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TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER ONLINE

November 2002

In Memoriam:
Miguel IglesiasMiguel Iglesias

MTC staff lost a talented colleague in July when Miguel Iglesias died at the age of 43 after battling pancreatic cancer.

Iglesias joined MTC in 1989 as an assistant planner analyst/modeler, progressing to associate planner in 1992. At MTC, Iglesias took the lead in preparing travel demand forecasts for a number of high profile planning studies.

A native of Spain, Iglesias took a leave from MTC in 1991–92 to teach transportation planning at a university in Madrid and to work for a Spanish consulting firm. Iglesias initially came to the States to teach Spanish at a college in Iowa. He returned to earn a master’s in city planning at U.C. Berkeley in the early 1980s, after which he went to work as a transportation planner for the city of Berkeley.

A resident of Benicia, Iglesias was an avid amateur winemaker who, with his wife Valerie, had recently purchased a ranch on which he had planned to plant a vineyard. “Anyone who knew Miguel remarked on his vitality,” said his family in a statement. In addition to his wife, Iglesias is survived by his daughters Rebecca and Samantha.

Donations can be made to:

Memorial Fund for Miguel Iglesias
Bay View Bank
848 Southampton Road
Benicia, CA 94510

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