REMEMBERING MIKE BOLECHOWSKI
Our neighbor Mike Bolechowski died unexpectedly on August 25, 2015 at the age 69. He and his wife Anna have lived in Forest Hill for over 25 years.
Mike, a native of Philadelphia, graduated from Pennsylvania's Alliance College (a school described in the New York Times as so Polish that even the evergreens lining the campus were imported from southern Poland), Villanova University, and Temple University Law School.
According to his Linkedin profile, Mike spent a "life time in the court room as first chair litigator; experienced high stakes trail lawyer with over 40 cases to verdict; Philadelphia District Attorney; sworn Deputy Attorney General in Charge of Civil Litigation, Commonwealth of PA; nine years as Senior Counsel for Fireman's Fund; CEB lecturer and writer."
Mike served on the Forest Hill Association Board of Directors from 1995 to 2007, both as Vice-President and Secretary of the Corporation. He served as the chairman of the Legal Committee for most of his tenure. Mike always gave the Board sage advice and worked to preserve the unique character of Forest Hill. Even before he and Anna moved in, Harold Wright, who was a Director at that time, called Mike in Los Angeles to ask if he was planning to tear down his newly purchased home and build 2 homes on the double lot. Mike said immediately, "I am coming to save it."
(Kay Yonemoto)
Our neighbor Mike Bolechowski died unexpectedly on August 25, 2015 at the age 69. He and his wife Anna have lived in Forest Hill for over 25 years.
Mike, a native of Philadelphia, graduated from Pennsylvania's Alliance College (a school described in the New York Times as so Polish that even the evergreens lining the campus were imported from southern Poland), Villanova University, and Temple University Law School.
According to his Linkedin profile, Mike spent a "life time in the court room as first chair litigator; experienced high stakes trail lawyer with over 40 cases to verdict; Philadelphia District Attorney; sworn Deputy Attorney General in Charge of Civil Litigation, Commonwealth of PA; nine years as Senior Counsel for Fireman's Fund; CEB lecturer and writer."
Mike served on the Forest Hill Association Board of Directors from 1995 to 2007, both as Vice-President and Secretary of the Corporation. He served as the chairman of the Legal Committee for most of his tenure. Mike always gave the Board sage advice and worked to preserve the unique character of Forest Hill. Even before he and Anna moved in, Harold Wright, who was a Director at that time, called Mike in Los Angeles to ask if he was planning to tear down his newly purchased home and build 2 homes on the double lot. Mike said immediately, "I am coming to save it."
(Kay Yonemoto)
REMEMBERING TIM TREACY
Our neighbor Tim Treacy passed away peacefully on October 5, 2015, at the age 83.
Tim, a third-generation San Franciscan, was a Director of the Forest Hill Association for 19 years, and its President for 14 of those years. Tim grew up in his family's home on Dewey Boulevard and later bought his own home on Linares Avenue. He attended St. Ignatius Preparatory School, Stanford University, and Stanford Law School, and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1958. After maintaining a successful private law practice, Tim joined the State of California Public Utilities Commission, where he rose to be its principal counsel, specializing in telecommunications law, where he argued cases before the California Supreme Court as well as the United States Supreme Court.
A 50-plus year member of the Olympic Club, Tim was a man of many interests, including snow skiing and mountaineering, as part of which he scaled peaks including Kilimanjaro, Denali (Alaska) and Aconcagua (South America).
As a FHA Director, Tim not only worked successfully to abate airplane noise, but also to convince the City and County of San Francisco to acquire Hawk Hill as Open Space. He also convinced CCSF, after a brush fire, to fence off the hillside between Forest Hill and Laguna Honda Boulevard, which had become a notorious "homeless area". He also worked with CCSF to sell an abandoned home on San Marcos Avenue, and ensure that the sale proceeds went to the rightful heir. A strong defender of our Urban Forest, Tim was always willing to assist neighbors with their problems. He will indeed be missed by all of us, most especially by those lucky few who knew him well.
(Harold Wright & John Graves for the Forest Hill Association Newsletter)
Our neighbor Tim Treacy passed away peacefully on October 5, 2015, at the age 83.
Tim, a third-generation San Franciscan, was a Director of the Forest Hill Association for 19 years, and its President for 14 of those years. Tim grew up in his family's home on Dewey Boulevard and later bought his own home on Linares Avenue. He attended St. Ignatius Preparatory School, Stanford University, and Stanford Law School, and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1958. After maintaining a successful private law practice, Tim joined the State of California Public Utilities Commission, where he rose to be its principal counsel, specializing in telecommunications law, where he argued cases before the California Supreme Court as well as the United States Supreme Court.
A 50-plus year member of the Olympic Club, Tim was a man of many interests, including snow skiing and mountaineering, as part of which he scaled peaks including Kilimanjaro, Denali (Alaska) and Aconcagua (South America).
As a FHA Director, Tim not only worked successfully to abate airplane noise, but also to convince the City and County of San Francisco to acquire Hawk Hill as Open Space. He also convinced CCSF, after a brush fire, to fence off the hillside between Forest Hill and Laguna Honda Boulevard, which had become a notorious "homeless area". He also worked with CCSF to sell an abandoned home on San Marcos Avenue, and ensure that the sale proceeds went to the rightful heir. A strong defender of our Urban Forest, Tim was always willing to assist neighbors with their problems. He will indeed be missed by all of us, most especially by those lucky few who knew him well.
(Harold Wright & John Graves for the Forest Hill Association Newsletter)