

2312-417: The bank would not be subject to a run on its funds, the bank withstood the crisis. But a disagreement was developing between Sartori and F.N. Meyers, who thought the bank was too conservatively managed. In January, 1894, in a proxy battle, Meyers gained control, formed own board and changed management, leaving Sartori and his friends out. During the year he was no longer a part of the bank, Sartori formed

2380-616: The child care and development needs of children, ages 0–5. Joseph Francis Sartori Joseph Francis Sartori (December 25, 1858 – October 6, 1946) was a Los Angeles banker and civic leader, founder and President of Security-First National Bank, was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Country Club and the City of Torrance , and was influential in the development of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel , Subway Terminal Building and Los Angeles Civic Center . Sartori

2448-761: The club. As other communities began to form golf clubs, a group of these communities formed the California Golf Club Association on July 29, 1899. Sartori would be President of the Association from 1903 to 1905. Late in 1899, realizing that the club needed a larger course, Sartori and other members organized the County Club Land Association and purchased a 107-acre tract from the Cottle Brothers for $ 25,000 at Pico and Western. Sartori himself planned

2516-623: The development of the industrial community of Torrance, California. The Dominguez Land Company was created in 1911 under the leadership of Jared Sidney Torrance, who was company president. Torrance and Sartori had been colleagues in the Normal Site Company in 1907. In 1911, they purchased 2,792 acres of land from the Dominguez Estate Company and 730 acres from the Del Amo Estate Company which

2584-581: The efforts of the Commission, drawing from in-depth research into the banking laws of other states, and adding his own ideas. One of his chief concerns was in protecting the depositor. He was especially against banks selling bonds, after seeing the dismal results of irrigation district bonds. The Act was adopted in 1910. From 1909 to 1929, Sartori was either the Chairman or the Vice Chairman of

2652-623: The end of 1888, he and a group of associates started Los Angeles Loan and Trust, then expanded that organization into the Security Savings Bank and Trust Company. The board first met on January 19, 1889, and elected F.N. Meyers, President, S.A. Fleming, Vice President and Sartori, Cashier. A number of other local bankers connected with the Farmers and Merchants Bank were involved in its founding. Isaias W. Hellman , Jackson Graves, Herman W. Hellman , and Ozro W. Childs were among

2720-560: The end of 1905, its deposits passed $ 12 million. In December 1907, the bank consolidated with the California Savings Bank, and then, on December 14, 1907, it moved into the new Security Building at 5th and Spring Streets. Sartori was involved in Los Angeles' early oil and gas industries. In May 1895, the Central Oil Company showed Sartori on the Board of Directors. It was a part of Sartori's nature

2788-539: The foundation made grants mostly for equipment and capital. CCF provides grants and other support to a range of local nonprofits with an emphasis on helping vulnerable populations and strengthening communities of L.A. County in five areas. The Arts Program aims to strengthen the cultural vitality of L.A. County by increasing the operational capacity of small and mid-size arts and cultural organizations, increasing arts opportunities that are affordable and accessible to underserved communities, and improving participation in

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2856-399: The houses were heavily damaged by bombs. Lichtenthal, a residential area in the southwest of the town, was hit by bombs and Saint Bonifatius Church was severely damaged on 11 March 1943. Balg, a residential area in the northeast of Baden-Baden, was hit by bombs on 17 December 1944. On 30 December 1944 one third of the buildings of Oos (i.e. about 300 houses), a residential area in the north of

2924-411: The managing committee, while George M. Wallace became President. In 1907 the trustees of the overcrowded State Normal School were authorized to sell the site at Fifth and Grand. Sartori organized a group called the Normal Site Company to purchase a site and convey it to the city of Los Angeles . They held it for 6 years and then sold it to the city in 1913. It enabled Fifth Street to be cut through and

2992-676: The margraves. The town began its recovery in the late 18th century, serving as a refuge for émigrés from the French Revolution . The town was frequented during the Second Congress of Rastatt in 1797–99 and became popular after the visit of the Prussian queen in the early 19th century. She came for medicinal reasons, as the waters were recommended for gout , rheumatism , paralysis , neuralgia , skin disorders, and stones. The Ducal government subsequently subsidized

3060-593: The most important of them. Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport is an airport located near Baden-Baden that also serves the city of Karlsruhe . It is Baden-Württemberg 's second-largest airport after Stuttgart Airport , and the 18th-largest in Germany with 1,110,500 passengers as of 2016 and mostly serves low-cost and leisure flights. Baden-Baden is twinned with: Baden featured in Turgenev 's Smoke . Dostoyevsky wrote The Gambler while compulsively gambling at

