Don Hart died on January 9, 2011 at home in Bernal Heights. He was 64. Don graduated from Haddonfield High School in Pennsylvania in 1964. He was a varsity wrestler at Haverford College where he earned a BA. He served in the Peace Corps and received a MA in International Affairs from Ohio University and a MBA from the University of Chicago.
In 1974, he began his banking career with Banque National de Paris (BNP), as a credit analyst and became their vice-president and treasurer in 1984. A merger created BNP Paribas and Don became treasurer of the San Francisco branch in 1986. He retired in 2010 as director of asset and liability management.
Don loved to teach and volunteered in Operation Hope's financial literacy program in San Francisco. He was a life master of bridge and was passionate about trivia and Jeopardy!. He ran football and Survivor pools, enjoyed foreign travel and reveled in organizing reunions of his high school classmates.
He joined Will Leber as domestic partners in 2009. They lived with long time friend, Tom Tricarico in the city and also enjoyed a country home in Hopland where Don tended his yucca and cactus groves.