Former Los Angeles Dodgers basic supervisor and vp Fred Claire is slated to obtain an honorary doctorate diploma from Whittier Faculty at their graduation on Could 9.
Claire, who attended El Camino Faculty and San Jose State College for school, will earn this honorary doctorate from Whittier after beforehand working as a sports activities editor and author for the Whittier Every day Information throughout the Fifties and Nineteen Sixties.
“I’m deeply honored to obtain this recognition. My first place after being graduated from San Jose State Faculty in 1957 was with the Whittier Every day Information and this appears to be full circle and couldn’t have been accomplished with out the assistance and inspiration of so many individuals.”
— Fred Claire, via his LinkedIn page
Claire started his profession as a journalist earlier than occurring to tackle a job within the Dodgers PR division. He labored his approach as much as a vp position of their PR division, serving to create the branding behind “Dodger Blue.”
Claire completed his profession within the Dodgers’ group because the staff’s basic supervisor from 1987-98, overseeing the staff’s 1988 World Collection run that was not replicated till 2020. He was additionally instrumental in increasing the Dodgers’ worldwide footprint, signing Asian stars Hideo Nomo and Chan Ho Park.
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