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SCV Man & Woman of the Year.
The Santa Clarita Valley Man & Woman of the Year, as the title is known today, was started by the Newhall-Saugus Chamber of Commerce as the "Outstanding Citizen of the Year." (Initially only one person was honored each year.) The Newhall-Saugus Chamber became the SCV Chamber of Commerce, which organized the contest for a number of years. Today the event is operated by the SCV Man & Woman of the Year Committee, an independent nonprofit organization. Winners are selected by the committee, which consists of all prior recipients who are still alive. Honorees receive a cash award that they may give to the charity of their choice.NOTE: There may be discrepancies in the table below. For instance, William Bonelli was named "Oustanding Citizen of the Year" in 1966.
YEAR MAN WOMAN 1967 A.B. Perkins none 1968 William Bonelli Jr. none 1969 Bill Kohlmeier none 1970 Chuck Hendrickson none 1971 Ed Bolden Olive Ruby 1972 Bill Millsap Bobbie Trueblood (Davis) 1973 Rev. Samuel Dixon Jerreann Bowman 1974 Judge C.M. MacDougal Flo Chesebrough 1975 Rene Veluzat Connie Worden (Roberts) 1976 Dick Millar Joyce Wayman 1977 Steve Hall Sara Faye Wood 1978 Dan Hon Juanita Heinly 1979 John Fuller Anne Lynch 1980 Judge Adrian Adams Betty Pember 1981 Fred Trueblood III Margaret Schulte 1982 none none 1983 Samuel X. Garcia Barbara Stearns (Cochran) 1984 Milt Diamond Jo Anne Darcy 1985 Anthony Newhall Carmen Sarro 1986 Larry Margolis Mary Spring 1987 Frank Lorelli Ruth Newhall 1988 Tom Veloz Betty Castleberry 1989 Dick Keysor Jami Kennedy 1990 Louis Garasi Rita Garasi 1991 Jack Boyer Ruth Clark 1992 H. Clyde Smyth Catherine Clark 1993 Stan Sierad Betty Burke 1994 Dr. Alan Barbakow Pat Allen 1995 Sheldon Allen Laurene Weste McCarthy 1996 Chuck Clark Charlotte Kleeman 1997 George Pederson Pat Warford 1998 Bob Kellar Roberta Veloz 1999 John Hoskinson Pat Willett 2000 Tom Lee Betty Seldner 2001 Steve Schmidt Joyce Carson 2002 Frank Kleeman Adele Macpherson 2003 Duane Harte Linda Pedersen 2004 Don Fleming Cheri Fleming 2005 Gary Condie Jeri Seratti-Goldman
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