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Room ~"0T 'CTefTIgeb m me piau uirorrc—larc^a-croV-Tor-ix Hospital Pavilion Will Bear Maynard Munger'sTslame By Karl M. Kidder Bee Medical Writer Leon S. Peters totaled up the many years of dedicated Maynard Munger service given by a friend yesterday as he formally dedicated the Fresno Community Hospital's new flag pavilion in the name of Maynard Munger. Several of Munger's friends and colleagues surrounded him in front of the hospital', which Munger helped build a few years ago, and to expand more recently, as the dedication ceremonies took place. For some 22 years, Munger has been a member of the hospital's board of trustees. He has been its' vice president, and in 1967 was chairman of a campaign that raised nearly $2.8 million to erect the main building that now is Community's center. The ceremonies started with a color guard from the California National Guard raising, first, the official emblem of the United States. Next came the California Bear Flag, and third, the white flag bearing the emblem of the hospital. A plaque embedded in a large boulder fronting the pavilion reads: "Honoring Maynard Munger, as a dedicated citizen of the City of Fresno, the State of California, and for his devoted service as a member and vice president of the Board of Trustees atv Fresno Community Hospital." "It is indeed fitting that we honor Maynard in this manner," Peters intoned. "Through his unselfish efforts he has helped make our community and our state what they are today." Among those efforts, Peters listed Munger's tenure as president of the Fresno County and City Chamber of Commerce in a time when there was considerable agitation for, and opposition to the creation of the San Luis Dam and reservoir which now are realities. He was chairman of the chamber committee which planned the observance of Fresno County's 100th anniversary, and he helped persuade the chamber board that new headquarters were needed. Peters noted that Munger served with distinction as president-of the Fresno Rotary Club and the Fresno YMCA, and that he worked on the latter's board for many years before and after he occupied the president's chair. Last year, the Fresnan was named chairman of the California Highway Commission, to which he had been appointed four years earlier by Gov. Ronald Reagan. In the crowd yesterday was Commissioner Vern Christina, representing the governor, the commission and the state generally. As a fund raiser, Munger also had been busy helping his church, First Presbyterian, and others of the denomination in the western US. He was active in Community's money raising campaign in 1956. In his remarks, Peters likened the three flags barely fluttering at the top of the new masts as examples of the major contributions Munger has made over the years. He paid: "The Stars and Stripes signify, to me, his love and devotion to his country; the Bear Flag his sincere consideration of our state, our San Joaquin Valley and Fresno, where he has labored and served in many, many areas. "I think the hospital flag exemplifies his untiring efforts to make Community Hospital the great center of healing that it is today." Then Peters made this comment about the granite boulder in which the bronze plaque has been embedded: "This boulder is significant of Maynard's love of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, our great outdoors and for God who created the universe and our earth for all of us to enjoy. "Maynard, our congratulations to you!" -x Munger, Ex-State Road Chief, Dies Munger: Ex-Road Chief Maynard Munger, former chairman of the California Highway Commission whose major goals were to find a wav to build a •foolproof" highway and to link the San Joaquin and Owens Valleys by a road crossing the Minaret Summit, died today without achieving either. The 69-year-old Fresnan died of cancer in Fresno Community Hospital, which he had served for years as vice president of the board of trustees. The hospital recently dedicated a flag pavilion in its newly constructed wing to Munger. Long active in Fresno's business as well as cultural development, Munger was elected chairman of the California Highway Commission in June 1971, two years after being appointed to the policy-making body. His term as chairman expired June 30, but he had one more year to serve on the commission. For years prior to that, he had been working with several others on the Minaret Summit Highway Coordinating Committee in a so-far abortive campaign to give the central San Joa quin Valley a quicker and more advantageous route to the east. When he was elected chairman of the highway commission, he said in an interview that "safety is and must be paramount in highway construction." Then he added: "I have always hoped that somehow we could find a way to construct a See Munger Page A4 Weather Forecast: Clearing skies this afternoon, becoming generally fair through tomorrow; warmer days and cooler nights; light to gentle northwesterly winds; Fresno temperatures: 73, 48; today's low, 56; yesterday's high, 66. Details on Page B7 Continued from Page Al fool proof highway, but apparently that day is still far