Floyd Clack
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Floyd Clack is a Michigan educator and politician who currently serves as a member of the Eastern Michigan University
(EMU)board of regents. Among other offices he has served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Clack has an M.A. in Education from EMU in 1972. He taught for many years in the Flint Public Schools and was also a guidance counselor in that school district.
Clack began his career as a politician with an election to the Flint City Council in 1979. He served in that position until 1992 when he was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. He served in the Michigan house until 1996 when he was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. From 1996-2004 he served as a member of the Genesee County
board of Commissioners. In 2005 he was appointed to the EMU Board of Regents by Governor Jennifer Granholm
.
Clack was one of the Democrat contestants for nomination to run for the Michigan Senate District 27 in the 2006 election. in 2003 Clack made an unsucceful run for mayor of Flint.
Clack's wife, Brenda Clack
, succeeded him in the Michigan house.
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
(EMU)board of regents. Among other offices he has served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Clack has an M.A. in Education from EMU in 1972. He taught for many years in the Flint Public Schools and was also a guidance counselor in that school district.
Clack began his career as a politician with an election to the Flint City Council in 1979. He served in that position until 1992 when he was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. He served in the Michigan house until 1996 when he was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. From 1996-2004 he served as a member of the Genesee County
Genesee County, Michigan
-Interstates:* I-69* I-75* I-475-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-13* M-15* M-21* M-54* M-57-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 436,141 people, 169,825 households, and 115,990 families residing in the county. The population density was 682 people per square mile . There were 183,630...
board of Commissioners. In 2005 he was appointed to the EMU Board of Regents by Governor Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician, educator, and author who served as Attorney General and 47th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor...
.
Clack was one of the Democrat contestants for nomination to run for the Michigan Senate District 27 in the 2006 election. in 2003 Clack made an unsucceful run for mayor of Flint.
Clack's wife, Brenda Clack
Brenda Clack
Brenda Clack is an African-American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a Democrat and was until 2009 a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. She represented the 34th House District , which is located in Genesee County, and includes much of the city of Flint...
, succeeded him in the Michigan house.
Sources
- plaque in the John W. Porter College of Education, Eastern Michigan University honoring Clack
- Eastern Michigan University bio of Clack
- Michigan Chronicle, Nov. 24, 2003