Frank Ivancie
| Frank Ivancie | |
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| 47th Mayor of Portland, Oregon | |
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In office November 24, 1980 – January 2, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Connie McCready |
| Succeeded by | Bud Clark |
| Portland City Council - Commissioner | |
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In office 1967–1980 |
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| Preceded by | Ormond R. Bean |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Strachan |
| Personal details | |
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July 19, 1924 Marble, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Politician, businessman |
Francis James "Frank" Ivancie (born July 19, 1924) is an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1980 to 1985. Prior to his term as mayor, Ivancie served for fourteen years on the Portland City Council. Since his retirement from elected office, Ivancie has remained active in community affairs, occasionally lending his support to political causes.
During his political career, Ivancie was a conservative Democrat who throughout his political career cultivated support from both business interests as well as blue collar workers; however, the city government offices he held are all officially non-partisan.
Frank Ivancie was born in Marble, Minnesota. His father was an immigrant from Ljubljana,Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia). He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in sociology. He subsequently moved to Oregon, where he earned a master's degree in education from the University of Oregon. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
After the war, Ivancie began working as a teacher in Burns, Oregon. He moved to Washington County, in the Portland metropolitan area, to take a position as principal of Orenco School, in Orenco, Oregon. After a period in the 1950s working in England as principal of an American school run by the Department of Defense, Ivancie returned to Oregon and taught for Portland Public Schools. He left teaching in 1956 when hired as executive assistant to then-mayor-elect Terry Schrunk.
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