Member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors from District 5
In office 1989–1993
Preceded by
John George
Succeeded by
Keith Carson
Personal details
Born
(1938-03-25)25 March 1938 Oroville, California
Died
25 June 2013(2013-06-25) (aged 75) Hayward, California
Political party
Democratic
Warren Hamilton Widener (25 March 1938[1][2] – 25 June 2013) was a former Mayor of Berkeley, California, and former member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. He was the first African American mayor of Berkeley, serving two terms from 1971 to 1979. Before entering politics Widener worked as an attorney and was President of the Urban Housing Institute.[3][4]
Widener was born on March 25, 1938, in Oroville, California. He died on June 25, 2013, in Hayward, California, aged 75. He served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, then earned his law degree at Boalt Hall at UC Berkeley. He subsequently served as president of the Urban Housing Institute near the UC campus.[5]
^"The California Legal Directory: With Arizona, Hawaii, and Nevada Sections". 1983.
^"Congressional Record, Volume 159 Issue 135 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)".
^"Warren Hamilton Widener, Obituary". Legacy.com. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^Arrigoni, Barbara (25 September 2014). "Oroville will honor the late Bay Area dignitary Warren Widener into Hall of Fame". Oroville Mercury Register. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^Obituary, San Francisco Chronicle, September 29, 2013, p.C3
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