John E. Streltzer (June 2, 1901 - December 16, 1985) was a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado,Colorado Legislature, Record of Legislator (accessed 2015 Oct 25) philanthropist,University of Denver (Colorado) Archives (accessed 2015 Dec 22) and former U.S. Director of Customs for Colorado and Wyoming.University of Denver (Colorado) Archives (accessed 2015 Dec 22)
John was married to Sarah Streltzer, and established a wholesale office supply business in the Denver, Colorado area.University of Denver (Colorado) Archives (accessed 2015 Dec 22)
John served nearly three terms as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives in the 1950s.University of Denver (Colorado) Archives (accessed 2015 Dec 22) During his third term, President John Kennedy appointed John the Director of Customs for Colorado and Wyoming, a position he held until 1969.University of Denver (Colorado) Archives (accessed 2015 Dec 22) John then became Vice President of Public Relations at Metropolitan State Bank (Denver, Colorado), later renamed Metro National Bank and Cherry Creek National Bank, before being consolidated into WestStar Bank and then finally U.S. Bancorp.University of Denver (Colorado) Archives (accessed 2015 Dec 22)National Information Center, Federal Reserve System (accessed 2017 Jan 24)
John also served as the President of the Ex-Patients Sanatorium (also known as the Ex-Patients Tubercular Home) in Denver, as well as the National Mental Health Center, a Jewish-sponsored mental health hospital which utilized the facilities of the Ex-Patients Sanatorium to provide free treatment and rehabilitation for needy patients with tuberculosis and other chronic diseases and to provide free psychiatric treatment to mentally ill patients.Denver to Have First Free Jewish-sponsored Mental Health Hospital (Jewish Telegraph Agency), Apr. 22, 1958The Jewish Transcript, Seattle, Washington, USA Jun. 9, 1958 at p. 8 (accessed 2016 Mar 11) The National Mental Health Center and Ex-Patients Sanatorium were predecessor institutions to the modern, non-sectarian National Jewish Health, an academic medical research facility located in Denver specializing in respiratory, cardiac, immune and allergic disorders.
Throughout his life John was involved in many Jewish, general, and medical causes, including Ex-Patient's Tubercular Home, Israel Bonds, B'nai B'rith, Kiwanis, March of Dimes,John E. Streltzer, Associate Chairman for State of Colorado, 1957 (The March of Dimes) (University of Cincinnati archives, accessed 2016 July 1) AMC Cancer Research Center (JCRS), Red Cross, United Way, and Allied Jewish Welfare Fund.University of Denver (Colorado) Archives (accessed 2015 Dec 22)
References
External links Colorado Legislature, Record of Legislator (accessed 2015 Oct 25) University of Denver (Colorado) Archives The John E. Streltzer Papers at University of Denver (Colorado) Special Collections Getty Images #162115133 (June 6, 1969), "Ex-Customs Man" John E. Streltzer, recently retired