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Mike Morrison Mayor of Waco Biographical Sketch

Mike Morrison was sworn in as Mayor of the City of Waco on May 7, 1996. He he was reelected for a second term in May 1998. Before being elected Mayor, he served two years as District III City Council member and more than 15 years in a variety of leadership positions in the community. A graduate of the Oklahoma University School of Law, Mayor Morrison joined Baylor in 1977 and has served as William J. Boswell Chair of Law since 1990. He is a Fellow of the American and the Texas Bar Foundations and has been actively involved in voting rights matters and litigation since 1978. He served as chair of the Waco Charter Commission in 1986 and served as chair of the Community of Cities, a regional partnership of 25 area governments. Mike Morrison and wife Nancy have three children.