[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E884-E885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO LEO DOZORETZ

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 8, 1997

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. Sherman, and I are honored 
to pay tribute to Leo Dozoretz, who this year is receiving the 
inaugural David Ben Gurion Award for outstanding service and commitment 
to the United Jewish Fund. He is being honored by the Jewish 
Federation/Valley Alliance.
  Leo is an ideal choice for this award. Indeed, we can think of few 
people as dedicated to the Jewish people and the UJF as Leo Dozoretz.
  Many of Leo's good deeds have been undertaken in the San Fernando 
Valley, where

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he resides. For years he has been heavily involved with the Jewish 
Federation/Valley Alliance Major Gifts Campaign for the UJF, personally 
raising more than $500,000 in campaign contributions every year. Leo 
has also chaired numerous UJF campaigns for the Jewish Federation/
Valley Alliance, raising money to support vital social services in Los 
Angeles, Israel and 60 countries around the world.
  In the early 1960's Leo chaired the building fund at Temple Adat 
Ariel, where he was a member, that resulted in construction of the 
Temple sanctuary and the first Jewish school in the San Fernando 
Valley.
  Leo also has a distinct way of combining his professional life, his 
social life and Jewish causes. For example, as a charter member of the 
El Caballero Country Club he has chaired an annual gold tournament to 
raise money for the UJF. A longtime employee--now retired--of 
Willamette Industries, Leo was instrumental in getting the company to 
expand its matching gifts program. A number of non-profit 
organizations, including the UJF, benefitted as a result.
  Leo and his wife, Elaine, have been active members of two grassroots 
community support groups--``The Society of Individual Responsibility'' 
and the Brunch Bunch--for more than 30 years.
  We ask our colleagues to join us today in saluting Leo Dozoretz, 
whose dedication, humanity and compassion are examples to us all.

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