<\/div>\nLast week those in the planning community received some very sad news: <\/span>Richard Hollingsworth lost a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer at age 55. <\/span>I worked with Richard through the Cal State Long Beach Center for International Trade & Transportation<\/font><\/a>, where I used to serve on the Policy & Steering Committee. <\/span>Each year the Committee would present a major forum on goods movement issues for the rank and file of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, and each year Richard was the emcee because he was able to so deftly navigate the divergent agendas of our panelists, not to mention handle a sometimes fractious audience.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Richard was also one of the founding developers of Cal State’s Global Logistics Specialist<\/font><\/a> program. <\/span>This groundbreaking program has educated many a young person and career changer in the true workings of the global supply chain. <\/span>Thanks to Richard’s efforts, there are many more knowledgeable people in our area working for a productive goods movement system than there would have been otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Richard was President of the Gateway Cities Partnership, an economic development corporation devoted to the prosperity of the southeastern part of Los Angeles County – Long Beach included. <\/span>Early in my planning career at the Southern California Association of Governments, I needed to learn more about the issues surrounding the I-710 freeway and the communities it traverses. <\/span>Richard was so kind as to spend a great deal of time on the phone educating me – someone he’d never met – on the political and economic landscape of the Gateway Cities area. <\/span>It wasn’t until later that I realized how central he was to the success of these communities.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n At a lovely memorial service in Long Beach Monday I also learned that Richard had worked in transportation and real estate development in Southern California before moving into his latest roles. <\/span>Once you heard him say a few words, you knew right away he was Irish, but I also hadn’t known that he’d served as chief of staff to the Irish Minister for Industry and Energy before leaving his native country.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n At the memorial service, people who knew him better than I did said he was a wonderful cook, an avid consumer of fine wine and beer, and a devoted father. <\/span>I knew him to be very, very smart; to have a sharp wit; to tolerate no fools; and to be a role model for thoughtful, well-informed, forward-thinking planning. <\/span>I wish he could have been around longer to teach me more, particularly as I embark on work with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments<\/font><\/a>, where the Board meeting last week adjourned in his memory. <\/span>Mostly, I’ve been sad ever since I heard the news – sad for his family, and sad for the communities that he served. <\/span>We were lucky to have him around.<\/span><\/p>\n
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