Richard Vissing

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name = Richard L. Vissing


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office = Mayor of Jeffersonville
term_start = January 1 1964
term_end = December 31 1983
predecessor = Charles Hoodenpyl
successor = Dale Orem
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birth_date = 1919
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death_date = 1987
death_place = Jeffersonville, Indiana
party = Democratic
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Richard Vissing (born 1919, died 1987) was mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He served five terms from 1964-1983 and was the first full-time mayor. [ [http://orig.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/03/05in/B1-moss0305-7476.html Jack Vissing helps where he's needed ] ] [Kleber, John E. "Encyclopedia of Louisville".(University Press of Kentucky). pg.443.] During his terms as mayor he was credited for helping revitalize the city and added parks to the city such as River City Park, now named Vissing Park in his honor. One of the notable accomplishments was the purchasing of original Jeffersonville's Ken Ellis Center (A Community Shelter) during the 1970's which was originally a tavern, in 2004 the original building was destroyed by a tornado. [ [http://www.newsandtribune.com/local/local_story_091080449.html/resources_printstory Jeffersonville's Ken Ellis Center is back ] ]

ee also

*List of mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana

References

[http://louisville.edu/library/uarc/apl/vissing.html University of Louisville Archives of Political Leaders]