- Lorraine H. Morton
Lorraine H. Morton has been mayor of
Evanston, Illinois since 1993. [ [http://www.cityofevanston.org/government/mayor.shtml City of Evanston official bio] ]She was born in Winston-salem, North Carolina and moved to Evanston in 1953. She has one daughter and two grandchildren. [ [http://www.cityofevanston.org/government/mayor.shtml City of Evanston official bio] ]
Morton was re-elected in 1997, 2001, and 2005. Earlier, she served on
Evanston's City Council as Fifth Ward alderman for nine years. [ [http://www.cityofevanston.org/government/mayor.shtml City of Evanston official bio] ]Prior to her experience in municipal government, Morton was an educator at Foster Elementary School, Nichols and Chute middle schools, and principal of Evanston's Haven Middle School. [ [http://www.cityofevanston.org/government/mayor.shtml City of Evanston official bio] ]
She received her bachelor's degree from
Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina and master's degree fromNorthwestern University . [ [http://www.cityofevanston.org/government/mayor.shtml City of Evanston official bio] ]Notes
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