Richard Dale Blum was born on December 12, 1927 in Terril, Iowa and passed away on February 6, 2022 in Gainesville, Florida. Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a longtime University of California regent and a stalwart of Democratic politics in California, died Sunday of cancer at his home in San Francisco. Summer Lin covers breaking news and general assignment for The Mercury News. [17], On March 12, 2002, Blum was appointed by California Governor Gray Davis to a 12-year term as one of the Regents of the University of California. He was raised and educated in Herkimer and enlisted in the US Airforce. His father, Herbert Blum of New York City, sold robes and raincoats, and moved to San Francisco after winning the Western sales territory. Dick was born in Elizabeth, NJ on June 22, 1939 to the late Walter and Phyllis (Blum . Our Staff | They married in 1980. Former President Donald Trump is congratulating his former adviser Kellyanne Conway after reports that she and her husba. Richard J. Blum (1931-2022), a lifelong resident of Cleveland, died of complications of Parkinson's on Jan. 22, 2022.Arrangements under the direction of Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel. For 30 years, Elaine and I have been privileged to cross paths with Dianne and Dick in a number of ways, both professional and personal. Times staff writers Jennifer Haberkorn and Nolan McCaskill contributed to this report. He published his memoir in 2016, An Accident of Geography: Compassion, Innovation and the Fight Against Poverty. In it, he says he was thrilled to learn in 1953 that people had reached the top of Mount Everest for the first time but also felt jealous. But he accompanied climbers across a glacier to the never-tackled Tibetan side. Plant a tree in memory of Richard An environmentally friendly option Plant a tree H Henry Maurer June 1, 2021 I recently learned of the passing of Rich Blum. Vice President Kamala Harris said the philanthropist believed we could build a world that respected the rights and essential dignity of all people, and dedicated his life to that aim. Since 1974, Burger King ran a series of much-lampooned but successful television commercials in . My husband was my partner and best friend for more than 40 years. What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? financier, UC regent and husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein", "The man behind URS, next to Sen. Feinstein", "San Francisco Mayor Is Planning To Marry an Investment Banker", "Fact Check: Did Sen. Feinstein get a sweetheart deal on post office sales for her husband? Born into a family of clothing merchants, Blum graduated from Lowell High School, where he was known among his peers as confident and strong-willed. Blum sent a letter of support to the chancellor after a student was placed on a waitlist for UC Berkeley, which ultimately accepted the student. He was by my side for the good times and for the challenges. "My heart is broken today. Heres who has offered big bucks so far. TAMPICO AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY - MUSEUM - FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY/RESEARCH CENTER 119 Main St., P. O. Richard C. Blum, the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday night after a long battle with cancer, the senator said in a statement. He was born July 17, 1939 in Cleburne, Texas to Thomas Jefferson and Irabell (Hernandez) Pruitt. . By Brent Lang. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Blum a powerful force for good in San Francisco, the city she represents, whether as a patron of our arts, a donor to our food banks or a benefactor to our efforts to end homelessness., Gov. News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content and other products and services. Dick was more than a friend, Lansing said. The Man Behind the Woman Who Would Be Governor : Politics: Dianne Feinsteins husband, Richard Blum, is a shrewd businessman, a friend of the famous, with a Lt. Every day in the fog-caressed city of San Francisco, a half dozen souls are overwhelmed by the Big Sleep. The same year his book came out, Blum learned he had lung cancer. Nanette Asimov is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. In the middle of it all she met Blum, chairman of the mayors Fiscal Advisory Committee, which the investment banker had created. Blum, 86, husband of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday evening after a long battle with cancer. Richard Blum died about two weeks ago after a long battle with cancer. Called by the nickname "Blos" by many of his friends, he was an outdoorsman who was an early runner, skier, mountain climber, hiker and distance bike rider. In a statement of condolence, Mr. Biden called Mr. Blum a successful businessman and proud son of California who dedicated much of his public life to fighting poverty around the globe through the establishment of the American Himalayan Foundation, a nonprofit group that builds schools and hospitals in Tibet, and the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley, which focuses on innovative solutions to global poverty. We have a hole in our hearts that will never be filled. "My heart is broken today. Unless you are experienced as an estate executor, you probably should hire an attorney. Her office said the pair did not discuss her husbands financial transactions and the mistake was reported when discovered. In lieu of flowers, friends who wish may contribute to MoCa Cleveland (mocacleveland.org) or the charity of their choice. In 2020, a state audit found that dozens of students were admitted to selective UC campuses over more qualified applicants because of exaggerated athletic abilities, wealth and connections. Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He chatted at Everest base camp with his friend Sir Edmund Hillary before attempting a mountain route not even the Everest pioneer had tried. Obituaries | He spent years advocating for the Himalayas and founded the American Himalayan Foundation. It was always a great pleasure to break bread together, compare notes and catch up, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on the Senate floor Monday. Blum married Feinstein in 1980, when she was mayor of San Francisco. In 2019, Blum provided an additional $12 million to endow a chair at the center. We've received your submission. [33] He died from cancer at his home in San Francisco on February 27, 2022, at the age of 86.[3][34]. He was 86.. Sen. 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Richard C. Blum, a financier and major donor to Democrats above all his wife, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California died on Sunday at the family home in San Francisco. Visitation will be on Friday, July 24, 2020 from 11:00am until the time of the memorial service at 12pm all at DeFiore Funeral Home-10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. Boredom has never worked for me, Blum told an interviewer for the oral history, explaining why he chose investments over the shirt trade or fruit-packing, both early options. Locations | All rights reserved. Richard L Blum Sr. of The Villages, Florida passed away on February 11, 2022 at the age of 91. Mr. Blum was also. "My heart is broken today," the Democratic senator, 88, said in a statement Monday, calling her husband her "partner and best friend for more than 40 years." WASHINGTON (AP) Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Blum has three daughters from a first marriage: Annette Blum of Santa Monica, Heidi Blum of Switzerland, and Eileen Blum Bourgade of San Francisco. I hope the service on Friday, and the love from family and friends who attended brought you comfort at this time of grief. Shawn Hubler contributed reporting, and Kitty Bennett contributed research. He was a force of nature., Cecilia Estolano, the regents current chairperson, called Blum a deeply generous man who long served on the Board of Regents with distinction and profound impact.. The deal solidified Blums reputation as an investor and businessman and signaled the kind of extraordinary experience that would shape his life as a philanthropist, UC regent and husband to Feinstein, now a U.S. senator. [29] He was awarded the UCSF medal in 2012. SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/BCN) - Richard Blum, the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and a longtime member of the University of California Board of Regents, died Sunday evening after. The Blum Lab for Developing Economies a partnership with the Milken Innovation Center at the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research was officially launched two years ago. She is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and worked on ProPublicas Electionland project during the 2016 presidential election. Blums parents had met in 1933. Beloved husband of Carolyn; loving father of Rick (Beth) Blum; Jennifer (Mark) Stacy and Karen (William) Spencer; devoted grandfather of Katharine, Eric, Abby, Libby, Sarah, and Charlie; dear brother of Philip (Carla) Blum. RICHARD BLUM OBITUARY EAST HERKIMER - Richard H. Blum "Sonny" age 86, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 13, 2023, at his home. FILE - Richard Blum in San Francisco, Nov . He also befriended Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first climbers to have reached Mount Everest, and attempted his own trek in 1981. Just five years had passed since the period Feinstein had called the most traumatic of my life. She was president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 when she lost her husband of 16 years, neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein, to cancer. He also served as co-chairman of the World Conference on Religion and Peace and was a founding member of National Geographics International Council of Advisors. Regents Chairman Richard Blum speaks at a University of California Board of Regents special meeting in San Francisco, Calif. on March 27, 