Dr. Ruth Uy Asmundson is a political moderate currently serving as Mayor of the City of Davis, California, USA. She was first elected to the City Council in 2002 and then reelected in 2006. She served as Mayor Pro Tem until 2008, then took over as Mayor. A native of Gamu, Isabela, Philippines, in her first try in local politics in 2002, she garnered the highest number of votes among her fellow candidates. Hence, she became mayor pro-tempore from ...
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Dr. Ruth Uy Asmundson is a political moderate currently serving as Mayor of the City of Davis, California, USA. She was first elected to the City Council in 2002 and then reelected in 2006. She served as Mayor Pro Tem until 2008, then took over as Mayor. A native of Gamu, Isabela, Philippines, in her first try in local politics in 2002, she garnered the highest number of votes among her fellow candidates. Hence, she became mayor pro-tempore from 2002 to 2004 and sat as mayor from 2004 to 2006. Dr. Asmundson graduated with a BS in chemistry from Adamson University in Manila. She went on to become a Fulbright Scholar in the US, earning an MS degree in chemistry from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. She was later awarded a PhD in Agricultural Chemistry from University of California Davis in 1972, again as a Fulbright Scholar. Dr. Ruth Uy Asmundson was the first Asian to be elected to the school board in Davis in the early 90s.
Ruth Uy Asmundson is the widow of Vigfus A. Asmundson,...
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