USD Magazine, Spring 1992

AL CAL A D L MAN AC

USO MOURNS COLACHIS' DEATH

The University of San Diego com– munity was saddened by the loss of longtime board member James W. Colachis, who died Jan. 6 after a battle with cancer. Colachis was chairman and CEO of The J.W. Colachis Co., a real estate investment and management firm maintaining extensive holdings in California and Arizona. The firm was founded in 1958, and its inter-

ests have extended from raw land to medical and office buildings, high-rise apartments, a regional shopping center, varied commercial projects and resort hotels. Colachis was also chairman of JC Resorts Inc., which operates the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, the Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach, the Temecula Creek Inn in Temecula and the Scripps Inn in La Jolla. A member of the USO board since 1981, Colachis was also on the national board of the Salk Institute, the board of directors of the Scripps Clinic of La Jolla and the board of

directors of the San Diego Opera Association. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Inde– pendent Colleges of Southern California and a member of the University of Southern California Associates, Los Angeles. He grad– uated from USC in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in engineering. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Strope Colachis, a son, August R. Colachis, a daughter, Belle Colachis Reed, and six grandchildren.

Ouinn JoinJ USD Boaro --

The RiverJide, Calif., native waJ illJtalled aJ Buhop of Oklahoma City and Tulia, Okla., in 1972, then aJ firJt Archbuhop ofOklahoma City ill 1973. He waJ i,utalled aJ Archibuhop ofSan Frallci.lco oil April 26, 1977,following the retiremellt ofthe il'/oJt. Rev. Jo<1eph T. McGuckell. Archbuhop Quinn haJ Jerved aJ cbairmall oftbe Committee of tbe Liturgy oftbe National Conference of Catholic Bi<1hop<1 and aJ chairmall of tbe Committee Oil Family Life ofthe U.S. Catholic Conferellce, cbairmall oftbe Bi.Jbop,1' Committee Oil Pa<1toral ReJearcb alld PracticeJ, chairman of tbe Bubop,1' Committee oil Doctrine, a member ofthe Buhop,1' Committee on

Archbi<1hop John R. Quinn ofSan Francuco haJjoined the leaderJhip ofthe UniverJihJ ofSan Diego aJ a member ofit.J Board of TruJteu. The po<1ition mark.J a return to USD involvementfor Quinn, who WaJ the univerJihJ '.J firJt provoJt aJ well aJ a member of itJ board in the late 196O.J. Quinn <1er11ed aJ the Jecond Au.,'l:iliary Buhop in the San Diego diocue. Earlier San Diego poJ/:d included Jerving aJ preJident ofSt. Fra,zcu College Seminary and rector ofImmaculate Heart Seminary School of TheolofllJ·

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