Title supplied by cataloger. Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park. Photograph caption dated April 24, 1965 reads, "Clyde (Barney) Barnett, director of the State Aeronautics Division, left, accepts plaque from Lawson Miller, second from left, and Dr. Myrl Rupel, signifying honorary membership in Flying Educators, and organization composed of teachers and school administrators interested in flying. Miller is president of the organization and Rupel, of Tehachapi, is the director. The plaque was presented at a dinner before the Hangar Session meeting Wednesday in Van Nuys. Barnett was brought to the meeting as the featured speaker by Al Linn, right, moderator of the Hangar Session. (See Gene Cowles' column Page 7)."
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1 color negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
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