2016
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE MEMORIAL 16-1006
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Thurlow and Willett,  Arndt, Becker J.,
       Becker K., Brown, Buck, Buckner, Carver, Conti, Court, Danielson,
       DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Esgar, Everett, Fields, Foote, Garnett,
       Ginal, Hamner, Humphrey, Joshi, Kagan, Klingenschmitt,
       Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, Leonard, Lontine,
       Lundeen, McCann, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Navarro,
       Neville P., Nordberg, Pabon, Pettersen, Primavera, Priola, Rankin,
       Ransom, Rosenthal, Roupe, Ryden, Saine, Salazar, Sias, Singer,
       Tyler, Van Winkle, Vigil, Williams, Wilson, Windholz, Winter, Wist,
       Young, Hullinghorst.
       
         CONCERNING MEMORIALIZING FORMER 
           REPRESENTATIVE PAUL N. BROWN.
       
          WHEREAS, Former Representative Paul N. Brown departed this life
       on March 23, 2016, at the age of 73; and
       
          WHEREAS, A graduate of Palisade High School and the University
       of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business, Representative Brown
       enlisted as a member of the United States Air Force and served his
       country during the Vietnam War; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Brown first became involved in politics
       in 1970, when he joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and
       served as an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in
       Miami in support of George McGovern; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1974, he made the decision to run against the
       then-mayor of Grand Junction for a seat in the Colorado House of
       Representatives and, despite the district being traditionally held by a
       Republican, won office by a margin of more than fourteen percent; and
       
          
          
          WHEREAS, Representative Brown served two full terms in the House
       of Representatives, from 1975 to 1978, but declined to seek a third term,
       instead preferring to return to the Western Slope to be with his wife, Sue,
       and their young daughter, Natalie; and
       
          WHEREAS, In his time in the General Assembly, Representative
       Brown served on the Education, Judiciary, and Transportation & Energy
       Committees, in addition to a half-dozen interim committees; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 1979, Representative Brown left Colorado for
       Washington, D.C., where he served as Chief of Staff for Congressman
       Ray Kogovsek; the two had been roommates and close friends during
       their years in the Colorado legislature; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Brown's public service continued in roles
       with the State of Colorado Division of Property Taxation and as a
       Community Impact Coordinator for Battlement Mesa and the Colony
       Shale Oil Project; and
       
          WHEREAS, In 2006, Representative Brown mounted an unsuccessful
       campaign for Mesa County assessor and, despite the loss at the polls,
       befriended his opponent, Barbara Brewer; with Brewer's recommendation
       and endorsement, Brown applied to become a Mesa County trustee and
       in 2007 was appointed to the position by Governor Bill Ritter and
       reappointed in 2011 by Governor John Hickenlooper; and
       
          WHEREAS, Representative Brown worked tirelessly in assisting
       others with their campaigns for public office, and he served proudly on
       the executive committee of the Mesa County Democrats, never missing
       a Jefferson-Jackson Dinner; in the words of his close friend, Laird
       Milburn, Brown was "the consummate Democrat"; and
       
          WHEREAS, In his life outside of politics, Representative Brown was
       a lover of the outdoors, boating and camping as often as he was able; he
       was an active member of the Grand Valley Combined Honor Guard and
       a vital member of his community, serving as Chairman of Friends of the 
       
       
       
       
       
       Depot, a nonprofit group dedicated to the restoration and preservation of
       the historic Grand Junction Railroad Depot; and
          
          WHEREAS, Representative Brown is survived by his loving wife and
       daughter, three grandsons, a great-grandson, his sister, and his three
       brothers, as well as countless friends and colleagues who remember him
       only fondly; now, therefore, 
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventieth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
       
          That, in the death of Representative Paul N. Brown, the people of the
       State of Colorado have lost a devoted public servant and an outstanding
       citizen, and that we, the members of the Seventieth General Assembly,
       pay tribute to Representative Paul N. Brown for his years of dedicated
       public service and do hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to
       the members of his family.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be sent to
       Representative Brown's wife, Sue; his daughter, Natalie von Loewenfeldt;
       his grandsons, Christopher, Joshua, and Timothy, and great-grandson,
       Alexander; his sister, Barbara; his brothers, Doug, Johnnie, and Daniel;
       his cousins, Dennis and Gary Shaver; and his friend, Laird Milburn.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins              Dickey Lee Hullinghorst 
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE        SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                OF REPRESENTATIVES