City of Philadelphia - File #: 090250

• File #: 090250
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/26/2009
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/26/2009
• Title: Congratulating Dominic M. Cermele for his enormous contributions and lifetime of service to Girard College and to the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Kenney, Council President Verna, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Kelly

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/26/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
3/26/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
3/26/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title

Congratulating Dominic M. Cermele for his enormous contributions and lifetime of service to Girard College and to the City of Philadelphia.

Body

WHEREAS, Dominic M. Cermele will retire in June after serving for the past six years as the 15^th president of Girard College, one of the world’s first residential schools for children from single-parent families with limited financial resources; and

WHEREAS, In choosing to head the school in which he was educated and came of age, he capped a distinguished career of public service as a Philadelphia city official and elected judge in Philadelphia traffic court; and

WHEREAS, During the weekend of May 15-18, he and his classmates will celebrate the 50^th anniversary of their graduation from Girard College High School; and

WHEREAS, Cermele was born in Philadelphia on October