[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 19, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S1947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REMEMBERING ALBERT ``CAP'' LAVIN

 Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
honoring the memory of Albert ``Cap'' Lavin, a high school and college 
basketball star, dedicated English teacher, and loving husband, father, 
and grandfather. Cap passed away on February 10, 2013 at the age of 82.
  Cap Lavin was a San Francisco Bay Area native through and through. 
Growing up in San Francisco's Richmond District, Cap played pickup 
basketball games at Rochambeau Playground before becoming a star player 
and All-City guard on St. Ignatius College Preparatory's basketball 
team. He was so good that he was named St. Ignatius's player of the 
decade for the 1940s. He continued to hone his basketball skills at the 
University of San Francisco, where he played for two Hall of Fame 
coaches in the early 1950s and was later inducted into the USF Dons 
Hall of Fame.
  Following college, Cap turned his love of reading into a 43-year-long 
career as an English teacher at the University of California Berkeley, 
San Francisco State University, Dominican University, and Drake High 
School in San Anselmo, his true home, where he taught English for 40 of 
those 43 years. Though his students at Drake kept him busy, Cap also 
found the time to author 19 books and co-found the Bay Area Writing 
Project at UC Berkeley. After inspiring generations of students, Cap 
retired from Drake in 1997.
  In retirement, Cap and his wife, Mary, enjoyed exploring the Bay 
Area, hiking, biking, taking tai chi classes, and going to the opera, 
the symphony, and lectures in San Francisco. Those who knew Cap will 
always remember him as a generous, inspiring, and passionate man full 
of zest for life. His contributions to the sports world, academia, and 
the San Francisco Bay Area community will never be forgotten.
  I extend my deepest condolences to Cap's loving wife, Mary; his 
children Rachel, John, Mark, Ken, Suzanne, and Steve; and his many 
grandchildren.

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