MEMOIRS BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND PRESIDENT EMERITUS June 20, 1986 Page 1 - Tape 1
QUESTION:
HOW DID BIOLA AVENUE GET ITS NAME?
RESPONSE:
Before there was ever a street, there was simply a line named Holder Avenue on the tract map of the new, and as yet totally unbuilt, City of La Mirada. When we decided to move to La Mirada, I felt that as long as we were starting in a new area we might as well identify it with Biola as much as possible. So I suggested to the Board of Trustees that we apply for a name change from Holder Avenue to Biola Avenue. Apparently, Mr. Holder was a friend of Mr. McNally, and he just put that name in as a mark of friendship. At the time we were thinking about the name change, there were four organizations that owned all of the land between Stage Road and Imperial Highway. The La Mirada Development Company being the parent company, there was a DeVon Construction Company, the Shaw
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