2008. PUBLISHED: September 24, 2020 at 10:28 a.m. | UPDATED: September 25, 2020 at 6:30 a.m. Richard Blum, a wealthy investment banker and Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband, was revealed Thursday as the . She. our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Prior to that, she covered COVID, politics, housing and the city of San Jose. To plant trees in memory, please visit the. His funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Newport Moose Lodge on Roberts Road. Rick was survived by many loving cousins, and his dear friend, Grant Stickel. (Blos) Blum, who for many years led an equipment and engineering services firm for the commercial baking industry, has died. No, the worst thing for me is boredom until catastrophe hits, he said. Results 1-20 of 379 View Record Name Birth Date Death Date Publication Place Relatives; To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info or Locationeven a guess will help. Blum battled cancer and died on February 27, 2022, as Mercury News reported . After some years in the family business, he co-founded Blossom Industries, a sales and engineering firm that provided manufacturing solutions to the commercial baking industry. Nevertheless, he and Feinstein acted as intermediaries through the years between the Chinese leadership and the Dalai Lama. President Biden called Blum a friend and a proud son of California who dedicated much of his public life to fighting poverty around the globe. At the same time, the president said, Dick bled Berkeley blue and was fiercely loyal to the University of California he graduated from and helped lead as a regent since 2002. They married in 1980. Richard H. Blum "Sonny" age 86, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 13, 2023, at his home. [1] He was the chairman and president of Blum Capital, an equity investment management firm. [16] Blum was also a member of the advisory board of Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He described Blum as a schmoozer who was also eager to give to the right causes. The senator issued a . When the centers new building broke ground in 2009, a glittering array of political celebrities among them former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton; former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, who became a center trustee; and former Vice President Al Gore heaped praise on the project, and on Blum. Thanks for contacting us. Devoted grandfather of 13 and brother of John (Kathy) Blum. [3] After Moscone's assassination, Blum supported the new mayor Dianne Feinstein; they married in 1980. She speaks English and Spanish. [4], Blum founded Blum Capital in 1975. Richard Blum, Political Donor and Husband of Senator Feinstein, Dies at 86, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/us/politics/richard-blum-dead.html. Obituary Richard Dennis Blum, 58, of Newport, passed away on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at his home. He contributed $15 million toward the establishment of center, which addresses extreme poverty and disease in the developing world. Nanette covers California's public universities - the University of California and California State University - as well as community colleges and private universities. In an interview with this news organization, Blum dismissed the episode as much ado about nothing.. Will others follow? He was born on September 20, 1936, a son of the late Herman A. and Catherine (Gibson) Blum. FILE - Richard Blum in San Francisco, Nov . Send Flowers | Leave a sympathy message to the family on . (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP). Richard Blum, Investor and Husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Dies at 86. [31] In the arts and culture, he made grants to the Creative Visions Foundation, the Daniel Pearl Foundation, San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Dick Blum shares my belief that we all need to make a lifelong commitment to poverty alleviation, Clinton said at the time. In her statement upon his passing, Feinstein in particular noted the foundation as one of her husbands most significant accomplishments. All U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current results for Jerry Blum. He was the type of man who really replaced his divot in life, who left things better than he found them.. Feinstein praised her husbands enormous generosity in her statement Monday. Funeral arrangement under the care ofFenner Funeral Home Inc. Richard Blum, center, joined his wife, Senator Dianne Feinstein, as she was sworn in to another term in the Senate by Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 3, 2019. the establishment of the American Himalayan Foundation. Richard Charles Blum was born on July 31, 1935, in San Francisco to Louise Hirsch and Herbert Blum, a seller of robes and raincoats who died during Richards boyhood. Richard Blum with the Himalaya Foundation in an undated photo. The last time Ed Hillary was on Everest was with the expedition