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RESOLUTION 64-180 COMMENDING FATHER DONAT,D <br />MONTROSE FOR THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP HE <br />HAS GIVEN TO MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL DURING <br />THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in September, 1950, Mater Dei High School opened <br />to receive its first students in the City of Santa Ana, California, <br />and having increasingly contributed to the education of young people <br />in Orange County, and since from that first day to the first of <br />July, 1964, Father Donald Montrose has been an ever present and <br />significant factor in its direction, and an influence on the students, <br />being the first athletic director and later also becoming vice <br />principal; never being too deeply involved with administration to <br />lose contact with the students as individuals; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, his proficiency in Spanish and love of the language <br />has, in a fashion uniquely his own, motivated a love of learning in <br />Spanish-American children; and having been selected in 1964 to visit <br />Santa Ana, E1 Salvador as a part of the People to People Program; and <br />his students having dedicated this fall's athletic program to him; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, he possessed the imagination, the humbleness, and the <br />many other qualities necessary to have a fellowship on a common level <br />with high school students; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, on January 1, 1964 Father Montrose left the City of <br />Santa Ana to assume the position of Superintendent of Schools for <br />this Archdiocese; <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA that they wish him every success and inspiration in his <br />new position, and they extend to him an advance welcome from his <br />many friends of all denominations upon each return to this City. <br /> <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa <br />Ana at its regular meeting held on the 16th day of November, 1964. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br /> <br />STATE OF CALIFORNIA) <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE ) <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA ) <br /> <br />SS <br /> <br /> I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of <br />the Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the foregoing Resolution <br />was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held <br />on the 16th day of November, 1964, and was at said meeting regularly <br />passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: <br /> <br />AYES, COUNCILMEN: Hubbard, Harvey, Gilmore, Schlueter, <br /> Hall <br /> <br />NOES, COUNCILMEN: None <br /> <br />ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None <br /> <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br /> <br /> <br />