death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor party profession office birth_date term_start nickname birthname article_title term_end name alma_mater
18 february 2015 columbus , ohio tom moody parkersburg , west virginia greg lashutka republican attorney 50th mayor of columbus 24 february 1946 january 1 , 1984 buck dana gillman rinehart buck rinehart
 january 1 , 1992 dana g. rinehart ohio -lrb- j.d. -rrb- state university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- ohio state university
buck rinehart

dana gillman `` buck '' rinehart -lrb- february 24 , 1946 -- february 18 , 2015 -rrb- was the 50th mayor of columbus , ohio , from 1984-1992 .
rinehart was born in parkersburg , west virginia in 1946 .
having served in the united states marine corps reserve , retiring as a lieutenant colonel , rinehart attended the ohio state university in columbus , earning a b.a. in political science .
he later attended moritz college of law at the ohio state university , graduating cum laude .
rinehart began his career as treasurer of franklin county , ohio , from 1976-1984 .
as county treasurer , he posted a sign at the county building listing the names of real-estate tax scofflaws , the `` dirty dozen '' .
after mounting a failed 1982 campaign for governor , rinehart ran for mayor in 1983 , to replace outgoing republican mayor , tom moody -lrb- 1972 -- 1984 -rrb- .
rinehart narrowly won the election to become the 50th mayor of columbus .
he won re-election in 1987 .
his term of mayor was characterized by an intense effort to distance columbus , ohio from its cowtown reputation -lrb- new world center , 1986 ; convention center/arena complex , 1987 ; acquiring st. louis cardinals nfl football team , 1988 -rrb- .
in an april 2 , 2013 article , the columbus dispatch described rinehart 's eight years as the city 's mayor as `` tumultuous . ''
`` no idea was too big , no plan too outrageous for rinehart , '' the dispatch reported .
`` during his administration , the city built a $ 28 million downtown safety building , the franklin county solid waste authority was established , i-670 from downtown to port columbus was completed , city center mall was planned and built -lrb- and is now a downtown park -rrb- , redevelopment of the short north and brewery district got under way , the martin luther king center was developed , and retail and residential growth began at easton . ''
rinehart 's leadership lead to the annexation of the polaris area and the successful development of southern delaware county .
however , the dispatch also said that rinehart made `` glaring mistakes . ''
one example cited by the dispatch was rinehart taking `` a wrecking ball to what was then the 120-year-old facade of the old ohio penitentiary on spring street , only to learn later that the city did n't have permission for demolition .
after leaving office , rinehart returned to practicing law at rinehart , rishel & cuckler , ltd , where his clients included powerful business interests .
for example , a july 4 , 2011 cleveland.com article reported that rinehart lobbied for the ohio independent automobile dealers association .
he died from pancreatic cancer on february 18 , 2015 .
