- Vince Whibbs
Vince Whibbs, Sr. (
February 8 ,1920 –May 30 ,2006 ) was a popularpolitician and business leader inPensacola, Florida . Vince served as mayor of Pensacola for an unprecedented seven consecutive terms, serving the city from 1978 to 1991.Biography
Early years
Vince Whibbs was born in
Buffalo, New York , where he worked forGeneral Motors , and briefly served as a fighter pilot inWorld War II , until returning to General Motors.Fact|date=January 2007 Vince left General Motors in 1958 to begin a successfulPontiac dealership in Pensacola.Political career
Vince was active in local politics in Pensacola not long after opening his business there.Fact|date=January 2007 Vince served as a city councilmen and on the board of directors of the
Greater Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce . Vince also served as president of the the Pensacola Chapter of theNavy League ,Rotary Club of Pensacola Suburban West , theFiesta of Five Flags , Junior Achievement, Pensacola Franchised Automobile Dealers Association, the United Way andProject Alert .He ran for Congress in 1994, but lost to
Joe Scarborough .ee also
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Pensacola, Florida
*List of mayors of Pensacola, Florida External links
* [http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=153&Month=6&Year=2006 Obituary]
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