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July 21, 1977
Miscellaneous Resolution #
By: The General Government Committee, Robert W. Page, Chairman
In re: Probate Judge Donald E. Adams' Retiring Commendation
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Probate Judge Donald E. Adams retires from County service on July 31,
1977, after having served as Probate Judge since 1961; and
WHEREAS, on the date of his retirement, he will have completed forty years of
judicial service here in Oakland County since he heard his first case in July of 1937 as the
newly elected Justice of the Peace in the Township of Waterford; and
WHEREAS, Probate Judge Donald E. Adams has been closely associated with those
portions of the County Service Center which house the Probate and Juvenile Court activities,
restoration of the old Contagious Hospital for a school for wards of the Court, financing and
construction of Phase I and Phase II of the Children's Village and development of the Mental
Retardation Center; and
WHEREAS, Probate Judge Donald E. Adams has demonstrated judicial temperament
and conducted the Probate Court with dignity and impartiality in the discharge of his admin-
istrative responsibilities for the probate, juvenile, and mental health departments.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby extends commendation and recognition to Probate Judge Donald E. Adams for his service
to the County of Oakland and its citizens and extends to him and his wife, Betty, best wishes
and success in his retirement.
The General Government Committee by Robert W. Page, Chairman, moves the adoption
of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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