Gibson, Kenneth A. (Kenneth Allen), 1932-2019
Kenneth Allen Gibson (May 15, 1932 – March 29, 2019) was an American engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 36th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1970 to 1986. Gibson was the first African American elected mayor of any major city in the Northeastern United States.
Born in Enterprise, Alabama, his family migrated to Newark, New Jersey in 1940. After graduating from Newark's Central High School, Gibson studied civil engineering at Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology), but financial challenges forced him to drop out of school after a few months in school to work in a factory, serve in the military and later work for the New Jersey Highway Department, completing his engineering degree in 1963 by taking night classes. He worked as an engineer for the New Jersey Highway Department from 1950 to 1960. From 1960 to 1966, he was Chief Engineer for the Newark Housing Authority, and chief structural engineer for the city from 1966 to 1970.
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