- Date Of Birth: January 17, 1927
- Date Of Death: February 9, 2021
- Occupation: Businesswoman and entrepreneur
Margaret Hageman Sedenquist (January 17, 1927 – February 9, 2021) was an American businesswoman and entrepreneur.
Sedenquist was born on January 17, 1927, and grew up on a cattle ranch in Douglas, Wyoming in a household that warranted no limits based on gender. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wyoming. She then moved Westward with a pioneer spirit that ultimately led to her career as one of the first powerful businesswomen in corporate California.
Sedenquist was president of Mohawk Management Corporation in Pasadena, California and the former president of Sedenquist-Fraser Enterprises, Inc., which owned and operated a plastics factory. Sedenquist co-founded Commercial Pacific Bank in Santa Cruz, California and served as board chair. She had served on the board of trustees on University of La Verne since 2010.
She worked with employees at General Electric to develop a revolutionary corporate communication system. She was a psychologist for the GE company and was the youngest, and only, woman. Because of her trustworthy and hard work, she spent a lot of time on the factory floor.
Under Sedenquist’s leadership as board president, the Pasadena Playhouse (State Theatre of California), reopened in 1986. The theatre, which first opened in 1925, had been closed since 1969. Sedenquist also served as Board Chair of Five Acres, a child and family services agency in Altadena, California. She served as Board President of the Pasadena Pops Orchestra, and she was founding Board Chair of the Pasadena Chamber Orchestra. Sedenquist also served on the board of the Pasadena YWCA, the Institute for Religion and Wholeness at the Claremont School of Theology, and the Arcadia Methodist Hospital Foundation. She served on the City of Pasadena’s Finance Committee, the Endowment Advisory Committee, and as chair of the City Hall Restoration Finance Committee.
Sedenquist has three children, two sons named Mark and Daniel, and a daughter named Diana. She died from COVID-19 on February 9, 2021, at the age of 94. – Available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License from Wikipedia.
