By Daily Press staff
A local real estate broker was honored last week for his community service. The Santa Monica Lions Club on Jan. 22 presented its 23rd Annual Community Recognition Award to real estate heavy-weight Bob Sullivan.
Sullivan in 1962 began his real estate career and became a partner in the Anthony L. Dituri Company about 10 years later. He changed the company name in 1980 to the Sullivan-Dituri Company.
Sullivan has been active in Santa Monica, where he volunteers in city, industry and civic organizations. Sullivan served as the first chairman of Santa Monica’s Architectural Review Board — a position he held for four years. He later served for four years on the city’s Planning Commission and spent 14 years on Santa Monica’s Personnel Board. Sullivan was chairman when his term expired.
Sullivan is the past president of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles. He also served as a director since 1968 and currently is the state legislative chair. Sullivan is the past president of the Santa Monica Board of Realtors and a 28-year member of the Rotary Club of Santa Monica.
He is a director and the past president of the Santa Monica Boys and Girls Club — an organization he has served and supported for 23 years.
Sullivan was born in Chicago but moved in 1953 with his family to Pacific Palisades. Sullivan graduated from University High School and spent four years in the United States Navy.
He then married Kathleen Fitzsimons on Jan. 7, 1961, and has resided in Santa Monica ever since. The couple has two daughters, Patricia Dawson and Terri Sullivan. Dawson and her husband, William, live in Santa Monica and have four children: Ryan, Megan, Kyle and Brandon.
Other recipients of the Lion’s Club award, which has been handed out since 1923, include Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts Jr., community members Dick Lawrence, Louise Gabriel, Wayne Harding and Frank Schwengel, to name a few.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 27, 2004. Read the original PDF.