[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16599]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            A TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF MICHAEL D. NEVIN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 7, 2012

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a great 
public servant and longtime friend, Michael D. ``Mike'' Nevin, a native 
of San Francisco. He died at the early age of 69 and leaves his wife 
Kathleen; his sons Mike Nevin Jr. and Tim Nevin; his daughter Michelle 
Nevin Levine; his father Edward J. Nevin and five grandchildren.
  Mike Nevin was a proud American, and a man who loved his native city 
and his adopted county of San Mateo. He rejoiced in his Irish heritage, 
and this ancient culture, with its poetry of love and loss, which 
influenced him in his lifelong devotion to helping others less 
fortunate than he was, and to teaching others to live life as he did, 
in love, faith, friendship and service.
  He had public service in his blood, and his constituents were the 
beneficiaries. He joined the San Francisco Police Department after 
graduation from City College and USF, and served with the Department 
for 27 years. Mike served as a Daly City Planning Commissioner, was 
elected to the Daly City Council, and was twice the City's Mayor. In 
1992 he was elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, 
serving 12 years, and twice as President of the Board. He served on 
several boards and commissions and received many awards and 
commendations, including the Citizen of the Year Award from Daly City 
and the Papal Medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.
  Mike Nevin was an ardent and tireless advocate for universal health 
care, for better transportation, and for a ban on gun shows. He took on 
unpopular issues and had a vision of how things could be. He was able 
to lift others up and empower them to work with him in pursuit of 
important policies. After learning how marijuana helped relieve the 
pain of a cancer patient, Mike advocated for medicinal use of the drug. 
He fought hard to protect funding for mental health services, always 
fighting for those who are overlooked by society. At the time of his 
death, Mike was the Executive Director of the Service League, a 
nonprofit organization that provides services to inmates, helping to 
rebuild their lives and become productive citizens. It was a perfect 
fit for a man of compassion.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending our deepest 
sympathy to Mike Nevin's family and his wide circle of friends. Former 
St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, San Francisco, President 
Anthony P. Sauer, S.J. said ``Mike truly was a great man of a 
marvelous, wonderful, happy, very intelligent, giving, gracious, 
generous, social justice-oriented Catholic family. We will miss him 
terribly.''
  Mike Nevin loved his family, his faith, his community and his 
country, and he bettered us all by his life of meaning and purpose.