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Long Beach City Auditor Laura Doud welcomed
over 200 community members as well as city,
county, and state officials to the
dedication of the Myrtelle L. Gunsul
Conference Room.
The Conference Room contains an extensive
exhibit of the life and career of Miss
Gunsul.
Miss Gunsul was elected in 1919 and retired in 1951 after 32 years of being City Auditor. Her service to Long Beach was actually longer because she was Deputy City Auditor for 4 years before being elected City Auditor.
She
was City Auditor during
times of tremendous growth
and change. During her
tenure:
 oil
was discovered on Signal
Hill;
women
in the U.S. won the right to
vote
the
stock market crashed;
the
Great Depression began and
ended;
the
1933 earthquake destroyed
much of Long Beach
and the City was re-built;
World
War II began and ended;
the
Naval base was built,
Cal
State Long Beach and Long
Beach City College were
founded.
City
Auditor Doud noted, “As Miss
Gunsul said, ‘Public office
is public trust.’ Our office
takes this trust seriously,
and we are committed to
ensuring that taxpayers get
the most for their
hard-earned tax dollars. The
Conference Room is now a
living tribute to Miss
Gunsul’s extraordinary life
and commitment to public
service in Long Beach. By
dedicating this Conference
Room to her, we will keep
her values and principles
alive in our memories and in
our daily actions.”
On reading about the
upcoming Open House in the
newspaper, Betty Short
Andreatta contacted the City
Auditor’s Office about her
aunt, Miss Nell Short, who
was on staff in the City
Auditor’s office during the
tenure of Myrtelle L.
Gunsul. City Auditor Doud
was pleased to welcome Mrs.
Andreatta and her daughter
at the event. Mrs. Andreatta
presented some of her aunt’s
audit memorabilia, including
Auditor’s Annual Reports
from 1923 and 1936, to City
Auditor Laura Doud who was
pleased to accept them on
behalf of the Office.
Research into the history of
the Office of the City
Auditor is ongoing. Anyone
with information or
photographs relating to
former City Auditors is
encouraged to contact the
Office at (562) 570-6751.
Visitors are welcome to view
the exhibit in the
Myrtelle L. Gunsul Conference Room. Viewing
is by appointment only as it is a working
conference room. Please call (562) 570-6751
to schedule an appointment.
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