Hance, Margaret, 1923-

Former Phoenix mayor and political organizer.

From the description of Margaret Hance papers, 1971-1990. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 34256558

Margaret Taylor Hance, Phoenix mayor and political organizer, was born in 1923 in Spirit Lake, Iowa, and moved to Arizona in 1926. She attended the University of Arizona from 1942 to 1944, and received a Bachelor of Arts from Scripps College of Claremont, California in 1945. Hance was widowed in 1970. She had three children: Richard, Ted, and Galen Stallman.

Hance was a member of the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board from 1967 to 1972 and a member of the Phoenix City Council from 1973 to 1976. At the close of her Council membership, she was serving as acting mayor. Hance was elected mayor in 1976 and stepped down from that post in 1984 to become a manager of Ronald Reagan's presidential re-election campaign. She performed a similar service during George Bush's presidential election campaign of 1988.

While pursuing her public duties, Hance also produced public affairs documentaries for television from 1967 to 1969 and a travel program for radio from 1971 to 1975. She was also a director of the Valley National Bank.

Hance has been a member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, the Presidential Federalism Advisory Commission, the Arizona Justice Planning Supervisory Board, the community advisory board of the Salt-Gila Flood Control Study, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National and Arizona Leagues of Cities and Towns, and the National Conference of Republican Mayors and Elected Municipal Officials. She was the recipient of the Don Bolles Memorial Award in 1978, the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Award for Volunteerism in 1980, and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Eureka College, Kansas, in 1989.

Source: Who's Who of American Women (Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Inc.) 1984.

From the guide to the Margaret Hance Photographs, 1971-1990, (Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection)

Margaret Taylor Hance, Phoenix mayor and political organizer, was born in 1923 at Spirit Lake, Iowa and moved to Arizona in 1926. She attended the University of Arizona from 1942 to 1944 and received a Bachelor of Arts from Scripps College in Claremont, California in 1945. Hance was widowed in 1970. She has three children: Richard, Ted, and Galen (Hance) Stallman.

Hance was a member of the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board from 1967 to 1972 and a member of the Phoenix City Council from 1973 to 1976. At the close of her Council membership, she was serving as Acting Mayor. Hance was elected Mayor in 1976 and stepped down from that post in 1984 to become a manager of Ronald Reagan's presidential re-election campaign. She performed a similar service during George Bush's presidential election campaign of 1988.

While pursuing her public duties, Hance also produced public affairs documentaries for television from 1967 to 1969 and a travel program for radio from 1971 to 1975. She was also a director of the Valley National Bank.

Hance has been a member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, the Presidential Federalism Advisory Commission, the Arizona Justice Planning Supervisory Board, the community advisory board of the Salt-Gila Flood Control Study, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National and Arizona Leagues of Cities and Towns, and the National Conference of Republican Mayors and Elected Municipal Officials. She was the recipient of the Don Bolles Memorial Award in 1978, the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Award for Volunteerism in 1980, and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Eureka College, Kansas in 1989.

Source: Who's Who of American Women Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Inc., 1984.

From the guide to the Margaret Hance Papers, 1971-1990, (Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection)