Clarence E. Anthony
Clarence E. Anthony | |
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Executive Director of the National League of Cities | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Mayor of South Bay, Florida | |
In office 1984–2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | October 10, 1959 |
Children | Reidel Anthony Clarence Anthony, Jr Skylar Anthony |
Clarence E. Anthony (born October 10, 1959) is an American politician. In 1984, he was elected as the mayor of South Bay, Florida when he was 24 years old,[1] and served until 2008.
In 1999 he served as President of the National League of Cities (NLC)[2] and in 2013 he was named as that organization's executive director.[3][4]
He was Treasurer of the United Cities and Local Governments organization (UCLG).
Clarence E. Anthony served on the Board of Directors for The GEO Group.
His son, Reidel Anthony, played in the National Football League for five years as a wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[2] He also has a wife and daughter, Tammy and Skylar Anthony.
References[]
- ^ Angie Francalancia, "Confronting the struggles of his small town", in Jan Tuckwood, ed., Our Century Featuring the Palm Beach Post 100: The People who Changed the Way We Live (Palm Beach Post, 2000), ISBN 978-0965720038, p. 118. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^ a b Mike Clary, "Small-Town Mayor Tackles Big Task", Los Angeles Times, January 27, 1999.
- ^ Kimberly Miller, "Former South Bay mayor named executive director of National League of Cities", Palm Beach Post, December 7, 2012.
- ^ Mark Funkhouser, "A Small-Town Mayor in the National Arena", Governing, February 28, 2013.
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