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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Commending )
Judge Patricia Herron on the ) Resolution No. 87/199
Occasion of Her Retirement )
After Ten Years as a Jurist )
WHEREAS Judge Herron was appointed to the Superior Court by
former Governor Edmund Brown Jr. , in 1977; and
WHEREAS, Judge Herron was the first woman to don the black
robes in the courthouse in Martinez; and
WHEREAS Judge Herron has had varied careers as a lawyer,
teacher, counselor and assistant dean of women at both
Stanford University and the Catholic University of America
in Washington, D.C. ; and
WHEREAS Judge Herron was elected presiding judge in 1980 by
her fellow judges; and
WHEREAS Judge Herron has also been juvenile court judge,
criminal court judge, the law and motion judge and a general
trial judge for civil and criminal cases; and
WHEREAS Judge Herron has already received several other job
offers, including an offer as president of Trinity College
in Washington, D.C. , where she received .a degree in English
literature in 1949; and
WHEREAS Judge Herron has also worked for volunteer and
community organizations, including the Point Richmond Civic
Group, the American Red Cross Board of 'Directors, the YWCA
Board of Directors, the Richmond Memorial Youth Center
Board, the Neighborhood House Board of Directors, the Little
Hoover Commission in Richmond and the United Bay Area
Crusade;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California hereby
CONGRATULATES Patricia Herron on the occasion of her
retirement as a jurist, and EXTENDS to her its best wishes
for continued good health, happiness, and prosperity in the
years to come.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the unanimous vote of the Board on the
seventh day of April, 1987.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the resolution entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand .and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
.seventh day of April, 1987
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
and County Administrator
By Deputy Clerk
Introdu By
PupervisAr Nancy C. Fanden
Dis riot II