March 2026 Guest Speaker: Pamela Baird, Mountain View Historical Association
Topic: Innovators and Early Patent Holders of Mountain View
We think of innovation as a recent, Silicon Valley, phenomenon. But from the earliest pioneers who founded and built Mountain View, we see a line of innovators and creators. In this talk, Baird will highlight some of the earliest patent holders of the area, including names like Hawthorne, Rengstorff and Deray. Pamela Baird has called Mountain View her home for over 25 years. For over thirty years she owned a business that focused on marketing and servicing the kitchen & bath industry. In recent years she has become more involved in our community, serving on the board of Friends of Deer Hollow Farm and the League of Women Voters. After serving on the Mountain View Planning Commission, she became a member of the Downtown Committee and still serves as its vice-chair. She has enjoyed being the president of the board of the Mountain View Historical Association for the past four years. Pamela enjoys exercising, cooking and the arts.
By Art Bernstein