Harold L. Katz, a certified public accountant, Westside citizen activist and frequent contributor to the Business Journal’s opinion pages, died Monday afternoon at work. He was 77.
Katz was a partner at the West Los Angeles CPA firm of Katz, Fram and Co. He is survived by his wife, Jan, and children from a previous marriage. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
In addition to the Business Journal, Katz also wrote opinion pieces for the Century City News community newspaper and the CityWatch online site. Among his many civic roles, he was a founding director of the Century City Chamber of Commerce in 1969 and its president in 1972 and 1973.
•CLICK HERE to read the Laboring Over Carwashes, a recent Howard Katz opinion piece in the Business Journal.
