The Clarence and Anne Fleming Endowment for Education honors two Pasadena residents who loved and served their community for more than 60 years and valued the importance of education. Clarence passed away in 2016 at age 89, and Anne passed away in December 2021 at age 92.
Born in Los Angeles to Clarence Edwin Fleming, Jr. and Florence Johnson Salsbury, Clarence enjoyed a childhood in Hancock Park and attended Black Fox Military Academy. He matriculated to Stanford University and obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California. Hester Anne “Bunny” Bunnell was born in New York City and eventually came west to attend UCLA. She met Clarence during his law studies at USC, and they married on the very day that Clarence graduated from USC in 1953.
Clarence practiced law in Pasadena at Fleming, Anderson, McClung and Finch and devoted countless hours to pro bono causes throughout his legal career. Anne initially became a primary school teacher but later enrolled at PCC’s Nursing School and earned her R.N.; the final years of her career were spent at Pasadena’s Polytechnic School as the school nurse.
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