- John Ferraro
John Ferraro (
May 14 1924 —April 17 2001 ) served as a Los Angeles City Councilman from 1966 until his death.Early life
Ferraro was born in the working class
suburb ofCudahy, California , just south of Los Angeles. He attended Bell High School in Bell, California , where he graduated in 1942.College Football
He attended the
University of Southern California , where he played football, earningAll-America n honors. He was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 1974.Politics
In 1966 he was appointed to the Los Angeles City Council, and served until his death at age 76 in
Santa Monica, California . His 35-year tenure on the council is the longest of any member. He chaired the Audit and Governmental Efficiency Committee.In 1985, Ferraro ran unsuccessfully against Tom Bradley for
Mayor of Los Angeles .On November 16, 2000, in honor of his more than five decades of public service, the City of Los Angeles renamed the landmark Department of Water and Power's General Office Building to the John Ferraro Building.
External links
* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=40099 College Football Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.bell.k12.ca.us/decades/unitela/2000/10s/2001/johnferraro/jferraro.html Bell High School (alma mater) tribute page]
* Gilman, Jane. [http://www.larchmontchronicle.com/ArchiveDetail.asp?ArchiveID=91 John Ferraro]Larchmont Chronicle ,May 4 2001 .
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