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Remarks by Senator Tom Harkin Memorial Service for Chuck Manatt Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church September 22, 2011

I am going to speak about Chuck's roots in rural, small-town Iowa. For starters, let's be clear that these were not ordinary roots. If you've ever tried to pull up a clump of native Iowa prairie grass, well, you know that you can't do it. The roots are too deep and stubborn. Those are the kind of roots that Chuck put down in Iowa in his early years.

The fact is, Chuck lived a lot of different places; but he never entirely left little Audubon,

Iowa.

This morning, many of Washington's elite have gathered to honor Chuck. But, on

July 28 in Audubon, Iowa, a no less important group of people paid their last respects. At that final homecoming, Chuck was surrounded by family and friends, beloved high school classmates, and a contingent of 12 Eagle Scouts from Troop 103, who were there to honor Audubon's first-ever Eagle Scout.

At the interment ceremony, as an Army veteran, Chuck could have had an honor guard from the American Legion or the VFW. But it was a contingent of Eagle Scouts who folded the American flag and presented it to Kathy.

Chuck - "Charlie," as he was known then - had the quintessential Iowa boyhood of the 1940s. He was raised on a farm without plumbing or running water ... loved to hunt pheasant ... active in the 4-H club and president of Future Farmers of America - in fact, he was never without his blue corduroy jacket with FFA in big gold letters on the back. He was a standout in the speech and debate club, which, he wistfully recalled, consisting of 17 girls and Charlie Manatt. 2

And how can you have a quintessential Iowa boyhood without eventually marrying your high school sweetheart? Kathy - his partner of 53 years - may not know this story, which was passed on to me by a classmate, Connie Hamman [HAY-man]. It seems that Kathy - Kathy Klinkefus, at the time - was competing to be the Audubon

High School Carnival Queen. As a fundraising gimmick, students could vote for their favorite candidate by paying a penny - as many votes as you want, a penny apiece.

Unbeknownst to Kathy, Chuck came to school with a big jar of pennies in his best effort to elect her Carnival Queen. This, by the way, was Chuck's first exposure to the nexus of money and electoral politics. As we know, Chuck went on to play for somewhat larger stakes!

Chuck loved life on the farm. But he was less than fond of the endless chores.

I'm told that, when it came to tending the cows and crops, even as a boy, Chuck preferred the role of delegator and supervisor. And it was during a long session milking cows that he had an epiphany: farm work would not be in his future.

In high school, Charlie was a brilliant student. A recruiter from Harvard actually visited Audubon to try to persuade him to come east for college. But Chuck was pretty much hard-wired to go to Iowa State, following in the footsteps of his father and older brother Dick.

In rural western Iowa, especially on farms, Democrats were and are hard to come by. But Chuck's parents, Price and Lucille, were staunch Democrats - as were Kathy's parents, Bessy and John Klinkefus. They were great friends, and I'll always be grateful for their hard work in getting me elected to Congress for the first time in 1974, in a heavily Republican district. In 1952, at age 16, Chuck campaigned for Adlai Stevenson. 3

At Iowa State, he was elected president of Young Democrats - a post that I would hold four years later. And, in his junior year, he was elected student body president. He was unopposed; but, as Chuck used to joke, the write-in candidacy of Charlie Brown gave him a run for his money.

After graduation in 1958, Chuck spent a year at the University of Iowa law school before serving a stint in the Army. By 1960, he was in Washington as executive director of national Young Democrats, working hard for JFK's election.

Other speakers will pick up the narrative from there. But let me close with this thought. Chuck Manatt was fiercely loyal to his friends and his roots in Audubon, Iowa.

To the end, he subscribed to the Audubon News Advocate to keep up with local sports, weddings, and goings-on. He didn't just attend his high school reunions every year, he organizedthem; he even planned family vacations around them.

Excuse my chauvinism, but I believe that so much of Chuck's success in

Washington and in the wider world was due to the values and traits of character he acquired growing up in Iowa - hard work, helping other people, not just tolerating but empathizing with people and points of view with which he disagreed - yes, including his many, many Republican friends.

Thomas Wolfe famously wrote: You can't go home again. Well, Chuck is home in Audubon. And many would say he never left. Chuck Manatt was Iowa at its very finest. Charles Manatt Obituary: Charles Manatt's Obituary by the AUDUBO... http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/auduboncountynews/obituary-print....

Charles T. "Chuck" Manatt(1936-2011) Funeral services for Charles T."Chuck" Manatt, 75, were held Thursday, July 28 at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon. Pastor Jud Stover officiating. Interment was in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon. Charles T. "Chuck" Manatt was born in Chicago, Ill. on June 9, 1936. His multifaceted 50-year career spanned law, diplomacy, farming, banking, politics, business, and philanthropy. He died on July 22, 2011 at a hospital in Richmond, Va. He was raised on an Audubon farm that was acquired by his grandfather in 1879. When not occupied by school or farm chores, he read voraciously - a habit he would continue all his life. As a teen, he became active in the Future Farmers of America and the Boy Scouts, becoming Audubon's first ever Eagle Scout. At a young age he met, and in high school began dating, Kathleen Klinkefus, also from Audubon. They both attended Iowa State University, and married their senior year on December 27, 1957. They would have three children: Michele, Timothy, and Daniel all born in the decade of the 1960s. After serving in the U.S. Army at Ft. Lee in Petersburg, Va., Manatt studied at and graduated from George Washington University where he served on the Law Journal. During his law school studies, he also worked at the Democratic National Committee's Young Democrats office, campaigning for the John F. Kennedy Campaign of 1960 and serving as a Young Democrat advocate for the Civil Rights Act and the founding of the Peace Corps. The Manatt family moved from Washington to Los Angeles in 1962 after Manatt was hired to be an associate at the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers by Warren Christopher, later the U.S. Secretary of State. In 1964, Manatt branched out on his own when he co-founded the Manatt Phelps law firm with fellow Iowan Tom Phelps. In its 46 years, Manatt Phelps & Phillips has become a national legal powerhouse, with over three hundred lawyers in offices in eight cities in California, New York, and Washington, DC. Manatt drew on his expertise as a banking lawyer in 1974 when he co-founded First Los Angeles Bank, a financial institution which thrived until its acquisition by the San Paolo Bank of Turin, Italy in 1981. Demand for his counsel grew, and he was asked to serve on several corporate boards, including Flying Tigers, FedEx, and Comsat, among others. Also in the early 1970s, Manatt deepened his political activism, serving as California Democratic Party Chairman and Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee. In 1981, Manatt was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As DNC Chairman, Manatt spearheaded the modernization of the party, including the construction of the Democratic National Headquarters, building the party's first in-house media studio, and establishing IT infrastructure including first ever computerization and computerized direct mail systems. As chair he also advocated the greater involvement of elected officials in the party's presidential selection process through the Hunt Commission, resulting in the DNC's superdelegate system. Manatt was also known for his bipartisanship on issues such as promotion of democracy around the world. He worked with the Reagan Administration to help found the National Endowment for Democracy and the various organizations it funds, including the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, and the Center for International Private Enterprise. President Bill Clinton nominated Manatt to be United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, in which role he served from 1999-2001. As U.S. envoy to the Caribbean nation, Manatt helped establish the first ever "navales auxiliares," a coast guard prepared to respond to natural disasters and help in counternarcotics operations. He also was a passionate advocate for closer trade and commercial ties. His advocacy contributed to the passage by the U.S. Congress of DR-CAFTATrade Agreement in 2006. Throughout his career, Manatt never forgot his native Iowa. Beginning in the late 1960s, Manatt began investing in farmland with his father back in Cass and Audubon Counties, including farms that had been in his family since the 1880s. Today the Manatt family farms include over 2000 acres of some of America's most productive cropland. Inthe latter years of his life, Manatt focused increasingly on philanthropy, serving on charitable boards including the Mayo Clinic and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and endowing scholarships and academic programs at his alma maters, Iowa State University and George Washington University and through the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Kathleen; daughter Michele of McLean, Va.; son Fr. Timothy Manatt, S:J. of Minneapolis, MN; and son Daniel, of Bethesda, Md. and by three grandchildren -- Victoria Anders, Patrick Anders, and Allison Manatt. The Manatt family prefers memorials to one of these charities: The Audubon Community Foundation, c/o Omaha Community Foundation, 302 South 36th Street, Suite 100, Omaha, NE 68131 Phone: (402) 342-3458 The Charles T. Manatt Troop 103 Fund, Boy Scouts of America Troop 103, clo Scoutmaster Dave Albers, 119 Second Avenue, Audubon, Iowa 50025 Institute of Latin American Concern (ILAC) in the Dominican Republic, Creighton University, Criss Ill Building, Room 262, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, Phone: (402) 280-3179.

