| LC control no. | ns2012004780 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Archer, Dennis W. |
| Biography/History note | "The Honorable Dennis Archer is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Dennis W. Archer, PLLC. He is also Chairman Emeritus of Dickinson Wright, PLLC. Mrs. Archer is a trial lawyer and has taught as an associate professor at the Detroit College of Law and as an adjunct professor at Wayne State University Law School. He was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1985, by Governor James Blanchard. In 1986 he was elected to an eight year term. Mr. Archer resigned from the Court in 1990. In 1993 he was elected to become the city of Detroit, Michigan's 59th Mayor. While in office, he had a balanced budget and a surplus every year he was in office. His Administration attracted $20.2 billion dollars of investment in the City of Detroit. He declined to run for re-election in 2001 and rejoined Dickinson Wright. He has been President of the National Bar Association and in 2003, he became the first member of color to become President of the American Bar Association. Mr. Archer currently serves on the corporate board of Alix Partners Inc.,and he has been a member of the boards of Johnson Controls, Compuware Corporation, MASCO, Top Build and the Global Senior Policy Advisory Board of Jefferies Group. He has been a [Ringling Museum of Art] Circle Member since 2014." Mr. Archer also currently serves on The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation. <https://www.ringling.org/board-directors> |
| Birth date | 1942-01-01 |
| Place of birth | Detroit (Mich.) |
| Field of activity | Law Civil service positions |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Mayors |
| Found in | Interview with Dennis W. Archer, 1991: transcript (Dennis Archer; b. Detroit, Mich.; former Mich. Supreme Court justice) Archer, D., & Atkins, E. (2017). Let the future begin. Atkins & Greenspan Writing. : (As my parents wished, I was born in Dorothy Rogers General Hospital [Detroit, MI] on January 1, 1942.); (the bleak circumstances of my birth offered no hint that my future would ever include a day like January 3, 1994, when I was publicly sworn in as mayor of America's eighth-largest city [Detroit, MI.]; (Meanwhile, I had the privilege of meeting attorney Damon J. Keith. In the summer of 1967, he hired me to work in the law firm of keith Conyers, Anderson, Brown, and Wahls.) |
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