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Anthony Celebrezze

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Anthony Celebrezze

Original Name
Anthony Joseph Celebrezze
Birth
Anzi, Provincia di Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Death
29 Oct 1998 (aged 88)
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot
Section 30, Lot 3736B, Grave 2
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Presidential Cabinet Secretary. During his mayoral administration of Cleveland, Ohio, he drove efforts to build the city's freeway system, the port of Cleveland, Burke Lakefront Airport and the Erieview office tower. He was elected President of the American Municipal Association in 1958 and became President of the United States Conference of Mayors in 1962. He resigned as Cleveland's mayor that year when President John F. Kennedy appointed him Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, a post he held for three years until his resignation in July 1965. President Lyndon Johnson then appointed him a federal judge in the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. During his mayoral administration of Cleveland, Ohio, he drove efforts to build the city's freeway system, the port of Cleveland, Burke Lakefront Airport and the Erieview office tower. He was elected President of the American Municipal Association in 1958 and became President of the United States Conference of Mayors in 1962. He resigned as Cleveland's mayor that year when President John F. Kennedy appointed him Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, a post he held for three years until his resignation in July 1965. President Lyndon Johnson then appointed him a federal judge in the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

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"REST IN PEACE" - is engraved across the bottom of the marker; Linking wedding rings and their marriage date is presented in the center - 'May 7th, 1934'

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Joyce
  • Added: Mar 13, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6257422/anthony-celebrezze: accessed ), memorial page for Anthony Celebrezze (4 Sep 1910–29 Oct 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6257422, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.