[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 29, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING MURRAY GALINSON

 Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, today I ask my colleagues to join 
me in honoring Murray Galinson, an extraordinary San Diego community 
leader who died earlier this month in California at age 75. Murray was 
a dear friend of mine, and I will miss him terribly.
  Murray Galinson's accomplishments were legendary--as a businessman, 
philanthropist, teacher, political activist and adviser, friend of 
Israel, and, above all, family man. But even these amazing achievements 
do not begin to capture the person Murray was or the life that he 
lived.
  As Rabbi Michael Berk told a 1,000 mourners at San Diego's Temple 
Beth Israel, Murray was ``a man of substance and loyalty . . . a man 
who loved family and friends, a man of character and integrity, a man 
devoted to his people and his community, a man of national stature, a 
man whom we Jews would call a mensch, a fine example of what a human 
being should be, a man who leaves this world with the highest 
attainment: a shem tov, a good name.''
  Murray was a remarkable person who was loved and admired by all who 
knew him and whose countless acts of charity, kindness, and public 
service touched thousands of people who never met him.
  Murray Galinson was a proud Democrat who always sought to build 
bridges and consensus across party lines. As Rabbi Berk noted, Murray 
exemplified ``what it means to serve in the noble cause of bettering 
the lives of those with whom we share this country and this planet by 
seeking answers to our problems, not just winning.''
  On behalf of the people of California, who benefitted so much from 
his life and works, I send my love, gratitude, and deepest sympathy to 
Murray's beloved wife, Elaine, and their children, daughters-in-law, 
and grandchildren.
  One measure of Murray's profound impact on his community is how 
difficult it is to imagine San Diego without him--yet I know that he 
will live on through his good works and in the hearts of all of us who 
knew and loved this remarkable man.

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