Sylvia Kerckhoff

Sylvia Kerckhoff (born 1928) is the former two-term mayor of Durham, North Carolina.

Sylvia Kerckhoff
Mayor of Durham, North Carolina
In office
1993–1997
Preceded byHarry E. Rodenhizer Jr.
Succeeded byNick Tennyson
Personal details
Born1928
Toledo, Ohio
NationalityAmerican

Mayor of Durham

Sylvia Kerckhoff became Durham's first female mayor after defeating incumbent Harry Rodenhizer in 1993.[1] She was reelected in 1995.

Education

She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1950 with a degree in psychology and later went to Duke University, from which she graduated in 1960 with master's degrees in history and education.[2]

Preceded by
Harry E. Rodenhizer, Jr		 Mayor of Durham, North Carolina
1993 – 1997		 Succeeded by
Nick Tennyson

References
  1. http://andjusticeforall.dconc.gov/gallery_images/sylvia-kerckhoff-city-council-member-and-mayor-of-durham/
  2. https://durhamcountylibrary.org/ncc/archives/kerckhoff/
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