Remembering Ted Edlin, a man with a dry wit who was active in Berkeley politics
Ted Edlin worked in the computer and energy industries and was a former president of Berkeley’s Council of Neighborhood Associations and a member of the Fire Commission.
Theodore R. Edlin (Ted) died Dec. 15, 2020, of lymphoma at 85 years old. He was diagnosed only 12 days before his death, in part because he continued his energetic life until near the end.
Ted had many curious stories including racing two friends across the country, him in a car and the two of them in a private plane they were flying. Driving 20 to 22 hours per day, he won what was for a while a close race after his friends were fogged in in St. Louis.