Resolution No. 688RESOLUTION NO. 688
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
COMMENDING DR. ARNOLD 0. BECKMAN AS ORANGE COUNTY MANAGER
OF THE YEAR
WHEREAS, Dr. Arnold 0. Beckman founded the company known as Beckman
Instruments, Inc., in 1935, and that company has maintained its principal
operations in Orange County since 1954, and
WHEREAS, the number of Beckman employees in Orange County has grown
from 700 to 3,500 in that 12 -year period and the company's sales have
increased from $20 million to more than $115 million annually, and
WHEREAS, Beckman Instruments, Inc. stands today as one of the
world's leading producers of advanced instrumentation for science,
medicine and industry, and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Chamber of Commerce, the Purchasing
Agents' Association of Orange County, the Sales and Marketing Executives
Club or Orange County, Inc., and the Orange Coast Chapter, Society for
the Advancement of Management have established the Annual Manager of the
Year Award to recognize outstanding managerial performance and community
service and Doctor Beckamn is the third individual to receive this award.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress, to go on record officially as commending Doctor Beckman on his
selection as Orange County Manager of the Year for 1966 and the afore-
mentioned organizations for establishing and maintaining the said Award
which served each year to focus attention on Orange County and those
individuals responsible for its continuing evolution as a community of
quality and distinction.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at
a regular meeting held on the 9th day of May, 1966.
ATTEST:
Ai ,Ter
CITY2 CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting
of the said City Council held on the 9th day of May, 1966, by the
following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Bowen, Harvey, Kanel, McCarney, and Noe
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
CITY CLERK OF THE .CITY OF CYPRESS
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