[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 122 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1035-E1036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           LEONARD PERLMUTTER

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 19, 2018

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor 
Leonard Michael Perlmutter, a great Coloradan and a wonderful husband, 
father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and cousin.

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   Leonard Perlmutter, born October 16, 1925 to Phil and Belle 
Perlmutter in Denver, Colorado died July 8, 2018 in Denver. Leonard (or 
``Len'' or ``Laz'' as he was known to many) was married for 66 years to 
his college sweetheart Alice and they had three children Ed (Nancy), 
Joe, and Cassie (Joe Levi), six grandchildren (Alexis, Abby, Zoe, Ian, 
Aaron and Braden) and one great-granddaughter (Lily). He was 
predeceased by his mother and father, his sister Ann Reinstein, brother 
Jack, and sister Roz Altenberg.
   Laz was a lifelong Coloradan and lived in Denver and Jefferson 
County. He attended Colfax Elementary, Lake Junior High, West High 
School and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He played all manner 
of sports from baseball to tennis to skiing to squash and handball. As 
a kid, he fished pretty much every stream Colorado has to offer.
   Laz was a true citizen of the West in business and civic matters. In 
1951, with family members and a close friend, he helped start and build 
Perlmutter and Sons, a prestressed and precast concrete company. 
Perlmutter and Sons became Prestressed Concrete of Colorado before 
eventually becoming Stanley Structures, which spanned the Rocky 
Mountain West, Texas, Arizona and Canada, and employed more than 2,000 
people. Laz served as CEO of Stanley Structures for many years. It was 
a union business from top to bottom and was instrumental in building 
thousands of structures including airports, resorts, roads and bridges, 
federal and state installations and laboratories, military bases, 
apartments, warehouses, office buildings, shopping centers, and 
hospitals.
   Laz was a dedicated ambassador for National Jewish Health for more 
than 40 years. He became a member of the Board of Directors in 1978 and 
served in a variety of key leadership roles, including as Chairman of 
the Board of Directors from 1983 to 1986. He was on the Executive 
Committee of the Board since 1980 and a Lifetime Director and even 
served as interim President and CEO from 1991 through 1993.
   Laz's other civic engagements included: lifetime member of the 
Colorado Forum; Chairman of the Denver Symphony; Chairman of the 
international trade and standards organization called Prestressed/
Precast Concrete Institute; Chairman of the Santa Fe Opera; Board 
Member of the Foothills Art Center; Trustee of the National Renewable 
Energy Laboratory; Board Member of Colorado National Bank Shares; 
President and Chairman of Colorado Open Lands; President of Reed Street 
Elementary and Wheat Ridge Junior High PTA's; precinct committee man 
and district captain for the Democratic Party in Jefferson County; head 
of Economic Development in the Roy Romer Administration; Chairman of 
the University of Colorado Foundation; and Board Member of the 
Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges. He also taught graduate 
courses in political science at the University of Colorado at Denver as 
an adjunct professor.
   He loved and respected everyone, no matter their station in life or 
their background. He had time for everyone, especially his family and 
friends. Laz was a Democrat from the top of his head to the tips of his 
toes. Even so he had friends all over the political spectrum. He was 
egalitarian and community-minded. He had a great sense of humor with a 
big wide smile and a twinkle in his eye for just about everyone.
   On behalf of my family and the people of Colorado, I extend my 
deepest appreciation to Leonard Perlmutter for his dedication to and 
good works for his community and for his love of Colorado, the 
mountains and his family.

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