predecessor successor birth_place party order term_start article_title term_end name
loni hancock tom bates eaton , colorado democratic mayor of berkeley december 1994 shirley dean
 november 2002 shirley dean
shirley dean

shirley ann dean -lrb- bryant -rrb- , considered moderate in berkeley politics , is an american politician who served as the mayor of berkeley , california -lrb- 1994-2002 -rrb- .
before serving two terms as berkeley 's mayor , dean served on the berkeley city council for 15 years -lrb- 1975 -- 94 -rrb- and was a leader of the berkeley democratic club .
shirley dean grew up in a single parent family and graduated from berkeley high school -lrb- 1952 -rrb- .
she was selected as a distinguished graduate in the berkeley high school hall of fame and was the first in her family to attend college .
she graduated with honors from uc berkeley with a ba in social welfare in 1956 .
during part of the time she served as mayor , she worked half-time for uc berkeley undergraduate admission and relations with schools and the office of admissions .
her responsibilities included writing the plan and supervising field work for the recruitment of minority students to the uc berkeley campus and visiting high schools throughout california .
she received two distinguished service awards from uc berkeley for her work before she retired in march , 2000 .
