Former Congressman David Dreier to be Knighted

Story by Hazel Lodevico To'o

David Dreier, who was elected to Congress in 1980 and retired in 2013, will receive his knighthood from the tiny European country of San Marino, a landlocked nation on the Italian peninsula.

The Republican former congressman, 60, will be given the grade of knight-commander by the Order of Saint Agatha.  According to a story in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Dreier once led the only delegation to San Marino in 2004. Former aide Mark Hamsen told the Tribune that Dreier was chosen for knighthood because of his efforts to foster democracies around the world.

Before his retirement from Congress, Dreier represented the 26th Congressional District, which included Claremont, La Verne , Glendora, La Cañada Flintridge, Arcadia, Bradbury, Charter Oak, La Crescenta, Monrovia, Montclair, Montrose, Rancho Cucamonga, San Antonio Heights, San Dimas, San Marino, Sierra Madre, Upland, Walnut, Wrightwood and portions of Altadena, Pasadena and San Gabriel.

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