was a man of integrity and a local treasure. He was a proud veteran, an award-winning high school teacher, a mentor for at-risk kids, and an advocate for local veterans and their families. He was also my friend. He passed away in mid-August from complications associated with a stroke he suffered six years ago.
Ed was born and raised in San Francisco. After earning his bachelor’s degree, in the early 1960s he served in the United States Army where he was assigned to the Seventh U.S. Army in Germany during construction of the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile crisis.
The years he spent in the military helped to instill the values that shaped Ed’s later life. He once said that “the Army taught me a sense of duty, honor, and service to my country and my community.”…