| 词条 | Pat Owens |
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|image =PatOwens1997.jpg |image_size = |caption =Owens at Grand Forks Air Force Base in April 1997 |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1941}} |birth_place =East Grand Forks, Minnesota, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |residence =Ocala, Florida, U.S. |nationality = American |known_for =Mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota during the 1997 Red River Flood. |title =Mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota |term =1996 - 2000 |predecessor =Michael Polovitz |successor =Michael Brown |spouse =Bobby Owens }} Patrica A. Owens (born 1941) was the mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota during the flood that devastated the city in April 1997. She actively lobbied then-president Bill Clinton for funds to rebuild the city and construct a permanent flood protection system for the city and neighboring East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Political careerOwens, born in 1941 in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, worked as the mayor's executive assistant for 33 years,[1] before running for mayor herself in 1996. She received 76% of the vote and became Grand Forks' first female mayor.[2] Then in 1997, after less than one year as mayor, the city was struck by the 1997 Red River Flood. She received numerous awards and national recognition for her efforts after the flood. She ran for a second term in 2000, but was defeated by Michael Brown. Also in 2000, Owens was a member of the Mayors' Campaign Against Breast Cancer.[3] RetirementOwens currently resides in Ocala, Florida, where she moved in 2001. That same year, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of North Dakota.[4] In 2004 when Florida was struck by a string of hurricanes, she was asked by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to act as an ambassador for them by trying to help give the victims some sort of hope.[1] However, she was unable to as the retirement development had been damaged by two of the hurricanes that hit the state.[1] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/2058165-flood-1997-mayor-pat-back|title=FLOOD OF 1997: Mayor Pat is Back|author=Bakken, Ryan|work=Grand Forks Herold.com|date=April 19, 2007|accessdate=January 31, 2019}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Shelby, Ashley|title=Red River Rising|publisher=Borealis Books|year=2003|location=United States|isbn=0-87351-500-5|page=34}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.usmayors.org/cancer/xchange0600.pdf|title=USCM - Breast Cancer Information eXchange|work=USMayors.org|accessdate=October 9, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612013532/http://www.usmayors.org/cancer/xchange0600.pdf|archivedate=June 12, 2011|deadurl=yes|df=mdy-all}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www1.und.edu/student-affairs/commencement/_files/docs/2018-summer-commencement.pdf|title=University of North Dakota - Summer Commencement|work=UND.edu|publisher=University of North Dakota|date=May 10, 2008|accessdate=January 31, 2019}} External links
8 : 1941 births|Living people|People from East Grand Forks, Minnesota|Mayors of Grand Forks, North Dakota|Women mayors of places in the United States|Women in North Dakota politics|20th-century American politicians|20th-century American women politicians |
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