HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1976.05.20 - 14292May 20, 1976
Miscellaneous Resolution #
By: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - Robert A. Button, C .,:ti..man
IN RE: MEMORIAL - L. HARVEY LODGE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
L. Harvey Lodge, a former State Senator an.:1r:i figure in Oakland
politics, away on May 16, 1976, at the age of 73 years r resided in Waterford
Born in Milford, Michigur:„ a graduate of Milford High School,. he earned his under-
graduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan, served as Assistant State Attorney
General in 1936 and later as Oakland County Prosecutor.
He was elected to the Michigan House in 1'7 d to his first term in the Senate in
1956 where he served to 1975,
L. Harvey Lodge was widely acclaimed as the father of Michigan's no-fault insurance
law; played a key legislative role in obtaining the annual 5800,000 subsidy for the Pontiac
Stadium; and helped qualify Oakland County Hospital to collect Blue Cross payments.
As State Senator, L. Harvey Lodge was responsible fc.:r ctment of Act 185, P. A,
1957, that allowed Oakland County to establish a Department of l'ublic Works in order that
the growth of the County could proceed in an orderly fashion with the construction of much
needed sewer and water projects.
L. Harvey Lodge was a leader and of the rights of his fell°
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public service career over half a century in the interest of the of Oakland and Lapeer
Counties will be exemplary to all who were privileged to know and work with him.
Mr. Chairman, I move the foregoing Memorial Resolution be spread upon the minutes
of this me.z -ad that a certified copy affixed with the Seal of the County of Oakland be
forwarded to ng wife, Rhea E. Lod
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Robert A. Button, Chr•'rman