away." A native Fresnan, Munger lived here all his life with the exception of some 14 years in Berkeley. He attended Berkeley High School and was graduated from the University of California. Returning to Fresno, he ultimately became president and general manager of the Hobbs-Parsons Company, a Maynard Munger wholesale produce firm started by his father, Albert Munger. His interest in civic affairs was born early. As a young man he was active in the First Presbyterian Church and was named to its Session, then as vice president of the San Joaquin Presbytery. He served several terms on the board of the Fresno Area Migrant Ministry and was a president of the Fresno YMCA. Citizen Of Year Fresno Post 4, American Legion, honored him in 1959 by naming him Citizen of the Year. By then he already had been a trustee of the Fresno Art Center, a member of the advisory board of the Fresno State University Agricultural Foundation and the advance gifts division of the United Givers Plan (now the United Crusade). He served as president of the Fresno County and City Chamber of Commerce, the Fresno Rotary Club and the Fresno Convention Bureau. In the latter association, he was one of the leading forces in the campaign to build a new convention center complex for the city. In 1964, Munger characterized that drive as "one of the major challenges to face the cultural and intellectual leadership of our community." A few years later he was named chairman of another drive that sought some $200,000 to complete the center theater as a first-rate facility. Munger also was chairman of the committee that planned and built the new addition to the hospital in which he died. Munger is survived by his widow, Erma, who lives in the family home at 5140 N. Fruit Ave. They were married 44 years ago. Also surviving are two sons, Maynard Jr. of Moraga, a real estate broker, and Edward of Fresno, a partner in Engineered Sound; a brother, Dr. Robert B. Munger, a professor of evangelism at the Fuller Theological Seminary; a sister, Mrs. Helen Vaughn of Berkeley; his mother, Mrs. Pearl Munger of Oakland, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the First Presbyterian Church. The Yost & Webb Funeral Home is directing. Private intomb- ment will follow in the Chapel of the Light. The family said memorial gifts can be given to the memorial fund of the First Presbyterian Church, the Mt. Hermon Christian Conference Grounds or the Fresno Community Hospital.
Object Description
Title | Scrapbook |
Object type | Photo album |
Digital collection | Leon S. Peters Papers |
Physical collection | Leon S. Peters papers |
Folder structure | Biographical_information |
Description
Title | Page 43 |
Date Created | 1972-08-04 |
Physical description | 42.0 cm. x 30.6 cm. |
Full text search | Room ~"0T 'CTefTIgeb m me piau uirorrc—larc^a-croV-Tor-ix Hospital Pavilion Will Bear Maynard Munger'sTslame By Karl M. Kidder Bee Medical Writer Leon S. Peters totaled up the many years of dedicated Maynard Munger service given by a friend yesterday as he formally dedicated the Fresno Community Hospital's new flag pavilion in the name of Maynard Munger. Several of Munger's friends and colleagues surrounded him in front of the hospital', which Munger helped build a few years ago, and to expand more recently, as the dedication ceremonies took place. For some 22 years, Munger has been a member of the hospital's board of trustees. He has been its' vice president, and in 1967 was chairman of a campaign that raised nearly $2.8 million to erect the main building that now is Community's center. The ceremonies started with a color guard from the California National Guard raising, first, the official emblem of the United States. Next came the California Bear Flag, and third, the white flag bearing the emblem of the hospital. A plaque embedded in a large boulder fronting the pavilion reads: "Honoring Maynard Munger, as a dedicated citizen of the City of Fresno, the State of California, and for his devoted service as a member and vice president of the Board of Trustees atv Fresno Community Hospital." "It is indeed fitting that we honor Maynard in this manner," Peters intoned. "Through his unselfish efforts he has helped make our community and our state what they are today." Among those efforts, Peters listed Munger's tenure as president of the Fresno County and City Chamber of Commerce in a time when there was considerable agitation for, and opposition to the creation of the San Luis Dam and reservoir which now are realities. He was chairman of the chamber committee which planned the observance of Fresno County's 100th anniversary, and he helped persuade the chamber board that new headquarters were needed. Peters noted that Munger served with distinction as president-of the Fresno Rotary Club and the Fresno YMCA, and that he worked on the latter's board for many years before and after he occupied the president's chair. Last year, the Fresnan was named chairman of the California Highway Commission, to which he had been appointed four years earlier by Gov. Ronald Reagan. In the crowd yesterday was Commissioner Vern Christina, representing the governor, the commission and the