3128-465: The new 18-hole course, which opened November 4, 1899. But even this course proved to be unsatisfactory, so Sartori and Tufts looked for a better location. They looked at 320 acres of the Wolfskill Ranch nearer to Santa Monica, California . On December 25, 1904, Sartori proposed a plan to purchase the property and hold it for the club. The $ 48,000 cost was soon subscribed. In October 1905,

3196-622: The plural form Bäder .) As with the English placename "Bath" , other Badens are at hot springs throughout Central Europe . The current doubled name arose to distinguish it from the others, particularly Baden near Vienna in Austria and Baden near Zürich in Switzerland . The original Margraviate of Baden (1112-1535) split into several territories, including Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach. The name "Baden-Baden" distinguished

3264-575: The popularity of spa towns in Europe in the 18th through 20th centuries. The springs at Baden-Baden were known to the Romans as Aquae ("The Waters") and Aurelia Aquensis (" Aurelia -of-the-Waters") after M. Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus . In modern German , Baden is a noun meaning "bathing" but Baden , the original name of the town, derives from an earlier plural form of Bad ( "bath" ). (Modern German uses

3332-722: The reign of Caracalla (AD 210s), who visited the area to relieve his arthritic aches . The facilities were used by the Roman garrison in Strasbourg . The town fell into ruin but its church was first constructed in the 7th century. By 1112, it was the seat of the Margraviate of Baden . The Lichtenthal Convent ( Kloster Lichtenthal ) was founded in 1254. The margraves initially used Hohenbaden Castle (the Old Castle, Altes Schloss ), whose ruins still occupy

3400-462: The resort's development. The town became a meeting place for celebrities, who visited the hot springs and the town's other amenities: luxury hotels, the Spielbank Casino, horse races, and the gardens of the Lichtentaler Allee . Guests included Queen Victoria , Wilhelm I , and Berlioz . The pumproom ( Trinkhalle ) was completed in 1842. The Grand Duchy's railway 's mainline reached Baden in 1845. Reaching its zenith under Napoleon III in

3468-531: The situation. He visited the Daugherty Ranch, 56 acres just east of Azusa, California , and took on option on the ranch for $ 150 on a Friday. On the following Monday Sartori took the train back to Los Angeles. A man named James Ganlon approached him, asking if he was the fellow who owned the option on the Daugherty Ranch, and purchased it for $ 8,500. Sartori was convinced he'd come to the right place. He partnered with John F. Brossart and John Wilde, two old friends from Le Mars, Iowa , and laid out subdivisions in

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3536-539: The social, civic and economic fabric of life in L.A. County. Los Angeles Citizenship Collaboration An initiative to encourage and assist eligible Legal Permanent residents to become U.S. citizens, in partnership with members of the nonprofit, public and private sectors and local funders. Los Angeles Preschool Advocacy Initiative A multi-year effort since 2007 with the David and Lucille Packard Foundation to increase access to quality early care and education for underserved communities and to support efforts that address

3604-412: The stockholders and served on the board of directors. Capitalized at $ 200,000, the bank opened its doors on February 11, 1889, in the Weil Building at 148 South Main Street. While the national Panic of 1893 resulted in runs on some Los Angeles banks, because Security was a savings bank it could legally require six months' notice of the intention to withdraw any term deposits. Once depositors saw that

3672-466: The summit above the town, but they completed and moved to the New Castle ( Neues Schloss ) in 1479. The Margraviate was divided in 1535, with Baden-Baden becoming the capital of the Margraviate of Baden-Baden , while the other portion became the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach . The Baden-Baden witch trials , an investigating encompassing the entire territory and resulting in hundreds of verdicts, took place in 1627-1631. Baden suffered severely during

3740-457: The tomb of the teenage son of the prince of Moldavia Mihail Sturdza after he died during a family vacation. A Russian Orthodox church was also subsequently erected. The casino was closed for a time in the 1870s. Just before the First World War , the town was receiving 70 000 visitors each year. During the Second World War, 3.1% of the houses in Baden-Baden were completely destroyed by bombs and 125 civilians were killed. 5.8% of

3808-431: The town's casino. The novel Summer in Baden-Baden by Leonid Tsypkin is inspired by Dostoyevsky's visit to this resort. The 1975 film The Romantic Englishwoman was filmed on location in Baden-Baden, featuring the Brenner's Park Hotel particularly prominently. The 1997 Bollywood movie Dil To Pagal Hai was also shot in the town. Baden-Baden is the subject of a pop song by Finnish songwriter Chisu of how

