Businessman, 81, Wins the Fernando Award
An 81-year-old businessman and philanthropist was given the Fernando Award on Friday for significantly improving the San Fernando Valley.
Sam Greenberg, a lifelong Van Nuys resident who owns Sam’s U-Drive Rentals on Oxnard Boulevard and is a Los Angeles airport commissioner, is the award’s 32nd recipient. Every year since 1958, a group of Valley business leaders has honored a Valley resident they chose for making a significant contribution to the community.
Greenberg was chosen this year in part because he contributed $1.3 million to building a cafeteria for New Horizons, a nonprofit Sepulveda organization for the mentally retarded.
Greenberg will be honored Nov. 2 at a dinner at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City.
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