Hannah McKinney
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Hannah McKinney is the current vice-mayor
and former mayor of Kalamazoo, Michigan
. She was elected mayor in 2005, after previously serving as the vice-mayor under Robert Jones
. Dr. McKinney was mayor at the time that the Kalamazoo Promise was announced. The current mayor, Bobby J. Hopewell, was elected November 13, 2007, edging McKinney by 54 votes. She automatically became vice mayor. This is Dr. McKinney's 6th consecutive term on the Kalamazoo City Commission. She served as a City Planning Commissioner prior to her election to the City Commission. She is also a full Professor of Economics at Kalamazoo College
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Dr. McKinney received her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania
. She has been teaching at Kalamazoo College since 1989. Her focus is in Urban Economics, Urban Planning and Public Finance. She has also written a book entitled The Development of Local Public Services, 1650-1869: Lessons from Middletown, CT., published by Greenwood Press, 1995. She has also written several articles on the topics of Urban Planning and Public Finance. Dr. McKinney has 2 children, Charlie, 22 years old, Maggie, 17 years old, and a grandson, Aiden, 7 months old.
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
and former mayor of Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
. She was elected mayor in 2005, after previously serving as the vice-mayor under Robert Jones
Robert Jones (Michigan politician)
Robert "Bob" B. Jones was a politician from the state of Michigan. He served four consecutive terms as the Mayor of Kalamazoo from 1997 to 2005...
. Dr. McKinney was mayor at the time that the Kalamazoo Promise was announced. The current mayor, Bobby J. Hopewell, was elected November 13, 2007, edging McKinney by 54 votes. She automatically became vice mayor. This is Dr. McKinney's 6th consecutive term on the Kalamazoo City Commission. She served as a City Planning Commissioner prior to her election to the City Commission. She is also a full Professor of Economics at Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College, also known as K College or simply K, is a private liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1833, the college is among the 100 oldest in the country. Today, it produces more Peace Corps volunteers per capita than any other U.S...
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Dr. McKinney received her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
. She has been teaching at Kalamazoo College since 1989. Her focus is in Urban Economics, Urban Planning and Public Finance. She has also written a book entitled The Development of Local Public Services, 1650-1869: Lessons from Middletown, CT., published by Greenwood Press, 1995. She has also written several articles on the topics of Urban Planning and Public Finance. Dr. McKinney has 2 children, Charlie, 22 years old, Maggie, 17 years old, and a grandson, Aiden, 7 months old.