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Archer, Dennis

Born
1/1/1942
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan
Education
Wayne State University, 1959-1961;
Detroit Institute of Technology, 1961-1963;
Western Michigan University, BS in Education (1965);
Masters Degree In Education from the University of Michigan;
Detroit College of Law, JD (1970)
(Michigan Bar Journal, vol. 79, no.8)
Occupation
Public School Teacher, 1965-1970;
Former Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001; previously served as associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1986-1990; has practiced law with several law firms in the Detroit Metropolitan area; has served as president of the State Bar of Michigan, the National Bar Association, and the Wolverine Bar Association; served with the Economic Club of Detroit, the YMCA of Detroit, the Michigan Cancer Foundation, the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History, and the United Way of Southeast Michigan (Michigan Bar Journal, vol. 79, no.8)
Father
Ernest James Archer
Mother
Frances Carroll Archer
Spouse
Trudy DunCombe
Children
Dennis Wayne, Jr.
Vincent Duncombe
Nationality
American