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Sylvia Kerckhoff | |
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| Mayor of Durham, North Carolina | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Harry E. Rodenhizer Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Nick Tennyson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1928 (age 95–96) Toledo,Ohio,U.S. |
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) Duke University (MA) |
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Kerckhoff became Durham's first female mayor after defeating incumbent Harry Rodenhizer in the 1993 Durham mayoral election. [2] She was reelected the 1995 Durham mayoral election.
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