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Ed Austin (T. Edward Austin Jr.) was born on 15 July, 1926 in Shenandoah, Virginia, U.S., is an American politician and lawyer. Discover Ed Austin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As T. Edward Austin Jr.
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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 15 July 1926
Birthday 15 July
Birthplace Shenandoah, Virginia, U.S.
Date of death 23 April, 2011
Died Place Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1926

T. Edward "Ed" Austin Jr. (July 15, 1926 – April 23, 2011) was an American politician and attorney.

1944

In 1944 he enrolled at Duke University, where he played college football as a tight end and ran track for the Duke Blue Devils.

He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree while at Duke, and was subsequently employed as a teacher.

1957

In 1957, he was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant, and relocated to attend law school at the University of Florida.

1959

Austin received a juris doctor from the UF College of Law in 1958, and was admitted to the Florida Bar on November 6, 1959.

He worked in several legal positions, including a stint as Duval County's assistant solicitor.

1963

He also served as the first Public Defender for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit from 1963 to 1968, and served as State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit from 1969 to 1972 and again from 1974 to 1991.

Austin was a Democrat for most of his career, but switched parties to become a Republican during his term as mayor, becoming the first Republican to serve in that position since the Reconstruction era.

Austin was born in Shenandoah, Virginia.

In 1963, he was appointed by Governor Farris Bryant as the first Public Defender for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit, which consists of Duval, Nassau, and Clay Counties.

1969

In 1969, he was elected State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit.

1972

Jacksonville Mayor Hans Tanzler appointed Austin to serve as the city's General Counsel in 1972, but he returned to the State Attorney position in 1974 and was re-elected four times.

1980

Austin was an imposing figure, a "strapping John Wayne-kind of guy", according to Delaney, who first worked for Austin as an intern in the early 1980s.

His staff considered him a fair man with integrity and character who motivated his co-workers and mentored those he hired.

Numerous individuals Austin hired and mentored went on to leadership positions in Jacksonville and the state of Florida, including Delaney, currently President of the University of North Florida; former Chief Justice Leander Shaw of the Florida Supreme Court, former general counsel Rick Mullaney, state Representative Mike Weinstein, Circuit Judge Brian Davis, Sulzbacher Center President Audrey Moran, and Chief Administrator Lex Hester.

Austin and his wife had three children and nine grandchildren.

1991

He served as mayor of Jacksonville, Florida from 1991 to 1995.

In 1991 Austin resigned his position as State Attorney to run against incumbent mayor Tommy Hazouri, and won the election narrowly and became Jacksonville's 4th mayor since consolidation.

His most lasting contribution as mayor is his River City Renaissance program, which funded urban renewal and revamped the city's historic downtown neighborhoods.

Among the buildings constructed or renovated by the program are the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, the Sulzbacher Center, the stadium now known as EverBank Field, and the Jacksonville Zoo.

Austin oversaw the city's purchase and refurbishing of the St. James Building, which would eventually become Jacksonville's new city hall.

He was mayor at the time Jacksonville was awarded its National Football League franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

His support was instrumental in the founding of the Jacksonville Children's Commission and growth of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.

During his term as mayor he switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican; according to his chief of staff John Delaney, he told his staff before leaving on a trip to China that he had become so disenchanted with the Democrats that he did not want to die as one if his plane crashed.

1994

In 1994, he announced he would not seek a second term as mayor.

In the subsequent election he backed Delaney, who defeated former mayor Jake Godbold to become the next mayor of Jacksonville.

1996

His wife of 39 years, Patricia, died in a car accident near St. Augustine in 1996; he was a passenger and was also injured, but recovered.

2003

In 2003, he married Connie Green; they divorced in 2006.

2005

The Ed Austin Regional Park in Arlington was dedicated in 2005, and a $150,000 endowed scholarship was established at the University of North Florida during 2008 in his honor.

His grandson Austin Slater played college baseball at Stanford University and plays for the San Francisco Giants as of 2021.

Austin was recovering from heart surgery several weeks prior, but had not experienced complications.

2010

He later joined the United States Army, where he served in the 101st Airborne Division as a paratrooper.

Austin was hospitalized with a back injury; in the hospital he met his future wife, Patricia Lynch, an Army social worker.

2011

He died in his sleep on April 23, 2011.

At his funeral on April 28, the casket was carried by an honor guard members from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Samuel Johnson Howard, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida delivered a eulogy, former Mayors John Peyton, Jake Godbold, Tommy Hazouri and John Delaney attended the service.