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Resolution No. 1359as RESOLUTION N0> 1359 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS COMMENDING SWEN NADER FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN BASKETBALL. WHEREAS, Swen Nader came to the United States from Holland when he was nine years old; and WHEREAS, he attended Cypress College and distinguished himself as an outstanding basketball player by winning the All State Conference Player of the Year award in 1969-70, and was recruited by several major universities; and WHEREAS, he continued playing basketball with the U.C.L.A. Bruins on two of their national championship teams; and WHEREAS, in February, 1973, Swen gained national attention by scoring 34 points and grabbing 23 rebounds in the college all-star game in Las Vegas and was named Most Valuable player; and WHEREAS, he was the leading scorer in the Olympic tryout camp last summer; and WHEREAS, he was a member of the U.S.A. basketball team that played several games against a Soviet Union basketball team in A.A.U, competition earlier this year; and WHEREAS, Swen identifies Cypress as his hometown; and WHEREAS, as a result of his outstanding college basketball career, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association and also the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association; and WHEREAS, it is a major accomplishment for a young man to establish himself as an outstanding college basketball player without previous playing experience. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cypress hereby honors SWEN NADER as an outstanding college athlete and sportsman and conveys their best wishes for a brilliant professional basketball career. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular meeting held on the 29th day of May, 1973. l//tltj HENRY r .BERTS JR. , Mayo( 0 2 ATTEST: f/xf/if44,-Z CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS OTTO J LACAY , yo r Pro -tem ALICE ncilwoman ROBERT C. HARVEY, Councilman JOHN EL, Councilman STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 29th day of May, 1973, by the following roll call vote: AYES: 3 COUNCILMEN: Frankiewich, Harvey and Roberts NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: 2 COUNCILMEN: Kanel and Lacayo CITY CLERK OF E CITY OF CYPRESS