Eunice Sato
| Eunice Sato | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Long Beach | |
|
In office 1980–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas J. Clark |
| Succeeded by | Thomas J. Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 8, 1921 Livingston, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Thomas Sato (m.1950–2013; his death) |
| Profession | teacher |
Eunice Noda Sato (born June 8, 1921) is an American politician. She served as mayor of Long Beach, California from 1980 to 1982. Sato is the daughter of Japanese parents Bunsaku and Sawa Maeda Noda. She attended Modesto Junior College, the University of Northern Colorado, and Columbia University, and became a teacher. She taught in Michigan and overseas in Yokohama, Japan. In 1950, she married Thomas Takahashi Sato. She moved to Long Beach in 1956.[1] She was elected to the Long Beach City Council in 1975 and served until 1986.[2] In 1991 she was appointed to the U.S. National Advisory Council on Educational Research by George H. W. Bush. She is the first female mayor of Long Beach.[3] In September 2014, a school in Long Beach was named in her honor.[4][5]
References
- ↑ http://www.zontairvine.com/year.php
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- ↑ http://www.presstelegram.com/technology/20110611/former-long-beach-mayor-eunice-sato-the-giver-at-her-birthday-party
- ↑ http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20140902/long-beach-school-board-renames-two-schools-after-minority-women
- ↑ http://www.longbeach.gov/mayor/about/office-of-the-mayor/history/#eunice_sato_(1980_-_1982)