Published in AUDUBON COUNTY ADVOCATE JOURNAL from August 4 to August 12, 2011

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July 23, 2011 | By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times

Charles T. Manatt, who founded one of the biggest and most influential law firms in Los Angeles and then became a political power as chairman of the state and national Democratic parties, died Friday night. He was 75.

Manatt died at Kindred Hospital in Richmond, Va., of complications from a stroke suffered after surgery in November, according to his daughter, Michele A. Manatt.

Manatt assumed a thankless task as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, taking over just when the Reagan era was dawning.

Democrats were beaten politically and psychologically when he took the job in early 1981. Manatt later recalled how he arrived at the party's rented Washington offices to find an outdated donor list and 12 of 15 electric typewriters broken.

Although Reagan won reelection in a 1984 landslide, the one presidential contest of Manatt's term, few blamed the Democratic chairman. With an eye for detail and flair for low-key leadership, he positioned the party for later success by modernizing its fundraising and grass-roots operations and overseeing construction of the Democratic Party's first permanent national headquarters.

In 1992, Manatt served as national co-chairman of Bill Clinton's winning presidential campaign, and in 1999, during Clinton's second term, he became U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic.

"We were friends for 30 years," former President Clinton said in a statement, "and I saw firsthand how he used his energy, intellect, and common sense to help restore the Democratic Party after 1980, to make America more prosperous and just, and to make friends for our nation around the world."

Charles Taylor Manatt was born June 9, 1936, in Chicago. Soon after, his family moved to a 32o-acre farm on the outskirts of Audubon, Iowa.

The younger of two boys, Manatt was not, by his own estimation, good at sports. But he had a talent for organizing - he managed his high school football and basketball teams - and keeping busy. On top of his farm chores, he was an Eagle Scout, active in the 4-H Club, an officer of Iowa Future Farmers of America, senior class president, student council president and member of the speech club (the latter consisting of 17 girls and Manatt).

He was a Democrat early on, volunteering at age 16 for Adlai Stevenson's 1952 presidential campaign. After graduating from Iowa State University, where he joined the Young Democrats, Manatt started law school at the University of Iowa, then transferred to George Washington University, where he graduated in 1962.

While at Iowa State, Manatt married Kathleen Klinkefus, his high school sweetheart and a fellow student. In 1964, the couple moved to Los Angeles, where Manatt took a job with the powerhouse law firm O'Melveny & Myers. He also dove into California politics, helping create Southern California Young Citizens for Johnson and volunteering for two future U.S. senators, Alan Cranston and John Tunney.

In 1965, Manatt paired with Tom Phelps - whom he met at Iowa State - to create a law firm, starting with a walk-up office near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. The two weren't paid much, Manatt later joked, and were probably worth the price.

Manatt, Phelps and Phillips eventually would become one of the largest law firms in the country, with hundreds of attorneys and a constellation of celebrity clients, including, at various times, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Michael Douglas, Donald Trump and the firms Time Warner, Lionsgate and DreamWorks.

Manatt also worked in banking, becoming chairman of the First Los Angeles Bank in 1973 and later serving a term as president of the California Bankers Assn.

He was perhaps best known, though, for his work in politics. Manatt served as chairman of the California Democratic Party in the early 1970s, then rose steadily through the ranks of the national party.

His law firm served as a kind of farm team for party operatives. In 1984, when Manatt led the Democratic National Committee, associates headed the California campaigns of the party's two leading presidential hopefuls, Gary Hart and Walter Mondale.

Mondale won the nomination and tried to oust Manatt as chairman, in favor of his own pick. But with the support of organized labor and party operatives around the country, Manatt survived the move. It was a misstep that seemed to portend the disaster awaiting Mondale at the polls.

After serving as ambassador in the Clinton administration, Manatt returned to his law firm, working from its offices in Washington, where he remained active in Democratic politics, and launched an international consulting practice.

In 2oo8, Manatt was thrust into the controversy over Democratic "superdelegates," the party leaders given a large voice in selection of the party's presidential nominee. Manatt created the slots in response to complaints that party leaders had too little say in the process.

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With Barack Obama battling Hillary Clinton - and the race in the hands of superdelegates - some argued the opposite: that party leaders had too much power and might overturn the will of voters. Manatt defended the process. "The theory ... is peer review," he told the Des Moines Register, with judgment resting in the hands of "the senior and most responsive and most informed officials" in the Democratic Party.

