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HomeMy WebLinkAbout66 of 1976 - A resolution expressing condolence for the family of Dr. Don M. Rees who served for 30 years on the Resolution No. 66 By Ted L. Wilson, Mayor COMMISSIONER Expressing condolence for the family of Dr. Don M. Rees who served for 30 years on the Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District. i I Presented to the hoard of Commissioners AND PASSED AU G 31 1976iivezer �R[CORr.• • i August 31, 1976 Mrs. Don M. Rees 717 - Eleventh Avenue Salt lake City, Utah 84103 Dear Mrs. Rees: The Board of City Commissioners, at its meeting today, approved a Resolution to you and your family, expressing their appreciation for the years of service given by Dr. Don M. Rees as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District and for his years of untiring efforts in helping Salt Lake City. Yours truly, City Recorder CC: Files Encl. -1- ROLL CALL I� VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, "ugust 31 ,19 76 , -Mr.Chairman v / I move that the Resolut' e dopted. Agraz [v Greener //,/� Hogensen :` Phillips RESOLUTION Result / n OF CONDOLENCE WHEREAS, Dr. Don M. Rees, a highly respected citizen and member of the Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake City Abatement District for over 38 years, passed away on the 5th day of April, 1976; and WHEREAS, he served the people of this City faithfully and with dedication and distinction; and WHEREAS, Dr. Rees, because of his interest and expertise in the field of mosquito control, was known as the Father of Mosquito Control in Utah; and WHEREAS, he organized the Utah Mosquito Abatement Association and served as its first president in 1948 and also served as president of the National Association of American Mosquito Control in 1951; and WHEREAS, Dr. Rees was respected, admired and influenced those with whom he associated and was an inspiration to his students; and WHEREAS, in his passing Salt Lake City lost one of its most respected and dedicated citizens. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, that it does express on its own behalf and on behalf of the residents of Salt Lake City its profound sense of loss and its most sincere sympathy to the family of Dr. Rees for their own personal bereavement. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be delivered to the family of Dr. Rees as a token of our sympathy and deep feeling of loss. Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 31st day of August, 1976. MAYOR SSIONER iS NER COMMI STONER SSIONER