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Honoring Lois
On December 27, 2005 Committee for Green Foothills co-founder Lois Crozier-Hogle died at the age of 92. For more than four decades, Lois inspired countless Peninsula residents to stand up and fight for the protection of open space and our local environment. Her spiritual depth, intellect, tenacity and graciousness are Lois' enduring gifts to future generations. As Wallace Stegner wrote in a tribute to Lois some 25 years ago — "Lois has been central to this particular group from the very beginning. She felt the urgency, she generated the ideas, she kindled other spirits from the incandescence of her own. She opened not only her purse and her house, but her heart to the cause of preserving the public and environmental interest against the forces of short-sighted greed. In leading and inciting and inspiring so many kinds of people over so many years, she has created more than just another environmental group. She has helped create a community of like minds as well as a community of effort. And though she had other things in mind while she worked, the by-product that she probably didn't anticipate is not to be ignored. The by-product is love. Thanks to Lois, we are much more a community, a neighborhood, a family, than we would have been without her example, her enthusiasm, her energy and her vision." — from Roses for Lois by Wallace Stegner, 1981. Indeed, more than 40 years ago Lois, Wallace Stegner and a handful of visionary citizens came together out of mutual concern over the fate of the Peninsula foothills. Silicon Valley was beginning to sprout like an exuberant spring weed and its tendrils were beginning to reach for the foothills. These people knew that if the growth of Silicon Valley was not contained, the precious foothills would be lost. The Committee for Green Foothills was born of their desire to stand FOR something. Today, the Committee stands stronger than ever in defense of the foothills and coastal lands of San Mateo County. Indeed, when we look to the foothills and feel their blessings we see the legacy of a remarkable woman, Lois Crozier-Hogle. Published April 2006 in Green Footnotes. Page last updated September 13, 2010. |
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