SACRAMENTO - The Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and First Lady
Anne Gust Brown along with The California Museum announced the latest
inductees to the California Hall of Fame today. Now in its seventh year,
the California Hall of Fame honors individuals who exemplify
California's spirit of innovation.
The 7th class of California Hall of Fame inductees are: scientist
Gregory Bateson; film legend Warren Beatty; visionary designers Charles
and Ray Eames; labor activist Dolores Huerta; celebrated Native
Californian Ishi; football hero Joe Montana; and motion picture
innovators the Warner brothers.
“The Golden State shines brighter thanks to the talent and creativity of
these trailblazers,” said Governor Brown. “Their contributions to
California are truly inspiring.”
“I am honored,” said inductee Warren Beatty.
All living inductees and the family of posthumous inductees are
scheduled to receive a “Spirit of California” medal from the Governor
and First Lady in the official state ceremony on Wednesday, March 20,
2013, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The California Museum, located at
1020 O Street in Sacramento.
“Like our whole family, I am thrilled to represent my grandparents at
their induction to the California Hall of Fame,” said Eames Demetrios,
grandson of inductees Charles and Ray Eames. “Charles and Ray came to
California in 1941 as newlyweds to pursue a vision of design where
function and beauty were not in conflict, but together could serve the
customer and the world's greater good. Over seventy years later Eames
Office continues to inspire people around the planet with the ideas of
the Eameses.”
Inductees into the California Hall of Fame have made remarkable
achievements across a variety of California industries and areas of
influence including science, philanthropy, sports, business,
entertainment, literature, technology, activism and politics. In
addition to the ceremony, the new class of inductees will also be
commemorated with an exhibit of personal artifacts highlighting their
lives and achievements, which opens to the public at 10:00 a.m. on
Thursday, March 21 at The California Museum.
“The California Hall of Fame is not just an official state ceremony,”
said Richard Costigan III, Chair of The California Museum's Board of
Trustees. “It is also the Museum's annual gala, providing funding for
all of the non-profit institution's operations, exhibits and educational
programs for the entire year. We're thrilled to honor yet another class
of extraordinary Californians.”
Members of the public are invited to view the arrivals of the inductees
and ceremony attendees on Wednesday, March 20 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m. in a public viewing area located at the corner of 10th and O
Streets in front of the Museum. The induction ceremony will be broadcast
in an hour long program on PBS stations across the state and viewable
on the screening room of the Museum's web site at CaliforniaMuseum.org
in the summer of 2013, on a date to be determined.
