13 Facts About Joe Alioto

1. Joseph Lawrence Joe Alioto was an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976.

2. Joe Alioto graduated with honors from St Mary's College, Moraga, California in 1937 and from law school at The Catholic University of America with honors in 1940.

3. Joe Alioto worked for the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and then for the Board of Economic Warfare.

4. Joe Alioto was on the briefs in Radovich v National Football League and argued Continental Ore Co.

5. Joe Alioto served on the San Francisco Board of Education from 1948 to 1954, and in the 1960s, served as the chairman of the city's Redevelopment Agency.

6. Joe Alioto delivered the speech nominating Hubert Humphrey at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

7. Joe Alioto was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 1971 on bribery charges because of the means by which the fees were awarded.

8. Joe Alioto ran in the 1974 Democratic primary for governor, finishing second behind Jerry Brown.

9. Joe Alioto died of prostate cancer in San Francisco on January 29, 1998 and was interred at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, California.

10. Joe Alioto presided over a time of turmoil and change in San Francisco.

11. Joe Alioto ran on a platform of reducing taxes and fighting crime.

12. Joe Alioto put his energy behind the development of three major building projects: the Bay Area Rapid Transit System; the Transamerica Pyramid; and the Embarcadero Center.

13. Joe Alioto helped to bring more minorities into city politics, launched a reform of the city charter, and mediated protracted police and fire department strikes in 1975.