Shirley Dean

Shirley Dean
20th Mayor of Berkeley
In office
December 1994 – November 2002
Preceded byLoni Hancock
Succeeded byTom Bates
Personal details
Born
Shirley Ann Bryant

Eaton, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Shirley Ann Dean (née Bryant; born 1935-36), considered moderate in Berkeley politics,[1] is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Berkeley, California (1994-2002). Before serving two terms as Berkeley's Mayor, Dean served on the Berkeley City Council for 15 years (1975–94)[2] and was a leader of the Berkeley Democratic Club.

Shirley Dean grew up in a single parent family and graduated from Berkeley High School (1952). She was selected as a Distinguished Graduate in the Berkeley High School Hall of Fame[3] and was the first in her family to attend college. She graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a BA in Social Welfare in 1956.

During part of the time she served as Mayor, she worked half-time for UC Berkeley Undergraduate Admission and Relations with Schools and the Office of Admissions.[2] Her responsibilities included writing the plan and supervising field work for the recruitment of minority students to the UC Berkeley campus and visiting high schools throughout California. She received two Distinguished Service Awards from UC Berkeley for her work before she retired in March 2000.[4]

  1. ^ Shirley Dean to Seek Another Term as Mayor (sources Dean as moderate)[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Profile of Shirley Dean at the Berkeleyan". Berkeley.edu. 1998-12-09. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
  3. ^ BAA Board. "Berkeley Alumni Association - Alumni of All Berkeley Schools September 23, 2008". Berkeleyalum.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
  4. ^ "League of Women Voters Full Biography for Shirley Dean". Smartvoter.org. Retrieved 2012-05-12.