Name George Starbird | Education Stanford University | |
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Died November 11, 1994, Milpitas, California, United States | ||
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George Albert Starbird (November 26, 1908 – November 11, 1994) was mayor of San Jose, California from 1954 to 1956 and served on its City Council before and after his term as mayor (1950 to 1962).
Starbird was born on November 26, 1908 in San Jose, California. He attended Stanford University and graduated in 1932 with a degree in English. He married Carolyn Hall Starbird, whom he met at Stanford, on February 22, 1934. They had two sons, George Anthony Starbird and Timothy Starbird, and two daughters, Susan Irene Starbird and Carolyn Jane Starbird. George Starbird died on November 11, 1994 in Milpitas, California.
Starbird was mayor of San Jose during its peak growth period. One of his accomplishments was the Santa Clara-San Jose water sanitation project.
Starbird wrote The New Metropolis, a book on San Jose history published in 1972.