It’s been 16 years since my brother Gene succumbed to AIDS on September 18, 1995. There have been many memorable events in our lives. Some of them are good and some, not so good. He was the academic brain of the family – you know, the 4.0 kind of guy. He graduated from Mission High School in San Francisco in the top of his class. Even got an A.P. Gianini award and scholarship. Gene came back to San Francisco after his Masters in Social Work. He devoted much of his life to the S.F. Welfare Department, and moved on from…