Stephen Bechtel Jr., former CEO of family construction firm and San Francisco philanthropist, dies at 95
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Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. 1960, Steven D. Bechtel, jr., becomes president of Bechtel Corporation.courtesy BechtelShow MoreShow Less
3of4Bechtel Group Inc. construction co. chmn. Steve Bechtel Jr.Matthew Naythons / The LIFE Images Collection via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
4of4President Nixon called leaders of the construction industry to the White House and asked them to report to him in 30 days on ways of halting the wage price spiral in the building industry. Left to right: Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson; Nixon; Peter T. Shoemann, president of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry; Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr., president of Bechtel Corporation; and John A. Stastny, vice president of Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, representing National Constructors Association. Bechtel died Monday, Ma
Harold Hardin
Harold Clifford Hardin, 85, passed away February 15th, 2021, at Monument Health Rapid City in South Dakota. He was born May 2nd, 1935, at the family homestead in Gordon Nebraska to Clifford and Doris (Reitz) Hardin. He was the oldest of five children.
Harold attended school in Rushville, Nebraska and left during his senior year. He joined the Army January 28th, 1954 and was discharged January 27th, 1956. While in the Army he was an air defense artilleryman at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.
Harold was married to Elizabeth (Betty) Cushing February 24th, 1955 in Salem Oregon. To this union they had four children, Charles (Rick), Sharon, Jodi, and Cory. After Betty passed away, he married Marcia (Carter) Hardin on November 28th, 1986 at the Hot Springs VA Chapel.
California Dedicates Jan. 30 to Fred Korematsu Who Defied Japanese American Concentration Camps
California dedicated Jan. 30 to the memory of Fred Korematsu, a shipyard welder who legally objected to Japanese American “internment” in World War II.
The state holiday, officially the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, was signed into law by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sept. 23, 2010.
“Fred Korematsu did not set out to become a civil rights hero, but his bold decision at the age of 23 to challenge the policy of Japanese internment forever altered the course of history.”@GavinNewsom proclaimed today #FredKorematsuDay. #CaliforniaForAllhttps://t.co/A7k0q96Hx0
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