John ‘Til’ Hazel Jr., lawyer and developer who transformed Virginia suburbs, dies at 91

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John T. ‘Til’ Hazel Jr. has died at 91. The lawyer and developer helped transform Northern Virginia into an economic powerhouse.

In addition to his son, of Fredericksburg, Va., survivors include three other children from his first marriage, LeighAnn Hazel-Groux and John T. “Jack” Hazel III, both of Broad Run, and James W. Hazel of Charlottesville, Va.; two stepsons, R. Searing Merrill III and William Merrill, both of Tampa, Fla.; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.Mr. Hazel’s firm was hired to condemn land for a road that came to be called the Capital Beltway. Mr.

Around this time, the Fairfax County government was rocked by a series of zoning scandals. Bribes had become a way of doing business in many quarters before federal and state authorities cleaned house.One of those charged was a state senator and political boss named Andrew W. Clarke, who hired Mr. Hazel to represent him. Mr.

In 1984, Mr. Hazel became the first Virginia president of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, a leading business group. Four years later, Hazel/Peterson paid $11 million for 542 acres in Prince William County. The real estate partnership dissolved in 1991 as a second generation struck out on separate paths. Mr. Hazel returned to practicing law, and he and Peterson remained friends.

 

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