[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 21, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE LIFE OF STANLEY SHEINBAUM

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                             HON. TED LIEU

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 21, 2016

  Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the life 
of Mr. Stanley Sheinbaum--father, husband, grandfather, reformer, 
philanthropist, and activist--who passed away on September 12, 2016, at 
the age of 96.
  Born June 12, 1920 in New York, Stanley operated a sewing machine at 
his father's leather-goods store before the business collapsed during 
the Depression. He then joined the Army and served in World War II 
before graduating summa cum laude from Stanford with a degree in 
economics.
  Michigan State hired Stanley to teach economics and the university 
quickly promoted him to coordinator of a program that provided 
technical assistance to South Vietnam. As a peace activist, once he 
learned about the CIA's infiltration of this program, he resigned and 
became an outspoken critic of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He joined 
the think tank, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions and ran 
twice for Congress.
  A passionate advocate for transparency in government, Stanley helped 
organize the Daniel Ellsberg Pentagon Papers defense team and served as 
the Chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union for nine years. He 
increased contributions and promoted major civil rights movements that 
created the public policy specialist position. From 1977 to 1989, 
Stanley was a University of California Regent where he successfully 
urged the University of California to divest from Apartheid South 
Africa.
  Stanley also acted as a peace negotiator in the Middle East. He 
worked tirelessly to persuade Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian 
Liberation Organization to disavow terrorism and recognize Israel as a 
state.
  Stanley reformed the Los Angeles Police Commission as president from 
1991 to 1993 following the beating of Rodney King by police officers. 
His support for Willie L. Williams helped LAPD hire their first black 
police chief. Stanley's involvement as a human rights and peace 
activist in a range of issues will influence decades of political 
agenda.
  He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Betty; brother; three 
stepchildren; eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life of Stanley 
Sheinbaum.

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