San Francisco Chronicle heir, board member Nan McEvoy dies

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nan Tucker McEvoy, the last member of the San Francisco Chronicle's founding family to head the newspaper, died Thursday after a long convalescence. She was 95.

Her son, Nion McEvoy, publisher of Chronicle Books, confirmed her death.

The Chronicle reported (http://bit.ly/1H1WEAx ) that McEvoy — who had also been a prominent olive oil producer — died peacefully at home in San Francisco.

The granddaughter of M.H. de Young, founder of the Chronicle, McEvoy was the longtime chair of the board of Chronicle Publishing, which included the morning daily and other media holdings.

After the company was sold in 1999, she turned her energy to olive ranching.

She was committed to public service and philanthropy and served as a board member of the University of California, San Francisco Foundation, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Symphony, among other organizations.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-03-27

I worked at The Chron, I ran a Photoengraving room, I loved that job, The End of a Dynasty...RIP

She turned to olive ranching? Shouldn't that be olive growing or farming?

At any rate, I never knew her, but I did read the Examiner when I was in SF. Good paper.

RIP.