From:
PA Broadcast
Sent: Monday,
September 14, 2009 8:59 AM
Subject: Office of the Executive Director
Announcement
THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK
AND NEW JERSEY
Office of the Executive
Director
September 14, 2009
We begin today facing yet
again the unimaginable. Bill DeCota is gone. The great
German philosopher Hegel started his proof of the
existence of God on the unreasonableness of death.
A
life well lived cannot simply end. Bill's love of life,
his passion, his caring sense of others, his humor and
knowing sarcasm, but most of all and most sadly his
being there for so many, for this agency, for the world
around him for so long and so well it is today almost
impossible to think of him gone.
Bill would probably say
I have said too much already. But I will say in closing
we have all lost someone who did it better than most and
for that he will be deeply and greatly missed.
Chris
IN MEMORIAM
From: PA Broadcast
Sent: Sat 9/12/2009
4:12 PM
Subject: IN MEMORIAM
September 12, 2009
Dear Colleagues:
It is with profound regret that we notify you of the
passing of William DeCota, Director of the Aviation
Department on Friday, September 11, 2009. Bill is
survived by his nieces, nephews, cousins, and a network
of close friends.
Bill began his career at the Port Authority as a
financial analyst in 1982 and became the Director of
Aviation in December of 1999. With his special blend of
intelligence, humor, and unswerving dedication to staff
and the Aviation industry, Bill ensured that the Port
Authority airport system was one of the most recognized
and valued in the nation.
Donations may be made in memory of Bill DeCota to the
following organization:
Elijah's Promise
211 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Anthony R. Coscia Christopher
O. Ward
Chairman
Executive Director
