Kay Halloran
Kay Halloran | |
|---|---|
| File:Kay Halloran Chapman Iowa.jpg | |
| Mayor of Cedar Rapids | |
| In office 2006–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Pate |
| Succeeded by | Ron Corbett |
| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 56th district 49th (1983–1992) | |
| In office January 13, 1997 – January 7, 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 19, 1937 Estherville, Iowa, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Allen R. Chapman |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | State University of Iowa (BA, JD) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Kathleen Halloran Chapman (born January 19, 1937), known as Kay Chapman or Kay Halloran, is an American politician and attorney who served as Mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 2006 to 2009.[1]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Halloran was born on January 19, 1937, in Estherville, Iowa. She graduated from Franklin High School in Cedar Rapids before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the State University of Iowa.[2] She later returned to her alma mater to earn a Juris Doctor.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]A Democrat, she previously served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives,[4][5] and a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[6] an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.
Halloran was the first woman to enter into private law practice in Cedar Rapids, and the city's second female mayor. Halloran opted not to run for re-election after being diagnosed with breast cancer.[7]
See also
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- 1937 births
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- People from Estherville, Iowa
- University of Iowa alumni
- Mayors of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Women mayors of places in Iowa
- 21st-century mayors of places in Iowa
- Women state legislators in Iowa
- Iowa lawyers
- 21st-century American women politicians
- 20th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
- 20th-century American women politicians
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