Edward Bennett Saltzman
2007
Edward Bennett Saltzman, 69, a former D.C. police officer who routinely escorted the motorcades for six presidents, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 6 at Future Care Chesapeake assisted living center in Arnold.
Mr. Saltzman joined the D.C. police force in 1961 and spent most of his service in the special operations division, where he became a sergeant. For all special presidential events from the Kennedy through the Reagan administrations, Mr. Saltzman drove with the call letters Motor One. He also participated in hundreds of special events in which he met many foreign dignitaries, including Anwar Sadat and Pope Paul VI, and countless celebrities.
He retired in 1984 and went to work for Admiral Limousine Service, again driving famous personalities, including Jimmy Stewart, Roy Clark and Victoria Principal.
Mr. Saltzman was born in Frederick and moved to Washington as a child. He graduated from  Anacostia High School and joined the Marine Corps Reserve, serving six months on active duty and six years in the reserve.
He was a master of the East Gate Lodge of the Masons in Washington and a member of the Moose Lodge. He had worked as the administrator of Moose Lodge 126 for the past eight years.
His marriages to Sonya Pappas and Pat Vitko ended in divorce. His third wife, Elaine Sawyer Saltzman, died in 2005.
Survivors include a daughter from his first marriage, Debbie DeChambeau of Gaithersburg; two children from his second marriage, Edward A. Saltzman of Woodbridge and Cindy Neff of Alexandria; two stepchildren from his third marriage, Sheri Talbott of Boston and Shelli Cusick of Harrisonburg, Va.; seven siblings, Robert Saltzman of Annapolis, Terry Laws of Edgewater, Wanda Eyler of Westminster and Debbie Warfield, Nancy Saltzman, Rodney Saltzman and Kathy Brandon, all of Frederick; and seven grandchildren.