Richard Eardley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Richard Eardley

American politician

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1928

Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jun-2012

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Richard Eardley

  • Richard Roy "Dick" Eardley (December 23, 1928 – June 30, 2012) served three terms as mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 1974 to 1986. Eardley served as mayor for a total of 12 years, longer than anyone else in Boise history until Dave Bieter won a fourth consecutive four-year term in 2015.
  • In city history, only Eardley and Bieter have won three consecutive four-year terms as mayor.
  • Eardley was re-elected in 1977 and 1981. Born in Denver, Colorado, Eardley moved with his family to Baker, Oregon, as a youth and graduated from Baker High School in 1947.
  • He began his career in journalism and television and radio broadcasting, first at the weekly Record Courier newspaper KBKR radio in Baker.
  • He and his wife Pat were married in 1950, and they moved to Boise five years later, where he worked for the Idaho Statesman newspaper (1955–58) and KBOI-TV and radio (1958–74) in news and sports.
  • Eardley was elected to the Boise City Council in 1969 and served four years before being elected mayor in 1973.

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