Eva Galambos served as the city's inaugural Mayor from December 1,2005, until January 7,2014, when Rusty Paul took office as the city's second mayor.
13 Facts About Eva Galambos
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Eva Galambos was ousted from his position, along with other prominent Jews, in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power.
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Eva Galambos attended Athens High School and graduated as valedictorian in 1944.
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Eva Galambos later graduated from the University of Georgia in 1948 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.
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Eva Galambos was the recipient of the 2011 Andrew Young School Distinguished Alumni Award from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
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An activist for workers, Eva Galambos landed her first professional job as Associate Editor of the Atlanta Journal of Labor, writing local copy to interest the union members.
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Eva Galambos later obtained a position, working on behalf of the International Association of Machinists.
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Eva Galambos was a labor economist for many years, teaching at Clark Atlanta University and Georgia State University.
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Eva Galambos had held various positions in the Sandy Springs community before being elected the first mayor of the city in early November 2005.
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Eva Galambos was the president of the Committee for Sandy Springs, from 1975 to 2005, which fought to incorporate Sandy Springs.
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Eva Galambos was a co-founder and former secretary of Sandy Springs Revitalization; founder of Sandy Springs Clean and Beautiful; chairwoman of the services committee for the Sandy Springs Council of Neighborhoods; former chairwoman of the Fulton County Public Housing Authority; and founder of Sandy Springs Civic Roundtable.
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Eva Galambos died of cancer on April 19,2015, at the age of 86.
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Eva Galambos's funeral was held at Temple Kehillat Chaim in Roswell, Georgia on April 21,2015.