2001 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Dick Dale

 

Steve Henthorn, President & CEO of the San Bernardino Convention & Visitors Bureau, along with Paul Petersen present Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, the 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award during a concert at the 2001 Route 66 Rendezvous.

 


 

 

2002 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Jack Brown, President & CEO of Stater Bros. and friends.

A native of San Bernardino, Brown began his career as a Box Boy at Berk’s Market Spot in San Bernardino. Attending San Jose State University and UCLA, he majored in Business Administration, and served in the United State Navy with the Pacific Fleet. Brown has served as V.P. Sales and Marketing for Sage’s Markets in San Bernardino, Corporate V.P. for Marsh Supermarkets Inc. of Yorktown, Indiana, President of Pantry Food Markets in Pasadena, and President of American Community Stores Corp. in Omaha, Nebraska. Brown is now the Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO for Stater Bros. Markets, America’s 2001 Supermarket Retailer of the Year, and one of the nations largest Supermarket Chains, and Southern California’s only locally owned and operated Supermarket Chain.

 

2003 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, C.W. "Scotty" Scott presented by Jack Brown, President & CEO of Stater Bros.

Organizers of the Route 66 Rendezvous honor Charles W. Scott also known as “Scotty” with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his innovative automobiles which have helped shape and define dry lakes racing. Scott’s first vehicle was a 1922 Chevrolet. He cut the windshield, lowered the top, and traded and bartered for parts. In a trip in the Chevy Scott followed a group of hot rodders to Rosamond Dry Lake. Scott discovered that the group accepted entries on the spot. Entering his vehicle for what he remembers as a fifty-cent fee, he was able to drive his Chevy through the timing lights. Hoping for 100 mph, Scott was disappointed when he reached only 69 mph. Twenty-six years later, in 1953, Scott’s Ardun-Ford-powered B-Class Lakester, driven by Leroy Holmes, would be the first open-wheeled hot rod to average better than 200 mph on the Boneville Salt Flats. Scott has owned and operated his own business, Scotty’s Muffler Service, in San Bernardino since 1938 where he made and sold hot rod parts.

 

2004 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Paul Petersen presented by Jack Brown, President & CEO of Stater Bros.

Petersen is self described as a "product of PR" who is best known for his role on "The Donna Reed Show" playing Donna's feisty son, Jeff Stone from 1958-1966. Soon to follow were hit records, "My Dad and "Lollipops and Roses" along with magazine covers, screaming fans, fast cars, and girls. Petersen is also an author who has written numerous books on various topics.

Being involved with the television and movie industry, Petersen wanted to make a difference in child actors' lives. In 1990, Petersen founded the non-profit organization, A Minor Consideration, to assist child actors and their parents as they face the challenges of the entertainment industry. A strong emphasis is placed on education and preserving income generating from the kids so they have resources available to them when them become young adults.

 

2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Barry Meguiar

BARRY MEGUIAR AND MEGUIAR’S WAX are synonymous when it comes to automotive enthusiasts and the maintenance of their vehicles. Now in its second century as a family owned business, Meguiar’s manufactures more than 300 different cleaners, polishes, waxes, and conditioners for not only cars, but also for the home, boats, trains and planes.