[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF DONALD HARVEY SEILER

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2012

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of an 
extraordinary man, Donald Harvey Seiler, who passed away on August 3, 
2012. Don was a native San Franciscan and was educated at the 
University of California at Berkeley where he earned his BS and MBA 
degrees, and a member of Lambda Phi Fraternity. After graduation from 
Berkeley, he worked as an accountant before founding Seiler and Company 
in 1957. He served on the boards of Ross Stores, Inc., and Greater Bay 
Bancorp., and was active as a volunteer in the Jewish community. He 
served as President of the Board of Beth Am in Los Altos Hills and in 
other roles on the congregation's board, and as president and campaign 
chair on the board of the Peninsula Jewish Community Center. He served 
on the board of the Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life, the Council of 
Jewish Federations, the Jewish Home for the Aged, the Jewish Community 
Endowment Fund, Mount Zion Hospital and United Jewish Community 
Centers.
  Don's philanthropy and leadership extended to education, medicine and 
environmental causes. He funded the Public Accounting Chair at UC 
Berkeley's Haas School of Business in 1995, and served on the boards of 
the Peninsula Community Foundation and the Stanford Medical Center. He 
and his wife Ruthie chaired the board of Stanford Hospital's Friends of 
Cardiovascular Medicine. He received the Public Service Award from the 
California Society of CPAs , the Robert Sinton Distinguished Leadership 
Award from the Jewish Community Federation, and the Professional of the 
Year Award by the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. He was also honored 
with the Avenidas Lifetime of Achievement Award.
  Don met his wife Ruthie in college and they were married for 62 
years. They traveled widely and shared a long and loving marriage. They 
moved to the mid-peninsula in 1960 where they raised their children, 
Carol and Matt. Don was the loving grandfather of Cory and Mark 
Roberts, Matt and Allie Seiler, and the brother of Stuart Seiler and 
his wife Gaye. He also leaves his daughter-in-law Susan.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the memory of 
Donald Harvey Seiler and in extending our most sincere sympathy to his 
wife and family. He was a great and good man, one who gave so 
generously of his considerable talents and extensive resources to 
benefit others. Don Seiler's life defined what a great citizen is and 
can be.

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