[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S6215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO STANLEY S. FINE

 Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, it gives me great joy to 
congratulate a dear friend, Stanley S. Fine, who is being rightfully 
honored next month by the Baltimore District Council of the Urban Land 
Institute, ULI, with its 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime 
Achievement Award is given to an individual who has been a recognized 
leader in the development community; who has touched all aspects of 
development including acquisition, design, finance, and implementation; 
who has volunteered his or her time and/or resources to help advance 
the industry; and who commands the admiration and respect of his or her 
peers for lifetime accomplishments. I doubt there is any other 
individual as deserving as Stanley, a native Baltimorean, to receive 
this recognition.
  My wife, Myrna, and I have known Stanley since we were all in junior 
high school. One of the most important things to know about Stanley is 
that he is always ready to offer a helping hand. I doubt any of us know 
just how many people Stanley has helped over the years; because of his 
inherent modesty, he never seeks acknowledgment or recognition or 
accolades. In 1982, Stanley's wife, Bailey--a dedicated and 
accomplished public servant--ran my reelection campaign to the Maryland 
House of Delegates and then served as my campaign aide during my first 
congressional race in 1986; as my district director for 20 years; and, 
finally, as my State director during my first term in the Senate before 
she retired at the end of 2012. Stanley and Bailey will be celebrating 
their 45th wedding anniversary on November 28. They have two lovely 
adult children, Michael and Laura, and three grandchildren. Michael and 
his wife, Whitney, have two daughters, Riley and Blakely; Laura and her 
husband, Ben Liebman, have a son, Eli.
  Stanley is a partner in the law firm of Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, 
LLP. He has been representing developers and businessowners in high-
profile Baltimore city land use and zoning matters for 35 years. The 
city's skyline and neighborhoods, from office buildings to shopping 
centers and local businesses, from industrial buildings and office 
parks to neighborhood restaurants, reflect Stanley's tremendous impact 
on Baltimore. Over the years, Stanley has cultivated long-term 
relationships with developers, engineers, architects, attorneys, 
planners, city and State officials, preservationists, conservationists, 
and others engaged in real estate development. These relationships, 
coupled with Stanley's legal acumen and personal commitment to the city 
of Baltimore, have helped him to bring prominent and challenging 
commercial, industrial, and residential projects to realization. 
Stanley is a consensus-seeker and always finds creative solutions for 
each project--solutions that serve the interests of his clients, the 
government agencies involved, the community, and other stakeholders. As 
ULI Baltimore District Council coordinator Lisa Norris stated, 
``Throughout Stanley's career his priority has been to make the City of 
Baltimore a better place in which to live and work.''
  Stanley is a cofounder of the Baltimore Development Workgroup and 
previously served as the director of the Maryland State Lottery Agency 
and chairman of the Maryland State Lottery Commission. He is a former 
member of the Baltimore City Planning Commission and president of a 
community association. Best Lawyers in America magazine has recognized 
Stanley as ``Land Use & Zoning Lawyer of the Year'' for 2011 through 
2014 and as one of Maryland's top land use and zoning attorneys in the 
2007 through 2017 editions. And he has made the list as one of 
``Maryland's Super Lawyers'' in the 2007 through 2013 and 2015 through 
2016 editions of Baltimore Magazine. Stanley received his B.A. from 
Johns Hopkins University in 1965 and his J.D. from the University Of 
Maryland School of Law in 1969.
  In addition to being a superb lawyer, Stanley is an exceptional 
athlete. While he was a freshman at Johns Hopkins, he played in the 
first game of Baltimore's box lacrosse league, televised live in 1962, 
and scored a game-high four goals for his club team, which won the 
game. At the university, he was the backbone of a tenacious midfield 
for the Blue Jays varsity lacrosse team and joined the Phi Sigma Delta 
fraternity.
  I think Stanley's colleague Benjamin Rosenberg, the founder and 
chairman of Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, summed it up best, saying:

       . . . this award is long overdue recognition of the major 
     role Stanley has played in the life of our City. Over the 
     past several decades there have been very few significant 
     real estate developments in Baltimore that Stanley has not 
     had an important hand in. He has also been a behind the 
     scenes confidante and sounding board for virtually every 
     public official at the State and local level. They rely on 
     Stanley for practical, discreet advice and counsel. Take a 
     walk over to City Hall or a trip to the State House with 
     Stanley and you'll see what I mean. While some people may 
     think of Stanley as Bailey's sidekick or Michael and Laura's 
     dad or one of the greatest left-handed shooters who ever 
     played lacrosse, wherever you look at bright spots in 
     Baltimore, chances are you'll see something that Stanley has 
     helped bring about.

  The epitaph in St. Paul's Cathedral for Sir Christopher Wren reads, 
in part, ``si monumentum requiris, circumspice,'' which means ``if you 
seek his monument, look around you.'' What is true for Christopher Wren 
in London is true for my friend Stanley Fine in Baltimore. I ask my 
fellow Senators to join my wife, Myrna, and me and Stanley's 
colleagues, peers, family members, and his legions of friends and 
admirers in congratulating him on receiving such a richly deserved 
Lifetime Achievement Award from ULI Baltimore.

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