state generally. As a fund raiser, Munger also had been busy helping his church, First Presbyterian, and others of the denomination in the western US. He was active in Community's money raising campaign in 1956. In his remarks, Peters likened the three flags barely fluttering at the top of the new masts as examples of the major contributions Munger has made over the years. He paid: "The Stars and Stripes signify, to me, his love and devotion to his country; the Bear Flag his sincere consideration of our state, our San Joaquin Valley and Fresno, where he has labored and served in many, many areas. "I think the hospital flag exemplifies his untiring efforts to make Community Hospital the great center of healing that it is today." Then Peters made this comment about the granite boulder in which the bronze plaque has been embedded: "This boulder is significant of Maynard's love of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, our great outdoors and for God who created the universe and our earth for all of us to enjoy. "Maynard, our congratulations to you!" -x Munger, Ex-State Road Chief, Dies Munger: Ex-Road Chief Maynard Munger, former chairman of the California Highway Commission whose major goals were to find a wav to build a •foolproof" highway and to link the San Joaquin and Owens Valleys by a road crossing the Minaret Summit, died today without achieving either. The 69-year-old Fresnan died of cancer in Fresno Community Hospital, which he had served for years as vice president of the board of trustees. The hospital recently dedicated a flag pavilion in its newly constructed wing to Munger. Long active in Fresno's business as well as cultural development, Munger was elected chairman of the California Highway Commission in June 1971, two years after being appointed to the policy-making body. His term as chairman expired June 30, but he had one more year to serve on the commission. For years prior to that, he had been working with several others on the Minaret Summit Highway Coordinating Committee in a so-far abortive campaign to give the central San Joa quin Valley a quicker and more advantageous route to the east. When he was elected chairman of the highway commission, he said in an interview that "safety is and must be paramount in highway construction." Then he added: "I have always hoped that somehow we could find a way to construct a See Munger Page A4 Weather Forecast: Clearing skies this afternoon, becoming generally fair through tomorrow; warmer days and cooler nights; light to gentle northwesterly winds; Fresno temperatures: 73, 48; today's low, 56; yesterday's high, 66. Details on Page B7 Continued from Page Al fool proof highway, but apparently that day is still far away." A native Fresnan, Munger lived here all his life with the exception of some 14 years in Berkeley. He attended Berkeley High School and was graduated from the University of California. Returning to Fresno, he ultimately became president and general manager of the Hobbs-Parsons Company, a Maynard Munger wholesale produce firm started by his father, Albert Munger. His interest in civic affairs was born early. As a young man he was active in the First Presbyterian Church and was named to its Session, then as vice president of the San Joaquin Presbytery. He served several terms on the board of the Fresno Area Migrant Ministry and was a president of the Fresno YMCA. Citizen Of Year Fresno Post 4, American Legion, honored him in 1959 by naming him Citizen of the Year. By then he already had been a trustee of the Fresno Art Center, a member of the advisory board of the Fresno State University Agricultural Foundation and the advance gifts division of the United Givers Plan (now the United Crusade). He served as president of the Fresno County and City Chamber of Commerce, the Fresno Rotary Club and the Fresno Convention Bureau. In the latter association, he was one of the leading forces in the campaign to build a new convention center complex for the city. In 1964, Munger characterized that drive as "one of the major challenges to face the cultural and intellectual leadership of our community." A few years later he was named chairman of another drive that sought some $200,000 to complete the center theater as a first-rate facility. Munger also was chairman of the committee that planned and built the new addition to the hospital in which he died. Munger is survived by his widow, Erma, who lives in the family home at 5140 N. Fruit Ave. They were married 44 years ago. Also surviving are two sons, Maynard Jr. of Moraga, a real estate broker, and Edward of Fresno, a partner in Engineered Sound; a brother, Dr. Robert B. Munger, a professor of evangelism at the Fuller Theological Seminary; a sister, Mrs. Helen Vaughn of Berkeley; his mother, Mrs. Pearl Munger of Oakland, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the First Presbyterian Church. The Yost & Webb Funeral Home is directing. Private intomb- ment will follow in the Chapel of the Light. The family said memorial gifts can be given to the memorial fund of the First Presbyterian Church, the Mt. Hermon Christian Conference Grounds or the Fresno Community Hospital. |