ANNUAL MEETING
& National Register Celebration

Join us for a fun and informative morning at The Glendale Historical Society’s Annual Membership Meeting.

After socializing and a delicious breakfast, we will provide a recap of the 2023-2024 year, recognize volunteers and outgoing Directors, and elect new Directors to the Board.

It’s been 44 years since the Doctors House was saved, moved, and restored. We are fortunate to have four of the original visionaries joining us to celebrate the fruits of their labors with us.

Voices of Memory: Doctors House Pioneers Tell Their Stories will revisit the early days of the Doctors House and show how the work of Marie Luft, Carole Dougherty, Sue Lazara, and Isabelle Meyer led to the National Register designation that we are celebrating.

As a special bonus for attendees, the Doctors House will open for viewing after the meeting.

DATE & TIME

Saturday, July 20 @ 9:30 AM

LOCATION

Doctors House Lawn and Gazebo
1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201

ADMISSION

This event is a member benefit and is free to TGHS Members; Non-Members may attend for $15.

Tickets are required for all attendees. Click here to reserve your ticket by July 8

The Nominating Committee

John Schwab-Sims, Maria Sahakian, Nancy Oshima, David VanTuyle

Per the TGHS Bylaws Article 5.2: If the number of people nominated for the Board is not more than the number of Directors to be elected, the officer presiding at the meeting may, without further notice or action, declare at the meeting that those candidates nominated have been elected.

The TGHS Board will self-select officers in August 2024.

Thank you to our sponsors

NOMINEES FOR 2024-25 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION

Kathryn Engel (Incumbent)

Kathryn has lived in Glendale since 1980. After years of searching, she and husband Sam purchased a 1939 Traditional home from the original owner for whom the house was built. The annual TGHS Home Tour caught Kathryn’s attention, and she later became a docent and has served on several TGHS event committees throughout the years.

Kathryn has had a long and interesting career with management positions in government, nonprofit organizations and as a consultant to public agencies. Now retired, she uses her administrative skills to assist several area non-profit organizations advance their missions.

Tricia Loper

Originally from the Bay Area, Tricia Loper moved to LA’s Eastside 17 years ago, where she and her family lived in a beautiful old Craftsman home in the historical Angelino Heights neighborhood. She has been a Glendale resident for over 10 years, when she and her husband, Bryan along with their two children bought an equally charming 1926 Norman Revival home in the Adams Hill neighborhood.

Tricia Loper is currently a Realtor with Compass, serving the greater Northeast Los Angeles Area. After a 20-plus year career spanning automotive, high tech, law, and entertainment, she discovered that real estate afforded her the precious time to also volunteer and contribute to her local community. In addition to her role with TGHS, she regularly volunteers at Theodore Payne Foundation, promoting the benefit of native plants. She is also a board member of Bags and Grace, a local charity which provides immediate relief to those experiencing homelessness.

Teal Metts

Teal’s family has been part of the Glendale community since 1926, which ignited his passion for the area’s history. He was born in Glendale and raised in the Glenoaks Canyon and Woodbury neighborhoods. Being an area native, he took an intern job with the Glendale Police Department in 1995 and joined the department two years later. Over the last 29 years he has held various roles and ranks and is currently the department’s supervisor of the Training Bureau.

For the past 16 years, Teal’s passion for history has led him to volunteer his time as the police department historian, extensively researching different facets of the department’s history and meticulously preserving written records and physical artifacts for future generations. In 2018, he built and continues to curate, the Glendale Police Museum which offers insights into the department’s 118-year history to employees, community members, and visitors. Recently he located the unmarked grave of the area’s first fallen officer, fundraised to have a marker made, and wrote a book detailing the officer’s life and the journey to revive and preserve this hero’s story.

Michael Morgan

Michael Morgan has been a Glendale resident since his 4th Birthday in 1955, when his family moved into a home on Royal Blvd. The area was later designated as Glendale’s first Historic District, and the house listed as #84 on the Glendale Register. In 1956 Glendale’s Golden Jubilee celebration sparked Michael’s lifelong interest in our city’s rich and varied history.

Michael attended Glendale schools, worked at the original Glendale Main Carnegie Library, and graduated with a BA degree in History from Cal State University Los Angeles. Soon afterwards, he founded a business in Hollywood in the Motion Picture Industry. In 2009 Michael was nominated as a Commissioner for the Glendale Historic Preservation Commission serving 14 years.

Mostly retired Michael can be found at Glendale’s Main Library History Room or the Los Angeles County Museum Seaver History Center conducting historical research on Glendale.

Nancy Oshima (Incumbent)

In 2002 Nancy and husband David bought a small 1924 Spanish style fixer near Kenneth Village and dove into a hands-on repair and restoration. They recently relocated to Rossmoyne Hills—a 1932 Spanish home—and have discovered some interesting stories in researching its original owners.

Nancy has worked in retail management, and for 18 years as financial administrator for a non-profit. She currently serves on the board of Labor Community Services, a non-profit partnership with United Way. Since retiring she has volunteered at Descanso Gardens and for TGHS home tours. And she spends as much time as possible with her three brilliant grandchildren.

Katherine Peters Yamada (Incumbent)

Katherine Peters Yamada joined TGHS soon after moving from Silver Lake with her husband, Glenn, and two daughters. They purchased a 1940 American Colonial Revival in the pending South Cumberland Heights Historic District.

A journalism graduate of Fresno State College, she served briefly on an earlier TGHS board and began writing for the Glendale News-Press. While volunteering in Special Collections at Glendale’s Central Library she was inspired to write a history column, Verdugo Views, published from 2001 to 2020. She served as president of the Friends of the Glendale Public Library, National Charity League of Glendale, Glendale Philharmonic Committee and three PTAs, and as a Heritage Square docent. Katherine ``searched for her roots’’ in Holland, Prussia and Russia, and in Japan for Glenn’s family. She is currently writing a fifth family history and a series of articles on a great uncle who helped found a relief society which celebrated 100 years in 2020.

ANNUAL MEETING & National Register Celebration