William J. Leidinger
William John "Bill" Leidinger (b. February 1, 1940) was the Fairfax County Executive from 1992 to 1996.
Early life and education
Born in Chicago, Leidinger grew up in Illinois and attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he took a bachelor of arts in history.[1] He later took his master's degree in public administration from University of Iowa.[1]
Career
From 1963 to 1965, Leidinger worked as an administrative assistant in Park Forest, Illinois.[1]
Leidinger worked as an assistant to the Alexandria city manager from 1965 to 1971, when he moved to Richmond to take a similar position there.[2]
The following year, 1972, Leidinger became city manager for Richmond following the departure of Alan F. Kiepper to become general manager of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority subway and bus system in Atlanta, Georgia.[3][4]
Following the election of a black-majority city council in Richmond in 1977, Liedinger was fired as city manager in September 1978 in a 5-4 vote along racial lines.[3][5]
Leaving government, Liedinger became the vice president of the Jarvis Corporation.[1] However, he was not out of government for long.
In 1980, Liedinger was elected to the same Richmond City Council that had fired him two years earlier.[1] He would continue as a member of the city council for ten years, finally leaving in 1990.[1]
The year after his election to the city council, Leidinger became the executive director of the McGuire Clinic.[1]
Five years later, Leidinger became the executive vice president of the Security Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1986.[1] Through no fault of his, Security Federal was shut down by the Resolution Trust Corporation in 1990 and sold to Crestar Bank.[2]
Following the election of a Republican majority to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Leidinger was chosen as the Fairfax County Executive on August 31, 1992, nearly 20 months after the retirement of J. Hamilton Lambert.[2]
The end of the Republicans' majority following the 1995 elections meant Leidinger's days were numbered, and he was fired by a 7-2 vote of the BoS on October 28, 1996.[6] Deputy County Executive Anthony H. Griffin took over as acting county executive.
In 1997, Leidinger joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant. He later became Mid-Atlantic business development manager for PwC.
President Bush named Leidinger as the Assistant Secretary for Management for the U.S. Department of Education in 2001, and his appointment was confirmed by the Senate on February 12, 2002.[7] Leidinger was appointed as Chief Information Officer for the department on March 6, 2003.
After leaving the Department of Education, Leidinger became chief of staff for South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Baker, Peter. "New Fairfax County Official Is Veteran of Richmond Wars." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 13 Sept. 1992. Web. 29 Oct. 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Baker, Peter. "Ex-Richmond City Manager Named Fairfax Executive." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 1 Sept. 1992. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kollatz, Harry, Jr. "Management Issues." Richmond Magazine. Target Communications, 23 Sept. 2016. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.
- ↑ Robertson, Ellen. "Alan F. Kiepper, Former Richmond City Manager, Dies at 81." Richmond Times-Dispatch. BH Media Group, 31 Aug. 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.
- ↑ "Black Backed by Whites Is Richmond Mayor." The New York Times. The New York Times, 4 July 1982. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.
- ↑ Lipton, Eric. "Leidinger's Legacy Weighed in Fairfax." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 4 Nov. 1996. Web. 29 Oct. 2016.
- ↑ Robelen, Erik W., and John Gehring. "Bush Names Leidinger to Assistant Secretary for Management Post." Education Week. Editorial Projects in Education, 10 Oct. 2001. Web. 29 Oct. 2016.
- ↑ Barr, Jody. "WIS Investigation: Governor, Treasurer Grew Staff, Salaries since January." Wistv.com. Raycom Media, 2011. Web. 29 Oct. 2016.
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