Category Archives: In Memoriam

We Lost a Beloved Partner

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Monumental Sports and Entertainment is sad to report the passing of Albert H. Cohen. He was 89 years old.

Mr. Cohen was a great friend of the Pollin family and was a partner in Abe’s sports partnership for many years. When we consolidated the holdings last year at Monumental Sports and Entertainment. Mr. Cohen requested to stay in our partnership; he loved the teams and he attended just about every Caps and Wizards game last season.

He was a joy to be around. He was a giant in business and in sports. And local politics. He was always upbeat and he was a wise counsel to us all.

He was beloved by the community and his family is bedrock in Maryland.

Here is the obituary and visitation information.

Rest in peace Big Al – we will have a tribute to him during this next season; our thoughts and prayers go out to his entire family.

MLK Memorial

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have seen it. It is a very moving experience. The Memorial is quite impressive and takes it’s place along the Mall as a “must see” area.

The mall played such a central role in MLK’s narrative and this is truly a fitting tribute to a great man.

Here is a powerful film- “Man of Peace In Time Of War” that shows MLK’s life and times! On SnagFilms.com. Watch, learn and pay tribute. Go see this wonderful Memorial. Thank you.

Agnes Varis

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The world lost a great woman over the weekend; Agnes Varis.

She was my great aunt. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and then moved to Brooklyn, NY. She was called “Saint Agnes” for all of her charitable work to support woman’s rights, the arts and animal rights. She was also quite active in politics and filmmaking and music.

She was one of the first generation of female entrepreneurs. First generation Greeks. She founded several successful companies, including Agvar Chemicals Inc. and Aegis Pharmaceuticals. She was fiery, passionate, other worldly, intelligent and quite caring.

She provided a great role model for many people and she was respected and loved by many communities.

I last saw her just two weeks ago. I traveled up to NYC and her great apartment on Central Park and we talked about our families. My dad who was close to her and our business pursuits and philanthropy. She was so much fun to be around; she will be terribly missed. It was raining and as I arrived and afterwards, as I was leaving a beautiful rainbow was seen over Central Park. I gave her a kiss as I left and sang to her the opening of “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. She held my hand tight and nodded and smiled. She was resolute and strong and tough til the end.

She passed on peacefully. She lived a full life. She was self-actualized and happy. I was proud to be in her family.

See this Wikipedia entry on some of her life and times and more after the jump. Thank you.

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