Denver-Logan County CO Archives Obituaries.....Brotzman, Donald Glenn September 15, 2004
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Rocky Mountain News 9/20/2004
Donald Brotzman, 82, Colorado native, five-term congressman
[photo]  Brotzman served state's 2nd District

Friends and family of Donald Glenn Brotzman remember the five-term congressman 
as one of Colorado's finest statesmen and a man who loved public service. 
"He had a passion for helping the people of this country," said Mr. Brotzman's 
son-in-law, John Caldwell, of Longmont. "That's really what he dedicated his 
life to." 
Mr. Brotzman, a Colorado native who represented the 2nd Congressional District 
for a decade and also served as a U.S. attorney, died of cancer in Alexandria, 
Va., on Wednesday. He was 82. 
Walt Klein, a longtime political Republican consultant, said that even though 
Mr. Brotzman was often in the East, his heart was in Colorado. 
"There's something special about Western values and Western independence and 
warmth, and Don Brotzman always reflected that," Klein said. "He could talk 
about sophisticated issues of the day, but at heart he reflected the values of 
Colorado." 
Mr. Brotzman was born June 28, 1922, in Logan County. He was a tenor 
saxophonist and three-sport athlete at Sterling High School. In 1939, he won a 
football scholarship to the University of Colorado. 
His studies were postponed because of World War II, during which he served as 
an Army officer in Yokohama, Japan, and the Philippines. 
Mr. Brotzman wed Louise Reed in 1944 in Wichita Falls, Texas. 
He returned to the University of Colorado to earn business and law degrees. 
He began working as a lawyer in Boulder in 1950, the same year he was elected 
to the Colorado House of Representatives. He also served in the state Senate. 
Local media named him the outstanding freshman member of both chambers. 
After unsuccessful runs for governor in 1954 and 1956, Mr. Brotzman was 
appointed Colorado U.S. attorney in 1959. 
Mr. Brotzman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1962, when 
fellow lawmakers named him president of the Republican freshman class. 
Former U.S. Sen. Bill Armstrong called Mr. Brotzman a trailblazer in politics. 
"I remember Don Brotzman as a man of principle and integrity, one of the finest 
public servants our state has ever produced. (He was) a guy who was a great 
mentor to me, particularly in the '60s and '70s when I was in the state 
legislature, and then when I was elected in 1972 to serve alongside him in the 
U.S. House of Representatives," Armstrong said. "He'll be greatly missed." 
When Mr. Brotzman left politics, he worked in government relations at the 
Rubber Manufacturers Association. He retired in 1989. 
His first wife, Louise, died in 1995. He married Gwendolyn Davis in 1996 in 
Sarasota, Fla. 
Mr. Brotzman is survived by his wife, a brother, a daughter and son who live in 
Colorado, a stepson and six grandchildren. 
A memorial service is scheduled for Tuesday in Alexandria, Va. A second 
memorial service is being planned in Boulder. 


Additional Comments:
Colorado U.S. Attorney 1959-1961
U.S. Consgress 1962-1974

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