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Pasadena's University Club, a men-only institution for more than 60 years, has decided to admit women.
For doctors, lawyers, city officials and high-ranking businessmen, the club's exclusive board rooms always have been the place to discuss important issues, talk deals, make contracts and learn lessons.
The club's 600 members had voted twice previously-in 1977 and again in 1980-against allowing women to join. But on Tuesday, members voted by a 3-1 margin to change their minds.
"We've moved into the 20th Century," laughed club President John Bonholtzer on Wednesday.
Bonholtzer, a commercial real estate broker, said the issue has been "on our minds for the last few years. This is an issue which many organizations have been grappling with."
In March, Rotary International was ordered by a state appellate court to reinstate the Duarte chapter it ousted eight years ago for admitting three women members. Male-only clubs such as the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles and the exclusive and secretive Bohemian Club on the Russian River, whose members...