Donald G. Brotzman

A Representative from Colorado. Born on a farm in Logan County, Colo. , near Sterling, Colo. , June 28, 1922. Educated in Logan County schools. Graduated from University Colorado School of Business at Boulder, 1949. Graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law, 1949. Admitted to the bar in 1950 and began practice in Boulder, Colo. Served as a first lieutenant with the Eighty-first Infantry Division in the South Pacific, 1945-1946. Member of the Colorado state house of representatives, 1952-1954. Member of the Colorado state senate, 1954-1956. Republican caucus leader in 1956. Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1954 and 1956. Appointed United States attorney for Colorado by President Eisenhower and served from 1959-1961. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1965). Unsuccessful nominee in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress. Elected to the Ninetieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, 1975-1977. President of Rubber Manufacturers Association and National Rubber Shippers Association. Chairman, Industry Safety Council, Washington, D. C. Died on September 15, 2004, in Alexandria, Va.