[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: July 19, 1994]
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                 FORMER MILWAUKEE MAYOR HENRY W. MAIER

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, the city of Milwaukee is well known for 
its diverse ethnic communities, celebrations of those neighborhoods, 
and innovative political leaders. This past Sunday, July 17, 1994 
former Milwaukee Mayor Henry W. Maier, a leader who embraced the city, 
passed away.
  Henry W. Maier was a Democrat who served the people of Wisconsin and 
Milwaukee from 1950 to 1960 as a State senator and subsequently as 
mayor of the city of Milwaukee for 28 years.
  Mayor Maier was one of the leading mayors in the country advocating 
urban development. He created the first formal City Government Economic 
Development Agency in the Nation, and established the Social 
Development Commission to address the concerns of the elderly, young, 
and low-income citizens of Milwaukee. During Mayor Maier's term, 
Milwaukee won the Nation's top award in the Keep America Beautiful 
Campaign. His legacy continues as the highways in Milwaukee are graced 
with wildflowers.
  Like so many other Wisconsin political leaders, Mayor Maier was 
extremely active in the city's civic programs and recognized the 
diversity of the State, especially in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is 
affectionately known as the City of Festivals, due largely in part to 
Mayor Maier's efforts to celebrate the city's ethnic communities. As 
mayor, he established Summerfest in 1968 and promoted the various other 
ethnic festivals which today are celebrated annually on Milwaukee's 
lakefront grounds now named in his honor.
  Mayor Norquist, a Democrat who succeeded him praised Maier as a man 
who stood up for Milwaukee. Former Mayor Zeidler observed that Maier 
was ``the most powerful mayor in the history of the city'' according to 
the Wisconsin State Journal.
  On Sunday, Mayor Maier died from complications of pneumonia at his 
home. As we continue to strive for a new urban agenda for our U.S. 
cities, the people of Milwaukee will fondly remember Henry W. Maier and 
his dedication. The people of Milwaukee are deeply thankful for his 
lifetime of public service and will miss his presence.

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