Manatt owned livestock farms in western Iowa, where he grew up, and was a frequent visitor, even outside the political season.

Besides his wife of 53 years, Manatt is survived by daughter Michele, sons Timothy and Daniel, and three grandchildren.

The funeral and burial will be next week in Audubon, Iowa.

A memorial service is planned for September at Washington's Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, with a celebration of his life in Los Angeles this fall.

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childhood friendsfiercely loyal to went on to a stint in the Army, and law school

" Never lost his wonderful Iowa values of helping others, working very hard, tolerance and the ability to empathize with causes, opinions and people with whom he didn't often agree. Salt of the earth Iowan.

" Must mention the Lodge and Tom's visit " High school reunions.

" Iowa values served him well: hard working, helping others. But, M Serious-minded. Highly intellectual. Elected class president and student council president, but not because he was Mr. popularity. As we way in Iowa, Chuck had a mild case of charisma, but he was able to shake it off., his smaAs we say in Iowa: He had a mild case of charisma, but he was able to shake it off.Classmates say that he had a mild case of charisma, but he was able to shake it off. " Mild case of charisma, but he shook it off. * Conclusion: values .. Thomas Wolfe can't go home again. Well, Chuck is home now. And some would say that he never left. " Hadn't met Chuck Manatt. Then again, you could say that Chuck never left home.

Frank Farenkopf will MC Order: son Dan Manatt, TH, then J.D. Williams (GW Law classmate, law firm) ...

Contacts:

Michele Manatt - 703-237-3660 niece Michele suggested I call

Dick Manatt - older brother - 515-232-0202 - call back at 6:00 Ask about life on the farm, hunting, family life

Clark Rasmussen - 515-225-1154 - brother in law was good friend, but

Ted Bauer (dead end, this is the guy who now works the Manatt farm) - 712-304-0060 - .6 5

Ron Christiansen - 712-563-3928 (woman answered phone and hung up)

Mayor Sam Kauffman - 712-563-3125 (home); 563-2130 (barbershop) [email protected] high school and lifelong friend.

Bill Grotelushchen (lawyer in Audubon) - 712-563-2693'dead end, doesn't know much

Gary Williamson friend and fellow Eagle Scout 712-563-2791 - called, left message

Jack and Marty Rossman would be good to consult - Marty Rossman's email is rossmOO1umn.edu Jack was close friend at ISU

Barbara Leach - 202-690-2523

Questions:

" In high school, student council president, class president " In college - Young Democrats, Adlai Stevenson campaign in 52 at age 16, in 56 at ISU

From Dick Manatt - call in Arlington on Tuesday midday - 703-979-2903, home of Megan Lordos (Dick's daughter). Moved from Chicago to Audubon 1942, run maternal grandfathers farm. Farm had hogs, cattle, chickens, sheep, crops - whatever you could make money from. WWII POWs from Italy and Germany Early years on farm - no running water, no plumbing Kindergarten and 1st grade, often rode the farms cow pony Frisky to school. Got good at running for office at ISU Ran for student body president in senior year, defeated junior Tom Phelps, later his law partner. Active in YD's throughout time at ISU, president of YD's in senior year, ran for and was elected president of national YDs, supported Kennedy, asked to come to DC; transferred from UI law school to GWU Member of Delta Chi fraternity

"Chuck Manatt was a longtime friend since our years together at Iowa State - someone who espoused strong Midwestern values developed during his days in Audubon when he was helping his father Price care for the family farm. It was those values that propelled him throughout his distinguished career in the law and in politics. Today, Ruth and I join with so many grieving his loss, no more so than Kathy and their family. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of them during this difficult time." - US Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) 4 6

Charles Manatt - born 1936 in Chicago, son of Price and Lucille Manatt, younger of two boys, brother Richard. Mother was school teacher

Grew up in Audubon, helping his father on the family's 230-acre farm that was acquired by his grandfather in 1879. Read voraciously.

Audubon's first-ever Eagle Scout.

Attended primary, middle, and high school in Audubon.

Sophomore year in high school, began dating Kathy Klinkefus. Married during senior year at Iowa State College, in Audubon on Dec. 29, 1957 (Harkin started ISCollege in fall of 1958, when Chuck was in senior year)

1954, he and Kathy entered Iowa State College. Graduated in 1958, with a BS degree in rural sociology. Began at ISU Law School, but moved to DC, where he studied at GW University School of Law, graduating 1962.

Campaigned for Adlai Stephenson in 1958.

Loved hunting

Not good at sports, but had talent for organizing - was manager for his high school football and basketball teams.

Voracious reader. His reading took him to bigger places, set his sights on bigger things.

Says a lot about his deep, lifelong roots in Audubon: Manatt family asked that memorials be donated to three charities: Audubon Community Foundation, and Boy Scouts of America Troup 103 in Audubon; also Institute of Latin American Concern.

Beginning in late 1960s, Manatt began investing in farmland with his father back in Cass and Audubon Counties, including farms that had been in his family since the 1880s. Today the Manatt family farms include over 2000 acres of some of America's most productive cropland. (from Audubon Advocate Journal obit)

After high school reunions, day after, all invited to Taylor Hill Lodge.

Didn't just go to the high school class reunions. He organized them and took charge; he loved to connect with his Audubon friends.

U Born in Chicago, but not a big city boy. Small town Iowa - Audubon. 7

" In high school, always wearing his blue corduroy Future Farmers of America jacked, with letters FAA in big gold letters on the back. " In debate class, and debate club.

" Frank [Fahrenkopfj and the family asked that I speak about Chuck's roots in Iowa. For starters, let's be clear that these were not ordinary roots. If you've ever tried to pull up a clump of native Iowa prairie grass, well, you know that you can't do it. The roots are too deep and stubborn. Those are the kind of roots that Chuck put down in Iowa in his early years. The fact is, Chuck lived a lot of different places; but he never entirely left little Audubon, Iowa.

" This morning, many of Washington's elite have gathered to honor Chuck. But, on July 28 in Audubon, Iowa, a no less important group of people - in Chuck's eyes - paid their last respects. At that final homecoming, Chuck was surrounded by family and friends, beloved high school classmates, and a contingent of 12 Eagle Scouts from Troop 103, there to honor Audubon Iowa's first-ever Eagle Scout.

" At the interment ceremony at Maple Grove Cemetery, as an Army veteran, Chuck could have had an honor guard from the American Legion or the VFW. But it was a contingent of Eagle Scouts who folded the American flag and presented it to Kathy.

