 Pacific Life adopted Wawona as its symbol and trademark in the early 1900s because it symbolized endurance, strength, and protection.The company commissioned sculptor Spero Anargyros to carve Wawona in the foyer of their San Francisco Northern California headquarters in 1956.A replica of Anargyros' Wawona carving was featured on one side of Pacific Life's centenary medallion in 1968.