J. Eugene McAteer

J. Eugene McAteer
Official portrait, 1967
Member of the California Senate
In office
January 5, 1959 – May 26, 1967
Preceded byRobert I. McCarthy
Succeeded byMilton Marks
Constituency14th district (1959–1967)
9th district (1967)
Personal details
BornEugene McAteer
(1916-02-28)February 28, 1916
San Francisco, California, US
DiedMay 26, 1967(1967-05-26) (aged 51)
San Francisco, California, US
PartyDemocratic
SpouseFrances
Children3
Military service
Branch/service United States Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II

J. Eugene McAteer (February 28, 1916 – May 26, 1967[1]) was an American politician who was San Francisco Supervisor from 1953 to 1958 and a California State Senator from 1959 to 1967.[2]

Early life

Eugene McAteer was born on 28 February 1916 to Julia Frances (née Harness) McAteer (1890–1955), and Sam Houston McAteer (1886–1958), in San Francisco, California.

Career

McAteer and Daniel J. Sweeney, Jr. operated Tarantino's, a restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf, at the Crab Fisherman's Protective Association building site.[3][4][5][6]

The Spinnaker restaurant, on Shell Beach, in Sausalito, was owned by Eugene McAteer, William E. McDonnell and John Lynam, designed by supervising architect Walter Zell, and architects Hertzka and Knowles and built in 1960, by Barrett Construction.[7]

McAteer coauthored legislation to create the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.[8] The commission's first director, Joseph Bodovitz, said, "What people tend to forget now is how unusual it was to have anybody of McAteer's stature interested in an environmental issue in the sixties."[9]

In 1967, McAteer, a Democrat, announced his intent to run for Mayor of San Francisco in the November election, opposing the Democratic incumbent John F. Shelley as well as perennial Republican candidate, Harold Dobbs. The campaign was cut short by McAteer's death at age 51 in May of that year, while playing handball at the Olympic Club's downtown facility. Shortly thereafter, attorney Joseph L. Alioto, then working on the McAteer campaign, entered the race and subsequently won that fall's election, eventually serving two terms in the office of Mayor.

Personal life

Eugene McAteer married[10] Frances May Twohig (1917-2006), a graduate of Mission High School and San Francisco State University.[11][12][13]

Legacy

Reid & Tarics designed,[14] from 1967, Diamond Heights High School,[15] Thomas J. Mellon, Chief Administrative Officer of San Francisco, suggested it be renamed for Martin Luther King,[16] it was renamed for McAteer in April 1972,[17][18] which operated from 1973 to 2002. It is now the site of Academy of Arts & Sciences (San Francisco) and Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.

References

  1. ^ "McAteer Death Shocks Nisei Backers of Mayor Candidate". Hokubei Mainichi. San Francisco. May 29, 1967. Retrieved December 3, 2025 – via Hoover Institution.
  2. ^ "Gene McAteer". JoinCalifornia: Election History for the State of California.
  3. ^ "Crowds buying crabs, Crab Fisherman's Protective Association, Fisherman's Wharf". San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive. The Bancroft Library, University of California. 1938. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  4. ^ Hungerford, Edward (1934). "Fisherman's Wharf". The Mariners' Museum Online Catalog catalogs.marinersmuseum.org. San Francisco. Retrieved December 3, 2025. View of rows of fishing boats docked at a pier. A young boy poses for the camera in the foreground. Two buildings are in the background with signs reading Consolidated Fisheries, Inc. and Crab Fisherman's Protective Association.
  5. ^ "MacSWEENEY ENTERPRISES INC v. TARANTINO (1965)". FindLaw. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  6. ^ "MacSWEENEY ENTERPRISES v. TARANTINO (1951)". FindLaw. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  7. ^ "Hot Time in the Old Town; Spinnaker Wowed 'em on Opening". Sausalito News. Vol. 75, no. 36. September 3, 1960. Retrieved December 3, 2025 – via cdnc.ucr.edu.
  8. ^ Carlsson, Chris. "Saving San Francisco Bay". FoundSF.
  9. ^ Chall, Malca (1986). The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, 1964-1973: Interviews with Joseph E. Bodovitz, Melvin B. Lane, and E. Clement Shute, Jr. Berkeley: Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California. p. 6.
  10. ^ "J. Eugene McAteer and Frances May Twohig - Marriage". The San Francisco Examiner. April 28, 1940. p. 43. Retrieved December 3, 2025. ERSTWHILE U. C. gridiron star, J. Eugene McAteer will relinquish his bachelor status this evening when he takes Frances May Twohig as his bride. The marriage will take place at St. James Church. Matron of honor will be Mrs. Joseph Orengo and bridesmaids will be Misses E. E. Twohig and Adelaide Bramwell. Jud Callaghan will be best man and Daniel Sweeney and Thomas Twohig Jr. will be ushers. On their return from a several weeks motor tour through southern California, the new Mr. and Mrs. McAteer will occupy the home they have recently completed building in San Mateo.
  11. ^ "Gene McAteer". JoinCalifornia - www.joincalifornia.com. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  12. ^ "Frances Twohig McAteer (1977) - Hall of Fame". sfstategators.com. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  13. ^ "Mission High School, June 1935 Graduates". San Francisco Genealogy - legacy.sfgenealogy.org.
  14. ^ "San Francisco Unified School District newsletter". Board of Education. San Francisco. 1967. Retrieved December 3, 2025. Diamond Heights High School (Reid and Tarics, Architects) — preliminary drawings being redesigned.
  15. ^ Markel, Leon (July 3, 1965). "Are. You in Favor of School Integration? Here Are the Problems Involved". Hokubei Mainichi. San Francisco. hoover.org. Retrieved December 3, 2025. In the $30,000,000 bond issue recently voted by San Francisco many new projects are planned in neighborhoods predominantly minority or partially integrated. Among these are the new Diamond Heights High School which will be used to relieve heavy minority concentration at Poly. The proposed Diamond Heights Elementary School serves a newer integrated neighborhood.
  16. ^ "Name School After Rev. King". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. February 18, 1970. p. 49. Retrieved December 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "champ program" (PDF). cifsf.org. 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  18. ^ "2017-011910DES Diamond Heights Safety Wall Landmark Designation Case Report" (PDF). commissions.sfplanning.org. San Francisco Planning Department. Retrieved December 3, 2025. Initiation of Landmark Designation


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