" Chuck - "Charlie," as he was known then - had the quintessential Iowa boyhood of the 1940s. He was raised on a farm without plumbing or running water. He loved to hunt pheasant. He was active in the 4-H club and president of Future Farmers of America - and was never without his blue corduroy jacket with FFA in big gold letters on the back. He was a star in the speech and debate club, which, he wistfully recalled, consisting of 17 girls and Charlie Manatt.

" And how can you have a quintessential Iowa boyhood without eventually marrying your high school sweetheart? Kathy may not know this story, which was passed on to me by a classmate, Connie Hamman [HAY-man]. It seems that Kathy - Kathy Klinkefus, at the time - was competing to be the school's Carnival Queen. As a fundraising gimmick, students could vote for their favorite candidate by paying a penny - as many votes as you want, a penny apiece. Unbeknownst to Kathy, Chuck came to school with a whole jar of pennies in his best effort to elect his sweetheart Carnival Queen. This, by the way, was Chuck's first exposure to the corrupting influence of money and elections. As we know, Chuck went on to play for somewhat larger stakes!

* Chuck loved life on the farm. But he was less than fond of the endless chores. I'm told that, when it came to tending the cows and crops, even as a boy, Chuck preferred the role of delegator and supervisor. And it was during a 8

long session milking cows that he had an epiphany: farm work would not be in his future.

" In high school, Charlie was a standout debater and brilliant student. A recruiter from Harvard actually visited Audubon to persuade him to come east for college. But Chuck was pretty much hard-wired to go to Iowa State, in the footsteps of his father and older brother Dick.

" At State, Chuck was active, and became president, of Young Democrats. In rural western Iowa, especially on farms, Democrats were few and far between - as farmers would say: rarer than teats on a boar hog. But Chuck's parents, Price and Lucille, were staunch Democrats. In 1952, at age 16, he joined them in campaigning for Adlai Stevenson. And at Iowa State, he became a leader, and eventually president, of Young Democrats. He also was very active in student politics, and was elected student body president for his senior year, 1958, the - the year that I arrived at Iowa State.active So it's no surprise that

a Must mention the Lodge and Tom's visit " High school reunions.

" Iowa values served him well: hard working, helping others. But, M Serious-minded. Highly intellectual. Elected class president and student council president, but not because he was Mr. popularity. As we way in Iowa, Chuck had a mild case of charisma, but he was able to shake it off., his smaAs we say in Iowa: He had a mild case of charisma, but he was able to shake it off.Classmates say that he had a mild case of charisma, but he was able to shake it off. " Mild case of charisma, but he shook it off. U " Not afflicted with Iowa nice - Never let Iowa nice stand in the way of electing Democrats and a Didn't just go to the high school reunions. He was the organizer and instigator.

" We are gathered to remember Chuck. Chuck is with us in spirit, but back in Iowa. He returned for a final time in July. He left Iowa in 58 to attend law school in DC. But he always returned to Iowa. He returned Always returned to Iowa. Returned just about every year " Surrounded by his friends among the the wealthy and powerful have gathered to memorialize Chuck. He would appreciate this. But he would be every bit as appreciative of those who showed up at his funeral in little Audubon, Iowa inAugust: high school classmates, and especially, no more than he would have appreciated Boy Scout Troop 103 showing up at his funeral in Audubon. But 9

" Roots in Iowa - not the shallow roots of a row crop or lawn grass you find in the city. Deep, intricate profound roots of prairie greas In eastern citiesver be part of Iowa soil. Final resting place in Iowa earth. " As much a paprairie grass, but the profound, entangled roots of an Iowa burr oak. " Never lost his wonderful Iowa values of helping others, working very hard, tolerance and the ability to empathize with causes, opinions and people with whom he didn't often agree. Salt of the earth Iowan.

A childhood friend, Connie Hamann . Story - Kathy may not even know about this: sophomore year, school carnival, Kathy, his new sweetheart, was a candidate to be the carnival queen. As a fundraiser, students could vote for their favorite by paying a penny. Each vote cost a penny. Unbeknownst to Kathy, Chuck came to school with a whole jar of pennies in his best effort to elect her Carnival Queen. This, by the way, was Chuck's first lesson in the nexus between big money and electoral politics. He later played for somewhat larger stakes! DRAFT

Remarks by Senator Tom Harkin Memorial Service for Chuck Manatt -A2Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church September 22, 2011

The fact is, Chuck lived a lot of different places; but he never entirely left little Audubon,

Iowa.

This morning, many of Washington's elite have gathered to honor Chuck. But, on

Chuck - "Charlie," as he was known then - had the quintessential Iowa boyhood of the 1940s. He was raised on a farm without plumbing or running water ... loved to hunt pheasant .. . active in the 4-H club and president of Future Farmers of America - in fact, he was never without his blue corduroy jacket with FFA in big gold letters on the back. He was a standout in the speech and debate club, which, he wistfully recalled, consisting of 17 girls and Charlie Manatt. 2

And how can you have a quintessential Iowa boyhood without eventually marrying your high school sweetheart? Kathy - his partner of 53 years - ma know this story, which was passed on to me by a classmate, Connie Hamman [HAY-man]. It seems that Kathy - Kathy Klinkefus, at the time - was competing to be the Audubon

High School Carnival Queen. As a findraising gimmick, students could vote for their favorite candidate by paying a penny - as many votes as you want, a penny apiece.

Unbeknownst to Kathy, Chuck came to school with a W 4jar of pennies in his best effort to elect her Carnival Queen. This, by the way, was Chuck's first exposure to the nexus of money and electoral politics. As we know, Chuck went on to play for somewhat larger stakes!

Chuck loved life on the farm. But he was less than fond of the endless chores.

I'm told that, when it came to tending the cows and crops, even as a boy, Chuck preferred / the role of delegator and supervisor. And it was during a long session milking cows that he had an epiphany: farm work would not be in his future.

In rural western Iowa, especially on farms, Democrats were and are hard to come by. But Chuck's parents, Price and Lucille, were staunch Democrats - as were Kathy's parents, Bessy and John Klinkefus. I'll always be grateful for their hard work in getting me elected to Congress for the first time in 1974, in a heavily Republican district. In

1952, at age 16, Chuck campaigned for Adlai Stevenson. At Iowa State, he was elected president of Young Democrats /And, in his junior year, he was elected student body

president. He was unopposed; but, as Chuck used to joke, the write-in candidacy of

Charlie Brown gave him a run for his money. Ca politician, Chuck was earnest and hard

working. However, as an Iowan would put it: Chuck had a mild case of charisma, but he

-was able to shake it o

After graduation in 1958, Chuck spent a year at the University of Iowa law school

before serving a stint in the Army. By 1960, he was in Washington as executive director

of national Young Democrats, working hard for JFK's election.

