[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 148 (Tuesday, October 2, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2050]
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                      IN MEMORY OF HERBERT D. KATZ

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                     HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 2, 2007

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today in memory of south 
Florida philanthropist, prominent attorney, and real estate developer, 
Herbert D. Katz.
  Mr. Katz was a well-known member of the community, involved with 
numerous causes and organizations. A longtime Hollywood and Fort 
Lauderdale resident, Mr. Katz graduated from Wharton School of Finance 
at the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in 1951, and 
Harvard Law School in 1954. From 1954-1957 he served in the U.S. Coast 
Guard, was appointed to be a member of the United States Holocaust 
Memorial in 1988 by President Reagan, was President of the Jewish 
Federation of Broward County from 1974-1976, and chaired the United 
Jewish Appeal's, UJA, Retirement Committee from 1986-1989.
  A highly recognized donor to numerous causes, especially in the 
Jewish community, Mr. Katz went on to support and serve on the boards 
of many philanthropic organizations including the Israel Education Fund 
of UJA, American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, the Washington 
Institute for Near East Policy, the Center for Judaic Studies at the 
University of Pennsylvania, and the American Friends of Hebrew 
University, just to name a few. He and his wife were instrumental in 
helping to finance the building in Davie, bearing their names, that 
houses the Jewish Federation of Broward County. They also established 
the coveted Herb and Ellie Katz Leadership Development Award, presented 
each year by the Jewish Federation of Broward County.
  In addition to his wife Eleanor, Mr. Katz is survived by 5 children--
Laura, Thomas, Sally, Walter and Daniel, and 8 grandchildren. This was 
a man whose presence will be greatly missed throughout south Florida.

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