1. Norman Blann Rice was born on May 4,1943 and is an American politician who served as the 49th mayor of Seattle, Washington, serving two terms from 1990 to 1997.
16 Facts About Norm Rice
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Norm Rice became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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Norm Rice served as Assistant Director of the Seattle Urban League.
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Norm Rice next worked as Executive Assistant and Director of Government Services for the Puget Sound Council of Governments.
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Norm Rice was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978 to fill a vacancy.
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Norm Rice was reelected in 1979,1983 and 1987, serving eleven years in all.
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Norm Rice served as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term.
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Norm Rice facilitated the development of more equitable cost allocation and rate design procedures for Seattle City Light as part of his work on the Energy Committee.
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Norm Rice ran for mayor in 1985, but lost to Charles Royer.
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Norm Rice ran again in 1989 in a crowded field and won 99,699 to 75,446.
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In 1995, Norm Rice served as a committee member for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.
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In 1996, Norm Rice ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Washington, but he was defeated by then-King County Executive Gary Locke.
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Norm Rice was CEO and then president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle from 1998 to 2004.
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In June 2009, Norm Rice was named CEO of the non-profit Seattle Foundation, serving in that post until December, 2013.
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In 2011, Rice was serving a three-year term as a Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the University of Washington's Daniel J Evans School of Public Affairs and lead the project Civic Engagement in the 21st Century.
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Norm Rice has been awarded honorary degrees by Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle University, the University of Puget Sound, and Whitman College.