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SUPERIOR COURT COMMISSIONER DONALD J.LIDDLE)
FROM THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA } RESOLUTION NO.2( 542
WHEREAS,Donald Jack Liddle was barn in the State of Michigan to Canadian immigrant
parents and attended schools in Michigan before being accepted at Trinity University in San Antonio,
Texas,where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree on August 26,1960;and
WHEREAS,after a briefstint as a mathematics teacher in the San Antonio schools,Don
enrolled in Naval Officer Candidates School where he was commissioned as an Ensign in the United
States Navy in 1960,served as naval line officer being assigned to destroyer duty;and was an active
duty officer during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 2962 and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964;
and
WHEREAS,Don was assigned to the USS McKean,a Fletcher class destroyer,as operation
officer when he was deployed to the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam in 1965;and.
WHEREAS,after active naval service,Lyon entered the Naval Reserve where he retired at the
rank of Captain in 1990,and after leaving active naval duty,don enrolled at the University of Utah in
the School of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor degree on June 3,1972;and
WHEREAS, after a period in private practice,Don joined the Contra Costa County District
Attorney's Office as a Deputy District Attorney from June 1,1978 to March 30,1979,and.subsequently
re-entered into private practice,earning a Certified Family Law Specialist Certificate on. ay 10,1985;
and
WHEREAS,Don applied for and was hired by the Centra Costa County Superior Court as
Child Support Commissioner on January 1,2398 continuing to his retirement on December 31,2004; h
and
WHEREAS,Tion has a reputation as a fair and impartial judicial officer who enjoys wide
respect from coworkers,attorneys,and litigants in his court and he will be sorely missed by those
with whom he has worked and the public whom he has he served.
NOW,THEREFORE RE ft RESOLVED THAT THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS hereby congratulates The Honorable Commissioner Donald J.Liddle on the occasion of
his retirement,offers generous thanks for a job well done for the County and its citizens,and wishes him
well in whatever endeavors he chooses.
PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors members present this 14th day of December 2004.
FEDERAL D.GLOVER
► Chair
e� District V Supe
JOHN GIOIA G"AY L ,UILKEMA
District I Supervisor District II Supervisor
MILLIE GREENBERG MARK DeSAULNIER
District III Supervisor District IV Supervisor
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and
entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown:
C3 , A'TrES'TEU: December 14,2004
JOHN S`4vEEMN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
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