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The .Counoil o~ the Cit7 of Pslo Alto DO ?F.SOLVE ae followe;
WR!REAS, death h'-1 ?'HIOVf.ld from tht
ee:rvtoe of oar city e.e s:nyeioian Superintendent
of tbe Palo Alto CitJ Hoe:p1t&l • .1.1r. George B.
Somere, this Council deeire1 to place on reoor4
an appreciation of hie ef!1o1ent eervioee aa a
city official as well ao hia hig.ll qual itiea u
s ma..n.
~plendHll7 prepared for hie life wozit 07
his own nrs.tur!l gifts, DJ 1118 etuuiea at Harvard
and the c oope.r .air.ed1 o al College, i>r. aome re earl 1
gained d1et1notion in ti1e field. to wbic.ll be
de•oted !li8 life, relieving eu.f:te:riDS. J)rolong-
ing lite, and gi TI.ng com.tort and .hope •
.lie aerved. •• Chief SurgeoD at Cooper
M.edi o&l College, aa pro:reeaor 1n hie own field
at Stmtord Ot1iTereit7, an4 when the mmagement ot the .Palo A.lto oi ty hospital we.a taken over
b7 Stanford Universi~~ it was Dr. lomera who
beo,,me the Ph;yeioian 3uper1:ntendent of oar oit;y
hoepit !l, a.nd under hie management and di rec ti on
it h11e eplendidl;y eerved the oiti2eDa of .Palo
Alto.
Bee.i d~s h:is splendid SPrvic es &e a phys1o1 M
aria eurg4!'1on • .l>:r. Som(<t:re w~e !II. man or big he !.rt,
eo flJ>'Droaoht\ble th'1t it wa.e a pleqr11re to hllve
e.eeociation v'jth him. Abundantly proT1ded W'.1 th
priv'lt~ me~ne, he <1evote" h1rnE!~l:f' to th1e Sf!rv~oe
generously :for the purpose of the good that ~e
could do.
Actuated by thE>ee oonei der11tions, tnias
Council directs th~t a copy of tnie :ree:olutioII be
entE>red upon the minutes of the t;ouncil B'tld t.l'lat
ancth~r copy be tr~emitted to Dr. Somere' family.
The abov·e !Vld foregoing reeolution was
duly paea~d on the 22nd dtQ' of ~arch, 1926, by
the following vote;
AVT.\S Bertsche. Bonn, Hobo.rt, Jordan, ~elly-,
u. : Laue ten, 1ho 1 t e, :rn.omas, Wood.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Cathcart, ~ooley, Cottrell, DllVeneok,
laaterdli, Wing.
£pproved(;._~ ~fZ :1•r
Attest: t:z:::Ld
City Clerk
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