[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 174 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF LEWIS W. BUTLER

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 6, 2020

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and work of 
Lewis W. Butler.
  Lewis was born in San Francisco, California, on March 27, 1957, the 
son of Lewis H. and Sheana Butler, and died on September 17, 2020 at 
the age of 63 at his home in San Francisco.
  Lewis grew up in San Francisco with the exception of the two years 
spent in Malaysia while his father served as the Director of the Peace 
Corps there, and time in Washington, D.C. while his father served in 
what was then the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Lewis 
earned his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Stanford and 
a Master's in architecture from Harvard University. After their Harvard 
graduations in 1985, he and his wife Catherine Armsden formed Butler 
Armsden, a successful architecture firm in San Francisco.
  Lewis is described as an inventive modernist residential architect 
with a prominent clientele. He is also described as a teacher, a 
mentor, and a confident man with a can-do attitude. He possessed a 
great sense of humor and a humble demeanor.
  He was a true gentleman, a winner of countless merit awards who took 
no particular pride in showing them off. He was a surfer and a vintage 
British motorcycle afficionado and he built sand castles as part of a 
non-profit fundraiser. He was devoted to his community and served on 
the boards of the Hamlin School, University High School and the San 
Francisco Girls Chorus.
  Lewis W. Butler leaves his wife of 37 years, Catherine Armsden, his 
son, Tobias, his daughter Elena, his father Lewis H. Butler, and his 
sisters Serra and Lucy. He also leaves four nephews and three nieces.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me 
in honoring the life and work of this good and great man. He has left 
an indelible imprint on the architecture of the San Francisco Peninsula 
and beyond, and his friendship has left an imprint on the lives of so 
many who had the good fortune to know him. Lew Butler was a national 
treasure. He strengthened our community, bettered our nation, and was a 
true blessing in every way imaginable.

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