Berkeley Gazette , 27 December I97I+ 



Herbert 

 Coggins, 

 93, dies 



Herbert L. Coggins, 93, au- 

 thor, ornithologist and busi- 

 nessman who once ran for 

 Berkeley City Council as a 

 Socialist, died recently in San 

 Francisco. 



Mr-. Coggins had been ac- 

 tive until a few months ago 

 when he fell and was forced 

 to enter a rest home. 



He was president and gen- 

 eral manager of Patterson 

 Parts Inc. in San Francisco, 

 a wholesale aulomative firm, 

 for many years until his re- 

 tirement. 



HE WROTE many books 

 for children, and his first 

 WT)rk was accorded the New 

 York Herald Tribune Honor 

 Book award. At age 22, he 

 was editor of a children's 

 magazine for Curtis Publish- 

 ing Co. in Philadelphia. 



He contributed in his early 

 years to Atlantic Monthly and 

 Colliers magazines. His best- 

 known books were "Busby 

 ii Co." and "I Am a Mouse" 

 —both for children. 



Mr. Coggins was interested 

 in ornithology, an avocation 

 he pursued in his early teens 

 in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 

 and Germantown, Pa. He 

 was one of the founders of 

 the -\udubon Society, and had 

 taught economic ornithology 

 at DC-Berkeley. 



M R . COGGINS resided 

 many years in Berkeley 

 where he was, along with his 

 wife, a contractor and build- 

 er. In 1917 he ran for 

 Berkeley City Council as a 

 Socialist — the year Stitt Wil- 



son was elected mayor. 



In 1924 Coggins ran for 

 Congress. 



For many years he owned 

 and operated a stationery 

 store at 14th and Broadway 

 in Oakland. He was one of 

 the original members of the 

 Athens Club. 



SURVIVORS include his 

 sisters, Alice C. Longaker of 

 Carmel, Anna C. Dart of 

 Oakland and Edith I. Coggins 

 of Berkeley. Mr. Coggins' 

 wife, Elsie Shirpser Coggins, 

 died May 2, 1973. 



No services are scheduled. 



Contributions in his name 

 may be made to the Audubon 

 Society, the War Resisters 



