HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 03271984 - 84-181 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Recognizing )
the Service of John B. Clausen,)
County Counsel )
RESOLUTION NO. 84/ 181
WHEREAS John B. Clausen is retiring from County service effective
March 30, 1984; and
S John Clausen served as an officer in the Army in the Pacific
Theatre during the Second World War and subsequently graduated from Michigan
State College in 1946 and fran Hastings Law College in 1951; and
WHEREAS John Clausen was appointed Deputy District Attorney I on July 270,
1953, and advanced to Deputy District Attorney II on December 19, 1957, and to
Assistant District Attorney on November 3, 1959; and
WHEREAS during the time of his service in the District Attorney's Office,
that office performed both criminal and civil functions and Mr. Clausen served
as an advisor to County departments and school districts and as a member of the
County Planning Commission; and
FSS from April 8, 1969 to August 19, 1969 John Clausen served as the
Acting District Attorney of Contra Costa County; and
S the Board of Supervisors determined in 1969 to separate the
District Attorney's civil functions by creation of the Office and Department of
County Counsel; and
S on August 19, 1969 John Clausen was named the first Contra Costa
County Counsel and has served continuously in that position having been reap-
pointed by the Board of Supervisors at the end of each four-year term; and
MEAS during his period of County service, Mr. Clausen has won the
respect of members of the Board, County officials and the public, as well as the
legal community here and throughout the State;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board hereby expresses its appre-
ciation to John Clausen for his many years of service to the County, and extends
its Best Wishes and Happy Golfing to him, and his wife Nadine, during their
retirement years.
PASSED BY THE BOARD ON March 27, 1984 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a reso-
lution entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the date afore-
said.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board
of Supervisors affixed this 27th day of
March 1984.
J. R. OISS/ON, County Clerk
By: Deputy Clerk
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