What is Wes Wise?
'''Wes Wise''' (November 25, 1928 – December 9, 2022) was an American politician and sports journalist. He was born in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]. He was, from 1971 to 1976, a three-term [[Mayor of Dallas|Mayor]] of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].<ref name=Atkinson>{{cite journal |last=Atkinson |first=Jim |date=January 1975 |title=The Unauthorized Biography of Wes Wise |url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1975/january/the-unauthorized-biography-of-wes-wise |journal=[[D Magazine]] |access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=Granberry>{{cite news |last=Granberry |first=Michael |date=4 April 2011 <!-- 02:54 PM --> |title= Mayors stepped up after Kennedy assassination, moved Dallas from image as 'City of Hate'|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/section-archives/125th-anniversary/headlines/20100724-mayors-stepped-up-after-kennedy-assassination-moved-dallas-from-image-as-city-of-hate_.ece |newspaper= The Dallas Morning News |access-date=20 June 2014}}</ref> During his two terms as mayor of Dallas, Wise guided Dallas from under the cloud of the assassination and at the same time saved the Texas School Book Depository from imminent destruction, preserving it for further research into the president's murder.<ref>Douglass,James W. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=NfvkfM8IbBsC&dq=JFK+and+the+Unspeakable+since+roosevelt&pg=PA45 JFK and the Unspeakbale. Why he died and why it matters]''. Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 2008, p. 295-298. {{ISBN|978-1-57075-755-6}}</ref> Wise died on December 9, 2022, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bailey Jr. |first1=Everton |title=Former Dallas Mayor, broadcaster Wes Wise dies at 94 |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/12/14/former-dallas-mayor-broadcaster-wes-wise-dies-at-94/ |access-date=16 December 2022 |publisher=The Dallas Morning News |date=14 December 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wise, Wes}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Mayors of Dallas]] [[Category:Journalists from Texas]] [[Category:Journalists from