- George Starbird
George Albert Starbird (
November 26 ,1908 –November 11 ,1994 ) wasmayor of San Jose,California from 1954 to 1956 and served on its City Council before and after his term as mayor (1950 to 1962).Starbird was born on
1908-11-26 in San Jose, California. He attendedStanford University and graduated in 1932 with a degree in English.He marriedCarolyn Hall Starbird on1934-02-22 , who he met at Stanford. They had two sons, George Anthony Starbird and Timothy Starbird, and two daughters, Susan Irene Starbird and Carolyn Jane Starbird. George Starbird died onNovember 11 ,1994 inMilipitas , California.Starbird was mayor of San Jose during its peak growth period. One of his accomplishments was the Santa Clara-San Jose water sanitation project.
Starbird wrote "The New Metropolis", a book on San Jose history published in 1972.
References
*cite news |first=Joanne |last=Grant |title=Civic leader George Starbird dies: longtime 'mover, shaker' in San Jose |publisher=
San Jose Mercury News |date=1994-11-24 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:SJMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB71DD4DAC6CDF6&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |accessdate=2007-02-22
*cite news |first=Stephen |last=Schwartz |title=George Starbird -- Former Mayor of San Jose, Author |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:SFCB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB4F6409F2FD473&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |work= |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=1994-11-25
* Obituary: Starbird, George A., (ob) Locus v34:1 No.408 Jan 1995
*cite news| first=Sal| last=Pizarro| title=Memorial to honor community activist| publisher=San Jose Mercury News |date=May 2006
*Arbuckle, Clyde; "Clyde Arbuckle's History of San Jose"; 1985
*Starbird, George; "The New Metropolis"; San Jose: The Rosecrucian Press; 1972.
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