Roger Elliott Koontz

He was a sweet and interesting man, who is much missed.

With the greatest respect, I thank Roger Koontz for a lifetime of service on behalf of a better world. What a brilliant, kind and decent advocate he was, especially for clean energy and a sustainable planet. To his family, thank you for sharing Roger with us.

A wonderful, fun man. He was good friends of my parents, and my sister and me.
He was my father's golf buddy, and nearly missed the flight to St. Andrews Scotland from JFK because the limo was caught in traffic, and then he had to make a mad dash to the men's room, and the limo driver was pounced upon by HSA guys.... It took a few minutes to work out, but they made it to Scotland.... I think they spent more time in the pubs than on the links....

I knew Roger when he used to lobby at the State Capitol and I worked at the Office of Legislative Research. I staffed the Energy Committee for OLR from late 1979 to 1985. Roger was a friend and a great advocate for energy conservation programs and low-income people. He was very highly regarded by all of us on the nonpartisan staff who worked with him.

Roger was a kind and genuine human being. He will be greatly missed.