- Fitch Robertson
Fitch Robertson was Mayor of
Berkeley, California , United States, from 1943 to 1947.He was born February 12, 1896 in
Pueblo, Colorado .Robertson was a graduate of the
Colorado School of Mines . He served duringWorld War I in a U.S. Army engineering battalion. He came to Berkeley in 1929. He married Myla Kenworthy, with whom he had four children.After the City Manager announced his intention to resign as of January 15, 1947, the Berkeley City Council chose Mayor Robertson to replace him which it did on January 20. The Vice Mayor, 80-year old
Carrie Hoyt then assumed the office of Mayor to finish out Robertson's term, thus becoming Berkeley's first female mayor.Robertson died at his
Walnut Creek, California home on March 5, 1956.References
* "Berkeley Gazette", March 6, 1956
* [http://lwvbae.org/Voter/PDFs/Votr1203.pdf "The Voter", newsletter of theLeague of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville, December 2003-January 2004 issue]
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