James H. Scheuer

SCHEUER, JAMES H.

On August 19, 2005, age 85, peacefully at home in Washington. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1964-72 and 1974-92. He is survived by his adored and adoring wife, Emily Malino Scheuer and his loving children, Laura, Elizabeth (Peter Joseph), James H. Jr. (Laura Payabpab) and John (Robin Lawson). He will be missed and remembered by his 10 grandchildren, Damella and Laurella Dotan, Eleanor, Nicholas, Anna and Katherine Joseph, James William and David Scheuer, Sarah and Thomas "Buster" Scheuer. He is also survived by many siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews, all of whose lives he touched in many ways.

In his early real estate career, he developed middle-class properties in Southwest Wash- ington (Capitol Park), Sacramento, California and San Juan, PR, among others. During his twenty-six years in the U.S. Congress, Mr. Scheuer distinguished himself in the areas of early childhood education, being one of the pioneers of the Head Start program; he also championed legislation in areas of automotive safety, as an early promoter of passive restraint systems. He was the founder of GLOBE-Global Legislators for a Balanced Environment, an international environmental organization. He was Chairman of the Select Committee on Family Planning and Population. After his retirement from Congress in 1992, he was appointed by President Clinton as the U.S. Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, where he served until late 1995.

Congressman Scheuer was a graduate of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York and Swarthmore College, as well as Harvard Business School and Columbia Law School. During World War II, he served in the US Air Force as a flight instructor.

Funeral services were private; a memorial service will be held at a later date.