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Howard Arthur Finn (1917–1986) was an expert in city planning, a builder and a land-use consultant who represented part of the San Fernando Valley on the Los Angeles City Council from 1981 until his death in 1986. ==Biography== Finn was born September 20, 1917, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. His family operated a grocery store there, and when Howard was fourteen, they moved to California "in search of new opportunities," Finn earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1939. His first job was as a statistician studying human migration into California for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.〔(Richard Simon and Ted Thackrey Jr., "Councilman Finn Stricken, Dies at age 68," ) ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 13, 1986〕 In World War II, Finn worked in Britain as an analyst with the U.S. Foreign Economic Administration.〔(For general information on this agency. )〕 With peace, he returned to California and began to design and build homes. He was "generally regarded" as an expert in city planning and became a "successful construction consultant and land-use activist."〔 After his election to the City Council in 1981, the "gray-goateed Finn" was known as a "mild-mannered man who preferred discussions of such practical matters as garbage and sewage to more general political topics." Politically, he was a "former Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-registered-Independent."〔 Finn was stricken while he was conducting a meeting of the council's Planning and Environment Committee at the City Hall. He was taken to White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights, where he died on August 12, 1986. He was survived by his wife of 44 years, the former Anne Volk, and daughters Bonnie Hakell, Jocelyn Wyma and Melinda Marchuk.〔 After a tribute in an overflowing City Council chamber, Finn was buried in Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, with a service conducted by Rabbi Stephen Robbins of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills.〔(Richard Simon, " 'He Set a Standard,': Bradley, Members of Council Eulogize Finn," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 15, 1986 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Finn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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