FRANZ FREDERICK OPPER

Securities Attorney

Franz Frederick Opper, 51, who was counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Committee from 1976 until 1981, when he retired for reasons of health, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis March 8 at Suburban Hospital.

Mr. Opper, who lived in Chevy Chase, was born in Fayetteville, Ark. He grew up in Torrington, Conn. He was a graduate of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania law school.

He first moved to Washington in 1965 to serve as an attorney for the Comptroller of the Currency. From 1968 to 1972, be was an attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. Opper then moved to Hartford, where he was counsel to the Hartford National Corp. He returned here in 1976 to begin his career on Capitol Hill.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Opper of, Chevy Chase; children, Gretchen and Stephen 'Opper,' also of Chevy Chase; his parents, Charlotte and Lincoln of Rockport, Maine; two brothers, William Opper of Wilton, Conn., and Thomas Opper of Liberty, Maine; and a sister, Carolyn Opper of New Haven, Conn.

The Washington Post  March 9, 1991

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