[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 171 (Wednesday, October 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5084-S5085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO STANLEY S. FINE

 Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, on October 26, the University of 
Baltimore Merrick School of Business Real Estate and Economic 
Development Advisory Board are hosting their annual ``Lessons from 
Legends'' celebration. This

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year's honoree is my dearest friend, Stanley S. Fine, a partner at 
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP. Stanley is indeed a legend. As the 
announcement of the celebration notes, ``The city's skyline and 
neighborhoods highlight Stanley's vast impact on Baltimore; from office 
buildings to shopping centers and local businesses, from industrial 
buildings and office parks to neighborhood restaurants and pickleball 
courts.'' As his lifelong friend and law partner Ben Rosenberg has 
said, ``Wherever you look at bright spots in Baltimore, chances are 
you'll see something that Stanley has helped bring about.'' Stanley and 
Ben went through grade school, college--Johns Hopkins University--law 
school--the University of Maryland School of Law--and service in the 
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve together.
  My wife Myrna and I have known Stanley since we were all in junior 
high school together. For us, it is a family affair: Stanley's wife 
Bailey ran my reelection campaign to the Maryland House of Delegates in 
1982 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. This couple has devoted their lives to strengthening 
our community and helping those in need. Stanley and Bailey will be 
celebrating their 52nd wedding anniversary on November 28. They have 
two lovely adult children Michael and Laura and four grandchildren. 
Michael and his wife Whitney have two daughters Riley and Blakely; 
Laura and her husband Ben Liebman have two sons Eli and Brooks.
  If I were to recite all of Stanley's accomplishments and awards, I 
would surely run out of breath. But I will mention a few: recipient of 
the Baltimore District Council of the Urban Land Institute's--ULI--2016 
Lifetime Achievement Award; cofounder of the Baltimore Development 
Workgroup; director of the Maryland State Lottery Agency and chairman 
of the Maryland State Lottery Commission; former member of the 
Baltimore City Planning Commission; and president of a community 
association. Best Lawyers in America magazine has repeatedly recognized 
Stanley as ``Land Use & Zoning Lawyer of the Year.'' Baltimore Magazine 
has repeatedly recognized Stanley as one of ``Maryland's Super 
Lawyers.''
  Stanley's brilliance as a lawyer merely followed his brilliance as an 
athlete. While he was a freshman at Johns Hopkins University, 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. He had a wicked left-handed shot. 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. His athletic skills 
continue to this day, for you can normally find Stanley in the mornings 
on a pickleball court. He still has a wicked left-handed shot.
  If you didn't know all of this about Stanley, you wouldn't learn it 
from him. He is inherently self-effacing. He never seeks plaudits or 
accolades or publicity. He is content to continue finding creative 
solutions to some of Baltimore's toughest land use challenges by 
patiently building consensus among all stakeholders: city, county, and 
State government officials, developers and other business interests, 
community planners, architects, engineering firms, historic 
preservationists, and the like.
  In 1943, as members of the British House of Commons debated how to 
rebuild their chamber after Nazi incendiary bombs destroyed it, Prime 
Minister Winston Churchill stated, ``We shape our buildings and 
afterwards our buildings shape us.'' Baltimoreans are so fortunate that 
Stanley Fine has dedicated his extraordinary life to shaping the city's 
buildings. I ask my Senate colleagues to join Myrna and me, Stanley's 
family, and his colleagues, friends, and admirers too numerous to count 
in celebrating one of Baltimore's true legends.

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