i think many people in this room knew stu and his partner and soul made dave earle and they had actually contacted our office yesterday because they were having trouble getting an appointment to get married. and, so, we helped get them access to the clerk's office to get an appointment and unfortunately stu passed last night. stu was a bay area native, born in palo alto in 1940. he opened a variety of small businesses and served as senior management high publishing, high tech and media companies ~ owned. he had been a lifelong volunteer for causes ranging from st. anthony's to san francisco firefighters toy program, the shanti project, positive research center, applied aquatics institute, san francisco publicity club, and we also appointed him as a board to the lgbt aging task force where he was a very productive member. stu was extremely active in shanti and served four terms as board chair. he helped keep that organization strong. shanti was a key, key part of his life. recently he he chaired the executive council at the san francisco para transit coordinating council. he was also serv

i think many people in this room knew stu and his partner and soul made dave earle and they had actually contacted our office yesterday because they were having trouble getting an appointment to get married. and, so, we helped get them access to the clerk's office to get an appointment and unfortunately stu passed last night. stu was a bay area native, born in palo alto in 1940. he opened a variety of small businesses and served as senior management high publishing, high tech and media companies ~ owned. he had been a lifelong volunteer for causes ranging from st. anthony's to