The North County Times is reporting that: “William Currier Atkinson Jr., the first elected mayor of Carlsbad, died peacefully in his Vista home on New Year’s Day, according to his wife, Charlotte.” Mayor Bud Lewis remembers Atkinson was also President of the Army and Navy Academy:
“Bill was the first elected mayor,” Lewis said Wednesday, “but I remember him more for his dedication to the Army (and) Navy Academy, where he dedicated his life to the school and did what I thought was a great job for them.”
Atkinson was 76. Our thoughts are with the entire Atkinson family.
[Link: North County Times]
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