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RESOLUTION NO. 60-175 COMMENDING MR. BOB WEBSTER FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE OLYMPIC COMPETITION WHEREAS, Bob Webster, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Webster of 1719 South Ross Street, Santa Aha, California, and a former student of Santa Ana High School and Santa Ana College, has, through constant training and thousands of hours of work, per- fected himself in the skill of diving; and WHEREAS, the excellence, precision, grace and perfect timing of his diving skill enabled him to place on the United States Olympic Team to be sent to Rome, Italy, and there to represent the United States in the international competition; and WHEREAS, as a result of this competition with the world's greatest divers, Bob Webster won first place in the 10-meter tower dive, bringing fame and satisfaction to himself, his family and country, and bringing recognition to the City of Santa Ana and the University of Michigan, where he is now commencing his Senior year of college study. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA: That Bob webster, a Gold Medal winner for first place in the 10-meter tower dive during the 1960 Olympic international contests, be and is hereby ccmxmended for his splen- did performance and for the many hours of work and training that resulted in this great accomplishment. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City of Santa Ana is happy to have been the City of his youth and to have contributed to his adolescent years and is now proud to have him as a legal resident of this City. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 6th day of_~eptember, 1960. ATTEST: ~ '~ , ~ ~,.~ ~5 :., ~: (SEAL) ~-- C~ERK OF THE-COUNCIL /~