HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1972.02.17 - 157415940 Miscellaneous Resolution February 17, 1972
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BY: Lawrence R. Pernick and Alexander C. Perinoff
IN RE: MEMORIAL - AUGUST F. SCHOLLE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIO
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
August F. Soholle, a State leader of organized I
1972, at the age of 67 years, having resided at 2710 Vinsetta in Royal Oak.
He was born in Creighton, Pennsylvania, attended public schools and joined the
labor movement at an early age and rose to become nationally known as President of the
State CIO organization in 1940 and head of the merged group with the AFL in 1958.
August F. SchoIle served three terms on the former Michigan State Conservation
Commission during the 1960s, also having served on the Michigan \Workmen's Compensation
Study Commission, the Economic Development Commission and the Governor's Commission
on Legislative Compensation, as well as numerous advisory boards to the U.S. Department
of Labor. He was known and respected as a spokesman for labor viewpoints in political
matters.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John T. Connor, Jr. of Washington, D. C. and
Kathleen. Mrs. Kathleen Scholle, his wife, died January 7, 1972, after a long illness.
Those who were closely associated with August F. Scholl e saw him as a man with
deep passion for social and economic justice who dedicated his life to the betterment of
the human condition for all. His service to the total community was as great and dedicated
as that to the union members he represented.
I move that the foregoing memorial resolution be spread upon the minutes of this
meeting of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners.
LaWrence R. Pernick, Chairman
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
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Alexander C. Perinoff, Vice Chairm6ril
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
The resolution was unanimously adopted.