Джон Лоджи: Американ заңгері мен саяхатшысы (1939-2021)

American lawyer and politician (1939–2021)

John Hoult Logie (August 11, 1939 – August 4, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1992 to 2003,

Logie was born on August 11, 1939, in Ann Arbor, Michigan and raised in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he attended East Grand Rapids High School. He began college at Williams College before earning a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan. He then attended the Officer Candidate School and served in the United States Navy. After five years active duty, he returned to Ann Arbor, Michigan to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School. He also earned a Master of Arts degree from George Washington University.

Logie joined the Grand Rapids law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd in 1969, where he became a partner until retiring in 2011. During this time he wrote an analysis for Congressman Hal Sawyer validating the legality of president Gerald Ford's pardon of former president Richard Nixon. One of his focuses was revitalizing the downtown area, with a new museum and Van Andel Arena among the public private ventures undertaken. In 1997 he began an initiative to address drug use and addiction as public health problems, which included the Mayor's Drug Task Force on Drug Policy Reform and a needle exchange program. The amendment was not successful, but he stepped down nonetheless. The office was later limited to three terms. He chaired the board of the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. He served as president of the Michigan Society of Hospital Attorneys, and the Historical Society of Michigan. He served on the boards of Goodwill Industries, the Grand Rapids PTA Council and the American Cancer Society.

Logie met his wife, Susan Duerr, in San Diego, California, when he was stationed there by the Navy and she was in a teaching program. They have three children, including an adopted daughter from Korea. In June 2016, he announced that he had Alzheimer's disease.