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Salvador Ramirez<\/p><\/div>Salvador A. Ramirez
\nJanuary 22, 1936 – August 24, 2014 <\/p>\n
Educator and author, Salvador A. Ramirez was born in Los Angeles, CA and died of natural causes at his home in Carlsbad, CA. <\/p>\n
A United States Navy\/NSA veteran, Sal received his BA and MA degrees from California State University Long Beach and his Counseling Credential from UCLA. He taught for nine years and served as a guidance counselor at the secondary level in the Los Angeles Unified School District before appointment as Principal of an experimental parent-initiated K-12 alternative school in the San Fernando Valley where he successfully guided its formative first four years. <\/p>\n
He was then chosen to lead San Dieguito High School in Encinitas, CA as Principal during a time of unprecedented growth in enrollment. Under his leadership, the school gained consecutive six-year accreditations and recognition as a California Distinguished School. His passion for California history set him on an extensive research path that led to accolades for his books, mostly about the Southern Pacific Railroad: “Fort Gaston, California: A Brief Sketch”; “From New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn in 1849”; “Octopus Speaks: The Colton Letters”; “Inside Man: Life and Times of Mark Hopkins”; “Clash of Titans: Ambrose Bierce and Collis Huntington”; “Colton Letters Revisited.” Sal’s extensive library and manuscripts will be made available at California State Railroad Museum Library. <\/p>\n
Sal is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mitsuko; son, Robert of Maricopa AZ; sister, Judy Whitfield of Bend, OR; sister, Dolores Hamady of Carlsbad, CA; brother, Victor of Carlsbad, CA; and numerous nephews and nieces. At Sal’s request, no services will be held.<\/p>\n