Other speakers will pick up the narrative from there. But let me close with this

thought. Chuck Manatt was fiercely loyal to his friends and his roots in Audubon, Iowa.

To the end, he subscribed to the Audubon News Advocate to keep up with local sports,

weddings, and goings-on. He didn't just attend his high school reunions every year, he

organized them; he planned family vacations around them.

So much of Chuck's success in Washington and in the wider world was due to the

V10-~ A values and character traits he acquired growing up in Iowa - hard work, helping other

people, not just tolerating bu/empathizing with people and points of view with which he

disagreed - yes, including his many, many Republican friends.

Thomas Wolfe famously wrote: You can't go home again. Well, Chuck is home

in Audubon. And many would say he never left. Chuck Manatt was Iowa at its very

finest. DRAFT

Remarks by Senator Tom Harkin Memorial Service for Chuck Manatt A Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church September 22, 2011

I am going to speak about Chuck's roots in rural, small-town Iowa. For starters,

let's be clear that these were not ordinary roots. If you've ever tried to pull up a clump of

native Iowa prairie grass, well, you know that you can't do it. The roots are too deep and

stubborn. Those are the kind of roots that Chuck put down in Iowa in his early years.

The fact is, Chuck lived a lot of different places; but he never entirely left little Audubon,

Iowa.

This morning, many of Washington's elite have gathered to honor Chuck. But, on

July 28 in Audubon, Iowa, a no less important group of people paid their last respects. At

that final homecoming, Chuck was surrounded by family and friends, beloved high

school classmates, and a contingent of 12 Eagle Scouts from Troop 103, who were there

to honor Audubon's first-ever Eagle Scout.

At the interment ceremony, as an Army veteran, Chuck could have had an honor

guard from the American Legion or the VFW. But it was a contingent of Eagle Scouts

who folded the American flag and presented it to Kathy.

Chuck - "Charlie," as he was known then - had the quintessential Iowa boyhood

of the 1940s. He was raised on a farm without plumbing or running water .. . loved to

hunt pheasant ... active in the 4-H club and president of Future Farmers of America - in

fact, he was never without his blue corduroy jacket with FFA in big gold letters on the

back. He was a standout in the speech and debate club, which, he wistfully recalled, consisting of 17 girls and Charlie Manatt. 2

And how can you have a quintessential Iowa boyhood without eventually

marrying your high school sweetheart? Kathy - his partner of 53 years - m know

this story, which was passed on to me by a classmate, Connie Hamman [HAY-man]. It

seems that Kathy - Kathy Klinkefus, at the time - was competing to be the Audubon

High School Carnival Queen. As a fundraising gimmick, students could vote for their

favorite candidate by paying a penny - as many votes as you want, a penny apiece.

Unbeknownst to Kathy, Chuck came to school with a w jar of pennies in his best

effort to elect her Carnival Queen. This, by the way, was Chuck's first exposure to the

nexus of money and electoral politics. As we know, Chuck went on to play for somewhat

larger stakes!

Chuck loved life on the farm. But he was less than fond of the endless chores.

I'm told that, when it came to tending the cows and crops, even as a boy, Chuck preferred

the role of delegator and supervisor. And it was during a long session milking cows that

he had an epiphany: farm work would not be in his future.

In high school, Charlie was a brilliant student. A recruiter from Harvard actually

visited Audubon to try to persuade him to come east for college. But Chuck was pretty

much hard-wired to go to Iowa State, following in the footsteps of his father and older

brother Dick.

In rural western Iowa, especially on farms, Democrats were and are hard to come

by. But Chuck's parents, Price and Lucille, were staunch Democrats - as were Kathy's

parents, Bessy and John Klinkefus. I'll always be grateful for their hard work in getting

me elected to Congress for the first time in 1974, in a heavily Republican district. In e e L 1952, at age 16, Chuck campaigned for Adlai Stevenson. At Iowa State, he was elected president of Young Democrats/And, in his junior year, he was elected student body

president. He was unopposed; but, as Chuck used to joke, the write-in candidacy of

Charlie Brown gave him a run for his money.' a politician, Chuck was earnest and hard

working. However, as an Iowan would put it: Chuck had a mild case of charisma, but he

was able to shake it of (q

After graduation in 1958, Chuck spent a year at the University of Iowa law school

before serving a stint in the Army. By 1960, he was in Washington as executive director

of national Young Democrats, working hard for JFK's election.

Other speakers will pick up the narrative from there. But let me close with this

thought. Chuck Manatt was fiercely loyal to his friends and his roots in Audubon, Iowa.

To the end, he subscribed to the Audubon News Advocate to keep up with local sports,

weddings, and goings-on. He didn't just attend his high school reunions every year, he

organizedthem; he planned family vacations around them.

So much of Chuck's success in Washington and in the wider world was due to the 11,1 values and character traits he acquired growing up in Iowa - hard work, helping other

people, not just tolerating bufempathizing with people and points of view with which he

disagreed - yes, including his many, many Republican friends.

Thomas Wolfe famously wrote: You can't go home again. Well, Chuck is home

in Audubon. And many would say he never left. Chuck Manatt was Iowa at its very

finest. Chuck Manatt Factsheet

June 9, 1936 - born in Chicago, son of William Price Manatt and Lucille Taylor Manatt; elder brother Dick (he will be at the memorial service Thursday).

1942 -- At age six, his family moved from Chicago to Audubon to operate Lucille's parents' farm

Attended one-room country elementary school called Cameron Building No. 9; later attended Audubon High School

1954 - Entered Iowa State College, pursuing a major in Agricultural Journalism.

December 27, 1957 - Married Kathy Klinkfus (in Audubon), daughter of Bessy and John Klinkfus.

1958 - Graduated with BS in Rural Sociology.

1960s and onward - Adds land to his Grandfather Taylor's original 350-acre farm, eventually accumulating 2,000 acres in Cass and Audubon Counties.

1962 - Graduated from George Washington University School of Law

1964 - Moved to Los Angeles to join law firm of O'Melveny & Myers.

1965 - Founded Manatt law firm with Tom Phelps in LA.

Early 1970s - Chair of California Democratic Party

1981-1985 -National Democratic Party Chair

1999-2001 - Ambassador to Dominican Republic

Spring of 2002 - Turn-of-the-century red barn on his grandfather's farm is converted into Taylor Hill Lodge. You visited later that year.

July 22, 2011 - Died at age 75 in Richmond, VA

Children: Michele Anne Manatt (former State Department and White House Drug Policy official); married to Wolfram Anders; daughter Victoria and son Patrick.

