Martha Bertonneau Padve

Background

Padve, Martha Bertonneau was born on February 22, 1917 in Scobey, Montana, United States. Daughter of Henry Francis and Marie (Vaccaro) Bertonneau.

Education

Student, Pasadena Junior College, 1937—1939. Certified, Southwest University Business College, Los Angeles, 1941. Certified, Pasadena Institute for Radio, 1947.

Student, Claremont Colleges, 1974. Student, University Southern California, 1984. Student, Community College, Pasadena, 1988.

Career

Juvenile roles Pasadena (California) Community Playhouse, 1935-1937. Partner, business manager restaurant development ventures, Pasadena, 1940-1950. Club director Red Cross, Newfoundland, Canada, 1944-1945.

Leading roles Penthouse Theatre, Altadena, California, 1946-1948. Club director armed forces special services Red Cross, Austria, 1949-1952. Head department publications Henry E. Huntington Library., San Marino, California, 1953-1957.

Consultant art planning Model Cities program, Omaha, 1975. Founding instructor contemporary art collecting class, 1979-1980. Director development Bella Lewitzky Dance Foundation, Los Angeles, 1980-1981.

Instructor Art. Center College Design, Pasadena, 1981-1982, associate director development, 1981-1983. Instructor University Southern California College Continuing Education, Los Angeles, 1983-1984. Urban planning and arts consultant The Arroyo Group, Pasadena, 1979-1994.

Freelance writer, journalist, playwright, since 1994. Developer education program Museum Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1984-1986. Author arts segment Pasadena General Plan, 1980-1983.

Achievements

• Martha Bertonneau Padve has been listed as a noteworthy not-for-profit developer, urban planner, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee, vice president Pasadena Art Museum, 1967-1974. Co-chair building fund Norton Simon Museum Art, Pasadena 1968-1970. Chair Pasadena Planning Commission, 1973-1981, Pasadena Street Tree Plan, 1975-1976, Pasadena High Rise Task Force, 1979.

Chairman San Gabriel Valley Planning Council, 1977-1978. Member Pasadena Downtown Urban Design Plan, 1980-1983. Founding member Arts, Parks & Recreation Task Force, 1978-1980.

Vice-chair Pasadena Design Review Commission, 1974-1978. Founding chair Southern California Fellows of Contemporary Art, 1976-1978. Advisory committee University Southern California Art Galleries, 1976-1982, University of California at Los Angeles oral history program contemporary art, 1983-1994.

Chair audit committee Los Angeles County Grand Jury, 1986-1987. Founder Pasadena Robinson Memorial, Inc., 1990-1992, board directors 1992-1993. Curator Vroman's Art on the Stairwell, 1992-2002.

Executive committee St. Andrew's School Board, 1993-1994. Co-chair restoration advisory committee St. Andrew's Church, 1994. Judge Pasadena Tournament of Roses, 1994.

Board directors San Juan Community Theatre, 1997-2001, executive committee, 1999-2001, acting executive director team, 1999-2000. Monologue produced Playwrights Festival, 2002, 04, play 2003, 04. Property planning committee Archdiocese/St. Francis Church, 2002-2004.

Trustee St. Francis Cemetery, 2002-2004. Member Friday Harbor History Preservation Review Board, 2004-2006. Board directors, member Interisland Health Care Foundation, since 2006.

Interests

• Theater, music, wine, food.

Connections

Married Edgar E. Brandin, March 15, 1945 (divorced 1946), Married Jacob Padve, May 9, 1954 (divorced 1980).

Father:

Henry Francis Bertonneau

Mother:

Marie (Vaccaro) Bertonneau

Spouse:

Edgar E. Brandin