{"id":1108,"date":"2026-06-16T20:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2026-06-16T20:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:45:16","slug":"future-hall-of-fame-mlb-owner-planted-ivy-at-penn-on-this-week-in-philly-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Future hall of fame MLB owner planted ivy at Penn on this week in Philly history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the Chicago Cubs who have a history with ivy.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>On June 15, 1926, as the senior class president, future Los Angeles Dodgers executive Walter O\u2019Malley delivered thesalutatory address to his classmates during the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s 170th commencement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1106\">Tina Fey\u2019s \u2018The Four Seasons\u2019 renewed for third season<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And as part of the tradition, he planted a sprig of ivy representing the 1,700 members of the class of 1926.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He was a native New Yorker (forgive him), but at Penn, he was a distinguished undergraduate, leading his class in several significant ways.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He was his junior and senior class president. And at the Weightman Hall ceremony he was awarded the \u201cSpoon Man\u201d honor, which is voted on by the senior class. The award, a wooden spoon, is a bigger deal than it sounds. It reflects the winner\u2019s leadership and popularity. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After Penn, he earned a law degree from Columbia. He became associated with the Dodgers when they were still in Brooklyn in 1932. He took over as team president and majority owner in 1950, and he made the controversial decision to move the team to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s. He ran the club until 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1104\">1,200 union nurses at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital vote in favor of strike as bargaining continues<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He served as a Penn alumni trustee and board member from 1966 until his death in 1979.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>O\u2019Malley would go on to become the first Penn alumnus to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And he never even played a game.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He was inducted posthumously into the Hall of Fame in 2008. 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