Promoted to Director of Recreational Services in 2021, Wilson Wong started working for MPTF nearly 14 years ago. “I wanted to do something fun that also made a difference,” he says when describing what drew him to the profession and MPTF. Wilson illustrates the deep...
Jean Hersholt was an actor and humanitarian, President of MPTF for 18 years, and the man who raised the money to buy and begin to develop the MPTF campus in 1941. He is also the namesake for the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award first bestowed in 1957. Before...
If institutions can be considered kindred spirits, then surely Musso & Frank and MPTF are that. Founded at the turn of the century in the nascent stages of Hollywood, both institutions celebrated 100 years of service to an industry—Musso’s founded in 1919 and MPTF...
These days, no one is a stranger to loss. If anything, in pandemic times, we’re likely overwhelmed by it and welcome a way to honor those we’ve cared about. The Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, takes this idea one step further. Each year, for over three decades, the...
Some may say that Courtenay Valenti’s life began under dramatic circumstances as she found herself with an unlikely fan in President Lyndon B. Johnson (seen above, showing her a basket of puppies) Courtenay’s father, famed MPAA head Jack Valenti, was a trusted advisor...
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