BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 22, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
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30 (Hill) - As Amended March 26, 2015
SENATE VOTE: 34-0
SUBJECT: Frederick E. Terman Memorial Highway.
SUMMARY: Designates a portion of State Route (SR) 101 in Santa
Clara, County as the "Frederick E. Terman Memorial Highway."
Specifically, this resolution:
1)Recounts the life and accomplishments of Frederick E. Terman.
2)Designates the portion of SR 101 from post mile 48.596 at
Shoreline Boulevard to post mile 52.550 at the San Mateo
County line in the County of Santa Clara as the "Frederick E.
Terman Memorial Highway."
3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for state highways, showing the
special designation and, upon receiving donations from
non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
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EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of
operating and maintaining state highways. This includes the
installation and maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans
only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from
non-state sources covering the cost.
COMMENTS: Frederick E. Terman was born on June 7, 1925, in
English, Indiana. He later attended Stanford University where
he completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry and his
master's degree in electrical engineering. Mr. Terman returned
to Stanford University as a member of the engineering faculty
and during World War II directed a staff of more than 850 at the
Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard University that worked to
develop various technologies used to counter enemy radar and
significantly reduced the effectiveness of radar-directed
anti-aircraft fire.
Mr. Terman returned to Stanford University after World War II
and was appointed Dean of the School of Engineering where he
created one of the premier schools of engineering in the United
States. Mr. Terman single-handedly created the university,
government, and private industry partnership model by creating
the Stanford Industrial Park that associated industry and
universities to create a hotbed of innovation. Mr. Terman
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passed away on December 19, 1982, in Palo Alto, California, at
82 years of age.
This resolution designating a portion of SR 101 in Santa Clara,
California serves to honor the significant contribution
Frederick Terman made to his community.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
7 private citizens
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916)
319-2093
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