Marvin Solomon

Marvin Solomon, of San Carlos, died peacefully at Stanford University Hospital, on Nov. 1, 2016. Born in East Saint Louis, Illinois, in 1924, to Irwin and Sarah (Rothman) Solomon, he served as navigator in the Army Air Corps 1942-46, which started his lifelong love of aviation, geography and California, where he was briefly stationed. Marvin graduated from the University of Colorado on the GI bill in 1949. He became an English and Drama teacher, teaching in Oregon and Wisconsin before moving to the San Francisco peninsula in 1967. He taught in Fremont and the San Mateo County juvenile court schools until his 1986 retirement.

Marvin was also a talented actor, director and singer, a founding member of the Hawkhill Playhouse in Hartland, Wisconsin, later acting with TheaterWorks in Palo Alto. He volunteered at Redwood City and San Carlos libraries, Project Read and San Carlos Healthy Cities tutoring programs, Hiller Aviation Museum, Filoli, Stanford University Hospital, and as a rescue and recovery volunteer for the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Marvin is survived by his sister Arlene, brother Jack, his daughters Linda and Marla, and granddaughters Pilar and Sajo.