Hugh Parmer
| Hugh Q. Parmer | |
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| Texas State Senator from District 12 (Tarrant County) | |
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In office 1983–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Betty Andujar |
| Succeeded by | Mike Moncrief |
| Texas Senate President Pro Tempore | |
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In office 1989–1989 |
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| Preceded by | Craig Anthony Washington |
| Succeeded by | Bob McFarland |
| Texas State Representative from then District 60-3 (Tarrant County) | |
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In office 1963–1965 |
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| Preceded by | Don Kennard |
| Succeeded by | W. C. "Bud" Sherman |
| 36th Mayor of Fort Worth | |
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In office April 5, 1977 – May 1, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Clif Overcash |
| Succeeded by | Woodie Woods |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 3, 1939 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Evelyn G. Parmer |
| Residence | Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Polytechnic High School |
| Occupation | Attorney; Businessman; Humanitarian Executive; University Adjunct Professor |
Polytechnic High School
Yale University
Hugh Quay Parmer (born August 3, 1939) is an attorney, university professor, former international humanitarian executive, and Democratic politician in Fort Worth, Texas. He served in both houses of the Texas State Legislature, on the Fort Worth City Council, and as mayor of Fort Worth. Parmer also served as head of the Humanitarian Response Bureau of the U. S. Agency for International Development and for six years as President of the American Refugee Committee, an international non-profit humanitarian relief organization.
In 1957, Parmer graduated from Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth. In 2009, he was inducted into "Wall of Fame" by the Fort Worth Independent School District, the governing board of Fort Worth public schools. Parmer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and a master's degree in Political Science from University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. He headed the Parmer Marketing Company, Inc., from 1969 to 1988.
At the age of twenty-three, Parmer served as the youngest legislator in the Texas House of Representatives for a single term from 1963 to 1965. Thereafter, he was elected to the Fort Worth City Council in 1975 and became mayor of Fort Worth in 1977, a post he held for two years until his defeat in 1979 in a heated contest with Woodie Woods.
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