Abramson, Jerry, 1946-

Jerry Edwin Abramson is an American Democratic politician who was the 55th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. On November 6, 2014, Abramson steped down from his position as Lieutenant Governor to accept the job of Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama White House. Abramson previously served as the Mayor of Louisville for an unprecedented two decades. He was the only three-term mayor of the old city of Louisville (1986-1999) and subsequently served two terms as the first mayor of the consolidated city-county of Louisville Metro (2003-2011). From 1993 to 1994, he was President of the United States Conference of Mayors. At the conclusion of Obama's second term, Abramson returned to Louisville to serve as Executive-in-Residence at Bellarmine University. He had previously served in the same post in 2011. He departed Bellarmine University in 2018 and is currently serving as Executive-in-Residence at Spalding University. Abramson received his bachelor’s degree in business economics and public policy at Indiana University, where he chaired the state’s College Students for Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 Presidential campaign. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of the Center’s Law Journal.