The Richard and Mary Alice Frank Endowment provides unrestricted support for PCF’s local grantmaking in the Greater Pasadena area. Lifelong residents and community advocates, Richard and Mary Alice supported local causes throughout their lives. Their bequest to PCF ensures their legacy of generosity will benefit Pasadena for generations to come.
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The Richard and Mary Alice Frank Endowment provides unrestricted support for PCF’s local grantmaking programs in the Pasadena area. Richard & Mary Alice Frank were philanthropic during their lifetimes. Their generosity will keep supporting the Pasadena community in perpetuity through their named endowment, created by a bequest to the Pasadena Community Foundation.
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Richard was a lifelong Pasadena resident. While attending Pomona College, he met Mary Alice Bentley. For 65 years, they enjoyed a fulfilling life together. He became president and CEO of Lawry’s Foods, Inc. in 1956. Mary Alice worked closely with her husband as he grew Lawry’s Foods and Lawry’s Restaurants into world-renowned businesses. Locally, Richard was celebrated for his creation of Lawry’s Beef Bowl, the famed annual event that treats the Rose Bowl competitors to evenings of food and merriment the week prior to the famed Tournament of Roses game. In 2005, he was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in recognition of his enthusiastic support of the Rose Bowl tradition and the Tournament of Roses. Richard passed away in 2015.
Mary Alice established a successful interior design firm. She was a long-term member of the Pasadena Art Alliance and served for a number of years on the Pasadena Design Commission. She passed away in 2013 and is remembered as a gracious, kind, generous woman with a feisty sense of humor and a contagious zest for life.
In addition to their successful businesses, the Franks were committed to the community in which they raised their three children. Their son, Richard R. Frank, served as the PCF’s Ambassador for Human Services during its 60th anniversary year, representing the family’s three-generation involvement with AbilityFirst.
Through this fund, PCF has been able to
For more information about PCF giving opportunities, please contact
Pasadena Community Foundation
301 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 810
Pasadena, CA., 91101
626.796.2097
pcfstaff@pasadenacf.org
