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ROBERT (BOB) COX
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HON. ED PERLMUTTER
of colorado
in the house of representatives
Monday, July 19, 2021
Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Robert (Bob) E. Cox of Lakewood, Colorado who passed away on June 25, 2021.
Bob grew up in Denver and graduated from East High School. He experienced other parts of the country before returning to Denver, where he finished his career in 1999. He retired in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he rebuilt an adobe home on the Chama River. He briefly attended the University of Miami and then studied political science and journalism at CU Boulder. During his career, he worked as editor of the Colorado Daily, a correspondent and regional executive at United Press International, politics reporter at the San Diego Union, managing editor at the Colorado Business Magazine, politics writer at the Rocky Mountain News, editor at Weekly Newspaper in Glenwood Springs, and editor of the Green Mountain Gazette. He also served as press secretary for Tim Wirth's first U.S. House of Representatives campaign in 1974.
In 1991, he and his wife, Sid O'Connell, purchased the Jefferson County weeklies and formed a partnership with other Denver suburban newspapers. The weeklies covered the western suburbs of Denver including Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and Arvada. The Coxes led their news and advertising teams to win many Colorado Press Association awards before selling the papers in 1999.
Bob kept a sharp eye on the doings of elected officials, which was apparent in his many editorial columns. He coached his reporters to take time to dig for information and filled his editorials with directness yet wit and humor. Former staffers noted Bob's continual efforts to make time for some fun in the high-intensity work of news reporting as well as the high-level of respect many inside and outside of the journalism community had for Bob. He enjoyed lively conversations and kept folks on their toes with questions.
In 2017, the dean of the College of Media, Communications and Journalism at CU Boulder, in an official ceremony, recognized Bob's life's accomplishments and retroactively awarded Bob a bachelor's degree in journalism, despite him being a couple of credits short in 1968.
Upon Bob's passing, his son, Kennedy Cox, said he felt he had lost his best friend. The father and son enjoyed engaging in musical endeavors--especially guitar--and traveling on the road to have semi-
philosophical conversations and spend time together.
Bob is survived by his son; former wife, Sidnie O'Connell of Lakewood; sister Lynn Murphy of Seattle, Washington; niece Amie Servais of Sammamish, Washington; nephew Baxter Baldwin of Scottsdale, Arizona; and several great nieces and nephews. I am deeply grateful for his lifetime of service to our community.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 126
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