3876-422: The town, was destroyed or heavily damaged by bombs and Saint Dionysius Church was severely damaged as well. On 2 January 1945 the railway station of Oos and various barracks on Schwarzwald Road were heavily damaged by bombs. After World War II , Baden-Baden became the headquarters of the French occupation forces in Germany as well as of the Südwestfunk , one of Germany's large public broadcasting stations, which

3944-462: The winter Baden-Baden is a skiing destination. There is an 18-hole golf course in Fremersberg. Sights include: The main road link is autobahn A5 between Basel and Frankfurt via Freiburg , Karlsruhe and Mannheim , which is 10 km away from the inner city. There are two stations providing intercity bus services : one next to the main railway station and one at the airport. Baden-Baden has three stations, Baden-Baden station being

4012-459: The world. And so, at the age of seventeen, he interrupted his schooling at Cornell and went to Germany where he entered the University of Freiburg . Here, among other pursuits, he developed a deep love of music. He also joined the dueling club, but at this, his parents, alarmed, insisted he return home, where he re-entered Cornell. Sartori was athletic, and especially loved baseball. This love, along with his ability and aggressiveness, made him

4080-405: Was at this time that Joseph met Margaret Rishel, his partner's daughter. They married on July 3, 1885, and went on an eighteen-month honeymoon. Though they visited Los Angeles in 1886, they thought that Kansas City, Missouri offered the best opportunities for their future. Sartori took an option on offices over Kansas City's First National Bank, and since the offices weren't to be available for

4148-492: Was born December 25, 1858, in Cedar Falls, Iowa . His father, Joseph Sartori, migrated from Germany in the early 1850s. Though his family had lived in Germany for many generations, their origins were Italian. After five years as a bricklayer and plasterer in the United States, Joseph sent for his sweetheart, Theresa Wangler, the daughter of the burgomeister of Baden-Baden , Germany, and they were married in New Jersey . Sartori showed his enterprising nature early in life. At

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4216-415: Was changed to Security Savings Bank and it moved to Main and Second Streets. But, as the center of business activity moved, the bank moved. So it was, in 1904, that the bank again moved, this time to a new building , erected by Herman W. Hellman , at 4th and Spring Streets. In 1904, the bank purchased Thomas L. Duque's Main Street Savings Bank. In 1905, it merged with the Los Angeles Savings Bank, and by

4284-401: Was made cashier and secretary. It was the beginning of a new era for the bank. Sartori met the new opportunity with renewed sense of optimism - a belief in California and especially in Southern California . Sartori became interested in golf when, out bicycling one day with a friend, golfer Ed Tufts invited the pair to try the game at a local course. He was immediately hooked. A group in

4352-417: Was subdivided and sold off, eventually forming the city of Torrance, CA. Sartori Avenue in old downtown Torrance paralleled the Pacific Electric Railway's tracks to its massive Torrance Shop complex. Baden-Baden Baden-Baden ( German pronunciation: [ˈbaːdn̩ ˈbaːdn̩] ) is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg , south-western Germany , at the north-western border of

4420-433: Was sufficiently close to Security's name to cause confusion in the minds of consumers. Sartori took Giannini to court and prevailed, but the Bank of Italy chief did not give up easily and continued litigation. The controversy ended when, after a series of new acquisitions, Giannini decided to name his entire organization The Bank of America . As part of the fallout from the Julian Petroleum Corporation Stock scandal,

4488-482: Was to try to bring order out of chaos, and it was this that led him to call a meeting of 15 smaller oil companies in San Francisco, a meeting that resulted in the creation of the Associated Oil Company , one of the major oil companies in the state. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe had been active in the natural gas field, but could not meet all the demand. In response to the failure of private enterprise to meet demand adequately, John Randolph Haynes , Sartori and others organized

4556-415: Was used for the Library site. After Westwood was selected as the site for the new campus of the University of California , Sartori accepted the responsibility for raising the $ 1.4 million purchase price. When Teresa Sartori, Joseph's mother, died of cancer in 1901, Joseph and his father established a hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa in her memory, Sartori Memorial Hospital. Sartori was instrumental in

4624-411: Was young and ambitious and liked to do things where he could use his brains. He believed in hard work, industry and patience, and was a firm believer in progress. He graduated in 1879 and came home for the summer. He decided to become a lawyer, so in the fall he enrolled at the University of Michigan Law School . There he learned shorthand so he could take down the lectures in full. Still, even with

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