Bob buckhorn biography

Robert Francis Buckhorn Jr. (born July 29, 1958) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Tampa, Florida from 2011 to 2019.
Robert Francis Buckhorn Jr. is an American politician who served as the mayor of Tampa, Florida from 2011 to 2019.
After a long history of service to the City of Tampa, Bob Buckhorn was elected as the 58th mayor of Tampa, where he leads over 4,300 dedicated, hard-working.

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Robert Buckhorn, father of City Council member

Robert F. Buckhorn, a former chief spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration and father of Tampa City Council member Bob Buckhorn, died Sunday at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in Patchogue. He was 68 and lived in Falls Church, Va.

The cause was a heart attack, his family said. Mr. Buckhorn had traveled to Long Island to attend a family wedding.

As the FAA's deputy administrator for public affairs, Mr. Buckhorn briefed journalists on plane crashes, the safety of the airways and other agency business. He had served as a public affairs officer with the National Transportation Safety Board for 10 years before he joined the FAA in 1984. He retired last year.

A native of Brooklyn, Mr. Buckhorn served in the Navy during World War II as an aviation radioman. He joined United Press International as a reporter in 1954, becoming aviation editor in Washington in 1962. He left the agency in 1974.

He wrote a biography of Ralph Nader, Nader, The People's Lawyer, published in 1972.

In addition to his son Bob, Mr. Buckhorn is surviv

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Bob Buckhorn (b. July 29, 1958) was the mayor of Tampa, Florida, from 2011 to 2019. He was first elected in 2011, and he served until May 2019. Before becoming mayor, Buckhorn served on the Tampa City Council from 1995 to 2003.^[1]

Biography

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Buckhorn earned a B.A. in political science from Pennsylvania State University. When he served as mayor, his professional experience included working for Dewey Square Group, a public affairs firm, and as the director of governmental affairs for the Builders Association of Greater Tampa. In 2007, he founded his own public affairs firm in Tampa called Buckhorn Partners.^[1]

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Buckhorn's political career:

2011-2019: Mayor of Tampa
1995-2003: Tampa City Council

✓ Buckhorn endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.^[2]

See also: Endorsements for Hillary Clinton

Elections

2019

See also: Mayoral election in Tampa, Florida (2019)

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Bob Buckhorn

American politician

Robert Francis Buckhorn Jr. (born July 29, 1958) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Tampa, Florida from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party who also served two terms on the Tampa City Council.

Early life and education

Born in Evanston, Illinois, the eldest of three sons, Buckhorn grew up in Falls Church, Virginia. He graduated in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in political science from Pennsylvania State University, where he was on the college lacrosse team from 1976 to 1978.^[1] He was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Alumni Award ^[2] in the College of Liberal Arts, Department of Political Science.

Career

Buckhorn was the director of governmental affairs for the Builders Association of Greater Tampa.^[3] From 1987 to 1995, he served as special assistant to Tampa Mayor Sandra Freedman.^[4] In that role, he worked on projects such as^[5] removing MacDill Air Force Base from a Pentagon list of bases that were slated to be closed.

He lost a Democr