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URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/2019-newport-chamber-honors-nancy-
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SUMMARY:2019 Newport Chamber Honors - Citizen of the Year Nancy Gardner and
  Business Person of the Year Jim Walker
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 Nancy Gardner has deep roots in the city. Her father (a previous Citizen o
 f the Year) came to Balboa in 1920 as an eight-year-old. Her parents met a
 t the Rendezvous Ballroom.\nHer early years were spent riding in the Irvin
 e hills and surfing local beaches. After graduating from college she taugh
 t school until the birth of her daughter\, Samantha.\n\nEventually\, she e
 ntered the corporate world where she was part of a team selected by federa
 l regulators to rehabilitate a failing savings and loan. Mission accomplis
 hed\, she left the world of business and began to do volunteer work\, co-f
 ounding the Newport Beach chapter of Surfrider Foundation and eventually s
 erving as president of the national organization.\n\nIn 2006\, she was ele
 cted to city council where she served two terms and then returned to the r
 ole of volunteer\, serving on the boards of Orange Coast River Park Conser
 vancy\, Natural Communities Coalition and Friends of Newport Beach Animal 
 Shelter.\nShe has two grandsons in college\, a granddaughter who is a fres
 hman at Laguna High\, and she lives in Corona del Mar with her husband\, J
 im Switzer\, and their very poorly trained dog\, Finn.[/vc_column_text][/v
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 full" alignment="right"][vc_column_text]Jim Walker has been a pioneer in t
 he Orange County culinary scene for almost five decades. Jim ventured into
  the restaurant business in the early 1970’s when he opened his first re
 staurant\, Bessie Walls Fine Food &amp\; Spirits. Subsequently\, Jim moved
  on to own and operate a series of restaurants including Pasta Mesa Italia
 n Restaurant in Costa Mesa\, Domenico’s Pizza in Long Beach\, Big Fish T
 avern in Laguna Beach and Cedar Creek Inn in Brea\, However\, to his homet
 own friends and customers\, Jim is best known as the owner of The Bungalow
  here in Corona del Mar\, which is celebrating its 23rd anniversary. Along
  the way\, Jim honed his skills at a number of restaurant chains including
  Alphy’s Coffee Shops\, Godfather’s Pizza\, El Torito\, Hershel’s De
 li &amp\; Bakery and Koo Koo Roo Rotisserie Chicken. If that isn’t enoug
 h\, Jim also ventured into the insurance industry with New York Life and w
 as a Fantastic Sam’s Hair Salon franchisee!\n\nTo his credit\, Jim left 
 the four walls of his restaurant and got active in the community. For many
  years\, Jim has been a stalwart member of the Newport Beach Chamber of Co
 mmerce\, serving on the Chamber’s Board and ultimately as the Board Chai
 r. He has also served as member of the Chamber Commodores Club for the las
 t 9 years. In 2010\, he graduated from Leadership Tomorrow and the Newport
  Beach Citizen Police Academy.\n\nEarly in its birth\, Jim joined the Newp
 ort Beach Restaurant Association\, serving as Chair for many years. He hel
 ped found the very successful Newport Beach Restaurant Week and convinced 
 the City to allow patio dining in front of restaurants along Pacific Coast
  Hwy. He has been a fixture at City Hall fighting for the restaurant commu
 nity.\n\nJim recently celebrated 5 years of marriage to his wife\, Kay. Ji
 m’s daughter\, Wendy\, lives in Cathedral City\, California and daughter
 \, Julie\, lives in Running Springs\, Colorado. Jim also has two grandchil
 dren\, Madelyne Aronilla (age 10) and Lucas Arjonilla (age 7).[/vc_column_
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 ]\nPast Newport Beach Citizens of the Year\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][
 /vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1949\nRobert “B
 ob” Murphy\n1950\nHarry Welch\n1951\nRobert Callis\n1952 Myford Irvine\n
 1953\nO.W. “Dick” Richards\n1954\nDora O. Hill\n1955\nJoseph A. Beek\n
 1956\nEdward Milum\, M.D.\n1957\nJ.L. “Les” Steffensen | James “Jim
 ” Edwards\n1958\nWilliam “Bill” Spurgeon\n1959\nDavid Nielsen\, M.D.
 \n1960\nGerald Lynch\n1961\nCarroll Beek\n1962\nPaul A. Palmer\n1963\nDr. 
 Basil H. Peterson\n1964\nRobert Reed\n1965\nIsabel Pease\n1966\nTheodore R
 obins\n1967\nJohn Murdy\n1968\nJudge Robert Gardner  |  Walter Longmoor\
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 9\nA. Vincent Jorgenson\n1970\nFred Schope\n1971\nJohn Macnab  |  Doreen
  Marshall\n1972\nJohn Lawson\n1973\nPhil Tozer\n1974\nGeorge Hoag\n1975\nR
 ichard “Dick” Stevens\n1976\nRay Watson\n1977\nArvo Haapa\n1978\nRober
 t Wynn\n1979\nT. Duncan Stewart\n1980\nRobert Shelton\n1981\nWilliam P. Fi
 cker  |  Bill Banning\n1982\nHarry Babbitt\n1983\nJ. Peter Barrett\n1984
 \nWilliam D. Lusk\n1985\nCharley Hester\n1986\nJackie Heather\n1987\nBob M
 cCurdy\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_tex
 t]\n1988\nHans Prager\n1989\nBill Hamilton\n1990\nPaul Salata\n1991/92\nJi
 m Dale\n1992/93\nArt Gronsky\n1993/94\nBob Robins\n1994/95\nMichael Stephe
 ns\n1995/96\nLucille Kuehn\n1997\nRush N. Hill\, II\n1998\nMarian Bergeson
 \n1999\nClarence “Bus” Turner\n2000\nThomas C. Edwards\n2001\nDayna Pe
 ttit\n2002 Bill Grundy\n2003\nScott Paulsen\n2004\nWilliam Ring\n2005\nSey
 mour Beek\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_
 text]\n2006\nDennis O’Neil\n2007\nEvelyn Hart\n2008\nLula Halfacre\n2009
 \nNorm Loats\, E.d.D\n2010\nRalph Rodheim\n2011/12\nTom Johnson\n2013\nJea
 n Watt\n2014\nJack and Nancy Skinner\n2015\nPaul Watkins\n2016\nJohn and E
 lizabeth Stahr\n2017\nHomer Bludau\n2018\nDebbie Snavely\n[/vc_column_text
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