Merry, Ken (City Official) - 1
- 5.1.2--TNT0014M
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- 06/23/1993
Back of Photo:
Ken Merry, City Water Supt
Merry, Ken (City Official) - 1
Back of Photo:
Ken Merry, City Water Supt
Charles Carson Group Photo with Vice President Al Gore
Part of Charles Carson Papers
Part of General Photograph Collection
ca. 1993. Jack Hyde was elected mayor of Tacoma November 7, 1993. He died January 17, 1994, shortly after taking office. Dr. Hyde, a former city councilman, had been a professor at Tacoma Community College from the school's opening day in 1965. He had retired from teaching in December of 1993 to take on the $40,000 mayor's post. Dr. Hyde, a geologist, had served on the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health, Pierce Transit board, Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, Tacoma Planning Commission and several other agencies. He had defeated incumbent mayor Karen Vialle with about 60% of the vote. Fellow councilman Harold Moss would be appointed mayor until the 1995 elections. ALBUM 16. (Seattle Times, 1-18-94, p. B-1; TNT 1-18-94, A-12)
Hyde, Jack; Mayors--Tacoma--1990-2000