George Starbird

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George Albert Starbird (November 26, 1908–November 11, 1994) was mayor 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 Milpitas, California. He attended Stanford University and graduated in 1932 with a degree in English. He married Carolyn Hall Starbird on 1934-02-22, who he met at Stanford. They had two sons, Tony Starbird and Tim Starbird, and two daughters, Susan Starbird and Jane Starbird. George Starbird died on November 11, 1994 in San Jose.

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 coming Metropolis, a book on San Jose history published in 1972.

Preceded by Parker Hathaway

Mayor of San Jose 1954–1956

Succeeded by Robert Doerr

[edit] References

• Grant, Joanne. "Civic leader George Starbird dies: longtime 'mover, shaker' in San Jose", San Jose Mercury News, 1994-11-24. Retrieved on 2007-02-22. 
• Schwartz, Stephen. "George Starbird -- Former Mayor of San Jose, Author", The San Francisco Chronicle, 1994-11-25. 
• Obituary: Starbird, George A., (ob) Locus v34:1 No.408 Jan 1995
• Pizarro, Sal. "Memorial to honor community activist", San Jose Mercury News, May 2006. 
• Arbuckle, Clyde; Clyde Arbuckle's History of San Jose; 1985