{"id":1709,"date":"2011-05-12T05:53:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T12:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2011-05-12T05:53:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T12:53:03","slug":"reception-for-older-american-pat-alcorn-friday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=1709","title":{"rendered":"Reception for Older American Pat Alcorn Friday Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Older American honoree Pat Alcorn<\/p><\/div>\n

Pat Alcorn has been named Older American of the Year by Sierra Madre\u2019s Senor Community Commission.\u00a0 Alcorn will be recognized at a reception in her honor on Friday, May 13th at 4:30pm, as part of Older Americans Month.\u00a0 She will also be recognized by L.A. County Supervisors at a luncheon.\u00a0 Alcorn posted on her Facebook page that \u201cI don\u2019t do it for honors but it is really nice to be recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcorn chaired (with her husband of more than 50 years, De) the Friends of the Library Wine and Cuisine Tasting in 2010 and 2011.\u00a0 She co[chairs the Community Services Commission, and has served on the Board of Directors for Sierra Madre Little League.\u00a0 She was president of the Civic Club in 1971, 1972, and 2005.\u00a0 Pat was a graduate of the first Sierra Madre Citizen\u2019s Emergency Response Team training and has served three times as a Creative Arts Group Garden Tour Docent<\/p>\n

Alcorn has lived in Sierra Madre for nearly forty years, and was a clinical social worker before retiring.\u00a0 She and De spent eight years on a round the world sailing excursion.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Alcorn ran for City Council, and the News Net asked her to tell its readers a little about herself.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what she had to say:<\/p>\n

Her favorite type of music is classical, and her favorite CD is Andres Segovia, Nocturno.\u00a0 Casablanca is her favorite move, and Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are her favorite actor and actress.\u00a0 At the time, the look into the\u00a0presidency\u00a0of Abraham Lincoln, Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin was her favorite book, though Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough was her favorite author.\u00a0 She likes Robin Williams, Sunday Night Football and marinated beef and dumplings with sour cream gravy.\u00a0 She\u2019s an ardent fan of USC football.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thomas Jefferson was her favorite president, and she would choose Mel Torme over Vic Damone, the Beatles\u00a0over the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys over Jan and Dean.\u00a0 She likes hiking and gardening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked if\u00a0she could meet a famous figure from the past, who would\u00a0she choose and why, her response was: Ben Franklin, because he came from a poor background but rose above that to become an inventor, and statesman, was educated, loved books, was witty and had a whole lot of common sense. How fascinating it would be to just sit and listen to him talk about his life in the colonial days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked if she\u00a0 could meet a famous figure from today, who would it be and why, she responded\u00a0Condoleezza Rice, because she is a professor, administrator (when provost of Stanford, she balanced their budget within two years), diplomat, author, musician, loves books, witty, and has a whole lot of common sense. She is also a football fanatic.\u00a0 There would be no end of things to talk about.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, Pat.\u00a0 And thank you for all you do in Sierra Madre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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