HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1987.09.17 - 18120September 17, 1987
Miscellaneous Resolution # 87245
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE-Richard G. Skarritt, Chairperson
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS-MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO ALEXANDER C. PERINOFF
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Beyond what we are required to do, there are those who are called to do
more who by their very nature can never rest until they have given the utmost
in the performance of their duties.
For those with that calling, the demands of life are many, but so are its
rewards.
Our friend, Alexander C. Perinoff was such a person. The rewards of his
life both in his career in the legal profession and in civic and community
service were many. For his lifetime of commitment to others, he garnered not
just the usual acquaintences, but vast numbers of staunch and loyal friends.
We are grateful for the opportunity to have known and worked with Alex.
We, who have looked to him for guidance and who have followed his courageous
lead, with the absolute confidence that his values would never be shunned for
capricious conventional wisdom or political expediency, are forever in his
debt. The respect that we hold for Alex is a monument to his loving character,
his love of life, his love of his fellow man, his love of his family, his
Country and his community.
Alex Perinoff, with a personality larger than life, has left each of us
with many private remembrances; but to all of us, he is an abiding presence
which will never leave this County. As a man whose life has been truly lived
for others, and whose expectations for higher levels of government service
have, in actuality, created them, Alex has uplifted the course of Oakland
County's future.
In this tribute to Alex Perinoff we cannot say good-bye. We say thank
you to a man who has led us this far, and whose principles and example will
continue to guide and direct our lives.
Mr. Chairperson, I move that this Memorial Tribute to our dear friend,
Alexander C. Perinoff, County Commissioner-District #21, be spread upon the
minutes of this meeting as unanimously presented and adopted by the entire
Oakland County Board of Commissioners, and that a copy bearing the seal of the
County of Oakland be presented to his wife, Anne.
The Chairperson stated a unanimous ballot would be cast for this resolution.