February Dinner Meeting

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

at the San Marino Center

Reception - 5:45 p.m.
Dinner - 6:30 p.m.

Stephen A. Ralph

President and Chief Executive Officer

Huntington Memorial Hospital

Pasadena, California

 

Mr. Ralph has served as president and chief executive officer of Huntington Memorial Hospital since 1994. Mr. Ralph joined Huntington Memorial Hospital in 1984 as vice president, administration and in 1990 was named executive vice president. Mr. Ralph has been involved in hospital administration since 1973. He began as an administrative resident, then associate administrator at University Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. In 1979 he became executive vice president of California Hospital, where he worked until he joined Huntington in 1984. Following completion of a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration at the University of Vermont, Mr. Ralph earned a Master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Minnesota in 1974. In addition to his role at Huntington Hospital, Mr. Ralph is involved in the American Hospital Association, the American College of Health Care Executives, the California Hospital Association and the Healthcare Association of Southern California. He also has served as president of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, serves as a clinical preceptor for the University of Minnesota and University of Southern California, and is involved in many local and community activities. He and his wife, Susan, have resided in San Marino since 1984.

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San Marino City Club, commonly called "City Club," is a community and civic organization, which has served San Marino since 1926.  Its purpose is to secure for the citizens of San Marino Unified School District the best civic, educational and cultural services and facilities possible, and to encourage and promote the highest standards of citizenship among its membership. 

Founded as the San Marino Civic Improvement Association, the organization was renamed San Marino City Club and met for many years exclusively at Southwestern Academy.  City Club now meets at the San Marino Center and an annual event at the Huntington Library

City Club is limited to residents of the San Marino Unified School District, officials of the School District or the City of San Marino, and persons who conduct their business or profession within the School District.  Membership is granted in strict order of application.  Annual dues, including seven regular dinner meetings, are $105.