Cedar Rapids names Lee Clancey as mayor-elect with high expectations
Clancey faces a new role amid strong support from friends and colleagues. She moved to Cedar Rapids from Kansas, earned quick celebrity, and plans to build a team while keeping an open ear. City leaders praise her leadership, humor, and drive to get the job done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottage Grove Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood
Cheryle Mitralsky
Lee
Don Canney
Clancey
Airport Commission
City Safety
Lora Summerwill
Kansas
Profile of Lee Clancey and family details
Lee Clancey aged 46 lives at 2035 Cottage Gren er a with husband Jay and five children. Bo, a senior in computer science. Gunnar, in year four of a five year engineering program. Ty, a 16 year old studying English at the University of Iowa in 1972. Clancey has served as executive director of The Renaissance since 1993, with prior roles at Kirkwood College, Elan Training and Talent, Skogman Realty, and Heartland Discovery membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Gunnar
Colorado College
Northwestern University
Washington High
University of Iowa
The
Renaissance
Kirkwood College
Elan Training and Talent
Skogman Realty
Heartland Discovery
Clancey recalls family background and education path
The photograph features Clancey describing her father's dissatisfaction with white collar work and her drive to pursue fulfilling tasks. She details a strained teenage relationship with her mother, her shift from Colorado to Kansas for journalism, and meeting husband Jay during college. They celebrate 26 years of marriage next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Chicago
Clancey
University of Colorado
University of Kansas
Kansas
Jay
Kansas City
Clanceys
Clancey Leads Cedar Rapids Move Into Local Government
Lee Clancey, longtime community volunteer and mother of twins Bo and Gunnar, aims for a nonpartisan mayoral role in Cedar Rapids after a career spanning teaching, real estate, chamber work, and downtown development. She moved from Eastern Iowa to Cedar Rapids for her husband’s job and enters politics amid extensive civic involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clancey
Chamber of Commerce
Kirkwood Community College
Renaissance Group
Clinton Seeks Short-Term Budget Deal Amid Impasse
Administration officials meet Democrats and a bipartisan group of senators seeking a formula to unlock a budget compromise. President Clinton, criticizing a one-way process, urges reopening the government and urges Dole Gingrich to back a short-term spending bill funding nine federal departments. Panetta notes a new Democratic alternative to the seven-year balance plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Senate
Bob Dole
NBC
Meet the Press
White House
Congressional Republicans
Clinton
Panetta
Dole
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
Departments
Interior
Health and Human Services
Commerce
Education
Justice
Labor
State
Housing and Urban Development
Veterans Affairs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lee Clancey
Winnetka, Ill
Tony New Trier
C.R
Iowa
Kennedy High School
Linn-Mar
Women's Community Leadership Institute
School of Social Work
Rotary
Civil Service Commission
U.S
Charles Percy
Peoples Unitarian- Universalist Church
Washington High School
Fujifilm
Discovery
Canon
Westdale Dr
AGFA
AFGA
1St. Ave. S.E
Westdale DR. S.W
Collins RD
N.E
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!