HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-642 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter .of: }
Resolution No. 81/642
Commendation of June 16, 1981
Orlyn Wood, M.D. )
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WHEREAS Orlyn Wood, M.D. , has announced her retirement from
County service effective June 30, 1981 after thirteen (13) years of
service to the people of Contra Costa County; and
WHEREAS Dr. Wood has served as Assistant Health Officer,
Chief of Community Health Services, Acting Health Officer, County
Health Officer, and Assistant Health Services Director--Public Health
Division during her tenure with Contra Costa County; and
WHEREAS Dr. Wood has served with distinction on numerous official
bodies, among them the Economic Opportunity Council , the Boards of
North Richmond Neighborhood House, and the West Contra Costa Community
Care Corporation, the Alcoholism Advisory Board, the State Hypertension
Control Council , the Board of Directors of the California Conference of
Local Health Officers and as Treasurer and Chairman of the Chronic
Disease Control Committee of the Conference; and
WHEREAS Dr. Wood was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
in 1977 to the State Child Health Board, and is presently serving as
Co-Chairperson of its Child Health Initiative Task Force, which is charged
with integrating all services to children; and
WHEREAS Dr. Wood is held in the highest professional esteem by
her fellow employees in the Health Services Department and her colleagues
throughout California; and
WHEREAS Dr. Wood has given unstintingly of her time and energy in
order to improve the health of all the citizens of Contra Costa County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY
OF CONTRA COSTA RESOLVED that the Board expresses its appreciation and
deepest gratitude to Orlyn Wood, M.D. for her service to Contra Costa
County and joins her many friends in wishing her a long and healthful
retirement.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE BOARD ON JUNE 16, 1981 .
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
an order entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the date
aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of
Supervisors
affixed this 16th day of June, 1981
J. R. OLSSON, Clerk
cc ; Director, Health Services
County Administrator
Public Information By L9 _137t-0 , Deputy Clerk
Officer
RESOLUTION NO. 81/642