Daniel Manatt, married to Nikole; one daughter, Allison.

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E54"Good Food, Great Roomis, Friendly People" History

Chuck Manatt found a creative way to save his grandfather's turn-of-the-century bam near Audubon. Having served three generations, the barn stood as an empty reminder of the place where cows were once milked and hay was hoisted into its loft. Outliving its usefulness was the barn's only crime; it was still a strong building able to stand for a long time to come.

Growing up north of Audubon, Chuck left the family farm to seek his fortune in the city. Yet, from wherever he lived, he, his wife Kathy Klinkefus (also from Audubon) and their children returned to visit the homeplace and community. Oftentimes bringing their friends back with them to enjoy beautiful western Iowa and to hunt; they had many times thought of building a lodge on the century farm.

Out of this interest as well as the interest to save Grandpa's bam, the Manatts, their farming partners Ted and Donna Bauer, and family friend and contractor, Tom Testroet, began turning the old red English barn into a modern lodge. Within a year, the barn was transformed into Taylor Hill Lodge - appropriately name after Chuck's Grandpa Taylor and the first big hill north of Audubon where the lodge sits.

Completed in the spring of 2002, Taylor Hill Lodge stands looking much the same on the outside but the inside would be quite a surprise to Charlie Taylor. Where once pigs rooted in the straw, the guests now relax on leather sofas in front of a cozy fireplace. Homey and comfortable is how guests describe the lodge with its earthy colors, mission-style furniture and original pitched ceiling visible from the spacious great room below.

Open year round, Taylor Hill Lodge offers six bedrooms, four full baths and a family-sized dining and sitting area. Outside to the east is a patio where guests can sip their morning coffee

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From: TH Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:41 PM To: Whitmire, Jim (Harkin); Ahlberg, Brian (Harkin); '[email protected]' Subject: Fw: Manatt Memorial

Categories: Red Category

I desperately need info on: chucks parents names, his siblings, cathys parents names. Chucks high school years, his years at lowas State, president of iowa state YD's. When-at what age and stage-did he and Cathy get married? I need to talk with one or more of his contemporaries in Audubon, or a fraternity brother(was he in a frat?)At iowa state. Also need to know when he started the hunting lodge(I think in early 2000's). How he never left Audubon no matter how wealthy or powerful he became. Jim: we need to discuss TODAY!

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From: Frank Fahrenkopf [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:50 AM To: TH Subject: FW: Manatt Memorial

From: Frank Fahrenkopf Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:37 AM To: '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; [email protected]; '[email protected]' Cc: Kathleen Manatt; Sharon Edwards Subject: Manatt Memorial

Ladies and Gentlemen: As you may know the Manatt family has asked me to be the MC or facilitator of the Memorial speaker will Service on September 2 2 nd There will be 12 speakers and a number of musical interludes; therefore, each be limited to no more than 5 minutes. We ask you to arrive no later than 10:30am and proceed to the speakers' holding room (aides will be available to direct you). When the ceremony begins, you will be directed to the speakers' pew where name signs will indicate your seat (in order of speaking). I will introduce each speaker with a short reference to their relationship to Chuck. The family has given me the foll speakers and he subject matter of their remarks: 1. natt ' ator Tom Harkin- Iowa roots; . J.D. Williams-GW-Alma Mater and friendship; Tom Phelps-Law firm, bank, corporate couns or; 5. House Minority Leader Pelosi-California politics, Chucks leadership starting with context of JFK 1960 e ection; 6. Peter G. Kelly-DNC and Democracy Movement; 7. House Minority Whip Hoyer-National political stage and Chuck's impact on party; 8. Maria Bonetti- Message from President Fernandez of the Dominican Republic; 9. Amb. Jim Jones-Business Diplomacy (domestic and international); 10. Joe Brand-Philanthropy and Legacy; 11. Michelle Manatt-A Daughter's Perspective; 12. Frank Fahrenkopf-Bi-partisanship and conclusion. We know how difficult it will be to keep your remarks so limited; however, we hope you will understand the time restraints. If you have any questions at all, give me a call on my cell 202 256-0398. We will try to get you a copy of the program in advance when it is printed. A reception will follow the ceremony in the church Hall. Frank Fahrenkopf

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Charles Taylor Manatt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles Taylor Manatt (June 9, 1936 - July 22, Charles Manatt 2011 11) was a U.S. Democratic Party political figure. United States Ambassador to the Dominican He was an American lawyer, politician and Republic businessman. In office Manatt was chairman of the Democratic National December 9, 1999 - March 2001 Committee from 1981 to 1985. In those years, he President Bill Clinton supervised and directed the 1984 democratic national convention. He is now a delegate, sometimes Preceded by Mari Carmen Aponte categorized as a super delegate. He also served as Succeeded by Hans H. Hertell Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 1999 to 2001. He was the founder of the law firm Manatt, Chairman of the Democratic National Phelps, and Phillips LLP, where his practice focused Committee on international, administrative, and corporate law. In office Manatt served until June 2008 as chairman of the Board of Trustees at the George Washington February 27, 1981 - February 1, 1985 University. His widow is Kathleen K. Manatt. Preceded by John C. White Succeeded by Paul G. Kirk Manatt was a former Chair of the International Foundation of Election Systems Board of Director. Personal details He and his wife Kathleen established the Manatt Born June 9, 1936 Democracy Studies Fellowship Program in 1998. Chicago, Illinois Manatt died on July 22, 2011 at the age of 75. Died July 22, 2011 (aged 75) Richmond, Virginia Political Democratic Contents party Spouse(s) Kathleen Manatt * 1 Early life Children * 1.1 Family Michele Anne Manatt, Timothy * 1.2 Education Taylor Manatt, and Daniel Charles Manatt * 2 Personal life a 2.1 Marriage and children Residence Washington, DC * 3 Foundation of the law firm Alma mater Iowa State University, George * 4 Chairman of the California State Washington University School of Democratic Party Law * 5 National political life * 6 Later Life Occupation Lawyer, Politician * 7 Death Profession Politics, Law * 8 References Religion Methodist * 9 External links Website www.manatt.com (http://www.manatt.com)

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Early life

Family

Manatt was born on Jun n Chicago, Illinois. Son of William Price Manatt, and Lucille Taylor Manatt, the youngest o o boys longside Richard P. Manatt. Although born in Chicago, he grew up in Audubon, owahelping er, a farmer, care forthe family farm. His mother was a school teacher and later a stay-at-home mom. He aft en~d primary, middle and high school in Audubon. In his sophomore year, he began dating Kathy Klinkefus, who later became his wife.

