What is Sam Massell?
{{Infobox officeholder |name=Sam Massell |office=[[List of mayors of Atlanta|53rd Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia]] |term_start=1970 |term_end=1974 |preceded=[[Ivan Allen Jr.]] |succeeded=[[Maynard Jackson]] |birth_date={{birth date|1927|8|26}} |birth_place=[[Atlanta]], Georgia, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2022|3|13|1927|8|26}} |death_place= |resting_place= |education = [[Atlanta's John Marshall Law School|Atlanta Law School]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])<br>[[Georgia State University|Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]]) |occupation=Real estate businessman |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |footnotes= |spouse = {{marriage|Doris Middlebrooks|1952|2015|end = died}}<br>{{marriage|Sandra Gordy|2016}} |allegiance={{flag|United States}} |branch={{air force|United States}} |battles= |serviceyears= }} '''Samuel A. Massell Jr.''' (August 26, 1927 – March 13, 2022) was an American businessman and politician. From 1970 to 1974, he was the 53rd [[List of mayors of Atlanta|Mayor]] of [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. He is the first [[Jew]]ish mayor in the city's history.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Freightman|first1=C.G.|title=Doris Massell, 89: Ex-mayor’s wife was at ease with everyone|url=http://www.myajc.com/news/local-obituaries/doris-massell-mayor-wife-was-ease-with-everyone/cr9I9ZbtCW7lPWaPq6EkgL/|website=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=14 July 2017}}</ref> He died on March 13, 2022, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.ajc.com/news/sam-massell-former-atlanta-mayor-dies-at-94/FDEXOXFJSFHL5CUOT55FRORUCQ/|title = Sam Massell, former Atlanta mayor, dies at 94|work = [[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date = March 13, 2022|accessdate = March 13, 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/mas_search.html Sam Massell papers] from the [[Digital Library of Georgia]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Massell, Sam}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Mayors of Atlanta]