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<br />APPENDIX "n" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />LconanJ Ru&>dl Kuiper was born at Lusk, Wyoming. on April 5. <br />1 '.J 15, one of eight children. llncl attended the University of Wyoming. <br />l:btaining a clcgrec in Chemical Engincl"ring and starring on the Uni- <br />versity's basketball team. He served in the Army in the European thclltrc <br />dl1ring World War II, and att<lined the r;mk of Lieutenant Colonel. <br /> <br />Mr. Kuiper was City Manager of Delta, Colorado, from 1953 to <br />] <JS(), :lnd Manager of Public Works for Aurora. Colorado, from 195(1 <br />to 195R when he joined the staff of the ColoraJo Water COlls~rvat;nn <br />Board. <br /> <br />He first served as Chief Engineer, and was Acting Director of the <br />Color;tclo W;ltcr Conservation Blxlrd from September 1961 to July 1963 <br />\vhen Dircctor Sparks served as Natural Resources Director. He w~s <br />appointed Deputy Director early in 196+ and was .serving in th;lt posi- <br />tion when he dieu suddenly on Novcmber 4, 196+, in Denver. <br /> <br />Mr. Kuiper dirccteu the technical studies \~..hi('h were instrumental <br />In settling the hitter controversies involving public and rriVittc pm.ver <br />interests over the Colorado River Storage Project transmission .-.ystem <br />;lI1d was acti\,c in working out the plans of the Committee of Fourteen, <br />compo.<:.cu of 14 w;ltl'r offici<lls of the Colorado River Rlsin. looking <br />to\\"ilrcl the s(llution of a water salinity problem in the basin. <br /> <br />Mr. Kuiper is survived by his widow, Marion; a daug:htl..'I', Mrs. <br />Cathyann \Vcar of Beevillc:, Texas; two sons, Steven and William, of <br />Aurora; <lnu two hrnthcrs elI1U thrt"c sisters. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The Arkanstls River Comp;lct Administration, the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the State of Colorado navc <br />lust an able, dedicatcu public servant in the person of Leonard R. Kuiper. <br />a mitn who, by his calm. reasoning rersonality, was able to resolve Jif- <br />facnee's of opinion between protagonists to the lasting benefit of thc <br />people of the State of Cnlorado; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, his ~erviccs \vill he seriously miS6t:d by the people of <br />the Sttltc of ColoraJo, <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Arkdl)5'15 <br />River Compact Administration th;lt it cxpre...--scs a deep sense of loss upon <br />the untimdy death of Leonard R. Kuiper, and dir~cts that a copy of <br />this resolution be spread upon th~ minut~s of this Administration, ;i11d <br />a copy be sent to his widow and family. <br /> <br />,6 <br />