Wilson, Lionel
Born: 1915 AD
Died: 1998 AD, at 83 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Mayors, Politician
Died: 1998 AD, at 83 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Mayors, Politician
1915 - Born in Oakland, California,
1932 - Lionel Wilson spent much of his youth on the playgrounds of Oakland honing his athletic skills. But when he entered Berkeley.
1939 - Wilson, who graduated from Berkeley, received his law degree from UC Hastings
1977 - Went on to become Alameda County's first black judge and Oakland's first black mayor, elected to three consecutive terms, beginning .
1978-1990 - He served as a three term mayor of Oakland.
- He lost the mayorial election to Elihu Harris after making an expensive and unsuccessful bid to return the then Los Angeles Raiders to Oakland.
- Wilson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity established for African Americans.
1998 - Lionel Wilson died on the 23rd of February of cancer, he was 82.
2002 - Aspire Public Schools founded a small 6-12 grade school called Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy in Oakland.
1932 - Lionel Wilson spent much of his youth on the playgrounds of Oakland honing his athletic skills. But when he entered Berkeley.
1939 - Wilson, who graduated from Berkeley, received his law degree from UC Hastings
1977 - Went on to become Alameda County's first black judge and Oakland's first black mayor, elected to three consecutive terms, beginning .
1978-1990 - He served as a three term mayor of Oakland.
- He lost the mayorial election to Elihu Harris after making an expensive and unsuccessful bid to return the then Los Angeles Raiders to Oakland.
- Wilson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity established for African Americans.
1998 - Lionel Wilson died on the 23rd of February of cancer, he was 82.
2002 - Aspire Public Schools founded a small 6-12 grade school called Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy in Oakland.
Page last updated: 3:47pm, 25th Apr '07
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