George Latimer

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George Latimer (born 1935) was the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's capital city, from 1976 until 1990. A member of the DFL and a labor lawyer by profession, the bearded Latimer was known for his redevelopment of St. Paul's downtown core, serving as mayor during a period when St. Paul's population was declining somewhat as some residents moved to suburban areas while the city's ethnic diversity increased as, among others, Hmong refugees from Vietnam and Laos resettled in Saint Paul.

Latimer attended Saint Michael's College and Columbia Law School and practiced law in Saint Paul from 1963 until he was elected mayor.

After his mayoral term, he served as dean of Hamline University's law school (from 1990 until 1993) and served as a special advisor to Henry Cisneros, President Bill Clinton's Housing and Urban Development secretary, from 1993 until 1995.

An expert on urban affairs and urban development, Latimer has lectured on these topics as a visiting professor of Urban Studies and Geography at Macalester College in Saint Paul since 1996.

From January 1996 to January 1998, Latimer was CEO of the National Equity Fund, which manages approximately $2.5 billion, 27,000 housing units in 35 cities, and provides affordable housing for working people through use of the Low Income Tax Credit.

Latimer has been involved in the business world during the last several years, serving as a director of Indentix Incorporated (formerly Visionics until a merger with Indentix in 2002) since 2001. Latimer served on the Kennedy School of Government Executive Session on Policy at Harvard University and as Regent of the University of Minnesota.

Latimer was one of several people who delivered a eulogy at the public memorial service, held at the University of Minnesota and televised on local stations and CSPAN, after the death of U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone.

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Preceded by
Lawrence D. Cohen		 Mayor of St. Paul
1976 – 1990		 Succeeded by
James Scheibel
Mayors of Saint Paul, Minnesota
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