WILLIAM DON FRIEDMAN ’52

WILLIAM DON FRIEDMAN, a seven-term Colorado state legislator and a talk radio host, died Aug. 11, 2013, at age 83. A member of the John Wesley Club, he received a master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. A successful real estate developer, as a politician he was know for his fiscal conservatism. He was a moderate on social issues, sponsoring the first clean air legislation in the nation, and was a constant advocate for a woman’s right to choose. He lost a race for elected office only once: a run for Congress against Pat Schroeder in 1976, by a narrow margin. After the legislature, he served on the Denver Water Board and consulted for the EPA and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. He was also an active community leader. Among those who survive are his wife, Jeanne Bahne Friedman, three children, seven grandchildren, and a nephew, Gary S. Davis ’75. He was previously married to Audrey Friedman Marcus.