[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9425]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IN MEMORY OF LOWELL ROBINSON

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise in fond memory of a friend 
from Nevada County, Lowell Robinson, who is a community icon who passed 
away just recently at age 86.
  Born in Nevada City in April 1929, his entrepreneurial career started 
in 1949 when he designed equipment for a local sawmill. A few years 
later, he began the logging business known as Robinson & Sons. In 1971, 
he helped establish Robinson Enterprises, which includes gold mining, 
road construction, logging, and petroleum distribution and sales.
  Mr. Robinson was an active supporter, in many ways, of the Nevada 
County community. Indeed, he was a very kind gentlemen, liked by 
everybody, and his legacy will be felt for many, many years in the work 
he did for helping United Way, FFA, 4-H, Boy Scouts. Just about 
anything worth doing, he was involved with in Nevada County, including 
my own personal travels.
  This little old Indian Springs school still stands where he attended 
and his family owns. I hope some day they can renovate it in his honor.
  So I join the community of Nevada County in mourning this loss, a 
great friend, a personal friend of mine who was always a kindhearted 
person whom you just got along great with. Our condolences go out to 
Wanda and his whole family.

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