Eugene A. Leahy

Eugene A. "Gene" Leahy (May 8, 1929 – January 18, 2000) was Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska from 1969 to 1973. Gene Leahy Mall in Downtown Omaha is named after him. His unorthodox style endeared him to many Omahans. He would often wear a clown suit for poor children's celebrations and he championed the retention of football at the University of Nebraska at Omaha when the Nebraska University System wanted to cut it. Mayor Leahy was also well known for reading the Sunday comics on a local television station. His long range planning for the city was done in a fashion which did not draw attention to his own guidance and vision yet has been one of the enduring backbones which the subsequent city leaders have built upon.

Preceded by Alexander V. Sorensen	Mayor of Omaha 1969–1973	Succeeded by Edward Zorinsky

References

"The Political Graveyard". Eugene Leahy. Retrieved March 11, 2007.

Mayors of Omaha

Lowe Poppleton Armstrong¹ Belden Briggs Armstrong Kennedy¹ Gilmore Miller Brown Roberts E. Millard Caldwell J. Millard Brewer Gibson² Chase Wilbur Chase Boyd Chase Murphy² Boyd Broatch Cushing Bemis Broatch Bechel² Moores Zimman² Dahlman Smith Dahlman Hopkins² Metcalfe¹ Towl Butler Leeman G. Cunningham Rosenblatt Dworak Sorensen Leahy Zorinsky R. Cunningham¹ Veys Boyle Tomasek² Simon¹ Conley² Calinger¹ Morgan Anzaldo¹ Daub Fahey Suttle Stothert

¹ Interim mayor. ² Acting mayor.

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