Vivian Joseph Malpezzi

Vivian Joseph Malpezzi, born December 31, 1921 in Helena, Mont., passed away December 29, 2009 in Temecula, Calif. She was raised in Tacoma, Wash. and moved to California as a late teen.

A competitive athlete, Vivian was a junior tennis champion in the Pacific Northwest and a single-digit handicap golfer at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. A Girl Scout leader, Boy Scout supporter and prize rose gardener, Vivian was the co-founder with her husband of 53 years, William, of Golden West University School of Law, which she administered in tandem with California College of Law.

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