Dennis Michael Collins (June 30,1944 – February 6,2015) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Toledo,Ohio,from 2014 until his death in 2015. [1] [2] An Independent,he was a member of the Toledo City Council from District 2 (2008-2014). In the 2013 mayoral election,Collins defeated incumbent Independent mayor Michael P. Bell,winning 55.37% of the total vote. [3] [4]
A graduate of Libbey High School (1962), [5] he held a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Management and Natural Sciences (1975) and a Masters of Business Administration degree (1998) from the University of Toledo. [5]
He was married to Sandy Drabik and had three daughters.
On the afternoon of February 1,2015,television news bulletins reported that Collins had been hospitalized with what was described as a "coronary episode". [6] That night the mayor's spokesman announced that Collins was in critical condition after suffering a coronary arrest before being resuscitated. [7] Because he was unable to perform his mayoral duties,Toledo City Council president Paula Hicks-Hudson was sworn in on February 1,2015 as acting mayor. [8] She is Toledo's first African American woman to lead the city. [8] Collins died on February 6,2015 at the age of 70. [9] [10]
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