Richard Brehmer, President of the Rochester Jaycees when they spearheaded the adoption of the 173d in 1966, was one of the first ones contacted to be on the committee for the building of a memorial to honor the 173d and its relationship to Rochester.
Richard was contacted to be on the committee and immediately agreed to serve.
Richard worked for an architect firm, Yaggy Colby & Associates, and recruited a fellow worker, Leslie McGillivray, to help design a memorial.
Richard attended almost all meetings in the beginning and was instrumental in the design and selection of the memorial.
Job duties and illness forced him to drop off the committee in August 1997. His illness finally took his life in January 2002 but Richard was important in the formation and planning of the memorial.
It is regretful that Dick did not see the completion of the memorial but we know that he is at the memorial in spirit and the part he had in the formation of this memorial will never be forgotten.
