HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-1036 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of the )
Retirement of Judge } RESOLUTION NO. 81/1036
David Walker Calfee )
WHEREAS the Honorable David Walker Calfee, Municipal Court
Judge, Bay Judicial District, is retiring effective September 30, 1981,
after 22 years of service to the County; and
WHEREAS Judge Calfee, a native of Richmond, graduated from
Richmond High School and Stanford University and served from 1942 to
1946 in the U. S. Marine Corps, in which as a naval aviator he was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and attained the rank of Major;
and
WHEREAS Judge Calfee continued his education, graduating from
Hastings Law School in 1949, and subsequently joined his father in the
practice of law for eight years; and
WHEREAS he was elected to the position of Judge of the Richmond
Municipal Court in 1959 and has served continuously since that time,
and
WHEREAS Judge Calfee has served his community by participating
in a variety of professional and civic organizations including the
Richmond Bar Association--serving as its President in 1955---and in
other organizations such as a Trustee of the Contra Costa Law Library,
Board of Directors of the Rotary, American Field Services, Memorial
Youth Center, YWCA, Boys Scouts of America, and St. Luke 's Methodist
Church; and
WHEREAS in recognition of his contributions Judge Calfee was
selected as the Richmond Junior Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year
in 1965 and has been named as a recipient of the Rotary's Paul Harris
Award, and the Boys Scouts ' Silver Beaver Award;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County EXPRESSES its sincere appreciation to Judge
David Walker Calfee for his 22 years of dedicated service to the Bay
Judicial District and EXTENDS to him its best wishes for the future.
PASSED by the Board on September 8, 1981, by the following
vote:
AYES; Supervisors Fanden, Mc Peak, Torlakson, Powers
DOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder
I hereby certify that the foregoing ,is a true and correct copy
of a resolution entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on
the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
cc : Supervisor Powers Board of Supervisors affixed this 8th
County Administrator day of September 1981.
P.I .U . J. R. OLSSON, Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 81/1036