Renato Contini 39th CAC President, July 1985

Renato Contini
(d. July 31, 1985)

Renato Contini served as First Vice President and Program Chairman of the CAC before being elected President for the 1985-86 year. Unfortunately, he passed away July 31, 1985, only a month after being installed in the new office. Carol Rensen became succeeded him in August 1985 following his passing. Contini was a student of CAC members Jake Lee and Hal Reed.

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Sources:
CAC Bulletins – June 1985, Sept. 1985; Who’s Who in the California Art Club, Inc.- Roster and By-Laws, 1984, 75th Anniversary Edition

Member:
AM Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow, 1975)
California Art Club (President, July 1985; First Vice President 1981-84; Program Chairman 1985)
Hancock Park Art Council (President, 1975-77)
Human Factors Society (President, 1958-59)
National Academy of Medicine (Associate Fellow)
National Honorary Engineering Society, 1959
National Honorary Scientific Society, 1950
New York Academy of Sciences, 1947