75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2010 Special Session

                            Enrolled

                 House Concurrent Resolution 100

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

  Whereas Fred Rosenbaum, an Oregon leader, philanthropist and
Holocaust survivor, died January 12, 2010; and
  Whereas Fred Rosenbaum, who grew up in Austria as the Nazis
rose to power, fled to England through an organized rescue
movement and lived there for almost two years before he was
reunited with his family; and
  Whereas Fred Rosenbaum arrived in Portland with his family in
1943 and, as soon as he turned 18, enlisted in the United States
Army so he could fight the Germans; and
  Whereas after World War II, Fred Rosenbaum graduated from
Portland State University and then embarked on a distinguished
career as an insurance businessman; and
  Whereas Fred Rosenbaum was chairman of the Housing Authority of
Portland for 15 years and was a vocal and ardent supporter of
housing for seniors and minorities; and
  Whereas Fred Rosenbaum entered the Oregon National Guard as a
private and retired in 1986 as a brigadier general in the Oregon
Air National Guard; and
  Whereas many landmarks in this state bear Fred Rosenbaum's
name, including the Fred Rosenbaum Hangar at the Portland, Oregon
Air National Guard Base, where soldiers returning from Iraq are
welcomed home; and
  Whereas Fred Rosenbaum founded a camp for children at Camp
Rilea on the Oregon Coast that has hosted more than 6,500
underprivileged children and is now known as Camp Rosenbaum; and
  Whereas Fred Rosenbaum, whose experience in Nazi Germany
impacted his entire life, was heralded as an 'Oregon treasure '
and was an unwavering patriot and a tireless philanthropist; now,
therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly,
in special legislative session assembled, express our condolences
to the family of Fred Rosenbaum and recognize and express our
gratitude for Fred Rosenbaum's unwavering love of this country,
service to Oregon, philanthropic activities and desire to make
this world a better place.
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                                  Adopted by House February 16,
                                              2010

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                                      Chief Clerk of House

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                                        Speaker of House

                                 Adopted by Senate February 23,
                                              2010

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                                       President of Senate

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