Lenny Skutnik

Lenny Skutnik

Martin Leonard Skutnik III (born 1953, Mississippi, known as Lenny) is a former American employee of the Congressional Budget Office. He is notable for an act of heroism which led to him being mentioned by President Ronald Reagan in the State of the Union Address, which coined the term Lenny Skutnik referring to notable people who are invited to sit in the gallery at a State of the Union address or other joint meeting of Congress. Skutnik has held various jobs as a painter, supermarket porter, and cook for the Burger Chef restaurant chain. He has also worked in a meat packing plant and in a furniture factory.