Education

In 1954, Manatt began studying at Iowa State College (later University). He and Kathy Klinkefus, who also attended Iowa State, graduated in early 1958. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Washington D.C., he began studying at the George Washington University School of Law. He served as President of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. From xxx until June 2008, Manatt served as chairman of the Board of Trustees at George Washington University. Manatt sat on the Council on American Politics, which brings together leaders from across the nation to address issues facing the growth and enrichment of the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University. Personal life

Marriage and children

Manatt married Kathleen (Kathy) Klinkefus oDece They then moved to Washington, D.C. where they had their first child, Michele. Then, the family moved to Los Angeles, where they had two boys, Timothy and Daniel. The boys went to public school, while their daughter studied at a combination of public and private schools. She is a graduate of the Westlake School for Girls in West Los Angeles, now known as Harvard-Westlake. While Michele was attending the University of California at Berkeley, the family moved back to Washington D.C, where the two boys attended and graduated from Sidwell Friends School. Manatt continued expanding the Law Firm, where it grew to have offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Washington, D.C, Orange County, CA, Palo Alto, CA, Sacramento, CA, and Albany. Foundation of the law firm

In 1965, w ile living in Los Angeles he founded the Manatt law firm with his long-time friend and colleague homas Phels banking and finance attorney. He began his legal career focusing on b ing d financia services. In 1976, Mickey Kantor joined the firm and his name was added to the letterhead, until his departure in 1993. L. Lee Phillips, an entertainment lawyer, joined the firm in 1977, and became a named partner soon after. For its founding location, the firm headquarters are in Los Angeles. Over time, offices were opened in 8 different cities, primarily in California, but also in New York and Washington D.C.. In 2007, the law firm was employing 380 attorneys. It was founded as a general practice, now incorporating litigation, Corporate Finance, Entertainment, Health Care, Real Estate, Advertising, and lobbying. Some of their notable clients are: In advertising, Coca Cola

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Company, and Yahoo!; In entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and The Eagles, and in consumer services, AT&T, Hilton Hotels Corporation, and Time Warner. Their internal revenue in 2007 was A $242 million

Chairman of the California State Democratic Party

National political life

In 1981, Manatt became the national chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and oversaw and executed the 1984 party convention, nominating former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota for President, and New York congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro, making history as that marked the first time a woman was a major party nominee. The convention took place from July 16-19, 1984 in Moscone Center, San Francisco. The permanent chairman that year was Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky. Mondale was chosen on the first ballot. That year, the keynote speaker on the first evening of the convention was Governor Mario Cuomo of New York. Although the convention was considered a great success, the Mondale-Ferraro ticket could not get traction against the popularity of then-president and Republican Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush.

In 1987, he chaired Illinois Sen. Paul Simon's presidential campaign and in 1992 he co-chaired the Clinton/Gore presidential campaign. [2]

Later Life

At the time of his death Manatt resided in Washington, D.C. where he helped run and work at his law firm, and was engaged in numerous civic activities. He had a granddaugther and grandson, Victoria and Patrick, the children of his daughter Michele Manatt, a former U.S. State Department and White House Drug Policy Office official, and her husband Wolfram Anders, an investment professional with the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group. In 2010, their second granddaughter was born to Daniel and his wife Nikole Manatt.

Death

Charles Manatt died at age 75 on the evening of July 22, 2011 in Richmond, Virginia.131

References

1. ^ Shaila Dewan (July 23, 2011). "Charles Manatt, Former Democratic National Chairman, Dies at 75" (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/us/politics/24manatt.html?ref-deathsobituaries) . The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/us/politics/24manatt.html?ref-deathsobituaries. 2. A http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59710.html 3. A Barabak, Mark (July 23, 2011). "Charles T. Manatt, Democratic Party leader and diplomat, dies at 75" (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-me-charles-manatt- 20110723,0,4135704.story) . Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-me-charles-manatt-20110723,0,4135704.story. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

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External links

" Manatt's Bio at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (http://www.manatt.com/Attomeys.aspx? id= 1398&relid=1411 &item=1400) * Manatt/Phelps Lecture at Iowa State University (http://www.las.iastate.edu/l50/manattphelps.shtml) a Official Biography from the State Department (http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bios/m/1920.htm) " List of DNC Chairmen (http://rulers.org/usgovt.html#parties)

Party political offices Democratic National Committee Succeeded by Preceded by ChimnSucceeded by John C. White 198 Paul G. Kirk 1981-1985 Diplomatic posts

Preceded by United States Ambassador to the Succeeded by Dominican Republic Mari Carmen Aponte 1999-2001 Hans H. Hertell

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From: Jack Rossmann Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:56 PM To: Whitmire, Jim (Harkin) Subject: Chuck Manatt

Jim--Here are my remarks at Chuck Manatt's memorial service in Iowa. I hope they are helpful.

Jack Remarks at Chuck Manatt's Memorial Service

July 28, 2011

Jack Rossmann

I would like to begin by acknowledging the tremendous love and support that Kathy, Michele, Wolfram, Tim, Dan, Nikole, Victoria, Patrick, and Alison have provided for Chuck since November. Your care for him never wavered during this difficult period. While the outcome is not what we had hoped for, the decisions you made throughout the process could not have been better. In terms of caring for a loved one, you have set the bar very high.

Chuck Manatt and I first met in the spring of 1953 at the Southwest Iowa Future Farmers of America convention in Griswold. A year and a half later, we discovered that we were both enrolled at Iowa State and had declared majors in Agricultural Journalism. In the summer of 1956, Chuck did an internship at WHO in Des Moines, and I had a similar experience at WMT in Cedar Rapids. By the following fall, both of us had decided to change our career directions, and we became two of the five graduates in Rural Sociology in the Class of 1958.

In the spring of our junior year, we ran successfully to become president and vice president of the Iowa St stuet ody. Whenever I mentioned this in his presence, Chuck would quickly add that we ran unopposed, and the write-in candidacy of Charlie Brown gave us a run for our money. During the summer between our junior an senior years, uc and I attended ROTC summer camp at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and drove to California together following camp. In December of our senior year, Chuck and Kathy asked me to be best man at their wedding, and six months later, Marty and I asked Chuck to serve as our best man. 1 So, from 1954-58, my life was closely connected to that of Chuck Manatt. I think it is fair to say we were each other's "best friends". After we graduated from Iowa State, and our careers began to head in different directions and we moved to different parts of the country, it would have been understandable if the Rossmann- Manatt ties had loosened. Fortunately for Marty and me and our children, that didn't happen. Our three children are about the same ages as Michele, Tim, and Dan, and when our son (who is here today) was born, we named him Charles and, coincidentally, Charles' wife is named Kathleen. Whenever the naming story was told, Chuck would remind everyone that Charles was destined to be really special because he was born on the day that JFK was assassinated.

