Anthony Francis Granucci

GRANUCCI, Anthony Francis - Died on December 7, 2005, after a three and one half year ordeal with melanoma. A third generation San Franciscan, Anthony was born in San Francisco in January 1944. Anthony was raised in Richmond, California and graduated from Harry Ells High School in 1961. While in high school Anthony was chosen to be an American Field Service summer exchange student and spent the summer of 1960 in Essen, Germany. After that experience travel to foreign places became one of his most favorite pastimes and learning experiences. He went on to the University of California at Berkeley where he majored in political science graduating in 1965 in political science and then on to Harvard Law School, graduating cum laude in 1968. While at Harvard he wrote a seminal paper on the history of the cruel and unusual punishments clause of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, which was published in the California Law Review in 1968 and is still cited today. After graduating from law school, he taught at Indiana University School of Law for one year and then returned to San Francisco and worked as an attorney with Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges (now Thelen Reid & Priest) before moving to the Far East. He spent the bulk of his professional career with the law firm of Mochtar, Karuwin & Komar in the Republic of Indonesia where he was involved in many ground-breaking infrastructure developments, including Indonesia's first privatized power plant project. While in Indonesia, he developed a lifelong interest in the arts and archaeology of the Indonesian archipelago. His final professional work was in 2000 through 2002 for Bechtel Corporation as a developer of railway infrastructure in Europe, including the privatization of the London Underground in which he played a key role. When his cancer was first diagnosed in January of 2003, he retired determined to take advantage of the time available to pursue his art history and archaeological interests. While living in London he continued his education obtaining a Post Graduate Certificate in Landscape Archaeology in 2001 and a master's degree in archaeology and ancient history (with distinction) in 2004, both from The University of Leicester in Leicester, England. The topic of his master's dissertation was the prehistoric architecture of Java and Bali. At the time of his death, he had just published a book on the arts of the Lesser Sunda Islands of eastern Indonesia. Mr. Granucci is survived by his father, Frank E. Granucci of Pleasant Hill, CA; his brothers Stephen of Pleasant Hill, CA and Thomas of Torrance, CA and their families; his daughter Anna J. Gervacio and her son, his grandson, Alejandro M. Gervacio of Morgan Hill, CA; and his daughter Melati L. Granucci, currently a graduate student at Oxford University in England. He also leaves behind his companion of the last several years, Barbara Peterson of Montclair, CA, who lovingly cared for him during the years of his illness. Mr. Granucci is to be interred with his grandfather and grandmother, Frank and Olivia Granucci at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma. A Memorial Service will be held at the Swedenborgian Church, San Francisco on Monday, December 12, 2005 at 4pm. Prior to his death, Mr. Granucci established a fund with The Australian National University to support research opportunities for young Indonesian and Timorese archaeologists. Memorial gifts may be made to that fund through the Centre for Archaeological Research at Australian National University.