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Sid Tyler Biography

Sid TylerEDUCATION: Harvard College, 1950-1954; BA, American Government

MILITARY SERVICE: US Marine Corps, 1954-1957, Korea/Japan

PASADENA CITY COUNCIL: 1997-present

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, General Hospital Division, 1970-1994
Retired as Executive Vice President at this hospital management company,
which owns and operates 85 hospitals throughout the US.

Xerox Corp., Medical Diagnostic Operations, Pasadena, 1969-1970
Marketing Manager, clinical chemistry systems.

SmithKline Beecham (Formerly SK&F Labs), Philadelphia, 1957-1968
Pharmaceutical marketing research.

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Weingart Center Association, 1989-1996
Director and Past Chair of this non-profit organization providing services to the homeless in downtown LA’s skid row.

Descanso Botanical Garden, 1995-present
Trustee and Development Committee Co-Chair

Harvard College, Committee on University Resources, 1996-present

All Saints Church, Pasadena, 1974-1977
Vestryman

Chandler School, Pasadena, 1975-1981
Trustee and Board Chair

Pasadena Southwest Little League, 1973-1974
President

FAMILY: Married Betsey Whitin in 1959. Currently serves as Ombudsman for the State of California in several area nursing homes. Former Head of the Women’s Committee at the Huntington Library. Former volunteer at Huntington Memorial Hospital. Attended Smith College and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing.

CHILDREN: Toby - Senior Analyst at PG&E, San Francisco
David - City Planner, Everett, Washington
Richard - Contractor, Tahoe City, California
Becky - Employee Benefits Manager, San Francisco, California

GRANDCHILDREN: 6

OUTSIDE INTERESTS: Average tennis player, terrible golfer, accomplished skier,
amateurish photographer, beginning gardener.



 



 
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