[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18683]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN DONALD G. BROTZMAN

  Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, I rise to express my sympathy over the loss 
of a dear friend, Donald G. Brotzman, distinguished former Colorado 
Congressman who represented Boulder in the U.S. House of 
Representatives. Congressman Brotzman passed away on September 15 at 
the age of 82 in Alexandria, VA.
  Don Brotzman was a friend to all who knew him. Highly respected and a 
man of immense character, he always had time for everyone. His wise 
counsel was constantly sought by leaders and friends.
  Don served in the Colorado State House of Representatives from 1952 
to 1954 and in the State Senate from 1954 to 1956. In 1959, President 
Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Don as U.S. attorney for Colorado. 
Congressman Brotzman served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 
1963 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1975. In 1975, President Gerald R. 
Ford appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and 
Reserve Affairs. He served 2 years in that position and was credited 
with helping lead the way for the implementation of the ``all-volunteer 
army.''
  Don was born on a farm near Sterling, CO. He served in the U.S. Army 
in the Pacific theater during World War II. He graduated from the 
University of Colorado Schools of Business and Law where he had begun 
his undergraduate work before the war on a football scholarship. He was 
an All Big Eight middle linebacker for the Colorado Buffaloes.
  Don Brotzman was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Louise 
Reed Brotzman, who died in 1995. He leaves behind his wife, Gwendolyn 
Davis Brotzman of Alexandria, whom he married in 1996; two children 
from his first marriage, Kathy Caldwell of Longmont, CO, and Donald G. 
``Chip'' Brotzman Jr. of Carbondale, CO; a stepson, Robert Higgins of 
Philippi, WV; a brother; and six grandchildren.
  We will miss this good man, Don Brotzman. I ask my colleagues to join 
me and all Americans in honoring World War II veteran and Congressman 
Donald G. Brotzman.

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