John Maher (Delancey Street)

John Maher, founder of the Delancey Street Foundation. Pacific Heights, San Francisco~1973

John Maher (1940-1988) was a former child alcoholic and heroin addict who in 1971 founded the Delancey Street Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that provides residential rehabilitation services and vocational training for substance abusers and convicted criminals. As co-president of the organization from 1972 to 1984, Maher rose to national prominence as the subject of two books (John Maher of Delancey Street by Grover Sales and Sane Asylum; Inside the Delancey Street Foundation by Charles Hampden-Turner), a TV movie (1975's Delancey Street: The Crisis Within), and news media coverage (including a 1974 60 Minutes segment, "Love Thy Neighbor").[1][2] He was also active in San Francisco politics, helping to elect his younger brother, Bill Maher, to the San Francisco Board of Education, and later the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.[2] Maher died in New York City in 1988.[1]

Media

  • John Maher of Delancey Street by Grover Sales
  • Sane Asylum; Inside the Delancey Street Foundation by Charles Hampden-Turner
  • 60 Minutes, "Love Thy Neighbor" segment (1974)
  • Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975) TV movie

References

  1. 1 2 "John Maher, 48, Dies; Helped Drug Addicts". New York Times. 4 December 1988. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Overend, William (4 December 1988). "John Maher; Founded Program for Addicts in San Francisco". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 September 2018.


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