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SUMMARY:2022 Newport Chamber Honors - Citizen of the Year David Beek and Bu
 siness Person of the Year Mario Marovic
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 isable_element="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Nancy Gardner 
 has deep roots in the city. Her father (a previous Citizen of the Year) ca
 me to Balboa in 1920 as an eight-year-old. Her parents met at the Rendezvo
 us Ballroom.\nHer early years were spent riding in the Irvine hills and su
 rfing local beaches. After graduating from college she taught school until
  the birth of her daughter\, Samantha.\n\nEventually\, she entered the cor
 porate world where she was part of a team selected by federal regulators t
 o rehabilitate a failing savings and loan. Mission accomplished\, she left
  the world of business and began to do volunteer work\, co-founding the Ne
 wport Beach chapter of Surfrider Foundation and eventually serving as pres
 ident of the national organization.\n\nIn 2006\, she was elected to city c
 ouncil where she served two terms and then returned to the role of volunte
 er\, serving on the boards of Orange Coast River Park Conservancy\, Natura
 l Communities Coalition and Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter.\nShe 
 has two grandsons in college\, a granddaughter who is a freshman at Laguna
  High\, and she lives in Corona del Mar with her husband\, Jim Switzer\, a
 nd their very poorly trained dog\, Finn.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_c
 olumn width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Jim Walker has been a pioneer in the Ora
 nge County culinary scene for almost five decades. Jim ventured into the r
 estaurant business in the early 1970’s when he opened his first restaura
 nt\, Bessie Walls Fine Food &amp\; Spirits. Subsequently\, Jim moved on to
  own and operate a series of restaurants including Pasta Mesa Italian Rest
 aurant in Costa Mesa\, Domenico’s Pizza in Long Beach\, Big Fish Tavern 
 in Laguna Beach and Cedar Creek Inn in Brea\, However\, to his hometown fr
 iends 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 w
 ay\, Jim honed his skills at a number of restaurant chains including Alphy
 ’s Coffee Shops\, Godfather’s Pizza\, El Torito\, Hershel’s Deli &am
 p\; Bakery and Koo Koo Roo Rotisserie Chicken. If that isn’t enough\, Ji
 m also ventured into the insurance industry with New York Life and was a F
 antastic Sam’s Hair Salon franchisee!\n\nTo his credit\, Jim left the fo
 ur 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 Commerce
 \, serving on the Chamber’s Board and ultimately as the Board Chair. He 
 has also served as member of the Chamber Commodores Club for the last 9 ye
 ars. In 2010\, he graduated from Leadership Tomorrow and the Newport Beach
  Citizen Police Academy.\n\nEarly in its birth\, Jim joined the Newport Be
 ach Restaurant Association\, serving as Chair for many years. He helped fo
 und the very successful Newport Beach Restaurant Week and convinced the Ci
 ty to allow patio dining in front of restaurants along Pacific Coast Hwy. 
 He has been a fixture at City Hall fighting for the restaurant community.\
 n\nJim recently celebrated 5 years of marriage to his wife\, Kay. Jim’s 
 daughter\, Wendy\, lives in Cathedral City\, California and daughter\, Jul
 ie\, lives in Running Springs\, Colorado. Jim also has two grandchildren\,
  Madelyne Aronilla (age 10) and Lucas Arjonilla (age 7).[/vc_column_text][
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 st Newport Beach Citizens of the Year\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_r
 ow][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1949\nRobert “Bob”
  Murphy\n1950\nHarry Welch\n1951\nRobert Callis\n1952 Myford Irvine\n1953\
 nO.W. “Dick” Richards\n1954\nDora O. Hill\n1955\nJoseph A. Beek\n1956\
 nEdward Milum\, M.D.\n1957\nJ.L. “Les” Steffensen | James “Jim” Ed
 wards\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\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_
 column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1966\nTheodore Robins\n196
 7\nJohn Murdy\n1968\nJudge Robert Gardner  |  Walter Longmoor\n1969\nA. 
 Vincent Jorgenson\n1970\nFred Schope\n1971\nJohn Macnab  |  Doreen Marsh
 all\n1972\nJohn Lawson\n1973\nPhil Tozer\n1974\nGeorge Hoag\n1975\nRichard
  “Dick” Stevens\n1976\nRay Watson\n1977\nArvo Haapa\n1978\nRobert Wynn
 \n1979\nT. Duncan Stewart\n1980\nRobert Shelton\n1981\nWilliam P. Ficker 
  |  Bill Banning\n1982\nHarry Babbitt\n1983\nJ. Peter Barrett\n[/vc_colum
 n_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1984\nWilliam 
 D. Lusk\n1985\nCharley Hester\n1986\nJackie Heather\n1987\nBob McCurdy\n19
 88\nHans Prager\n1989\nBill Hamilton\n1990\nPaul Salata\n1991/92\nJim Dale
 \n1992/93\nArt Gronsky\n1993/94\nBob Robins\n1994/95\nMichael Stephens\n19
 95/96\nLucille Kuehn\n1997\nRush N. Hill\, II\n1998\nMarian Bergeson\n1999
 \nClarence “Bus” Turner\n2000\nThomas C. Edwards\n2001\nDayna Pettit\n
 2002 Bill Grundy\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_
 column_text]\n2003\nScott Paulsen\n2004\nWilliam Ring\n2005\nSeymour Beek\
 n2006\nDennis O’Neil\n2007\nEvelyn Hart\n2008\nLula Halfacre\n2009\nNorm
  Loats\, E.d.D\n2010\nRalph Rodheim\n2011/12\nTom Johnson\n2013\nJean Watt
 \n2014\nJack and Nancy Skinner\n2015\nPaul Watkins\n2016\nJohn and Elizabe
 th Stahr\n2017\nHomer Bludau\n2018\nDebbie Snavely\n2019\nNancy Gardner\n2
 020\nJoe Stapleton\n2021\nWalt Howald\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_r
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