Edward A.Cederborg passed away November 8, 2000 after a long and valiant struggle with a rare blood disease. Ed was born in Berkeley on January 1,1922, and was one of four children born to Helma and Axel Cederborg. Ed lived in Oakland most of his life, where he was active in Boy Scouts, backpacking in the Sierras and Yosemite. He graduated from Oakland High School in 1939, and then attended North Park College in Chicago, where he met his wife of 54 years, Jean. On December 8, 1941, the day after the fateful bombing of Pearl Harbor, Ed volunteered for service in the US Navy and was enrolled in the V12 program at UC Berkeley. He graduated in Civil Engineering in October 1943, and was commissioned and served in the Seabees in the Pacific where he was involved in building and designing pontoon vehicles, causeways for LSTs and barges, first in Hawaii and then in the South sea island of Tulagi. From here came orders to invade Okinawa in April of 1945. He stayed in Okinawa two months when the island was won, and was on his way to the invasion of Japan when the war ended. Upon returning home in 1946, Ed married his fiancee, Jean in November 1946. Ed worked in construction for two years, then for John Blume, and then joined the Bechtel Corporation Power Division where he spent the rest of his career as a project engineer and project manager until retirement in 1985. A highlight for Ed in the past year was a tribute given by the Piedmont Historical Society to his father, Axel, who had been a prominent builder in the area 65 years before. Ed worked diligently to assemble photographs of his father's houses, and was extremely proud of his father's work. Ed also taught engineering classes at UC Extension, and was a member of ASCE. He joined SEAONC in 1952 and was sponsored by John Sardis, John Blume and Walter Dickey. Ed was a member of the First Covenant Church of Oakland, and is survived by his wife, Jean, daughter Debbie Jewell, granddaughter Britta, brother Chester Cederborg and sisters Esther Schick and Marilyn Anderson. He brightened the lives of everyone who knew him. A memorial service was held at his church on November 14, 2000. The family requests that any donations be made to the First Covenant Church, 4000 Redwood Road, Oakland, CA 94619 or the Blood Research Institute, 3023 Summit Street, Suite 200, Oakland CA 94609.