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Ingrid Sheldon
Ingrid Blom Sheldon (born 1945) is an American politician who served as the 59th mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1993 to 2000. A moderate Republican, she served four two-year terms in the post. To date, Sheldon remains the city's last Republican mayor. Education Sheldon earned a Bachelor of Science in education from Eastern Michigan University and a master's in education from the University of Michigan. Sheldon then worked as a sixth grade teacher for three years. Career Sheldon became involved in city government during these years, and first ran for elected office in 1988, when she was elected to the city council as a Republican. Four years later, Sheldon ran for mayor against incumbent Democrat Liz Brater. The campaign was seen as one of Ann Arbor's more divisive mayoral contests of recent years. Sheldon defeated Brater in the April 5, 1993 election. Sheldon won reelection over Democratic challenger David F. Stead in November 1994. In Sheldon's reelection campaigns o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Ann Arbor
This is a list of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan, beginning with Ann Arbor's incorporation as a city on April 4, 1851. References Ann Arbor mayors, Political Graveyard website* Samuel W. Beakes, Past and Present of Washtenaw County' (Washtenaw County, Mich.: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1906), for political affiliations prior to 1906. * Stephen D. Bingham, Early History of Michigan, with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators' (Lansing: Thorp and Godfrey, 1888). * Jonathan Marwil, ''A History of Ann Arbor'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990). * {{Ann Arbor Mayors Ann Arbor Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ... 1851 establishments in Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Arbor Summer Festival
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival (A2SF) champions performing arts, outdoor entertainment, and community spirit. In addition to a nearly four-week festival each June that attracts a diverse audience of over 80,000 people and offers over 200 concerts, art exhibitions, kids activities, spectacle, and film screenings, A2SF presents the best in dance, contemporary circus, and comedy throughout the year. History Founded by Eugene Power, and established as an equal partnership between the City of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan, early seasons emphasized classical music and theater, but have since become more popular and diverse in nature, encompassing a breadth of performance genres. Today, the June festival offers two concurrent series. The outdoor centerpiece at Top of the Park offers admission-free concerts, movies, open-air spectacles, and unique family attractions held along a beautiful U-M campus green. The indoor, ticketed series features world-class music, dance, contemp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Politicians
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Women Mayors Of Places In Michigan
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Michigan Republicans
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word (), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula resembles the shape of a mitten, and comprises a majority of the state's land area. The Upper Peninsula (often called "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that joins Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Michigan University Alumni
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University Of Michigan Alumni
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Mayors Of Ann Arbor, Michigan
This is a list of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan, beginning with Ann Arbor's incorporation as a city on April 4, 1851. References Ann Arbor mayors, Political Graveyard website* Samuel W. Beakes, Past and Present of Washtenaw County' (Washtenaw County, Mich.: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1906), for political affiliations prior to 1906. * Stephen D. Bingham, Early History of Michigan, with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators' (Lansing: Thorp and Godfrey, 1888). * Jonathan Marwil, ''A History of Ann Arbor'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990). * {{Ann Arbor Mayors Ann Arbor Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ... 1851 establishments in Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Births
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Mayor Of Ann Arbor, Michigan
This is a list of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan, beginning with Ann Arbor's incorporation as a city on April 4, 1851. References Ann Arbor mayors, Political Graveyard website* Samuel W. Beakes, Past and Present of Washtenaw County' (Washtenaw County, Mich.: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1906), for political affiliations prior to 1906. * Stephen D. Bingham, Early History of Michigan, with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators' (Lansing: Thorp and Godfrey, 1888). * Jonathan Marwil, ''A History of Ann Arbor'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990). * {{Ann Arbor Mayors Ann Arbor Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ... 1851 establishments in Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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