ORDINANCE NO. 250243
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Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough
Designating the honorary street name of "Hon. Howard F. Sachs Road" for a portion of W. 68th Terrace from the east line of Ward Parkway to the west line of Valley Road.
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WHEREAS, Judge Sachs was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 13, 1925, the son of Alex and Rose Sachs; and
WHEREAS, Alex F. Sachs, elected as Jackson County Highway Engineer in 1932 with the support of then Jackson County Presiding Judge Harry S. Truman, built a home on W. 68th Terrace, which has always been owned by the Sachs family; and
WHEREAS, from 1944 until 1946, Judge Sachs served in the United States Navy as an electronic technician's mate on the USS South Dakota battleship; and
WHEREAS, Judge Sachs earned his bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1947 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1950; and
WHEREAS, Judge Sachs served as a law clerk for Judge Albert Ridge of the Western District of Missouri from 1950 to 1951, during the important decision to desegregate the Swope Park Pool; and
WHEREAS, Judge Sachs continued to champion the principles of civil rights in his nearly 30 years of private practice; and
WHEREAS, Judge Sachs has been deeply involved in Kansas City's legal community and was a driving force behind the integration of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; and
WHEREAS, in 1979, Judge Sachs became the first native-born Kansas Citian to serve as district judge in the Western District of Missouri after he was nominated by President Jimmy Carter and confirmed by the United States Senate; and
WHEREAS, upon confirmation, Judge Sachs became the first Jewish district judge to sit in the Eighth Circuit in nearly 100 years; and
WHEREAS, Judge Sachs has served on the bench for 45 years and is known for his intellect, dedication to his profession, and well-reasoned, clearl...
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