Art Lund

Arthur Kermit Lund, a prominent San Jose attorney and civic leader who helped found San Jose National Bank, died Oct. 12, 2026, in San Mateo. He was 93.

Friends and colleagues knew Art as an old school gentleman, steady, unhurried and generous with everyone he met. Civility, fairness and elegance came naturally to him.

He was a Marine and a pilot, an avid reader and a student of history with a particular interest in World War II. He followed the Sharks, Giants, 49ers, Valkyries and Warriors, played bridge and held a lifelong affection for cowboy life and poetry.

Art was born in Chinook, Washington, in 1933 to Arthur K. and Lillian (Lee) Lund. At San Jose State University he served as Cadet Commander of the Air Force ROTC and met Colleen Collins, who became his first wife. The two married in 1955, the year he earned his bachelor’s degree, and raised three children.

Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, he spent three years in Hawaii as an artillery officer and air spotter and left the service as a captain. He returned to California for law school, graduating from UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall in 1961 as a member of Phi Delta Phi.

The Marines enabled him to learn to fly, and he earned his private pilot license after law school. Aviation became one of his life’s great pleasures. He owned Cessna and Piper aircraft, a DC-3 and a Beechcraft Duke, flew the length of the West Coast and down to Mexico and was a regular at the annual fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He flew until he gave up his license in his 70s.

In March 1985, Art met Agnieszka Winkler, and they married less than a year later. They traveled widely. His favorite journey was a circumnavigation of the globe by air that traced the route of Darwin’s ship, the Beagle, along the coast of South America and continued on to Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand and dozens of small islands across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.

Art’s professional life centered on San Jose. He was a partner in the firm Rankin, Oneal, Center, Luckhardt & Lund and chairman of the board of San Jose National Bank. He served as president of the Barristers Club of Santa Clara County in 1964-65 and lectured in law at Lincoln University School of Law in San Jose.

A past president and longtime member of the San Jose Rotary Club, he chaired the board of the O’Connor Foundation, served on the board of the San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau and was past president of the Health Facilities Planning Council of Santa Clara County. He kept close ties to his alma mater as a member of the San Jose State University advisory board, past president and board member of the Spartan Foundation and past president of the SJSU Alumni Association.

He belonged to the American Bar Association, the American Academy of Hospital Attorneys, the State Bar of California and the Santa Clara County Bar Association. He chaired the aviation committee of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

Art is survived by his first wife, Colleen Lund, and his second wife, Agnieszka Winkler; their five children, Michael Lund, Nancy Lund, Karen Wells, Renata Ritcheson and Dana Gorath; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11am Saturday, Nov. 28, at Mission Santa Clara de Asís on the Santa Clara University campus. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University.