Bieda is a small town in Italy near Rome. Bieda is an Italian corruption of its ancient name of Blera. It is the birthplace of Pope Sabinianus and Pope Paschal II.
In ancient times, Blera was Etruscan town on the Via Clodia. It was of little importance, and is only mentioned by geographers and in inscriptions. It is situated on a long, narrow tongue of rock at the junction of two deep glens. Some remains of the town walls still exist, and also two ancient bridges, both belonging to the Via Clodia, and many tombs hewn in the rocksmall chambers imitating the architectural forms of houses, with beams and rafters represented in relief. . See G. Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, i. 207. There was another Blera in Apulia, on the road from Venusia to Tarentum.
Bieda is Vice President of the Ushers Club at St. Sylvester Church and serves on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Macomb County.
Bieda is a longtime member of the Warren Historical Society, the Friends of the Library and a volunteer fundraiser for the Warren Symphony.
Bieda is the only U.S. coin designer (of about 25 nationally) residing in Michigan and is the first designer of U.S. coinage to be elected to state office.
Bieda is an attorney but he's best known to the coin collecting community as the designer of the reverse of the 1992 Olympic clad half dollar.
Bieda said he lives about 90 minutes from the capital of Lansing and expects to be commuting quite a lot.
Bieda said he thinks it would be a mistake to restart the design selection process but suggests a review of the designs by a few new members to a committee appointed by Granholm might result in another design.
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