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TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
Resolution 81-03
HONORING FOOTHILL-DE ANZA COLLEGE DISTRICT
CHANCELLOR MARTHA J. KANTER
WHEREAS, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, responding to
community needs, provides high quality educational opportunities through its Foothill
and De Anza Colleges that promote the development of individual abilities and enhance
the quality of community life; and
WHEREAS, the District has educated more than one million students, benefiting
these individual learners, their families and communities, and by extension, the entire
Silicon Valley and beyond; and
WHEREAS, following a nationwide search, the Board of Trustees of the
Foothill-De Anza Community College District selected Martha J. Kanter as its fifth
Chancellor; and
WHEREAS, Dr, Kanter's goals for the Foothill-De Anza CommunityCollege
District include achieving new levels of excellence in providing opportunity, equity,
accountability and sustainability for the District and its students; and
WHEREAS, she has dedicated her career to education, with an unwavering focus
on increasing student access and success, particularly for those students underrepresented
in higher education; and
WHEREAS, she has unparalleled commitment to academic excellence; and
WHEREAS, she is a person of extraordinary energy,vision and leadership; and
WHEREAS, her dedication to education is matched only by her devotion to the
community, working for its improvement and the betterment of the lives of its citizens
and providing leadership on the Board of Directors of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, the
Hispanic Foundation Silicon Valley and the San Jose Museum of Art, and as a member of
the Rotary Club and many other significant community, statewide and national
organizations;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT,the Town of Los Hills, expresses its
sincere congratulations to Martha J. Kanter on the occasion of her inauguration as
Chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District on November 19, 2003.
DATED: November 6, 2003
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