HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10261993 - S.1 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION NO. 9 3/6 3 2
Honoring and Commending
Judge Richard E.Amason for Thirty Years
of Distinguished and Exemplary and Service
to the Citizens of Contra Costa County
WHEREAS, Judge Richard E.Amason was appointed by Governor Brown, Sr., October 3, 1963;
WHEREAS,the people of Contra Costa County confirmed his appointment in 1964, 1970, 1978 and
1982, all without opposition;
WHEREAS,he was named"Judge of the Year"by the California Trial Lawyers Association in Novem-
ber, 1973;
he was Presiding Judge of the Court in 1968 and 1978 and Presiding Judge of the crimi- j
nal docket in 1979;
WHEREAS,Judge Amason graduated from the University of North Dakota and from the University
of California Boalt Hall of Law and was admitted to the California Bar on December 11, 1945;
WHEREAS,has a legal career spanning over thirty years including a partnership in the firm Hamm,
Amason, Waldie of Antioch;
WHEREAS,he has served with distinction as a faculty member of the Continuing Judicial Studies Pro-
gram(Midcareer Judges Colleges),California Judicial College, Hastings College of the Law,San Francisco;
WHEREAS, Judge Amason has a distinguished record of community service on a statewide level
serving on the the California Human Relations Agency Task Force,State Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention;National Council of Juvenile Justice Board of Directors State Bar of California,
Mental Retardation Area Board,Technical Advisory Committee for California Youth Authority;
he has also served his city by serving on the City of Antioch Personnel Board,the Antioch
School District Board of Trustees,Antioch Chamber of Commerce,Antioch Rotary Club,as former Counsel
and member, Board of Directors Delta Memorial Hospital;
NOW, RE BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors commends
Judge Richard E. Arnanson for thirty years of exemplary and distinguished service to the citizens of Contra
Costa County where he is known for his sense of fairness,tempered with compassion,and his high regard for
the law.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 26th Day of October, 1993.
" Supervisor Tom Torlakson,District
Chairman of the Board
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upe eff Smith,District Il Supervisor Sunne right cPeak,
District IV
I certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order entered on the minutes of said
Board of Supervisors of the date aforesaid.
Witness my Hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on this
26th Day of October, 1993.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator
By:
Deputy