City Of Cupertino: City Council Declares October 19, 2021 As Boris Stanley Day In Cupertino

Press release from the City of Cupertino:

10/20/2021 9:00 am

Last night, the Cupertino City Council declared Tuesday, October 19, 2021 as Boris Stanley Day. Boris Stanley, now 95 years old, implemented the formal beginning of the City of Cupertino by preparing and filing the incorporation papers for the City.

“Boris is well-deserving of official recognition for his essential role in the City’s formal beginnings,” Mayor Darcy Paul said.

Cupertino officially became Santa Clara County’s 13th city after voters approved the incorporation in 1955. Stanley was an attorney in the area at that time and played a key role in the City’s incorporation.

In 1953, Stanley opened a private legal practice at the corner of Stevens Creek Boulevard and what is now De Anza Boulevard, providing legal counsel to many of Cupertino’s families and the area’s emerging business community.

More recently, Stanley donated his original documentation and other materials concerning the City’s incorporation, as well as establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, which he also helped form, to the Cupertino Historical Society.

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