Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Joseph Pomeroy Widney High School, known as J. P. Widney High School is a special education magnet high school in Los Angeles, California, part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. This school is named in honor of Dr. Joseph Pomeroy Widney, a prominent early Los Angeles resident.

Hypothesis: Joseph Pomeroy Widney's name is memorialized in the area in which he used to reside.
Yes