I led in 1981 through Tibet, said Blum, who befriended not only Hillary, but also the sons of Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa mountaineer who, with Hillary, was the first to summit Mount Everest in 1953. Angela and I send our deepest condolences and prayers to Dianne and her family in this difficult time.. Blum was the chairman of Blum Capital Partners, an equity investment management firm. Authorize the publication of the original written obituary with the accompanying photo. When you carry a deep passion, what might seem like magical thinking can lead to something very real, he wrote, noting that, inspired by the Everest triumph, his passion evolved into finding ways to help the people of Nepal, Tibet and elsewhere in those mountain ranges improve their lives.. [10] Blum co-founded Newbridge Capital in 1994. He was by my side for the good times and for the challenges. BLUM - Richard J., of Rutherford, N.J. on Friday, Aug. 1, 2003, beloved husband of Verna (nee Hartford-McKenna), devoted father of Scott McKenna and his wife, Irene, Mark and Ree McKenna, cherished gr . Everest, befriended the Dalai Lama and married then-San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, he bought and sold the circus literally. Admin. Today, the center offers a popular minor on campus, Global Poverty & Practice, and serves as an incubator of ideas for social change. A public memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 4, at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. [18], On April 25, 2009, at talk featuring the 14th Dalai Lama, Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgenau presented Blum with the Berkeley Medal, the university's top honor. Eileen was born in Bridgeton NJ and grew up in Daretown, the daughter of Quinton Reeves & Mildred Schaeffer Hackett. [5], In the 1970s, Blum supported then Mayor of San Francisco George Moscone. Blum was born in San Francisco and received a bachelors degree in business administration and a master of business administration from UC Berkeley. Blum was on the boards of directors of several companies, including CB Richard Ellis, where until May 2009 he served as the chairman of that board. Dick was a close friend for over seventy years and I will miss him very much. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke about Blums contributions to San Francisco, the city the Democrat represents. Richard Blum lived an extraordinary life, and he left this world better than he found it lifting up our communities and helping connect people from across the globe, Newsom said. We will remember him forever. He was 86 years old. Dick, we love you, well miss you and well continue to celebrate everything you accomplished during an amazing life, she said. He is also the former chairman of the University of California Board of Regents and a former chairman of the advisory board for the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. https://www.wsj.com/articles/richard-blum-husband-of-dianne-feinstein-dies-at-age-86-11646069883. 1960s-1970s. It was that position that would lead him to Feinstein. 7, 2006. He was predeceased by : his parents, Herman A. Blum and Catherine Blum (Gibson); his friend Violet Franklin; his sister-in-law Carol; and his nephew Jamie Blum. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Blum, the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has died after a long battle with cancer. 7, 2006. Richard H. Blum Obituary It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Los Angeles, ICE detainees allege retaliation for speaking about medical conditions at Otay Mesa center, Downtown L.A stabbing sends six to hospital; suspect arrested, San Diego Roman Catholic diocese facing yet another lawsuit from its insurance company, K-Pop isnt the only hot ticket in Koreatown how trot is captivating immigrants, Los Angeles is suddenly awash in waterfalls. He was positively one of the Good Guys!!!! Clint married Linda Hudson on September 5, 1960. [23][24] He was the chairman and founder of the apolitical American Himalayan Foundation (AHF), which has given millions of dollars to build hospitals and schools in Tibet and Nepal, but refrained from political involvement with the Chinese control of Tibet. He proposed attempting Everests summit in 1983, but Blums new wife said: You are not going. And he didnt, as the prospect of losing Blum down a frozen crevasse might have broken Feinstein at that time. He was 86. Mayor Dianne Feinstein of San Francisco and investment banker Richard Blum, who married in 1980, share a kiss in her office. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Blos was Dartmouths finest son. Food has always been a go-to for people in mourning. He was chairman of equity investment management firm Blum Capital Partners. Richard graduated from Berkeley with bachelors and masters degrees in business administration. In 1977, Feinstein, then president of the Board of Supervisors, met with Blum for a briefing on an economic report.