San Mateo

• Date: 01 March 1963
• Author: JOHN LYONS
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.174-1617.1963.tb00952.x
• Published date: 01 March 1963

San

Mate0

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y

JOHN

LYONS

-Conciliation

Counselor

“It is

my

thoughtful opinion that all

of

us

can and will profit from the publication

of a bulletin to the amount and degree that

each of

us

contributes.

The judges with whom

I

have dis-

cussed the project agree that the sharing and

content of the bulletin would undoubtedly

serve the infant organization, aiding all

of

us

in learning

as

well as teaching each other and

thereby better understanding con cilia tion coun-

seling in this state. These judges are also

willing

to

contribute items and articles oc-

casionally, and give a hearty and enthusias-

tic support to the project.”

Biographical

-

JOHN

LYONS

Born in San Francisco, California.

Educational background: Master of Arts,

University of California. Post graduate stud-

ies: (a) Sociology, Psychiatry; (b) School

of

Social Service;

(c)

University of San Francis-

co Law

School.

Professional Experience!

1939-1942

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State Relief Administration, Case

Worker;

1942-1943

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US0

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National Catholic

Community Service;

1943-1960

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Juvenile

Court, San Francisco (Executive Director,

San Francisco Youth Councils);

1960

-

Con-

ciliation Counselor, San Mateo County.

San Mateo County is located directly

south

of San Francisco. Its physical bound-

aries are: Pacific Ocean

-

west; The San

Francisco Bay

-

east; City of San Francisco

-

north; and Santa Clara County

-

south. The

county, itself, extends

41.6

miles from San

Francisco to Santa Clara and

is

20.4

miles

wide.

The County Clerk advises that San

Mateo County will have a population of

500,OOO

before the end of this year.

In

1960

the com-

position of the residents was as follows:

425,213

White

19,722

Spanish surnames

10,846

Negro

8,328

Other (Oriental, American

In-

dian, etc.)

444,387

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TOTAL POPULATION

(1960)

Divorces in

1961

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2,384;

average

petitions for conciliation filed per month

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14;

reconciliations

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33.4%.

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