Lawrence Loomis Jeffries; Longtime Southland Philanthropist
Lawrence Loomis Jeffries, 84, a fourth-generation Californian and longtime resident of Pasadena. Professionally he was associated for 55 years with the Jeffries Banknote Co. of Los Angeles before retiring in 1984. But he was probably better known for his philanthropies: the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, the Southwest Museum, the Hathaway Home for Children, and as president of the Heritage Square Foundation, where his mother’s home has been moved. He also was a founding member of the Pasadena Museum of Modern Art and the Music Center. In Santa Barbara on Dec. 19.
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