Through the years, the Manatts and Rossmanns have found ways to get together with some degree of regularity-in Iowa, California, Washington, D.C., Florida, and Minnesota-at our children's weddings, an Eagle Scout ceremony for Charles at which Chuck was the speaker, first vows for Tim, the Democratic National Convention in 1984, the Obama inauguration. Among his many wonderful traits, oyalt to friends was right at the top of Chuck's "to'do list". Whenever he and I were oget er during our adult years, Chuck would inevitably run through a list of five or six friends from Iowa State days and ask what I knew about their current situation. Usually, my answer would be brief and not very informative. Immediately, Chuck would provide a fairly lengthy update on each person-or express dismay that person X wasn't doing a good job of staying in touch.

Chuck was very proud of his 53-year marriage to Kathy and was equally proud of their three terrific children and three wonderful grandchildren. It was rare that Chuck let anything interfere with important family events, including getting together with Dick and his family, extended Manatt family reunions, and seeing members of the Klinkefus family.

He also took great pride in his roots in Audubon and at Iowa State. Chuck and ]Kathy returned to Audubon several times each year, and as you know, converted an antique barn into the magnificent Taylor Hill Lodge. At Iowa State, Chuck served on the Foundation Board of Governors, was recognized as an Outstanding Alumnus, and he and Kathy have helped to endow two professorships and a faculty development program.

2 As all of us know, Chuck Manatt had an extraordinary career. I have had the good fortune of knowing several people whom I would regard as having been quite successful in their jobs. But I know of no one who can even come close to the breadth and depth of success achieved by Chuck. As husband, father, grandfather, lawyer and co-founder of a major law firm with our good friend Tom Phelps, politician, ambassador, farm owner, banker, chair of the board of trustees at George Washington University, member of the Fed Ex board, and in many other roles and responsibilities, Chuck's performance was exceptional. His is the epitome of a life well-lived.

Let me conclude with a comment about Chuck's generosity. As noted above, he and Kathy have been generous donors to Iowa State, but many other organizations and individuals have benefited from Chuck's generosity. If Chuck saw a need or received a request from an individual or organization that he deemed worthy, he would find some way to support that request with money, time, or connections. He truly made the world a better place.

I know I speak for Marty, our son, Charles, our daughter, Sarah, and many others when I say: Thanks, Chuck, for letting us share a portion of your wonderful life. We'll miss you a lot!

Jack E. Rossmann Professor of Psychology (Emeritus) Macalester College 1600 Grand Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105 651-696-6110

3 Remarks by Senator Tom Harkin Memorial Service for Chuck Manatt Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church September 22, 2011 1 -*

fdA (?A4 44 - V? I am going to speak about Chuck's roots in rural, small-town Iowa.

For starters, let's be clear that these were not ordinary roots. If you've ever tried to pull up a clump of native Iowa prairie grass, well, you know that you can't do it.

The roots are too deep and stubborn.

Those are the kind of roots that Chuck put down in

Iowa in his early years.

2 The fact is, Chuck livedfa lot of different places; but he never entirely left little Audubon, Iowa.

This morning, many of Washington's elite have gathered to honor Chuck.

But, on July 28 in Audubon, Iowa, a no less important group of people paid their last respects.

3 At that final homecoming, Chuck was surrounded by family and friends, beloved high school classmates, and a contingent of 12 Eagle Scouts from Troop 103, who were there to honor Audubon's first-ever Eagle Scout.

4 At the interment ceremony, as an Army veteran,

Chuck could have had an honor guard from the American

Legion or the VFW. But it was a contingent of Eagle Scouts who folded the American flag and presented it to Kathy.

Chuck - "Charlie," as he was known then - had the quintessential Iowa boyhood of the 1940s. -t-

5 He was raised on a farm without plumbing or running water ... loved to hunt pheasant ... active in the 4-H club and president of Future Farmers of America - in-feet-he-was n gold- letters on the back.

6 He was a standout in the speech and debate club, which, he wistfully recalled, consistiof 17 girls/and

Charlie Manatt.

And how can you have a quintessential Iowa boyhood without eventually marrying your high school sweetheart?

7 Kathy - his partner of 53 years - may not know this story, which was passed on to me by a classmate, Connie

Hamman [HAY-man].

It seems that Kathy - Kathy Klinkefus, at the time - was competing to be the Audubon High School Carnival

Queen.

8 As a fundraising gimmick, students could vote for their favorite candidate by paying a penny - as many votes as they wanted, a penny apiece.

Unbeknownst to Kathy, Chuck came to school with a big jar of pennies in his best effort to elect her Carnival

Queen.

9 This, by the way, was Chuck's first exposure to the nexus of money and electoral politics.

In rural western Iowa, especially on farms, Democrats were and-are hard to come by.

10 But Chuck's parents, Price and Lucille, were staunch

Democrats - as were Kathy's parents, Bessy and John

Klinkefus.

They were great friends/and I'll always be grateful for their hard work in getting me elected to Congress for the first time in 1974, in a heavily Republican district. In 1952, at age 16, Chuck campaigned for Adlai

Stevenson.

At Iowa State, he was elected president of Young

Democrats Za2 post that I wquki-hofd& four years later.

And, in his junior year, he was elected student body president. P1.

12 He was unopposed; but, as Chuck used to joke, the write-in candidacy of Charlie Brown gave him a run for his money.

After graduation in 1958, Chuck spent a year at the

University of Iowa law school before serving a stint in the

Army.

13 By 6 , he a in s ingto executive s ector of nati 1Y ng Democrats, rking h fo s election.

Other speakers will pick up the narrative from there.

But let me close with this thought.

14 Chuck Manatt was fiercely loyal to his friends and his roots in Audubon, Iowa.

To the end, he subscribed to the Audubon News

Advocate to keep up with local sports, weddings(and goings-on.

15 He didn't just attend his high school reunions every year, he organized them; he even planned family vacations around them.

Excuse my chauvinism, but I believe that so much of

Chuck's success in Washington and in the wider world was due to the values and traits of character he acquired growing

16 up in)owa - hard work, helping other people not just tolerating but empathizing with people and points of view with which he disagreed - yes, including his many, many

Republican friends.

Thomas Wolfe famously wrote: You can't go home again.

17 Well, Chuck is home in Audubon.

Ai many would say he never left.

Chuck Manatt was Iowa at its very finest.