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2002-01-01 |
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| Name | Jack Ford |
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Toledo, Ohio , United States |
| Email | None |
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May 18, 1947
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| Died | March 21, 2015
(67 years)
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| Contributor | ... |
| Last Modifed | Mr. Matt
May 03, 2022 07:24pm |
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| Info | John Marshal "Jack" Ford
Former Mayor of Toledo, Ohio.
Former State Representative.
Mayor Jack Ford is a member of Church of the New Covenant Baptist Church in Toledo, Ohio. He was elected Mayor of Toledo in November 2001 and is responsible for nearly 2,800 employees, a $400 million budget, and the health and welfare of 307,000 Toledoans.
Jack Ford was elected Mayor after serving seven years in the Ohio House of Representatives, the last three as the Democratic Leader. Prior to his service in the Ohio House, Jack served seven years as a member of the Toledo City Council, with the last year as President.
Jack Ford has been a champion of many things throughout his public career. He was the founder of two separate non-profit organizations dealing with alcoholism and addiction, SASI and Adelante. He chaired the drive to build the J. Frank Troy Senior Center in Toledo. Jack created the Toledo Youth Commission, the lead abatement program, the medication education for the elderly program, the Toledo curfew law, and the drug paraphernalia law. He also authored the anti-discrimination ordinance for caregivers to AIDS victims, the fetal alcohol syndrome warning notice ordinance, the state foster care parent right-to-know law, and the state foster care worker training law.
Most recently, Mayor Ford signed Toledo’s smoking ban into law, the first big city in Ohio to do so. Jack was recognized as Ohio Tobacco Control Champion of the Year in February 2004 and as Mayor, Jack Ford signed the $450 million clean water consent decree and ended the twenty-year struggle with the federal court over police and fire hiring. He settled the seven-year litigation on wheelchair accessible sidewalk ramps throughout the City of Toledo.
In January 2001, Jack started the CareNet health care program, a health care access corporation for non-insured poor and working citizens that currently provides health coverage to 2500 Lucas County residents who otherwise were ineligible for any healthcare.
Jack is a champion of diversity. He sponsored the Center for Capacity Building, a program geared toward training minority entrepreneurs to be ready to take part in the construction industry in Toledo, at the University of Toledo.
Jack has received over 100 awards and distinctions, including a National Leadership American Award. Jack spoke before a seven million-person TV audience at the Democratic National Convention in 2000. Mr. Ford has been a delegate at the last three national conventions. He has been designated a co-chair of the Rules Committee for the 2004 Democratic Convention.
Jack Ford was an instructor at the University of Toledo for 22 years, Bowling Green State University for three years, and Owens College. He has his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University, a master’s degree in public administration and a law degree from the University of Toledo. Jack has spoke as Commencement Speaker on six occasions at area colleges and universities. He was made a member of the Order of the Coif from UT Law School, and has received the Gold T Award, and the Outstanding Minority Alumnus and Outstanding Alumnus of the Arts and Service Department. In 2003, Jack was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Public Administration for services to humanity.
Mayor Ford is a member of the Area Office on Aging, the United Way of Greater Toledo, the Toledo Cultural Arts Center, the Toledo Orchestra Association, and the Lourdes College Board of Trustees. He is a 33° Prince Hall Scottish Rite Mason, an Omega, a member of Boulé, the Elks, and a life member of the NAACP.
Jack is married to Cynthia and they share three children—Ryan, Jessica and Jacqueline
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