[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 7, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E4-E5]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    A TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF THE HONORABLE HOWARD M. HOLTZMANN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 7, 2014

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring 
the life of an extraordinary man, Judge Howard Holtzmann, who passed 
away hours before his 92nd birthday on December 9, 2013.
   Howard was the son of the late Lillian Plotz Holtzmann and Jacob L. 
Holtzmann. He attended the Poly Prep Country Day School, Yale College 
and Yale Law School. He loved all things `Yale' and served it in many 
ways for seven decades, earning the prestigious award of the Yale Medal 
in 2006. Yale was one of many beneficiaries of Howard Holtzmann's 
legendary philanthropy. He endowed the Jewish Chaplaincy at Yale, the 
first such position at an American college campus. He also endowed a 
professorship in international law and established fellowships in that 
field.
   Judge Holtzmann, a brilliant attorney, was an original member of the 
Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and served as a member of the United 
States Delegation to the United Nations Commission on International 
Trade Law. An acknowledged expert in arbitration, he wrote and edited 
many books and treatises on the subject. He held leadership positions 
as a trustee or member of many organizations, including the Jewish 
Theological Seminary, St. Bonaventure University, the American Foreign 
Law Association, the Environmental Law Institute, Pace Law, the 
American Arbitration Association and the New York Weill Cornell 
Council.
   Judge Holtzmann is survived by his beloved wife, Carol, and his 
devoted daughters, Susie and Betsey. He also leaves his grandsons, 
McLaren (Jodi), Anthony (Erin) and Abe Noyes, and Jill van Berg (David 
Manella), Elizabeth van Berg and Allison van Berg. He also leaves five 
great-grandchildren, and at the time of his death was aware that a 
sixth was due within days. He also leaves his step-daughter Louise 
Mullen (Henry) and his step-son William van Berg. He was preceded in 
death by his first wife Anne Fisher Holtzmann and his step-son, Peter 
van Berg.
   I have the privilege of knowing Judge Holtzmann's daughter, Susie 
Richardson, a

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highly regarded member of the Palo Alto community who has contributed 
in countless ways to the civic life of our region. She is a woman of 
integrity and conscience, and I'm proud to call her my friend.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the 
extraordinary life of Howard M. Holtzmann, a great and good man who 
will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him. His 
humanity, brilliance, patriotism, generosity and his distinguished 
family are the legacies he leaves, making our nation stronger and 
better. For all this and more, the U.S. House of Representatives 
extends its deepest condolences to the entire Holtzmann family.

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