{"id":2272,"date":"2017-09-04T10:09:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T15:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2019-09-11T11:44:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:44:25","slug":"2272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2017\/09\/04\/2272\/","title":{"rendered":"While You Were Away this Summer: Abilene&#8217;s New Mayor !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students: while you were away this summer,<strong> Anthony Williams<\/strong>, executive community relations officer for ACU\u2019s Office of Advancement, was <a href=\"http:\/\/acu.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=76b9851ec52b6b0c087b702a3&amp;id=b1d8b97e43&amp;e=389ea20453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sworn in<\/a> as the new mayor of Abilene. He succeeds <strong>Dr. Norman Archibald (\u201976 M.S.) <\/strong>who holds the distinction as the city\u2019s longest-serving mayor since ACU vice president <strong>Dr. Gary D. McCaleb (\u201964)<\/strong> in 1990-99.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2273\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/AnthonyAndLynetteWilliams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2273\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2273\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/AnthonyAndLynetteWilliams-490x368.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony and Lynette Williams\" height=\"368\" width=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/AnthonyAndLynetteWilliams-490x368.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/AnthonyAndLynetteWilliams-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/AnthonyAndLynetteWilliams-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/AnthonyAndLynetteWilliams-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/AnthonyAndLynetteWilliams.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abilene Mayor Anthony Williams and Lynette Williams<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2276\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/MayorWilliamsAndDad1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2276\" class=\"wp-image-2276 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/MayorWilliamsAndDad1-e1504279825614-368x490.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor Anthony Williams and ACU Chancellor Emeritus Dr. William Teague\" height=\"490\" width=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/MayorWilliamsAndDad1-e1504279825614-368x490.jpg 368w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/MayorWilliamsAndDad1-e1504279825614-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/MayorWilliamsAndDad1-e1504279825614-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/MayorWilliamsAndDad1-e1504279825614-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/MayorWilliamsAndDad1-e1504279825614-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2017\/09\/MayorWilliamsAndDad1-e1504279825614.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Anthony Williams and ACU Chancellor Emeritus Dr. William Teague<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#PGCACU<\/p>\n<p>[subscribe2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students: while you were away this summer, Anthony Williams, executive community relations officer for ACU\u2019s Office of Advancement, was sworn in as the new mayor of Abilene. 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