Politician and author. Mr. Damas served as Mayor of the City of Toledo, Ohio from 1959-1961. Mr. Damas also authored a book that is a collection of short stories entitled, The Day Israel Died...And Lived, it was published in 1974. Mr. Damas is credited in some national sources as being the first Arab-American to be elected Mayor of a large American city. He was a WWII veteran.
Politician and author. Mr. Damas served as Mayor of the City of Toledo, Ohio from 1959-1961. Mr. Damas also authored a book that is a collection of short stories entitled, The Day Israel Died...And Lived, it was published in 1974. Mr. Damas is credited in some national sources as being the first Arab-American to be elected Mayor of a large American city. He was a WWII veteran.
Bio by: Mark Pawelczak
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cemetery ID 94937, interred 04/18/2003
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