Clark Jellison won first prize on his first Rose Parade design when he was 16 years old.
By Gretchen Meier, gretchen.meier@latimes.com
March 15, 2011, Burbank Leader
March 15, 2011, Burbank Leader
Clark Jellison has entered the annual Rose Parade float design contest since he was a Burbank High School student. Now 56, Jellison is the official float design contest winner for a seventh time for the "Just Imagine" theme entry into the 2012 Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
When he was just 16 years old, his design, "Neptune’s Daughter," took first place in the 1973 parade.This year’s sketch, with a working title of "The Great America Dream Machine," was a design Jellison originally submitted 10 years ago that came in second for the local contest. READ FULL STORY