Sylvia Kerckhoff | |
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Mayor of Durham, North Carolina | |
In office 1993–1997 |
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Preceded by | Harry E. Rodenhizer Jr. |
Succeeded by | Nick Tennyson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1928 Toledo, OH |
Nationality | American |
Sylvia Kerckhoff (born 1928) is the former two-term mayor of Durham, North Carolina.
Sylvia Kerckhoff became Durham's first female mayor after defeating incumbent Harry Rodenhizer in 1993.
She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1950 with a degree in psychology and later went to Duke University, from which she graduated in 1960 with master's degrees in history and education.