In 1969 , anti-growth candidates were elected to the city council , and Hamann chose to resign rather than work with a city council opposed to his program . He returned to Santa Clara University as its vice president of development . He was inducted to the SCU sports Hall of Fame . Hamann and his wife Frances died on March 27 , 1977 , in the Tenerife airport disaster , a collision of two Boeing 747s in the Canary Islands . This incident remains the worst aviation accident in history
Tenerife airport disaster
Tenerife airport disaster
A. P. Hamann